An E-Newsletter of Singapore Management University | October 2005
 

Academic Circle

Lee Kuan Yew Global Business Plan Competition
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The Economic Prospects of Singapore
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New master’s programme in Professional Accounting launched
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New campus welcomes distinguished academics
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Business Study Mission eyes SE Asia hinterland
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Faculty & Staff Notes
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New & Visiting Faculty Appointments
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Esprit de Corps

Hello, City!
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New students arrive at campus in the city
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SMU Visitor Centre opens its doors
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Farewell, Bukit Timah
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2nd batch of SMU students graduate
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ReadSMU binds community with books
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Altitude 5000m, on wheels
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Corporate Buzz

SMU’s new campus hosts Singapore Art Show
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UOB-SMU Entrepreneurship Centre opens
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Corporate, public events bring community through SMU’s doors
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Bridging minds and building bonds across divides
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E.y.E’s investment boot camp draws big responset
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New campus welcomes distinguished academics

Making a seamless transition from the Bukit Timah campus to its new location in Bras Basah, the University has hit the ground running with a lineup of academic lectures, seminars and gatherings, bringing top academics to the SMU grounds. The following are some of the recently organised and hosted events.

June 22
"The Technical and Societal Implications of Networking: A Personal Perspective"
Prof David Farber, Distinguished Career Professor of Computer Science and Public Policy,
School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University
- School of Information Systems with IDA Singapore and Singapore Computer Society


July 8-9
Singapore Econometric Study Group
Prof Peter C B Phillips, Sterling Professor of Economics and Professor of Statistics,
Yale University
- School of Economics & Social Sciences

July 13-15
SMU 2005 Marketing Summer Camp
Prof Andrew Ainslie, Anderson School of Management , UCLA
Prof John G Lynch, Jr, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University
Prof Richard Staelin, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University
Prof Charles B Weinberg, University of British Columbia
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business

July 25
"Diagnostics Testing for Multivariate Continuous-Time Models with Application to Affine Term Structure Models"
Prof Yongmiao Hong, Professor of Economics and Statistics, Cornell University
- School of Economics & Social Sciences, Economics & Statistics Seminar Series


July 25-26
MSI Asian Marketing Conference: "State of the Art Marketing"
Prof George Day, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Prof Kevin Keller, Amos Tuck School of Management, Dartmouth College
Prof David J Reibstein, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Prof Raj Srivastiva, Goizueta School of Business, Emory University
Prof Jan Benedict Steenkamp, Graduate Studies in Business, Tilburg University
Prof Valarie Zeithaml, Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of North Carolina
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business with Marketing Science Institute and Australian Graduate School of Management


August 2
"Convergence in Global Stock Markets and Investment Strategies"
Chaired Professor Cheol S Eun, Georgia Tech School of Business
"Investor Psychology and Factor Pricing Models"
Chaired Professor Avanidhar Subrahmanyam, Anderson School of Management, UCLA
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business Public Lectures in Finance

August 17
"Sunspots and Overlapping Generations Model"
Prof Karl Shell, Thorne Professor of Economics and Editor of Journal of Economic Theory,
Cornell University
- School of Economics & Social Sciences, Economics & Statistics Seminar Series

August 25
"Offshoring Services: Singapore as one of the world's top locations"
Prof Ravi Aron, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
- SMU with Institute of Systems Science and IDA Singapore

August 30
"Determinants of the Provision of Non-Audit Services by Auditors: Economic Efficiency or Managerial Opportunism?"
Dr Sanjay Kallapur, Associate Professo, Krannert School of Management, Purdue University
- School of Accountancy Seminar Series

September 1
"American, European and Asia-Pacific Corporate Governance Models: Differences and Convergence"
Dr Ray Ball, Sidney Davidson Professor of Accounting, The University of Chicago Graduate School of Business
- School of Accountancy Seminar Series

September 2
"Is a Mathematical Theory of Cryptography Possible?"
Prof James L Massey, Professor Emeritus, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich , Switzerland
- School of Information Systems


September 7
"Advances in Research on Supply Chain Values with RFID"
Prof Hau L Lee, Thoma Professor of Operations, Information and Technology, Stanford University Graduate School Of Business
- School of Information Systems Research Talk


September 7
"Globalisation and the Consequences for Asia "
Prof Dr Helmut Schutte, Dean, INSEAD
- Wee Kim Wee Centre Lunchtime Talk

September 15
"Real Options and Corporate Strategy"
Prof Bruce D Grundy, Professor of Finance, University of Melbourne
- Lee Kong Chian School of Business Public Lecture in Finance

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