Purpose – Free trade agreements have been employed, either unilaterally or as a bloc, as an instrument to overcome the inefficiencies in trade brought about by the prevailing barriers and regulatory measures. During the tenth summit the leaders of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)...

Posits that the regionalization and globalization of companies in the Asia Pacific region is forcing human resource managers and general managers to rethink and reconsider their systems of management. A survey of human resource management (HRM) practices and policies in Singapore was conducted...

This paper presents a quality roadmap of a restructured hospital. Specifically, a case study is showcased to reveal how a FOCUS‐PDCA model is applied to the Central Portering Services (CPS) within a restructured hospital, to provide better service to other departments within the hospital who...

Purpose – Prior research has suggested that the key to industrial purchasing success lies in the time development and maintenance of long‐term relationships between buyers and sellers. Good relational exchanges can lead to higher product quality and better coordination with the suppliers. As...

Purpose – This study attempts to list and rank the necessary skills required of a global logistics professional based on objective evaluations from industry. Design/methodology/approach – This paper adopts a novel mixed‐methods approach using elements of concept mapping (brainstorming,...

Purpose For entrepreneurship education issue, the purpose of this paper is to apply a novel four-step method of comparative education research and assessment items for university-based entrepreneurship ecosystems (U-BEEs), with a specific focus on universities in Taiwan and Singapore. In this...