Singh, Kulwant
Professor
Strategy & Policy
National University of Singapore
Singapore
Biography
Kulwant Singh is a Professor in the Department of Strategy & Policy at NUS Business School. Dr Singh`s research focuses on firm adaptation to exogenous shocks, particularly in the context of firm alliances, and strategy in the Asia Pacific region. His research has been published in the Strategic Management Journal, Academy of Management Journal, Organization Science, Journal of Management, Journal of Economic Behaviour and Organisation and other journals. He is the Associate Editor of the Strategic Management Journal and was previously Editor of Asia Pacific Journal of Management. He has also written several book chapters and books on business strategy in Asia. Kulwant received the Research Achievement Award in 1997 and the Outstanding Educator Award in 2005, both by the National University of Singapore. He has won Teaching Excellence awards several times for his Executive MBA and MBA teaching at the NUS Business School. He also won the Glueck Best Paper Award (1996) in Business Policy and Strategy Division of the Academy of Management, and the Best Paper Award (1991) in the Policy Division of Administrative Sciences Association of Canada. Kulwant has conducted teaching or served as a consultant to DaimlerChrysler, Deutsche Bank, Essar, GE, Indofood, Manulife, Nestle, Panasonic and others. Kulwant is currently a member of the International Advisory Board of the Norwegian School of Economics, the Executive Committees of EPAS of the European Foundation for Management Development, and of The Case Centre. He has served as the Interim Dean, Deputy Dean, Vice Dean for Graduate Studies and Undergraduate Studies, and as the Head of the Departments of Management & Organisation, and of Strategy & Policy.
Research Interest
Interfirm Collaboration And Competition Strategy In Rapidly Changing Environments Firm Adaptation To Exogenous Shocks
Publications
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Alliance portfolio reconfiguration following a technological discontinuity, with Asgari N and Mitchell W (2016), Strategic Management Journal, 38(5), 1062-1081
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Ties to Unbind: Political Ties and Firm Sell-Offs during Institutional Transition, with Weiting Zheng and Chi-Nien Chung (2015), Journal of Management, forthcoming
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Firm restructuring during an economy-wide shock across institutional environments, with Natarajan S and Mahmood, Ishtiaq P (2016), Organization Science, forthcoming