Caroline YL Wong

• Doctor of Philosophy
• Associate Dean for Learning and Teaching at James Cook University Singapore

The influx of international tourists may affect the economic growth of destination countries by influencing the quality of life (QoL) of residents, the effects of which are unclear ex ante. Therefore, this study utilises the autoregressive distributed lag model to examine tourism‐induced growth by taking into consideration the residents' QoL using...

Indigenous entrepreneurship is a largely overlooked research field. Notable studies mainly stem from the Americas, Australia and New Zealand, therefore leaving many places around the world overlooked. One of these overlooked places is Southeast Asia, a rapidly emerging and highly populated region that is rich of diverse cultures. The region is home...

Shouldered by strong industrializing nations, Southeast Asia is a fast-evolving region that is culturally rich with countless aspirational indigenous entrepreneurs. The aim of this book is to unearth indigenous entrepreneurship in Southeast Asia, which is largely an unexplored research domain. By showcasing examples of mundane and indigenous entrep...

Labour is the primary resource for economic development in Singapore and the contributions of migrant workers at all skill levels have been pivotal to the country’s leap from third world to first world nation status. The city-state’s dependency on migrants has more recently been a concern for the Singaporean regime due to the suspicion that it may...

Purpose This study aims to advance the scholarship of yachting in the context of wellness by exploring the following research question: in what ways is wellness created and experienced by luxury yachting? Design/methodology/approach Since the extant journal literature from 2012–2023 in peer-reviewed journals is limited on the topic that links luxu...

Purpose This paper explores ways in which Singapore adapts its planning policy and practices to meet the needs of its growing silver population, particularly the relationship between ageing related policies and its urban development strategies. Design/methodology/approach The research assesses Singapore's urban planning policies for the ageing pop...

Ageing population and urbanisation are two global trends that together comprise major forces shaping the twenty-first Century. Cities are growing, and so are their share of ageing population. In 2019, the world’s population aged 60 years or over numbered 703 million and is projected to double to 1.5 billion by 2050 (UN, 2019). By then, 1 in 6 peopl...

This study seeks to examine the significance and potential of yachting tourism in Singapore using the ‘policy mobility’ lens. This approach considers the adoption and adaptation of a tourism policy, in this case by taking into account the historical context of yachting in Singapore as a means of recreating a negotiated space that is in continuous a...

The world of learning and teaching has changed tremendously as a result of COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic has forced educational institutions to innovate their ways of teaching, learning processes and learner management and reimagine their approach to education. Learners are facing a similar transition to less familiar online environment and limit...

Despite luxury brands’ efforts to incorporate sustainable development into their branding and product design, studies have shown inconclusive evidence about consumers’ reaction towards such efforts. This study investigates how consumption values (i.e. the need for exclusivity, conformity, and hedonism) affect consumers’ acceptance of luxury brands’...

Our research investigates how the issue of food security is addressed through an effective urban planning strategy and legislative agenda in resource-constrained urban environments. As part of our study, we assess the degree to which urban planners have embraced the issue of food security. We also examine the importance of urban agriculture in faci...

Despite luxury brands' efforts to incorporate sustainable development into their branding and product design, studies have shown inconclusive evidence about consumers' reaction towards such efforts. This study investigates how consumption values (i.e. the need for exclusivity, conformity, and hedonism) affect consumers' acceptance of luxury brands'...

This study seeks to analyse the effectiveness of waste management in a highly developed, smart city like Singapore. It reviews the various approaches undertaken by the Singapore Government to align its waste management efforts with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the UN 2030 Agenda. It also examines the contributions of other important...

Urban planners, government leaders, and the farming community have noted the important role cities play in producing their own food to manage higher levels of domestic demand, food insecurity, environmental concerns and affordability. To better understand these issues our research examines urban farming; in particular, the use of vertical farming m...

Federal and local governments around the world usually hail urbanisation as a sign of economic progress. However, the relationship is not that simple. The existence of agglomeration economies does not mean that urbanisation will directly result in positive economic outcomes. Also, there is significant diversity in urban growth patterns, with each p...

his book has been developed as a resource to support educators at all levels of higher education to design and implement robust curriculum frameworks for global citizenship. It guides readers through a discussion of current policy, theorisation of the global learner and citizen and offers a good practice framework derived from case studies of diver...

Higher education is increasingly focusing on facilitating agentic, outward-looking, globally minded graduates. International mobility experiences are positioned as key to developing these qualities; however, not all students have the inclination, resources, or support to enable them to participate in such experiences. Student surveys reveal that th...

This study examines the effectiveness of Post-Entry English Language Assessment (PELA) as a predictor of international business students’ English writing performance and academic performance. An intervention involving the implementation of contextualised English writing workshops was embedded in a specific business subject targeted at students who...

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Purpose This paper aims to present an approach to the knowledge‐based economy that focuses on the developmental synergies between technology (especially information and communication technologies), culture and place (hub) as expressed in the innovative milieu of the inner city. Design/methodology/approach This paper draws on research in city and u...

This book looks at the complexity of knowledge. It takes into account diverse disciplines such as economics, social sciences, international business, and organization studies. The authors focus on knowledge internationally from a macro to a more micro level, from the state to households, from knowledge production to knowledge consumption, lifting t...

This chapter seeks to draw a parallel between organizations and households in the areas of knowledge and value creation. We introduce comparisons between firms and households because factors such as the nature of competition, collaboration, community and sharing within households provide examples of effective knowledge and value creation and exchan...

Urban areas such as major cities are crucial in the development and utilization of knowledge as a resource. Many talented knowledge workers in the consulting, investment-banking, law and science and technology industries are attracted to certain global cities, not only because of the attractive work environment but also their attractive social amen...

The State has been seen as crucial for the phenomenal economic success of capitalism in Asian countries such as Korea and Taiwan (Amsden, 1989; 2001; Wade, 1990). Entrepreneurship on the other hand has been seen to flourish in countries in which free markets operate, and where the state’s role has been minor, such as in Hong Kong (Redding, 1990).

Our interest in devoting a chapter to knowledge exchange and the ethical issues that come to the fore stems from the fact that a growing body of literature in business ethics considers the concept of exchange as central in understanding business ethics.

This chapter combines looking at complexity with a consideration of value creation in knowledge-based industries. Our main conjecture is that indices (Jervis, 1985), or external truthful signals, can be used by the market to certify and rank the value of an actor’s product or services. Such path-dependent effects can lead to winner-take-all (Frank...

Already in 1945 Hayek pointed out that it was difficult and complex to analyse knowledge as a resource due to its intangibility and randomness: the knowledge of the circumstances of which we must make use never exists in concentrated or integrated form, but solely as the dispersed hits of incomplete and frequently contradictory knowledge…a problem...

An organization’s ability to create and exchange knowledge within a network of social and technological relationships has become crucial in today’s international business world. The ability to measure and value such knowledge assets has become important because of the role they have as fundamental drivers of global success. This is especially true...

Purpose -The purpose of this paper is to illustrate the various types of paradoxes underlying the nature of creativity, which in turn affect the foundations of organizations and organization change in the 21 st century. The film industry best illustrate the interaction of such paradoxes, creativity and organizational change. This paper examines how...

The rapid advance of digital technologies and globalisation of networks have made cultural products such as art, fashion, music and film one of the fastest growing sectors in the world. For the film industry, the changing technological environment requires production houses to constantly re-invent themselves in order to survive and prosper. To stay...

Co-production and strategic partnerships may generate valuable learning opportunities for firms to access to the knowledge and expertise of their partners. Such sharing and transfer of knowledge has become an increasingly common way for organising corporate finance and resources. However, not all collaborations result in a net positive experience f...