Education Qualifications

Ph D, Business Administration, University of Michigan, 1993 MBA., University of Delhi (India), 1984 Bachelor of, Mechanical Engineering, Nagpur University (India), 1982

Academic and Professional Experience

Associate Professor, Department of Business Policy, School of Business, National University of Singapore, 2000 - current Visiting Professor, Helsinki School of Economics, Finland, 1999 Assistant Professor, Department of Business Policy, Faculty of Business Adminstration, National University of Singapore, 1994 - 2000 Visiting Assistant Professor, School of Business Administration, University of Minnesota, 1992 - 1994 Teaching and Research Assistant, University of Michigan, 1987 - 1992 Manager (Strategic Planning), Hindustan Computers Ltd, India, 1984 - 1987

Selected Publications

Journal Articles

Internationalization and Performance of Small and Medium Sized Enterprises, Journal of World Business, 43: 475-485, 2008 Survival during Crisis: Alliances by Singapore Firms, British Journal of Management, 18:209-223, 2007 Rising to the Global Challenge : Strategies for Emerging Market Firms, Long Range Planning, 39(3):295-313, 2006 Timing, Trust and Transparency : Wage restructuring at GlaxoSmithKline, Asian Case Research Journal, 10(2):249-259, 2006 The Impact of Market Cycle on the Performance of the Singapore Acquirers, with Junius R Lie, Strategic Management Journal, 25(12):1209-1216, 2004 The Impact of Control on Joint Venture Performance: A Contingency Approach, with Saul Klein, Journal of International Marketing, 12(3):86-107, 2004 Performance of Foreign Direct Investment from Singapore, with Hendry Lim, International Business Review, 12(5):601-24, 2003 Determinants of Alliance Duration in Uncertain Environments: The Case of the Biotechnology Sector, Long Range Planning, 36(3): 269-284, 2003 Invention and Business Performance in the Tissue Engineering Sector, Tissue Engineering Journal, 9(6):1313-22, 2003

Books/Monographs Authored

Business Strategy in Asia: A Casebook, with Kulwant Singh and Loizos Heracleous, Thomson Learning, 2003 (1st edition) and 2005 (2nd edition) Flying High in a Competitive Industry : Singapore Airlines, with Loizos Heracleous and Jochen Wirtz, McGraw Hill, 2006 (1st edition) and 2009 (2nd edition)

Consultation and Executive Experience

Finnish Business Council Singapore - The Emergence of Chindia and Implications for Strategy, February 2008 Civil Service College, Achieving Cost Effective Service Excellence - Lessons from Singapore Airlines 2006 Citi Group Private Bank DuPont (Singapore) Sri Lanka Telecom

Research Interests

Strategic Alliances Competition in high-technology industries Internationalization strategies of firms from newly industralizing economies

Courses

BMA5013  Corporate Strategy BMA5104  Global Strategic Management

Honors

Best Paper, co-authored with doctoral student - Asia Academy of Management, Taipei, 2008 Favourite Professor - NUS MBA Alumni School of Business nominee for the Outstanding Educator Award, NUS (2004) NUS Excellent Teachers (2003) Outstanding Service Award, NUS Business School (2003) Outstanding Educator Award, NUS Business School (2002)

Professional Service

Editorial Review Board, Strategic Management Journal Associate Editor, Asian Case Research Journal Associate Editor, Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 1998-2002 Co-Chair, Second Asia Academy of Management Conference, Singapore, December 2000 Occasional Reviewer, Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Conference, Academy of International Business Conference Reviewer, Journal of International Marketing, Journal of World Business, British Journal of Management Reviewer, Journal of Management, International Review