Education Qualifications

Ph.D (Regional Planning), MIT, USA, 1979 E. Eng., MIT, USA, 1976 SM (CS & EE), MIT, USA, 1975 SB (Physics), MIT, USA, 1974 SB (E.E.), MIT, USA, 1974

Academic and Professional Experience

Professor, Department of Business Policy, School of Business, National University of Singapore, Jan 2008 - current Director, NUS Entrepreneurship Centre (NEC), 2001 - current Professor (by courtesy), NUS Engineering School and LKY School of Public Policy, July 2009 - current Professor, LKY School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore, Jan 2008 - June 2009 Associate Professor, (Joint Appointment), LKY School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore, 2006 - 2007 Associate Professor, Department of Business Policy, School of Business, National University of Singapore, 1997 - 2007 Visiting Scholar, Swedish Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), 2005 Panel Member, The Enterprise Challenge (TEC), Prime Minister's Department, 2003 Chairman, NUS Venture Support Investment Committee, 2003 - 2004 Visiting Scholar, Stanford University, 2001 and 2005 Director, Centre for Management of Innovation and Technopreneurship (CMIT), National University of Singapore, 1998 - 2001 Deputy Director, Graduate School of Business, and Program Director, MSC (MOT) Program, NUS, 1992 - 1998 Founding director, Centre for Management of Technology (CMT), National University of Singapore, 1991 - 1998 Senior Lecturer, Department of Business Policy, School of Business, National University of Singapore, 1988 - 1997 Managing Director, SERES Sdn. Bhd., 1985 - 1988 Fulbright Visiting Scholar, University of California, Berkeley, 1984 - 1985 Lecturer, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia, 1974 - 1984

Selected Publications

Journal Articles

Entrepreneurial Resource Acquisition through indirect ties: The compensatory effect of Prior Knowledge, Journal of Management (accepted) Entrepreneurship by Circumstances and Abilities: The mediating role of job dissatisfaction and moderating role of self-efficacy, with Lee, L., MD. Foo and A. Leung, Journal of Business Venturing (accepted) Networks vs. Market Methods for Venture fundraising: The impact of Institutional Environment, Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, 20(5): 409-430, 2008 Occupational Choice: The Influence of Product vs. Process Innovation, Small Business Economics, Vol 30, No. 3 267-281, 2008 A Contingent Model of Network Utilization in Early Financing of Technology Ventures, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice Vol. 32 No. 4, 2008 Towards an Entrepreneurial University Model to Support Knowledge-Based Economic Development: The Case of the National University of Singapore, World Development Vol. 35 No. 6, 2007 Internationalization and Evolution of Application Areas of an Emerging Technology: The Case of Nanotechnology, Scientometrics, Vol. 70 No. 3: 715 -737, 2007 Financing, Regulatory Business Costs, and Entrepreneurial Propensity, Small Business Economics, Vol 28, No. 2/3 127-2004, 2007 Characteristics and Determinants of Informal Investment in Singapore, Venture Capital, Vol. 9 No.1, 43-70, 2007 Commercializing Biomedical Science in a Rapidly Changing “Triple-Helix” Nexus: The experience of the National University of Singapore, Journal of Technology Transfer, 32:367-395, 2007 Knowledge Sources of Innovation in a Small Open Economy: The case of Singapore, Scientometrics Vol. 70, No. 2, 223-249, 2007 Competing at the frontier: The Changing Role of Technology Policy in Singapore’s Economic Strategy, Technology Forecasting and Social Change, 72(3): 255-285, 2005 The use of networks in human resource acquisition for entrepreneurial firms: Multiple “fit” considerations, Journal of Business Venturing 21(5): 664-686, 2006 Towards an Ecosystem for Innovation in a Newly Industrialized Economy: Singapore and the Life Sciences, Industry and Higher Education, Vol. 20 No. 4, 231-236, 2006 Entry and Competitive Dynamics in the Mobile Telecommunications Market, Research Policy Vol. 35 No. 8, 1147-1165, 2006 Do Others Think You have a Viable Business Idea? Team Diversity and Judges' Evaluation of Ideas in a Business Plan Competition, Journal of Business Venturing, 2005 A Comparative Study of Innovation Behaviour in Singapore's KIBS and Manufacturing Firms, Service Industries Journal, Vol. 25, No. 2, 2005 Implementing Electronic Filing of Tax Returns: Insights from the Singapore Experience, Journal of IT Cases and Applications, Vol.7 No.2, 2005 Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Economic Growth: Evidence from GEM Data, Small Business Economics 24: 335-350, 2005 Human and social capital explanations for knowledge development outcomes, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management Vol. 52 No. 1, 59-68, 2005 Knowledge Creation Management: Issues and Challenges, Asia Pacific Journal of Management, Vol. 12, No. 2: 193-200, 2000 Exploration vs. Exploitation: An Empirical Test of the Ambidexterity Hypothesis, Organization Science, Vol. 15, No. 4, 481-494, 2004 Competitive Strategies of Asian High Tech Firms, International Journal of Technology Management, Vol. 29, No. 6, 2004 Adapting a Foreign Direct Investment Strategy to the Knowledge Economy: The Case of Singapore's Emerging Biotechnology Cluster, European Planning Studies, Vol. 11, No. 7, 2004 Human and Social Capital Explanations for Knowledge Development Outcomes, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 2004 Entrepreneurial Interests of University Students in Singapore, Technovation, Vol. 24, No. 2, 163-172, 2004 An Exploratory Study of Technopreneurial Intention: A Career Anchor Perspective, Journal of Business Venturing, Vol. 19, No. 1, 7-28, 2004 Leveraging the Global Information Revolution for Economic Development: Singapore's Evolving Information Industry Strategy, Information Systems Research, 9(4): 323-341, 1998

Consultation and Executive Experience

Consulting for Singapore-based organizations Agency for Science, Technology & Research (A*STAR) Bousteadco Economic Development Board (EDB) Eutech Cybernetics HP Singapore IDC Singapore Infocom Development Authority (IDA) (and the former National Computer Board (NCB)) Maritime Port Authority (MPA), Singapore Ministry of Law Ministry of Trade and Industry (Singapore) National Computer Systems National Research Foundation (NRF), Singapore National Science and Technology Board (NSTB) Port of Singapore Authority (PSA) Singapore Telecoms ST Engineering Trade Development Board (TDB) TransLink Consulting for Malaysia-based organizations Economic Planning Unit (Malaysia) International Footwear (Malaysia) Kuala Lumpur Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KLCCCI) Kuala Lumpur City Hall Malaysian Institute of Management Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment Ministry of Trade and Industry (Malaysia) Motorola Malaysia Penang Development Corporation Port Kelang Authority Southern Steel Works (Malaysia) State Governments of Penang, Johor, Kedah, Trengganu and Selangor Consulting for International Organizations/Companies ASEAN Secretariat Asia Pacific Foundation (Canada) Asian Development Bank (ADB) Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CDC (Philippines) European S&T Observatory (ESTO) Hans Seidel Foundation ILO JETRO, Japan Savantas Policy Institute (Hong Kong) TEKES, Finland Transtech (Hong Kong) UNDP UNESCAP UNIDO (Vietnam Office) Visa International World Bank Executive Experience Chairman & Partner, BAF Spectrum Pte Ltd (a Business Angel Fund) Chairman, Business Angel Network (Southeast Asia) Co-founder, Micromatics Sdn. Bhd Co-founder, MicroNorth Sdn. Bhd Council Member, Wawasan University (Malaysia) Director, NUS Entrepreneurship Centre Director, NUS Technology Holdings Pte Ltd Managing Director, SERES, Sdn Bhd Member of Board of Directors of several high tech start-ups in Singapore, Silicon Valley and Malaysia

Research Interests

Economics and Management of Technological Innvoation Technology Entrepreneurship National Science and Technology policy of East Asia countries East Asian industrial development strategies

Courses

BMA5101  Industry & Competitive Analysis EMB5010  Managing Technology and Innovation MBA5108  Technopreneurship MMT5002  Management of Technology PP5220  National Science & Technology Policy Analysis TR3103  Start-Up Business Case TR4201  Technology Commercialization TR5105  Technopreneurship

Awards and Honors

MIT Scholarships/Research Fellowships, 1971-1978 Best Dissertation Award by Regional Science Association (USA), 1979 Fulbright Visiting Scholar Fellowship, (at UC Berkeley), 1984-1985 Oshikawa Fellowship by Asian Productivity Organization, Tokyo, 1989-1990 Singapore Government Public Administration Medal (Bronze) 2005