Education Qualifications

Ph.D., The University of Michigan, 1993 MBA, National University of Singapore, 1989 BBA (Honours, First Class), National University of Singapore, 1982

Academic and Professional Experience

Deputy Dean, NUS Business School, July 2008 - Present Interim Dean, NUS Business School, Jan - June 2008 Vice-Dean, Graduate Studies, NUS Business School, 2006 - 2007 Head, Department of Business Policy, NUS, 2003 - 2004 Head, Department of Management & Organisation, NUS, 2000 - 2002 Chief Editor, Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 1998 - 2003 Vice-Dean, Faculty of Business Administration, NUS, 1996 - 1999

Selected Publications

Journal Articles

Diversification and Performance: Evidence from East Asian Firms, with Abhirup Chakrabarti & Ishtiaq Mahmood, Strategic Management Journal, 28(2): 101-120, 2007 Growth Dynamics: The Bi-Directional Relationship between Interfirm Collaboration and Business Sales in Entrant and Incumbent Alliances, with Will Mitchell, Strategic Management Journal, 26 (6): 497-593, 2005 Increasing Replication for Knowledge Accumulation in Strategy Research, with SM Leong & SH Ang, Journal of Management, 29 (4): 533-549, 2003 Strategic Lessons From the Asian Crisis, with George Yip, Long Range Planning, 33: 706-729, 2000 Guided Competition in Singapore’s Telecommunications Industry, Industrial and Corporate Change, 7 (4): 585-599, 1999 The Impact of Technological Complexity and Interfirm Cooperation on Firm Survival, Academy of Management Journal, 40 (2): 339-367, 1997 Precarious Collaboration: Business Survival After Partners Shut Down or Form New Partnerships, with Will Mitchell, Strategic Management Journal, 17 (Summer): 99-115, 1996 Business Survival of Firms Using Hybrid Relationships in The American Hospital Software Systems Industry, 1961-1991, with Will Mitchell, Strategic Management Journal, 17 (3): 169-195, 1996 Corporate Strategy in the Intelligent Island: The Case of Singapore Telecom, Industrial and Corporate Change. 4 (4): 691-702, 1995 Spillback Effects and Nonexpansion When Product Types and Firm Types Differ, with Will Mitchell, Journal of Management, 21(1): 81-100, 1995 Death of the Lethargic: Effects of Expansion Into New Technological Subfields of an Industry on Performance in a Firms Base Business, with Will Mitchell, Organization Science, 4 (May): 152-180, 1993 Incumbent Use of Pre-Entry Alliances Before Expansion into New Technical Subfields of an Industry, with Will Mitchell, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 18(Aug): 347-372, 1992

Books/Monographs Authored

Strategy for Business Success in Asia, with Andrew Delios, John Wiley, 2005 Business Strategy in Asia: A Casebook, with N Pangarkar & Loizos Heracleous, International Thompson, 2004 (2nd Edition), 2003 (Chinese Edition) & 2001 (1st Edition) Surviving the New Millennium. Lessons from the Asian Crisis, with SH Ang, SH Lee, GH Lim & KY Tan, McGrawHill, 2001 (Korean Edition) & 2000

Working Papers

Firm Restructuring following a Major Environmental Shock, with Zhu Jinyan & Ishtiaq Mahmood

Membership And Professional Activities

Strategic Management Society Academy of Management Asian Academy of Management Academy of International Business

Consultation and Executive Experience

AL Rajhi Bank, Cargill, Deutsche Bank, DuPont, FCI Areva, GlaxoWellcome, Johnson and Johnson, Ministry of Trade and Industry (Singapore), Nestle, OCBC Bank, Panasonic, Samsung, Telenor, Toshiba and Volvo

Research Interests

Corporate and technology strategy Inter-firm cooperation and competition Strategies and competitiveness of Singapore-based firms Business strategy in the Asia Pacific

Courses

BME5002  Corporate Strategy For 21st-Century Organisation BMA5111  Microeconomics of Competitiveness BMA5101  Industry & Competitive Analysis

Academic Scholarships And Awards

Outstanding Educator Award, NUS Business School, 2004 Glueck Best Paper Award, Business Policy and Strategy Division, Academy of Management, 1996 Best Paper Award, Policy Division, Administrative Sciences Association of Canada, 1991 Research Achievement Award, National University of Singapore, 1997 Best Paper proceedings papers, Academy of Management, 2001, 1999, 1996 & 1995 Nominated for Best International Paper, Academy of Management, Chicago, USA, 1999 Finalist, Best Dissertation Competition, Business Policy and Strategy Division, Academy of Management, 1994 "NUS Excellent Teachers" 2003 Teaching commendation letters in 2003, 2002 and 1995 Gerald and Lillian Dykstra Fellow, for excellence in teaching, School of Business, The University of Michigan, 1992 Lesli Wong Memorial Medal, Faculty of Business Administration, National University of Singapore, 1982 Dean's Cup and International Business Award, for Dean's Essay Competition, Faculty of Business Administration, National University of Singapore, 1982