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Proceedings of the International Conference on Managing the Asian Century

ICMAC 2013

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  • Presents papers from multi-disciplinary areas like management, social science, economics and education
  • Conference address important topics and needs of Asian countries
  • Addresses the importance of businesses to establish world-class practices
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (71 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XXIV
  2. Global Education

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Exporting Work-Integrated Learning to Asian Environment

      • Helga Nagy, Christine Bilsland, Philip Smith
      Pages 3-12
    3. Asian-Australian Nexus: An Educational Challenge

      • Robbie Robertson, Anita Lundberg
      Pages 13-21
    4. Using Eportfolios in Transnational Asian Campuses

      • Christine Bilsland
      Pages 23-30
    5. Small Steps Towards Student-Centred Learning

      • George M Jacobs, Hwee Leng Toh-Heng
      Pages 55-64
    6. The Competitive Advantage of Singapore Tertiary Education

      • John Vong, Insu Song, Nguyen Tan Phat, Huynh Khanh Linh, Channary Ou
      Pages 65-71
    7. Transnational Psychology: A Case Study of South East Asia

      • Lennie Geerlings, Anita Lundberg, Claire Thompson
      Pages 73-79
    8. MOOCs vs MMOGs

      • Chek Tien Tan
      Pages 89-99
    9. The Evolution of Business Models in the Video Game Industry

      • Roberto Dillon, Ori Cohen
      Pages 101-108

About this book

This volume presents the refereed papers given at the International Conference on Managing the Asian Century, held in Singapore in July 2013. The proceedings of this conference include original papers contributed by researchers from many countries on different continents. The papers cover multi-disciplinary areas such as management, the social sciences, development economics, banking & finance, engineering management, and education, all in connection with the development of countries in Asia. Further, the papers are based on the 9 tracks at the conference:

  • Transnational Education
  • Antecedents of Asia’s Competitiveness
  • Emerging Trends in Banking, Finance and Accounting
  • Business and Revenue Models in the Gaming Industry
  • Psychological Issues in Asia
  • Emerging Retail and Service Industries
  • Entrepreneurship, Creativity and Innovation
  • Systems Thinking and Systems Practices
  • Tourism Initiatives, Relationships and Issues in the Asia-Pacific Region

Editors and Affiliations

  • James Cook University, Singapore, Singapore

    Purnendu Mandal

About the editor

Prof Purnendu Mandal is a senior academic with teaching, research and consulting experiences over 30 years in four continents (Europe, Australia, Asia and North America). He taught in UK, India, Australia and USA. Professor Mandal held several senior executive offices and corporate positions in education sector. Professor Mandal maintains a strong research and publication portfolio in inter-disciplinary areas including business technologies (IT/IS, SAP, computer simulations), supply chain management (modelling and simulation), system dynamics modelling, manufacturing/operations management, and business logistics. He published more than 150 journals and conference papers (refereed). Professor Mandal is consulted widely in private and public sectors and has received several research grants. He has served in many professional organizations in various capacities, organized international conferences, delivered keynote addresses and participated in panel discussions in numerous occasions

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Proceedings of the International Conference on Managing the Asian Century

  • Book Subtitle: ICMAC 2013

  • Editors: Purnendu Mandal

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-4560-61-0

  • Publisher: Springer Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Business and Economics, Business and Management (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Singapore 2013

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-4560-60-3Published: 27 January 2014

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-10-1347-8Published: 18 September 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-4560-61-0Published: 13 January 2014

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXIV, 644

  • Number of Illustrations: 175 b/w illustrations, 25 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Innovation/Technology Management, Organizational Studies, Economic Sociology, Development Economics

Buy it now

Buying options

eBook USD 169.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
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Hardcover Book USD 219.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

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