Intended Usage of Online Supermarkets: The Singapore Case

The online grocery sales experienced a surge in Singapore especially in the early half of 2003 during the SARS outbreak. The Technology Acceptance Model and some basic demographic variables will be used to study the intended usage of online supermarkets. Based on a sample of size 211 shoppers, it was found that those 21-40 years old have a propensity in using the online grocery. However, those having income lower than $1,500 have less inclination in using the e-grocery. The stepwise discriminant analysis shows that two perceived variables, usefulness and ease of use, and two demographic variables, age, income are significant in differentiating the intended customers. Our results are different from the past studies where the gender and education are found to be significant. This may be due to the fact that most respondents in the sample are under 41 years old with at least tertiary and above education

Consumers Trust in Online Shopping: The Case of Singapore

The emergences of the Internet and World Wide Web have changed the way businesses ply their trades. Many organizations now have established an online presence, particularly businesses that provide products or services directly to consumers, the so-called business-to-consumer (B2C) e-business. Trust is an important component for the continued viability and success of online businesses, as unlike traditional businesses, consumers do not have physical contact with the products to evaluate their suitability and quality. In this paper, we adopt the trust model constructed by Lee and Turban [7] to study how the drivers of trust in B2C e-commerce would affect the level of trust consumers have in online shopping in Singapore. We will also investigate if there are any moderating effects due to consumer’ trust propensity on the relationship between each trust driver and consumer trust in online shopping. Our results show that most of the trust drivers identified by Lee and Turban have a positive effect on the level of trust on online shopping and trust propensity also has a moderating effect on the relationship between the trust drivers and consumers’ trust in online shopping

Portfolio diversification: a factor analysis approach

One of the main purposes of modern portfolio theory is to deal with the merit of international diversification, which is closely linked to the issue of co-movement and interdependence between stock markets. The globalization of equity markets and the increasing growth potential of the emerging Asian markets in the recent years have attracted significant attention in their co-movements. This study aims to investigate the potential of diversifying into US and Asia Pacific markets in the perspective of a Singaporean investor. A factor analysis is first used to screen out certain stock markets before the portfolio is computed. In view of the recent Asian financial crisis in mid-1997, the study is also extended to include international diversification choices after the Asian crisis to provide a more comprehensive study for Singaporean investors. The idea of this research can be repeated from a different perspective such as the US point of view.

Day-of-the-week effects in US and Asia-Pacific stock markets during the Asian financial crisis: a non-parametric approach

This paper is devoted to extending the determination of day-of-the-week effect existing in a sample of Asia-Pacific markets such as Hong Kong, Korea, Singapore and Taiwan. At the same time, we also like to test for the presence of weekend effects in developed markets of the US and Japan. In view of recent studies regarding the disappearing day-of-the-week effect for US firms, we will focus our attention on the recent years to better track the presence of weekend effects during and after the Asian financial crisis in 1997 and the recent collapse of the blue chip stocks in the United States. The results reveal that there exists no evidence of the day-of-the-week effect in all countries except Singapore. For Singapore, it is low returns on Monday and Tuesday and high returns on Wednesday to Friday.Weekend effect Stock markets Normality Kruskal-Wallis test

Internet Shopping Behavior among Singaporeans: Gender and Educational Issues

The key objective of this study is to examine the influence of gender and educational level on attitudes toward online shopping. Based on a sample of 140 respondents, it was found that there is a general consensus over the convenience of the medium for information search and making purchase. Singaporeans are in general concerned with Internet privacy and security. Gender differences have a significant effect on the way respondents feel comfortable with not having the ‘real’ shopping experience. Both male and female respondents feel that it is easy to conduct online shopping and they generally encounter minimal problem. Finally, the perception of the Internet providing better prices and more cost savings increases with the level of education

A study on the mainland chinese tourist arrivals to Singapore

Research Paper Series (National University of Singapore. Faculty of Business Administration); 2003-01

Moving for a Good Life: Tourism Mobility and Subjective Well-being of Chinese Retirement Migrants

Tourism Geographies252-Mar778-79

The cross-border shoppers' behaviour: the case of Singapore

Cross-border shopping has been of interest in the past decade. Given the close proximity of Singapore and Johor Bahru (JB) (located at the southern tip of Malaysia), outshopping has become a notable feature of cross-border visits. We compared the travel frequencies of 203 Singapore residents who travelled to Malaysia for shopping purposes. We also identified and measured the factors that might influence their cross-border shopping behaviour. Our results revealed that there was a significant difference in the travel frequencies between the younger and older respondents. However, there were no significant differences between males and females and between the low income earners and the high income earners. As for the determinants of outshopping behaviour, it was found that marketing mixes and accessibility, as well as economical factors, all had significant and positive influences on cross-border shopping.cross-border shoppers; cross-border shopping; international outshopping; outshopping consumers; consumer behaviour; Singapore; Malaysia.

Is price most important? Healthcare tourism in Southeast Asia

10.1080/14616688.2017.1376224Tourism Geographies195823-84