1. About the Instructor

Kwanghui Lim is a Senior Lecturer in Strategic Management at MBS. He is also Associate Director of the Intellectual Property Research Institute of Australia (ipria.org). He obtained a B.Eng (1 st Class Hons) from the National University of Singapore in 1991 and a Ph.D. in Management from the MIT Sloan School in 2000. His doctoral thesis received the AOM/INFORMS Best Dissertation Award (2001) in Technology Management, as well as the 2001 Richard R. Nelson Best Dissertation Award. Between 2000 and 2006, Kwanghui was an Assistant Professor at the NUS Business School. At NUS he received a university-level award for teaching excellence in 2003/04 and a faculty-level outstanding educator award in 2004. He also served on the Steering Committee of the NUS Overseas College (2001-2004), which operates a yearlong work-and-study program for budding entrepreneurs. Between 1991 and 1993, Kwanghui worked as a Consultant for Booz ·Allen and Hamilton in the areas of Strategy and Information Technology.

Kwanghui’s research explores the strategies used by firms to manage intellectual property and the commercialisation process. A recent paper with David Hsu (Wharton) examines the impact of ‘knowledge bridging’ on the performance of biotechnology start-ups. A paper with Rahul Kapoor (INSEAD) is forthcoming in the Academy of Management Journal and examines the productivity of inventors after their firms are acquired. Another paper (with Zi-lin He and Poh-kam Wong) titled “Entry and Competitive Dynamics in the Mobile Telecommunications Market” appears in Research Policy. Kwanghui’s other research explores the diffusion of innovations across national borders, the strategies used by high-technology firms for acquiring new knowledge, and how social networks shape the relationship between venture capitalists and entrepreneurs.

2. Appointments for Consultation

I am happy to discuss course material with you (providing you have done the requisite work) outside of class times. Please make an appointment to see me in advance. Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday work best for me, but I’m quite flexible with timing.

Please note that I am generally not available to meet students on Mondays because I have to prepare for class, which is Mon nights and Tues mornings.