Professor Kulwant Singh, NUS Business School

KULWANT SINGH
Professor, Department of Business Policy
Deputy Dean, NUS Business School
National University of Singapore, Singapore 117592
Telephone: (+65) 6516-3175, Fax: (+65) 6779-1365, Email: kulwant@nus.edu.sg

EDUCATION

Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1993

MBA, National University of Singapore, 1989
BBA (Honours, First Class), National University of Singapore, 1982

RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS

Inter-firm cooperation and competition

Strategy and competition in the Asia Pacific
Corporate and technology strategy

AWARDS

Research

Outstanding Researcher Award, Department of Business Policy, NUS, 2005

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

Papers in Best Paper Proceedings, Academy of Management, 2005, 2001, 1999, 1996 and 1995

Nominated for Best International Paper, Academy of Management, 2005 and 1999

Asia-Europe Chair, ASEAN European Union Management Centre, 1997

University Fellowship, Osaka City University, 1996

Award for supervising Best PhD Thesis, Faculty of Business Administration, National University of
Singapore, 1999

Finalist, Best Dissertation Competition, Business Policy and Strategy Division, Academy of
Management, 1994

Rackham Dissertation Grant, Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies, University of Michigan,
1992

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Teaching

UCLA-NUS Executive MBA Teaching Excellence Award, 2007

Asia Pacific Executive MBA Best Teacher Award, 2007

“My Favourite Teacher” Award for NUS MBA Homecoming, 2007

Outstanding Educator Award, National University of Singapore, 2005

UCLA-NUS Executive MBA Teaching Excellence Award, 2005

Outstanding Educator Award, NUS Business School, 2004

Selected among “NUS Excellent Teachers” 2003

Teaching commendation letters in 2003, 2002 and 1995

Gerald and Lillian Dykstra Fellow, teaching excellence, University of Michigan Business School, 1992

Other Awards

High Pass, 1991 Preliminary examinations for candidacy in Corporate Strategy, University of Michigan

NUS Senior Tutorship, for PhD program, 1989-1993

Winner, and International Business Award, for Dean's Essay Competition, Faculty of Business
Administration, National University of Singapore, 1982

Lesli Wong Memorial Medal, for top student, 1982, Faculty of Business Administration, National
University of Singapore

First Class Honours, Faculty of Business Administration, National University of Singapore, 1982

PUBLICATIONS

Refereed Publications

Gaur, Ajai S., Andrew Delios, & Kulwant Singh. 2007. Institutional Environments, Staffing Strategies,
and Subsidiary Performance, Journal of Management, 33: 611-636.

Singh, Kulwant. 2007. The Limited Relevance of Culture for Strategy. Asia Pacific Journal of
Management, 24: 421-428.

Abhirup Chakrabarti, Kulwant Singh & Ishtiaq Mahmood, 2007. Diversification and Performance:
Evidence from East Asian Firms, Strategic Management Journal, 28(2): 101-120.

Singh, Kulwant & Will Mitchell, 2005. Growth Dynamics: The Bi-Directional Relationship between
Interfirm Collaboration and Business Sales in Entrant and Incumbent Alliances, Strategic Management
Journal, 26(6):479-521.

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Gaur, Ajai S., Andrew Delios, & Kulwant Singh. 2005. Institutional Environments, Staffing Strategies,
and Subsidiary Performance: Lessons from Japanese MNCs, Best Papers Proceedings, Academy of
Management, Hawai, USA.

Singh, Kulwant, Siah Hwee Ang & Siew Meng Leong. 2003. Increasing Replication for Knowledge
Accumulation in Strategy Research. Journal of Management 29(4): 533-549.

Bruton, Gary, David Ahlstrom & Kulwant Singh. 2002. The Impact of the Institutional Environment on
the Venture Capital Industry in Singapore. Venture Capital: An International Journal of
Entrepreneurial Finance 4(3): 197-218.

Wang, Pien, Kulwant Singh, Chun Peng Koh & Tong Wenfeng. 2001. Determinants and Outcomes of
Knowledge Transfer: A Study of MNCs in China. Best Paper Proceedings, Academy of Management,
Washington D.C., USA.

Singh, Kulwant & George Yip. 2000. Strategic Lessons from the Asian Crisis. Long Range Planning
33: 706-729.

Singh, Kulwant. 1999. Guided Competition in Singapore’s Telecommunications Industry. Industrial

and Corporate Change, 7(4): 585-599.

Singh, Kulwant & Siah Hwee Ang. 1999. Governments in Business: An Empirical Analysis of the
Strategies and Success of Government Linked Corporations in Singapore. Best Papers Proceedings,
Academy of Management, Chicago, USA.

Singh, Kulwant. 1997. The Impact of Technological Complexity and Interfirm Cooperation on Firm
Survival. Academy of Management Journal 40(2): 339-367.

Singh, Kulwant & Will Mitchell. 1996. Precarious Collaboration: Business Survival After Partners Shut
Down or Form New Partnerships. Strategic Management Journal, 17 (Summer): 99-115.

Mitchell, Will & Kulwant Singh. 1996. Survival of businesses using collaborative relationships to
commercialize complex goods. Strategic Management Journal, 17(3): 169-195.

Mitchell, Will & Kulwant Singh. 1996. Entrenched Success: The Reciprocal Relationship Between
Interfirm Collaboration and Business Sales Growth. Best Papers Proceedings, Academy of
Management, Cincinnati, USA.

Singh, Kulwant. 1995. Corporate Strategy in the Intelligent Island: The Case of Singapore Telecom.
Industrial and Corporate Change 4(4): 691-702.

Mitchell, Will & Kulwant Singh. 1995. Spillback Effects and Nonexpansion When Product Types and
Firm Types Differ. Journal of Management 21(1): 81-100.

Singh, Kulwant, Siew Meng Leong, Chin Tiong Tan & Kwei Cheong Wong. 1995. A Theory of
Reasoned Action Perspective of Voting Behavior: Model and Empirical Test. Psychology and
Marketing 12(1): 37-51.

Singh, Kulwant. 1995. The Impact of Technological Complexity and Interfirm Cooperation on Firm
Survival. Best Papers Proceedings, Academy of Management, Vancouver, Canada.

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Friedman, Bruce, Will Mitchell & Kulwant Singh. 1994. Differentiating between Marketing- Driven
and Technology-Driven Vendors of Medical Information Systems Vendors. Archives of Pathology and
Laboratory Medicine 118 (8): 784-788.

Mitchell, Will & Kulwant Singh. 1993. Death of the Lethargic: Effects of Expansion into New
Technological Subfields of an Industry on Performance in a Firm's Base Business. Organization
Science. 4 (May): 152-180.

Putti, Joseph, Kulwant Singh & William Stoever. 1993. Autonomy and Localization of American,
European, and Japanese MNC Subsidiaries in Singapore. International Research in the Business
Disciplines 1: 91-106.

Mitchell, Will & Kulwant Singh. 1992. Incumbent's Use of Pre-Entry Alliances Before Expansion into
New Technical Subfields of an Industry. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 18(Aug):
347-372.

Putti, Joseph, Kulwant Singh & William Stoever. 1992. Perceived Autonomy and Localization of
American, European, and Japanese Subsidiaries in Singapore. Journal of Southeast Asia Business
8(Spring): 15-31.

WORK IN PROGRESS

Ishtiaq Mahmood, Kulwant Singh & Zhu, Jinyan. Organizational Restructuring and Firm Performance
across Institutional and Economic Environment. Being revised for resubmission, Strategic Management
Journal.

Chakrabarti, Abhirup, Weiting Zheng & Kulwant Singh. The Diversification and R&D Relationship: A
Re-examination across Institutional Environments in Asia. Earlier version presented to Academy of
International Business, Quebec City, July 2005

Singh, Kulwant, Xuesong Geng & Andrew Delios. Ownership Structure and Firm Performance in East
Asia, being prepared for submission.

BOOKS

Kulwant Singh and Andrew Delios, 2005. Strategy for Success in Asia. John Wiley.

Kulwant Singh, Nitin Pangarkar & Loizos Heracleous. 2005. Business Strategy in Asia: A Casebook.
Thomson. (Updated reprint of 2004 edition)

Kulwant Singh, Gaik Eng Lim & Nitin Pangarkar. 2001. Business Strategy in Asia: A Casebook.
Thomson. (Chinese Edition published in 2003. Extract versions published in 2002 and 2003.)

Ang, Swee Hoon, Soo Hoon Lee, Guan Hua Lim, Kulwant Singh & Kong Yam Tan. 2000. Surviving
the New Millennium. Lessons from the Asian Crisis. McGrawHill. (Korean edition published in 2001.)

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BOOK CHAPTERS

Delios, Andrew, Wei Wei Xu & Kulwant Singh. 2007. Strategy Research in Asia. In Henry Yeung
(ed.), Handbook of Research on Asian Business, Edward Elgar.

Singh, Kulwant. 2004. Towards the Development of Strategy Theory: Contributions from Asia
Research. In Steven White & Kwok Leung (eds.), Handbook of Asian Management, Kluwer.

Pant, Narayan & Kulwant Singh. 2001. In Diversity is there Strength? Ruminations on Changing Faces
in Business. In Cary L. Cooper, Sue Cartwright & P Christopher Earley, (eds.), International Handbook
of Organizational Culture and Climate, John Wiley.

Singh, Kulwant & George Yip. 2001. Strategic Lessons from the Asian Crisis. In Henri Claude di
Bettignies (ed.), Change in Management Practices in Asia, INSEAD.

George Yip & Kulwant Singh. 2000. The Asian Crisis: Postscript. In George Yip (ed.), Asian
Advantage. Global Strategies in the Asia Pacific, Second Edition, Addison Wesley.

Singh, Kulwant, Joseph Putti & George Yip. 1998 & 2000. Singapore: Regional Hub. In George Yip,
(ed.), Asian Advantage. Global Strategies in the Asia-Pacific, Addison Wesley.

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

Singh, Kulwant & Francis Gheshquiere. 1998. Reinventing Government: Autonomous Agencies in
Singapore. CEMS Business Review 2 (4): 319-329.

Stefania Saviolo & Kulwant Singh. 1998. Business Opportunities in the Asia Pacific. Asean-EU
Management Centre Monograph.

REFEREED CONFERENCE PAPERS & PRESENTATIONS

Kulwant Singh. 2008. Context Dependence of Strategy Research. Panel presentation, Academy of
International Business, Milan, Italy.

Weiting Zheng & Kulwant Singh. 2007. Political Ties and Firms' Strategic Reaction to Competitive
Foreign Entry in Transition Economies, Presented to International Management Division, Academy of
Management, Philadelphia, USA.

Weiting Zheng & Kulwant Singh. 2006. Foreign Competition, Institutional Environment and Domestic
Firms’ R&D Response across Asia, Presented to Technology and Innovation Management Division,
Academy of Management, Atlanta, USA.

Xuesong Geng, Kulwant Singh & Andrew Delios 2006. Ownership Structure and Firm Performance
across Institutional Environments during an Economic Shock. Presented to Strategic Management
Society, Vienna, Austria.

Chakrabarti, Abhirup, Weiting Zheng & Kulwant Singh. 2005. The Diversification and R&D
Relationship: A Re-examination across Institutional Environments in Asia. Academy of International
Business, Quebec City, Canada.

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Chakrabarti, Abhirup & Kulwant Singh. 2003. Firm Diversification and R&D across Institutional and
Policy Environments in East Asia. Business Policy and Strategy Division, Academy of Management,
Seattle, USA.

Zhu, Jinyan, Kulwant Singh & Ishtiaq Mahmood. 2003. Does Restructuring Help during a Crisis?
Evidence from Korea and Singapore Companies. Organization and Management Theory Division,
Academy of Management, Seattle, USA 2003.

Siah Hwee, Ang & Kulwant Singh. 2003. A Panel Study of the Reciprocal Relationship Between
Technology Intensity and Competitive Intensity. Technology and Innovation Management Division,
Academy of Management, Seattle, USA 2003.

Singh, Kulwant, Xuesong Tong & Clement Wang. 2002. Ownership Structure and Firm Performance in
East Asia. Business Policy and Strategy Division, Academy of Management, Denver, USA.

Abhirup Chakrabarti, Ishtiaq Mahmood & Kulwant Singh. 2001. Macroeconomic Exposure,
Diversification, and Firm Performance: A Study of East Asian Economies in the Context of an
Economic Shock. Academy of International Business, Sydney, Australia.

Singh, Kulwant, Abhirup Chakrabarti & Ishtiaq Mahmood. 2001. Diversification and Firm Performance
in Asia: A Study in the Context of a Major Economic Shock. Business Policy and Strategy Division,
Academy of Management, Washington, D.C., USA.

Singh, Kulwant & George Yip. 2001. Strategic Lessons from the Asian Crisis. Euro-Asia Centre
Conference on Change in Management Practices in Asia, INSEAD, France.

Pant, Narayan & Kulwant Singh. 2000. Interactions between Environment Complexity, Corporate
Culture and Diversity in Global Businesses: In Diversity is there Strength? Academy of Management,
Toronto, Canada.

Ang, Siah Hwee & Kulwant Singh. 2000. Technology Intensity and Competitive Intensity: Impact on
Firms and Industries. Best Paper Proceedings, Asia Academy of Management, Singapore.

Singh, Kulwant, Siew Meng Leong & Siah Hwee Ang. 1999. Increasing Replication in Strategy
Research. Research Methods Division, Academy of Management, Chicago, USA.

Singh, Kulwant & Lee Keng Quek. 1999. Regionalisation Strategies of Singapore Corporations. Seoul
National University-Organisation Science Conference, Seoul, Korea.

Singh, Kulwant. 1998. Technological Predictors of the Propensity to Acquire. Technology and
Innovation Management Division, Academy of Management, San Diego, USA.

Singh, Kulwant. 1998. Guided Competition in Singapore’s Telecommunications Industry. Consortium

for Research on Telecommunications Policy and Strategy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA.

Singh, Kulwant & Siah Hwee Ang. 1997. An Empirical Investigation of Technological Predictors of
Interfirm Collaboration in a Developing Economy. International Management Division, Academy of
Management, Boston, USA.

Singh, Kulwant. 1997. Strategy in the Asia Pacific: What is Different? International Management
Division, Academy of Management, Boston, USA.

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Singh, Kulwant. 1996. The Strategies and Success of Government Linked Corporations in Singapore.
Conference on Asian Research on Organisations, Organization Science-Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo,
Japan.

Mitchell, Will & Kulwant Singh. 1995. The Effect of Partner Performance on Business Survival in the
U.S. Hospital Software Systems Industry, 1961-1991. Business Policy Division, Academy of
Management, Vancouver, Canada.

Singh, Kulwant & Will Mitchell. 1995. Failure and Flight: The Effect of Losing a Partner on the
Survival of Businesses Commercializing Complex Goods. Conference on Evolutionary Perspectives on
Business, Stanford University, USA.

Singh, Kulwant. 1995. Inter-Organizational Cooperation in the Provision of High Complexity Services.
INFORMS International Meetings, Singapore.

Singh, Kulwant. 1995. Corporate Strategy in the Intelligent Island: The Case of Singapore Telecom.
Consortium for Research on Telecommunications Policy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA.

Singh, Kulwant. 1993. The Concept and Implications of Technological Complexity for Organizations.
Technology and Innovation Management Division, Academy of Management, Atlanta, USA.

Mitchell, Will & Kulwant Singh. 1992. Technological Complexity and Organizational Choice in the
Medical Information System Industry, 1970-1990. Business Strategy and Policy Division, Academy of
Management, Las Vegas, USA.

Mitchell, Will & Kulwant Singh. 1992. Death of the Lethargic: Effects of Expansion Into New
Technological Subfields of an Industry on Performance in a Firm's Base Business. ORSA/TIMS Joint
National Meeting, San Francisco, USA.

Mitchell, Will & Kulwant Singh. 1992. Legitimacy and Resource Availability: Competitive or
Component Explanations for Density Dependence? Business Policy Division, Academy of Management,
Miami, USA.

Mitchell, Will & Kulwant Singh. 1991. Spillback Effects and Nonexpansion When Product Types and
Firm Types Differ. Policy Division, Administrative Sciences Association of Canada, Niagara Falls,
Canada.

CASE STUDIES

Kulwant Singh, Srinidhi Raghavendra & Ravi Prakash. 2006. The Chinese Steel Industry.

Meera Harish, Sanjay Singh & Kulwant Singh. 2006. Tata Motors’ Acquisition of Daewoo Commercial
Vehicles Corporation. 2006.

Meera Harish, Sanjay Singh & Kulwant Singh. 2006. Tata Motors’ Integration of Daewoo Commercial
Vehicles Corporation. 2006.

Delios, Andrew, Kulwant Singh & Rohit Verma. 2005. Air Asia: Now Everyone can Fly.

Delios, Andrew, Kulwant Singh & Rohit Verma. 2005. The Asian Airline Industry.

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Singh, Kulwant. 2004. The Shipping Liner Industry. In Business Strategy in Asia: A Casebook, Second
Edition, Kulwant Singh, Nitin Pangarkar & Loizos Heracleous, Thomson.

Singh, Kulwant. 2004. NOL & APL (B). In Business Strategy in Asia: A Casebook, Second Edition,
Kulwant Singh, Nitin Pangarkar & Loizos Heracleous, Thomson.

Singh, Kulwant. 2001. NOL & APL (A). In Business Strategy in Asia: A Casebook, Kulwant Singh,
Nitin Pangarkar & Gaik Eng Lim, Thomson. Also published as NOL’s Acquisition of APL, 1997,
Asian Case Research Journal 1: 217-221.

Singh, Kulwant. 2004 & 2001. MyWeb Inc.com in China. In Business Strategy in Asia: A Casebook,
Second Edition, Kulwant Singh, Nitin Pangarkar & Loizos Heracleous, Thomson.

Singh, Kulwant & Siah Hwee Ang. 2004 & 2001. Pisces in China. In Business Strategy in Asia: A
Casebook, Second Edition, Kulwant Singh, Nitin Pangarkar & Loizos Heracleous, Thomson.

Singh, Kulwant & Ishtiaq Mahmood. 2004 & 2001. IPC. In Business Strategy in Asia: A Casebook,
Second Edition, Kulwant Singh, Nitin Pangarkar & Loizos Heracleous, Thomson. Also published in
Philip Kotler, Swee Hoon Ang, Siew Meng Leong & Chin Tiong Tan, Cases in Marketing Management
and Strategy: An Asia-Pacific Perspective, 2000.

Singh, Kulwant. 2004 & 2001. SingTel in Europe. In Business Strategy in Asia: A Casebook, Second
Edition, Kulwant Singh, Nitin Pangarkar & Loizos Heracleous, Thomson. Also published in
Proceedings of the Asian Case Research Journal Conference, Singapore.

Heracleous, Loizos & Kulwant Singh. 2004. SingTel: Venturing into the region. In Business Strategy in
Asia: A Casebook, Second Edition, Kulwant Singh, Nitin Pangarkar & Loizos Heracleous, Thomson.
Earlier version under review at Asian Case Research Journal.

Heracleous, Loizos & Kulwant Singh. 2004 & 2001. Singapore Telecom: Strategic Challenges in a
Turbulent Environment. In Business Strategy in Asia: A Casebook, Second Edition, Kulwant Singh,
Nitin Pangarkar & Loizos Heracleous, Thomson. Also published in Asian Case Research Journal, 2000,
Vol 4, 49-77; and in T Wheelen & J Hunger, Strategic Management and Business Policy, Prentice Hall,
2002.

Rao, Chidambaram, Nitin Pangarkar & Kulwant Singh. 2004. Asian Paints. In Business Strategy in
Asia: A Casebook, Second Edition, Kulwant Singh, Nitin Pangarkar & Loizos Heracleous, Thomson.

Singh, Kulwant & Loizos Heracleous. 2004 & 2001. C&C: From Success to Astra. In Business Strategy
in Asia: A Casebook, Second Edition, Kulwant Singh, Nitin Pangarkar & Loizos Heracleous, Thomson.

Singh, Kulwant. 2004. Thakral Corporation in China: Crisis and Turnaround. In Business Strategy in
Asia: A Casebook, Second Edition, Kulwant Singh, Nitin Pangarkar & Loizos Heracleous, Thomson.

Singh, Kulwant & DevendraPal Singh. 2001. Thakral Group. In Business Strategy in Asia: A Casebook,
Kulwant Singh, Nitin Pangarkar & Gaik Eng Lim, Thomson.

BOOK REVIEW

Singh, Kulwant. 1997. Innovation in East Asia: The challenge to Japan. R&D Management 27 (4): 394-
395.

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SELECTED RESEARCH SEMINARS & ACADEMIC PRESENTATIONS

Singh, Kulwant. 2005. Strategy in Asia. Asia Pacific Journal of Management Special Issue Conference,
Singapore.

Singh, Kulwant. 1999. Restructuring Government Corporations and Services in Singapore. Harvard
International Development Conference, Harvard University, Boston, USA.

Singh, Kulwant. 1999. Facing Crisis: Strategies in Post-Crisis Asia-Pacific. IAG, University Catholique
de Louvain, Louvain Le Neuve, Belgium.

Singh, Kulwant. 1997. Government-Business Relations in Singapore. European Institute of Japanese

Studies, Stockholm School of Economics, Stockholm, Sweden.

Singh, Kulwant. 1997. Strategies for the Asia Pacific. Copenhagen Business School, Copenhagen,
Denmark.

Singh, Kulwant. 1997. Strategy in the Asia Pacific. EuroAsia Centre, INSEAD, Fontainbleau, France.

Singh, Kulwant. 1997. Aspects of Strategy and Business in Asia. IAG, University Catholique de
Louvain, Louvain Le Neuve, Belgium.

Singh, Kulwant. 1996. Globalization of Research and Development: Japanese R&D in Singapore.
Conference on Cooperative Research in Asia, Osaka City University, Japan.

Singh, Kulwant. 1996. Regional Hub: Singapore. Meeting on Advantages of Businesses in Asia, Asian
Institute of Management, Philippines.

Mitchell, Will & Kulwant Singh. 1993. Survival and Exit of Firms with Market, Collaborative, and
Integrated Commercialization Orientations in the American Hospital Information Systems Industry,
1965-1991. Conference on Science and Technology Policy into the Next Century, Honolulu, USA.

Singh, Kulwant, Siew Meng Leong, Chin Tiong Tan & Kwei Cheong Wong. 1992. An Exploratory
Survey of International Political Marketing Practices. Academy of International Business, Southeast
Asia Regional Conference, Brisbane, Australia,

Putti, Joseph, Kulwant Singh & William Stoever. 1991. Autonomy and Localization of MNC
Subsidiaries: A Comparison of American, European and Japanese Companies in Singapore.
International Academy of Management, USA, 1991.

SELECTED PUBLIC & INVITED PRESENTATIONS

Singh, Kulwant. 2008. Challenges for Business Firms in Asia, Asia Global Strategy Forum, Shanghai,
China.

Singh, Kulwant. 2007. Asia Pacific Strategy: Challenges for Indian Firms. NUS MBA Fair, Mumbai,
India.

Singh, Kulwant 2005. Strategy for Success in Asia. CEO Programs, Singapore Institute of Management,
Singapore.

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Singh, Kulwant. 2005. Strategy in Asia: A Perspective for Indian Firms. EduQuest 2005, Mumbai,
India.

Singh, Kulwant. 2005. Expanding in Asia: Strategy for Tata. Presentation to Tata Group HR Directors,
Mumbai, India.

Singh, Kulwant 2003. Globalisation Implications for Strategy in the Asia Pacific. Business Intelligence
Group, Singapore.

Singh, Kulwant. 2001. Old and New Economy: Doing Business in ASEAN. Trade Development Board,
International Day, Singapore

Singh, Kulwant. 2000. Mergers and Acquisitions: Trends and Opportunities in Asia. THC Press
Meetings, Singapore

Singh, Kulwant. 2000. Strategic Partnerships: Opportunities in Asia. dnm Strategies and BusinessWeek,
Presidents’ Forum, Singapore

Singh, Kulwant 2000. Strategic Lessons from the Asian Crisis. Boardroom Briefings Club, dnm
Strategies and BusinessWeek, Hong Kong.

Yip, George & Kulwant Singh. 1999. Global Strategies for MNCs in the Context of the Asian Crisis.
Boardroom Briefings Club, dnm Strategies and BusinessWeek, Singapore.

Singh, Kulwant. 1997. Guided Independence: Corporatisation, Privatisation and Autonomous Agencies
in Singapore’s Public Sector. Seminar on Increasing Government Efficiency Through

Private-Public Sector Partnerships, Asean-EU Management Centre, Negara Brunei Darussalam.

Singh, Kulwant. 1997. Strategies for the Asia Pacific. SDA Bocconi, Milan, Italy.

Singh, Kulwant. 1997. Managing Alliances in Asia. Cologne University, Cologne, Germany.

Singh, Kulwant. 1997. Management Systems in Singapore. IAG, University Catholique de Louvain,
Louvain le Neuve, Belgium.

Singh, Kulwant. 1997. Singapore: Regional Hub. Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands.

Singh, Kulwant. 1995. Global Strategies in the Asia-Pacific Region: Singapore. Meeting on Advantages
of Businesses in Asia, Hong Kong.

TEACHING RELATED PRESENTATIONS

Singh, Kulwant. 2006. Teaching through Student Partnerships, Centre for Development of Teaching and
Learning, NUS.

Singh, Kulwant. 2005. Partnerships for Teaching and Learning, Teaching Seminar, Departments of
Departments of Building and Real Estate, NUS.

Singh, Kulwant. 2005. Partnerships for Teaching and Learning, Classroom Teaching Demonstration,
Centre for Development of Teaching and Learning, NUS.

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Singh, Kulwant. 1997. Collaboration between the Faculty of Business Administration and CEMS.
Community of European Management Schools, Budapest, Hungary.

Singh, Kulwant. 1998. In Search of the Best of East and West in Business Education: The NUS
Experience. Decision Sciences Institute, Sydney, Australia.

Singh, Kulwant. 1998. Exchange Programs with the Faculty of Business Administration. Program in
international Management, Paris, France.

Singh, Kulwant and Chow Hou Wee. 1998. Developing an Effective International Student Exchange
Program. Association of Southeast Asian Institutes of Higher Learning, Jakarta, Indonesia.

MEDIA CITATIONS

Quoted in:
Economist
Financial Times
Asian Wall Street Journal
South China Morning Post
CFO Asia
China Business
China Business Management Review
Business Times
Straits Times
Today

EXECUTIVE EDUCATION AND CONSULTANCY

Executive education or consultancy services provided to the following organizations:

Air France, Al-Rajhi Bank, Cargill, DamilerChryler, Deutsche Bank, Dow Chemical, DuPont,
Exel, FCI Areva, Glaxo Wellcome, Johnson and Johnson, National Healthcare Group, Nestle,
OCBC Bank, Panasonic, Samsung, Telenor, Toshiba, and Volvo.

Executive Teaching conducted for programs run by:

Duke University, Oxford University, London Business School, Stockholm School of

Economics, Helsinki School of Economics, Purdue University

Director for NUS Programs:

Telenor Program (2003, 2004)

Ministry of Trade and Industry Program (2002)
Strategic Management Program (1996-2000)
Panasonic Executive Management Seminar (2005-2007)
Strategic Negotiations Program (2006)
Nestle Leadership Program (2006-2007)
DaimlerChrysler Program (2007)

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SERVICE

Selected University Service

Chairman, NUS Strategy Review Secretariat (2005)

Chairman, Director Search Committee, Institute of South Asian Studies (2004-2005)

Member, Management Board, Asian Research Institute (2002-2007)

Member, Senate Delegacy (since 2008)

Selected Faculty Service

Interim Dean, School of Business (from December 2007 to July 2008)

Vice-Dean, School of Business (2006-2007)

Head, Department of Business Policy (2003-2004)

Head, Department of Management and Organization (2000-2002)

Member, Faculty Executive Committee (2000-2002)

Deputy Director, Graduate School of Business (1998-1999)

Vice-Dean, Faculty of Business Administration (1996-1999)

Sub-Dean, Faculty of Business Administration (1995-1996)

Deputy Director, Centre for Management of Technology, NUS (1994-1996)

Member, Faculty Promotions and Tenure Committee (2002; 2004-2005, 2006)

Chairman, School of Business Building Committee (2004, and since 2007; member 2005-2006)

Department Service

Department Search Committees (2002, 2005, 2006)

Department Evaluation Committees (2002, 2005, 2006, 2007)

BBA Curriculum review committee (1995)

MBA Curriculum review committee

Asia Pacific Executive MBA review committee

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Editorship & Professional Services

Member, Advisory Board, American Creativity Association, 2008 Meetings, Singapore.

Chief Editor, Asia Pacific Journal of Management (1999-2003)

Editor, Asia Pacific Journal of Management (1995-1998)

Member, Editorial Board, Strategic Management Journal (since 2000)

Member, Editorial Board, Strategic Organization (since 2002)

Member, International Advisory Board, Global Journal of Flexible Systems Management (since 2000)

Member, Board of Governors, Asia Academy of Management (since 1998)

Singapore representative, Business Policy and Strategy division, Academy of Management (2001)

Pacific representative, Business Policy and Strategy division, Academy of Management (1995-1997)

Academic Advisor for Management and Economics, Open University Degree Programs (Since 1996)

Member, Executive Committee, Asian Forum on Business Education (1998-2001)

Member, Organizing Committee, Asian Academy of Management (1998)

Member, Organizing Committee, Asian Forum on Business Education (1998-1999)

Ad hoc reviewer for:

Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Academy of
Management Perspectives, Administrative Science Quarterly, Journal of Management, Journal
of World Business, Journal of Management Studies, Industrial and Corporate Change, Long
Range Planning, Organization Science, Technology Studies, Research Policy, John Wiley,
Pearson Publishing, Palgrave, Oxford University Press.

Public Service

Member, Tertiary Institutions Advisory, ACE, Singapore Sikh Advisory Board (2002)

Member, Supervisory Board, Management Development and Services Organisation, Ministry of

Defence (1996-2001)

Member, Parent Support Group, ACS (Independent) (1999-2000)

Member, Board of Visitors, Children and Young Peoples’ Homes, Ministry of Community
Development (1997-1999)

Member, Board of Visitors, Welfare Homes, Ministry of Community Development (1995-1997)

Member, Governing Council, Singapore Institute of Management (1996)

Singapore Armed Forces, NSF service.2006 appointment: Brigade Staff Officer.

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