Innovation-Driven Business and Sustainability in the Tropics

Dr Emiel L. Eijdenberg is Senior Lecturer and the Singapore Director of the Centre of International Trade and Boniness in Asia, James Cook University, Singapore. Dr Eijdenberg’s research interests are about entrepreneurs(hip) and elite tourism, especially in the Tropics. Dr Eijdenberg’s work has been published in journals such as International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research, International Journal of Market Research, International Review of Entrepreneurship, Journal of African Business, Small Enterprise Research, and in several scholarly books and edited volumes. Dr Eijdenberg has secured in collaboration with others close to € 500,000 in funding from multiple organisations such as the Dutch organisation of internationalisation in education (NUFFIC) and Volkswagen Foundation. In these projects, Dr Eijdenberg is involved as an expert for short and long-term assignments in, amongst others, Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Oman, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.Dr Malobi Mukherjee is currently a Lecturer at James Cook University, Singapore, and a Visiting International Researcher at Saïd Business School, University of Oxford. Dr Mukherjee has over 15 years of research, teaching and consultancy experience in customer relationship management, services marketing, retail format development and retail public policy. She has published in Long Range Planning, Futures, Asia Pacific Business Review and International Review of Retail, Distribution and Consumer Research. She is also the author of an edited book on retail development in emerging markets published by Routledge. Dr Mukherjee has been quoted in the Straits Times and Business Times (Singapore) and written opinion pieces for leading newspapers such as Indian Express, Times of India, and Business Times. Dr Mukherjee is also a futurist specialising in the scenario planning which she has used for several retail research and consultancy projects across Asia, Australiaand Europe. Dr Mukherjee earned her undergraduate degree at Presidency University, Kolkata, India; her Master in Business Administration from Leeds University, United Kingdom, and her PhD from Alliance Manchester Business School, United Kingdom, where she was the recipient of the AXA PPP Healthcare scholarship.Dr. Jacob Wood is the Associate Dean of Research (ADR) for the College of Business, Law, and Governance at James Cook University (JCU, Australia) and the ADR for Business, IT, and Science at JCU Singapore. He is also the Managing Director for the Centre of International Trade and Business in Asia (CITBA). Dr. Wood’s primary research interests are in the areas of transportation and logistics and as well as several areas within the field of international trade, including works in nontariff barriers, intra-industry trade, and the WTO Dispute Settlement Mechanism. From these studies, he has been published in various outlets including The World Economy, Journal of Transportation Research Part D: Transport and the Environment, Journal of Cleaner Production, International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, Journal of World Trade, Scientometrics, and Journal of Asia-Pacific Economic Literature among others. Dr. Wood is also co-Editor of an ongoing book series that is published by Routledge titled “Advances in Research on the Tropics”, and recently he has also published a Book with Springer Nature titled “A Multidimensional Economic Assessment of Africa”.

• Foreword.- 1. Putting the Tropics on the academic map: The Raison d’être of the SEIGOP Conference (Manisha Agarwal, Thomas Chong, Emiel L. Eijdenberg, Janice Lim, Maxwell Low, Malobi Mukherjee, Erica Nee, May Tan-Mullins, Jacob Wood).- 2. Seeking a sustainable technology of governance to support small and medium enterprises: a study from the ASEAN countries (Harun Harun, David Carter and Habib Khan).- 3. An empirical study on the impact of trade facilitation on Chinese exports to South American countries: The case of commodities and electronic products (Xinru Luan, Jungsuk Kim, Sook Rei Tan, Jacob Wood).- 4. The Use of Blockchain in Vietnam’s Global Fishery Supply Chain Management (Hoang Tuan Linh Nguyen, Jungsuk Kim, Benedict Atkinson, Jacob Wood, Haejin Jang).- 5. Power Up Sustainability: A Lean-Agile Perspective for the Tropics (Christine Wing Kit Yip).- 6. Exploring the Role of Trust, Competence, and Likability in Fostering Workplace Relations (Smita Singh and Patrick K. F. Lin).- 7. Detecting Public Speaking Stress via Real-time Voice Analysis in Virtual Reality: A Review (Arushi, Roberto Dillon, Ai Ni Teoh, and Denise Dillon).- 8. Understanding Bias in Recruitment Decision Making: The Impact of Work/Life Experiences in Responding to Diverse Job Candidates (Shane Whitfield and Jacob Wood).- 9. Spiritual Tourism: A Review and Synthesis (Eva Lang, Alexander Josiassen, Florian Kock).- 10. Gender-Inclusive, Sustainable, Frugal and Innovative Methods in Succession Planning for Indian Small and Medium Enterprises Family-Owned Businesses (Pooja Alfred Arambhan, Dr Jireh Hooi Inn Seow and Dr Bhanu Ranjan).- 11. Market Power Analysis on Shrimp Import from Tropical Asia: The Korean Case (Dae Eui Kim and Song Soo Lim).- 12. Coastal Tourism and Sustainability: A Case Study of East Midnapur District, West Bengal, India (Dr. Priyanka Ghosh and Dr. Tania Chakravarty).- 13. An Internet of Things Conceptual Modeland User Experience Design for Forest Hiking Systems in the Tropics Tourism (Jusak Jusak and Randy Zhu).- 14. Spatial characteristics and driving mechanism of Hainan tourism development under the COVID-19 epidemic (Fenggui Chen, Jinglong Jiang, Yuhuan Jiang, Chao Zhang, Qingsheng Li，Jianwei Wu).- 15. A conceptual framework for supporting high-value innovation in the large medical technology industry (Hemant Vilas Belsare, Dr Jireh Hooi Inn Seow and Dr. CJ Meadows).- 16. Small businesses beyond resilience: a functional structure approach to the growth of small businesses in India (Vijay Bijlani, Dr. Jireh H.I. Seow and Dr. Muniza Askari).- 17. A conceptual framework for impact of artificial intelligence and machine learning (AIML) in drug development within pharmaceutical industry (Mugdha H. Belsare and Josip Burusic).- 18. Exploring Employee Engagement in the New Zealand Healthcare Industry during the COVID-19 Pandemic (Erlita Cabal-Roberts and Jacob Wood).- 19. Contemporary Employability Norms for Guest-Facing Hospitality Workers: Some Empirical Evidence during Covid-19 (Nicolas Hepp, Riley Lynn Starling, Greta Elbracht, Miriam Sneha Rajkumar, Win Khant, Pengji Wang).- 20. Impact of Students’ Village Residence on the Students Performance and The Host Community: A Study of Federal Polytechnic Bauchi, Nigeria (Usman Yusuf Dutse).- 21. E-Marketing, Technological Capabilities, and Performance of Small and Medium Enterprises in North East Nigeria (Mohammed Lawal Inuwa and Friday Igbadumhe).- 22. Last-Mile Delivery Innovations for Parcels Collection in Singapore (Maria Cecilia Rojas Lopez and Hui Shan Loh).- 23. Scoping the conveniences of mobile money for micro-entrepreneurs in Kenya (Rael A. Onyango, Emiel L. Eijdenberg, Nelson Obange and Enno Masurel).- 23. Evaluating financial literacy among working women in Pune: a gender-sensitive approach (Vineeta Agrawal and Manisha Agarwal).- 25. Kicking the proverbial can down the road, across the border:  Sustainability at Others’ Expense (Dr Thomas Chong).- 26. Artificial Intelligence in Information Technology Infrastructure Management and Support in Singapore (Dr Jireh H.I. Seow and Naveen K. Rajaharia).- 27. RFID Technology for sustainable fashion and Textile manufacturing (Majo George, Rajkishore Nayak, Irfan UlHaq, Hiep Pham, Tarun Panwar and Duc-Anh Nguyen).