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Strategy & Entrepreneurship Research Seminar

Area Administration The patriarchal family is often thought of as a persistent source of the biases and stereotypes that systematically disadvantage women in the family as well as in the broader economy. So, suppose now there is a society where the patriarchal family has never existed; what would happen when the people of that society start participating in organized economic activity? I address this question by studying small businesses in a matriarchal society where, traditionally speaking, families are headed by women instead of men, patriarchal roles and stereotypes do not exist, and property is owned and inherited matrilineally. I find that, as matriarchal families found and grow their businesses, they transform into patriarchal families that are characterized by the emergence of patriarchal roles and norms, the ascendence of men’s status, and the adoption of patrilineal ownership and inheritance of property. My study contributes to research at the intersection of gender and organizations; it may also inform the broader dis… Subtitle: ORGANIZED ECONOMIC ACTIVITY IN A MATRIARCHAL SOCIETY. Speaker Details: Assistant Professor Jian Bai (Jamber) Li National University of Singapore Jian Bai Li is an assistant professor in the Department of Strategy and Policy at the National University of Singapore. His research employs qualitative methods to build theory on organizations and social networks by studying entrepreneurship and family businesses. He holds a PhD in Management Science and Engineering from Stanford University. Type: Seminars & Workshops. Subject: Strategic Management. Audience: Academic Community. Wednesday, December 3, 2025, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM. Singapore Management University Lee Kong Chian School of Business Level 5, Meeting Room 5.4 50 Stamford Road Singapore 178899.

Finance Research Seminar

Area Administration The asset management industry is increasingly shifting toward tailored portfolios, fund proliferation, and decentralization of stewardship – trends partly driven by growing heterogeneity in investor preferences. While these developments better align investment products with investor demands, they also reshape ownership structures, potentially leading to more dispersed ownership and weaker managerial oversight. We develop a framework to evaluate these trade-offs and show that fund proliferation does not necessarily weaken governance: Stronger incentives for asset managers and concentrated portfolios of specialized funds can offset these effects, especially when investor preferences are intense. However, strong investor preferences can also induce asset managers to compete on a new margin—granting investors control by decentralizing stewardship and adopting pass-through voting—without internalizing the associated governance costs. Subtitle: Fund Proliferation, Decentralization, and Shareholder Power. Speaker Details: Professor Andrey Malenko Boston College Please click here to view profile. Type: Seminars & Workshops. Subject: Finance & Financial Markets. Audience: Academic Community. Monday, December 8, 2025, 10:30 AM – 11:45 AM. Lee Kong Chian School of Business Level 2, Seminar Room 2.8 50 Stamford Road Singapore 178899.

SMU LKCSB Info Sessions, Consultations & Fast Track (Mumbai, India)

Infosessions Hourly Sessions: Tuesday, 9 December 2025, Info Session 12.00pm - 1.00pm (IST)  7.00pm - 8.00pm (IST) 8.00pm - 9.30 pm (IST)  Fast Track 1.00pm - 4.30pm (IST) (Half-Hourly Sessions). RSVP: . Reserve a seat: https://postgraduate.smu.edu.sg/acton/fs/blocks/showLandingPage/a/11522/p/p-0354/t/page/fm/2. Event Details: We are conducting Fast-Track Admission in India for our master's programmes! You will be able to expedite your application and be guided through the process by the Admissions Team. Eligible candidates* would be shortlisted for an interview with the admission committee. Application fee will be waived for all fast-track attendees. If you're ready to apply, register today! You ​are ​welcome ​to ​bring ​a ​friend ​with ​you. ​Simply ​forward ​them ​this ​registration ​link:  https://postgraduate.smu.edu… Contact: lkcsbpg.admissions@smu.edu.sg. Type: Information Sessions. Subject: Business. Finance & Financial Markets. Audience: Prospective Student. Public. Tuesday, December 9, 2025, 12:00 PM – 9:30 PM. Hilton International Hotel Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Int'l Airport Rd, Ashok Nagar, Andheri East, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400099.

Marketing Research Seminar

Area Administration Consumers’ personal information provides valuable insight for marketers, but consumers are increasingly wary of companies’ data collection practices. Increasing regulations and consumer concerns about privacy have made it crucial to understand the factors that drive consumers to voluntarily share their personal information with companies. Complementing extant research that focuses on contextual and emotional drivers of self-disclosure, the current study explores how the decision to share personal information with companies can be ideologically determined. We identify political ideology (liberal vs. conservative) as a novel driver of consumers’ decision to share personal information. We show that conservatives (vs. liberals) are more likely to share personal information with companies, because they are more likely to view companies’ requests for personal information as legitimate and fair. We provide evidence of this phenomenon and the psychological process behind it. We also show that the effect is attenuated… Subtitle: The Role of Political Ideology in Consumers’ Decision to Share Personal Information. Speaker Details: Associate Professor Nailya Ordabayeva Boston University Nailya Ordabayeva is the Kelli Questrom Associate Professor in Marketing at the Questrom School of Business, Boston University. She holds a Ph.D. in Management from INSEAD and a B.Sc. in Management from Bilkent University. Prof. Ordabayeva researches how social and sensory perceptions influence consumers' purchase decisions and how they impact wellbeing. Her expertise focuses on the effects of inequality, status, and sensory perception on consumer de… Type: Seminars & Workshops. Subject: Communication & Marketing. Audience: Academic Community. Wednesday, December 10, 2025, 10:30 AM – 11:45 AM. Lee Kong Chian School of Business Level 2, Seminar Room 2-1 50 Stamford Road Singapore 178899.

Finance Research Seminar

Area Administration Although exogenous supply shocks are central to identifying demand curves in other areas of economics, the asset pricing literature has relied on demand-side instruments. We fill this gap by exploiting an exogenous and uninformed supply shock: the  2016 Tick Size Pilot. While treatment and control firms announced similar levels of repurchases, treatment firms repurchased 20% fewer shares due to unforeseen conflicts between the pilot and repurchase regulations. The random assignment of treatment allows us to control for price spillover effects under a difference-in-differences framework. We estimate a relative price multiplier of 2.01 and show that households and investment advisors (e.g. hedge funds) absorb most of the supply shocks. Subtitle: Asset Pricing with Supply Shocks. Speaker Details: Professor Mao Ye Cornell University Please click here to view profile. Type: Seminars & Workshops. Subject: Finance & Financial Markets. Audience: Academic Community. Thursday, December 11, 2025, 10:30 AM – 11:45 AM. Lee Kong Chian School of Business Level 2, Seminar Room 2.8 50 Stamford Road Singapore 178899.

SMU LKCSB Info Sessions, Consultations & Fast Track (Delhi, India)

Infosessions Hourly Sessions: Thursday, 11 December 2025, Info Session 12.00pm - 1.00pm (IST)  7.00pm - 8.00pm (IST) Fast Track 1.00pm - 4.30pm (IST) (Half-Hourly Sessions). RSVP: . Reserve a seat: https://postgraduate.smu.edu.sg/acton/fs/blocks/showLandingPage/a/11522/p/p-0353/t/page/fm/2. Event Details: We are conducting Fast-Track Admission in India for our master's programmes! You will be able to expedite your application and be guided through the process by the Admissions Team. Eligible candidates* would be shortlisted for an interview with the admission committee. Application fee will be waived for all fast-track attendees. If you're ready to apply, register today! You ​are ​welcome ​to ​bring ​a ​friend ​with ​you. ​Simply ​forward ​them ​this ​registration ​link:  https://postgraduate.smu.edu… Contact: lkcsbpg.admissions@smu.edu.sg. Type: Information Sessions. Subject: Business. Finance & Financial Markets. Audience: Prospective Student. Public. Thursday, December 11, 2025, 12:00 PM – 4:30 PM. Shangri-La , 19, Ashoka Road, Janpath, Connaught Place, New Delhi.

Tommie Goh Visiting Professorship in Entrepreneurship and Business Public Lecture

Area Administration Modern financial markets generate enormous quantities of data. As the data environment has become increasingly “big” and analyses more computerized, the information extracted and utilized by market participants has grown far more varied and diverse. At one extreme, high-frequency traders (HFTs) rely on ultra-minimalist algorithms optimized purely for speed. On the other hand, industry practitioners employ sophisticated machine-learning models that may require minutes, hours, or even days to train and evaluate. This public lecture will explore how the three defining dimensions of big data—large size, high dimensionality, and complex structure—have transformed modern finance. We will examine how these characteristics have enabled new empirical findings and inspired new theories. The lecture will also reflect major developments from recent years and highlight promising directions for future research in big data and finance. We will also discuss emerging research areas that may benefit from deeper collaboration a… Subtitle: Big Data in Finance: Then, Now, and The Future. Speaker Details: Professor Mao Ye Cornell University Please click here to view profile Mao Ye is a Professor of Finance at Cornell University. His research focuses on market microstructure, machine learning, and big data. His research has been published in the Journal of Finance, the Journal of Financial Economics, and the Review of Financial Studies. Ye is a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) and a Faculty Fellow at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA). He… RSVP: . Type: Seminars & Workshops. Subject: Finance & Financial Markets. Audience: Academic Community. Friday, December 12, 2025, 10:25 AM – 2:00 PM. Lee Kong Chian School of Business Level 1, Seminar Room 1.1 50 Stamford Rd Singapore 178899.

SMU MWM Hybrid Information Session with Alumni Sharing

MWM Infosessions RSVP: . Reserve a seat: https://postgraduate.smu.edu.sg/acton/fs/blocks/showLandingPage/a/11522/p/p-0374/t/page/fm/2. Event Details: We ​​welcome ​​you ​​to ​​discover ​​how ​​the SMU MWM ​​with ​​​emphasis ​​on ​​leadership ​​and ​​management ​​training, ​​can ​​help ​​boost ​​your ​​career. ​​ ​​In this session, hear from our Academic Director, admissions manager, and SMU MWM alumni who will be sharing on the programme experiences.   This session will be held in a hybrid mode. To improve Zoom security, sign in details will be sent to you an hour before the start of the event. To invite a friend, simply forward them this… Contact: mwm.admissions@smu.edu.sg. Type: Information Sessions. Subject: Business. Finance & Financial Markets. Audience: Prospective Student. Public. Thursday, January 15, 2026, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM. Level 5, MR 5.4 Singapore Management University Lee Kong Chian School of Business 50 Stamford Road Singapore 178899 Singapore.

SMU MEI Virtual Information Session with Professor David

Infosessions Hourly Sessions: 7PM - 8.30PM (Singapore Time). RSVP: . Reserve a seat: https://postgraduate.smu.edu.sg/acton/fs/blocks/showLandingPage/a/11522/p/p-0355/t/page/fm/2. Event Details: In this session, Professor David Gomulya will engage in a hands-on, class exercise to let the audience experience the challenges associated with growing a start-up and the steps to mitigate that. In addition, our Admissions Advisor will share key programme highlights and address any queries you may have. This session will be held virtually. To improve security, Zoom sign in details will be sent to you an hour before the start of the event. To invite a friend, simply forward them this registration link… Contact: mei.admissions@smu.edu.sg. Type: Information Sessions. Subject: Business. Finance & Financial Markets. Audience: Prospective Student. Public. Tuesday, January 20, 2026, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM.

SMU MAF/MQF Hybrid Information Session

MQF Infosessions Hourly Sessions: 7 - 8.30 PM (Singapore time). RSVP: . Reserve a seat: https://postgraduate.smu.edu.sg/acton/fs/blocks/showLandingPage/a/11522/p/p-0356/t/page/fm/2. Event Details: We ​​welcome ​​you ​​to ​​discover ​​how ​​the SMU's MAF & MQF programme, ​​with ​​​emphasis ​​on finance, ​​leadership ​​and ​​management ​​training, ​​can ​​help ​​boost ​​your ​​career. Get a chance to speak with our current students on their experience with the programme. The session will be hosted on Zoom and a physical session happening concurrently. Hence, this would be a hybrid session.  * Participants that are registering for the session via the Zoom platform, please kindly note that the Zoom… Contact: maf.admissions@smu.edu.sg. Type: Information Sessions. Subject: Business. Finance & Financial Markets. Audience: Prospective Student. Public. Thursday, January 22, 2026, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM. Lee Kong Chian School of Business Singapore Management University 50 Stamford Road Singapore 178899 Singapore.

SMU MIM Consultations with Admissions Managers

Infosession Hourly Sessions: Thursday, 29 January 2026 (Half-hourly sessions)  10.00am - 11.30am (SGT) 3.00pm - 4.30pm (SGT). RSVP: . Reserve a seat: https://postgraduate.smu.edu.sg/acton/fs/blocks/showLandingPage/a/11522/p/p-0350/t/page/fm/3. Event Details: Speak with our admissions advisors to learn more about how the SMU MSc in Management (MIM) programme can elevate your career with personalized guidance on the application process, programme details, and opportunities for growth. Get expert advice tailored to your goals and start your journey with us today! To do a pre-application assessment of your profile, you are encouraged to submit a copy of your resume. This session will be held online. To improve Zoom security, sign in details will be sent to you… Contact: mim.admissions@smu.edu.sg. Type: Information Sessions. Subject: Business. Finance & Financial Markets. Audience: Prospective Student. Public. Thursday, January 29, 2026, 10:00 AM – 4:30 PM.