EDUCATION:
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PhD,
(Strategy/ MOT),
2008
National University of Singapore
Dissertation:
Essays on
Knowledge Search and Technological Performance in the
Biotechnology
Industry
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Master of Science, 2000
Indian Institute of Technology – Kanpur (India)
Major: Statistics
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Bachelor of Science, 1998
Madras Christian College- India
Major: Statistics
RESEARCH AND TEACHING EXPERIENCE
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Postdoctoral attachment, University of California
Berkeley, Starting from Jan 2009
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Research Fellow, Division of Engineering and Technology
Management, National University of Singapore, May 2008-
Present
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Lecturer,
Seminar on Management of Technology (PhD),
Division of Engineering and Technology Management,
National University of Singapore,
to be conducted in Aug 2008
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Lecturer,
Introductory Course on Strategy & Marketing (MSc),
Division of Engineering and Technology Management,
National University of Singapore,
to
be conducted in Aug 2008
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Teaching
Assistant, Operations Management (Executive MBA), NUS Business
School,
National University of Singapore,
July 2007
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Tutor,
Operations Management (BBA), NUS Business School,
National University of Singapore,
Jan
2007 - Apr 2007
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Invited
speaker for a session on patents, Management of Technology
(Executive MBA)
NUS Business School,
National University of Singapore,
November 2006
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Teaching
Assistant, Management of Technology (MBA), NUS Business School,
National University of Singapore,
Jan 2005 - Dec 2005
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND SERVICE
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Assisted Professor Chang Chieh Hang in hosting the
special issue -“Managing Technological Innovation in Emerging
Economies”, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management
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Reviewer, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management
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Reviewer, Academy of Management Meeting
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Reviewer, International Conference on Information
Systems Meeting
ACADEMIC HONORS AND AWARDS
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President's
Graduate Fellowship Award for 3 years for research excellence,
National University of Singapore (2005, 2006, 2007)
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PhD Fellowship,
National University of Singapore (2004-2007)
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Research Scholarship, ASTAR (2003-2004)
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Rachana
Bhiman in recognition of academic output, Madras Christian
College, (1996)
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Gnanapragasam in recognition of academic output, Madras
Christian College (1996)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
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Two and half years of experience in the software industry as an
application developer for Covansys (India) and Murho (Singapore)
Responsibilities include
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Capturing user
requirement and preparing functional specification
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Conducting research on mathematical and statistical algorithms
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Design and
development of software applications
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Implementing
the application at the client site and extending support during
implementation
DOCTORAL DISSERTATION
Topic:
Essays on
Knowledge Search and Technological Performance in the
Biotechnology Industry
Dissertation Committee:
Pek-Hooi Soh (Chair),
Kwanghui Lim,
Poh-Kam Wong,
Thompson Teo
Abstract:
My dissertation
comprises of three essays on the relationships among
intellectual human capital, strategic alliances and
technological performance. Earlier research has suggested that
intellectual human capital and strategic alliances are key
inputs to a firm’s technological performance. My dissertation
investigates the means through which the above two factors
influence a firm’s technological performance, explores the
mechanisms required for a firm to translate the benefits from
these factors into better technological performance and finally,
examines the interdependence between the two factors in
influencing the technological performance.
Specifically
my dissertation essays explore the following questions:
1.
How does intellectual human capital help a firm in its
search for new knowledge, and how does alliance portfolio help a
firm in translating its new knowledge search into better
technologies?
2.
How can a firm benefit from the competencies of its
intellectual human capital?
3.
How do the characteristics of intellectual human capital and
alliances alter the nature of their interdependency
(complements/substitutes)?
I test the theoretical
models in the dissertation using the patent, publication and
alliance data of 222 biotechnology firms over a period of 11
years (1990-2000).
PUBLICATIONS
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Is Usage a Missing Link in Explaining the Perceived Learning
Outcome of Technology-Mediated Learning?, with Pek-Hooi Soh,
IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 55 (1), 2008
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Knowledge
Integration and Effectiveness of Open Source Software
Development Projects, with Pek-Hooi Soh, IIMB Management Review, 20 (2),
2008
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Contributing Knowledge to Knowledge Repositories: Dual Role of
Inducement and Opportunity Factors,
with Pek-Hooi Soh, Information Resources Management Journal,
22 (4), 2009
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The Four Types of Organizational Learning and their Impact on
Innovation, Asia-Pacific Business Review, Forthcoming.
MANUSCRIPTS UNDER REVIEW
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Understanding the Mechanisms of Bridging the Science and
Technology Domains for Better Technological Performance, with
Pek-Hooi Soh, Research Policy (Under Review)
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Exploring Science and Technology Relationship: Scientific
publication and Publication Citation in Biotechnology Patents,
with Pek-Hooi Soh, R&D Management (Under 2nd
Review)
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Rational vs. Institutional Perspectives in Organizational
Websites, with Shirish C. Srivastava and Thompson Teo,
Communications of the AIS (Under Review)
MANUSCRIPTS UNDER PREPARATION
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New
knowledge search: The role of intellectual human capital and
alliance portfolio (with Pek-Hooi Soh and Kwanghui Lim)
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Intellectual human capital and strategic alliances: Are they
substitutes or complements? (with Pek-Hooi Soh and Kwanghui Lim)
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Open
Communication Regimes as Signaling Mechanisms in the Market for
Ideas (with Kwanghui Lim)
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Effectiveness of Knowledge Acquisition & Knowledge Accessing
Alliances (with Kwanghui Lim and Jason Woodard)
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Disruptive
Innovation: An Appropriate Innovation for Developing Countries
(with Chang Chieh Hang and Jin Chen)
CONFERENCE PAPERS
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Path Creating Search: The Role of Intellectual Human Capital and
Alliance Portfolio, with Pek-Hooi Soh, to be presented at the
Academy of Management Meeting, Anaheim, California, U.S.A,
August 2008
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Intellectual Human Capital and Alliances: Are their
Complementary or Substitutive, with Pek-Hooi Soh, to be
presented at the Academy of Management Meeting, Anaheim,
California, U.S.A, August 2008
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Understanding the Mechanisms of Bridging the Science and
Technology Domains for Better Innovation, with Pek-Hooi Soh,
Academy of Management Meeting, Philadelphia, U.S.A, August
2007
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Contributing Knowledge to Knowledge Repositories: Dual Role of
Inducement and Opportunity Factors, with Pek-Hooi Soh, Academy of Management
Meeting, Atlanta, U.S.A., August 2006
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Exploring
science and technology relationship: scientific publication and
publication citation in biotechnology patents,
with Pek-Hooi Soh, Asia Academy of Management Meeting,
Tokyo, Japan, December 2006
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The Impact
of Scientific Capability on Valuable Innovation,
with Pek-Hooi Soh, IEEE International Conference on
Management of Innovation and Technology,
Singapore, June 2006
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Understanding Changes in Attitude, Expectation and Efficacy
towards Information Technology: A New Vision of Management of
E-learning Technology,
with Pek-Hooi Soh, Academy of Management Meeting,
Hawaii, U.S.A, August 2005
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Websites in
the 21st Century: Contrasting the Rationality and Institutional
Theory Perspectives, with Shirish C. Srivastava and Thompson S. H. Teo,
Academy of Management Meeting, Hawaii, U.S.A., August
2005
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Knowledge
Integration and Effectiveness of Open Source Software
Development Projects, with Pek-Hooi Soh, Pacific Asia Conference on
Information Systems, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, July 2006
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Research in
IS Discipline: Knowledge Exploration and its Influence on
Diversity,
with Pek-Hooi Soh and Shirish C. Srivastava, Pacific Asia
Conference on Information Systems, Bangkok, Thailand, July
2005
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Operations
and Logistics as a Panacea for Burgeoning Operating Expenses:
Case of Indian Railways, with Shirish C. Srivastava, Institute for Operations
Research and the Management Sciences, Denver, U.S.A.,
October 2004
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Intra and
Inter-industry Comparison of Organizational Websites: An
Analysis of Three US Industries, with Shirish C. Srivastava and Thompson S. H. Teo,
Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences,
Denver, U.S.A., October 2004
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The Cause
and Effect of Technological Frames in User Adoption,
with Pek-Hooi Soh, IEEE International Conference on
Management of Innovation and Technology,
Singapore, October 2004
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The Social
Demand of Information Technology Innovation,
with Pek-Hooi Soh, Pacific Asia Conference on Information
Systems, Shanghai, China, July 2004
RESEARCH INTERESTS
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Management of technological innovation
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Technology alliances and collaborative networks in high tech
industries
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Open source knowledge
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Adoption and diffusion of technologies
TEACHING INTERESTS
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Management of technology
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Strategy
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Management of information technologies
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Research methods
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