Kwanghui Lim

Senior Lecturer
Melbourne Business School
200 Leicester Street
Carlton, Victoria 3053
Australia
Tel: +61-3-93498294
Fax: +61-3-93498414
Email: k.lim@mbs.edu

Associate Director, IPRIA
Research Associate, CITE

http://kwanghui.com

Education

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1995-2000)
Ph.D., Management of Technological Innovation and Entrepreneurship. "Basic Research, Applied Research, and Innovation in the Semiconductor and Pharmaceutical Industries." Available from MIT or BePress.

National University of Singapore (1987-1991)
B. Eng (Electrical) with First Class Honours. "Multi-channel ECG Acquisition and Analysis System".

Raffles Junior College, GCE A-Levels (1985-1986)

Raffles Institution, GCE O-Levels (1981-1984)

Best Dissertation Award (2001) by INFORM's Technology Management Section and the Academy of Management's Technology and Innovation Management Division. .

Richard R. Nelson Best Dissertation Prize (2001).

NUS University-Level Excellent Teacher Award (AY 2003/4).

NUS Business School Department of Business Policy Educator Award (2004).

National University of Singapore Overseas Graduate Scholarship (1995-2000)

Texas Instruments Scholarship (1989,1990)

ASEAN Pre-University Scholarship (1985-1986)

ASEAN Secondary Scholarship (1981-1984)

Senior Lecturer, Melbourne Business School, July 2006 onwards.

Assistant Professor, National University of Singapore Businesss School, 2000- June 2006.

Visiting Assistant Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan School, Fall 2001.

Senior Tutor, National University of Singapore, 1993-2000.

Consultant, Booz, Allen & Hamilton, 1991-1993.

Research
Interests

My research is on the strategies used by firms to manage knowledge, both in tangible form (as embodied in intellectual property) and intangible form (as possessed by inventors and scientists). Recent work include: a study on "knowledge brokering" by biotechnology startups (with David Hsu), the impact of mergers and acquisitions on the productivity of inventors (with Rahul Kapoor), and the role of intellectual property and complementary assets in the competition among wireless telecommunications firms (with He Zilin and Poh-kam Wong).

Two new projects explore the career choices of scientists (with Catherine de Fontaney, Nisvan Erkal and Richard Mollard) and patent trading (with Joshua Gans and Iain Cockburn).

In 2000, I founded the NUS Patent Database and am its Principal Investigator. It is now the NUS-MBS Patent Database

Kwanghui Lim (2009), "The Many Faces of Absorptive Capacity: Spillovers of Copper Interconnect Technology for Semiconductor Chips", Industrial and Corporate Change, Vol 18, No 6, pp. 1249-1284. doi: 10.1093/icc/dtp044.

Kwanghui Lim and Brian Cu (2010), "The Effects of Social Networks and Contractual Characteristics on the Relationship between Venture Capitalists and Entrepreneurs". Asia Pacific Journal of Management.

Kwanghui Lim, Hank Chesbrough and Yi Ruan (2008), "Open Innovation and Patterns of R&D Competition", forthcoming, International Journal of Technology Management, Special Issue on "Broadening the Scope of Open Innovation".

Rahul Kapoor and Kwanghui Lim (2007), "The Impact of Acquisitions on the Innovation Performance of Inventors at Semiconductor Companies", Academy of Management Journal, Vol 50, No 5 (Oct). Earlier presented at the AOM(2005), Singapore Strategy Seminar (2005) and IPRIA Research Seminar (2007).

Zilin He, Kwanghui Lim and Pohkam Wong (2006), "Entry and Competitive Dynamics in the Mobile Telecommunications Market", Research Policy, 20th Anniversary Special Issue of "Profiting from Innovation" by David Teece, Vol 35, No 8 (Oct), pp. 1147-1165. .
An earlier version appears as an IPRIA Working Paper.

Kwanghui Lim (2004), "The Relationship between Research and Innovation in the Semiconductor and Pharmaceutical Industries (1981-97)", Research Policy, Vol. 33, No 2, pp. 287-321.

David Hsu and Kwanghui Lim (2006), "The Antecedents and Innovation Consequences of Organizational Knowledge Brokering Capability". 1st re-submission 2007-06, second R&R received 2007-10, 3rd R&R 2009-08.

Annapoornima Subramaniam, Kwanghui Lim and Pek-hooi Soh (2009), "Intellectual Human Capital and Strategic Alliances: Complements or Substitutes?", INFORMS Conference, San Diego. R&R at a leading journal.

Pek-hooi Soh and Kwanghui Lim (2010), "The Effect of Corporate Venture Capital on the Production of Knowledge", Submitted to a leading journal.

Book chapter on Trademarks, Strategy and Brands, with Don O'Sullivan and Janice Luck (under review).

Wenyue Zhuang, Kwanghui Lim and Poh-Kam Wong (2007), "Knowledge Search and its Effects on the International Diffusion of Knowledge: Evidence from Information Storage Technology Patents".

David Weston and Kwanghui Lim (2008), "Blackberry". Case study on managing intellectual property written for IPRIA.org and the World Intellectual Property Organization.

Scientific Careers, National University of Singapore RISE Conference, May 2010.

Hsu-Lim "Knowledge Brokering" paper presented at the AARES Conference, Adelaide (2010).

Wenyue Zhuang, Kwanghui Lim and Poh-Kam Wong (2010), "Signals for Evaluating External Knowledge: A Study of How Firms Search for Knowledge Across Organizational and National Boundaries", Pacific Rim Innovation Conference.

Pek-hooi Soh and Kwanghui Lim (2009), "The Effect of Corporate Venture Capital on the Production of Knowledge", Academy of Management Conference, Chicago.

Annapoornima Subramaniam, Kwanghui Lim and Pek-hooi Soh (2009), "Intellectual Human Capital and Strategic Alliances: Complements or Substitutes?", INFORMS Conference, San Diego.

Wenyue Zhuang, Kwanghui Lim and Poh-kam Wong (2008), "Old Technological Capability and New Technology Adoption: Firm’s Technology Portfolio Management during Technological Transitions", Academy of Management Conference (Anaheim) and Academy of International Business Conference (Milan).

Wenyue Zhuang, Kwanghui Lim and Poh-Kam Wong (2008), "Knowledge Search and its Effects on the International Diffusion of Knowledge: Evidence from Information Storage Technology Patents", Academy of International Business Conference.

Kwanghui Lim and Brian Cu (2007), "The Effects of Social Networks on Venture Capitalist Advice and Monitoring", Academy of Management Conference.

Wenyue Zhuang, Kwanghui Lim and Poh-Kam Wong (2007), "Why does some knowledge diffuse faster and more broadly than other: evidence from patenting in the field of information storage technology", ISMOT Conference 2007 (Best Paper Award).

Wenyue Zhuang, Kwanghui Lim and Poh-Kam Wong (2006), "Do High Impact Innovations Diffuse Faster and More Widely than Low Impact Innovations? Evidence from Magnetic Recording Technology Patents", Academy of Management Conference.

Rahul Kapoor and Kwanghui Lim (2005), "The Impact of Acquisitions on the Innovation Performance of Inventors at Semiconductor Companies", Best Paper Proceedings, Academy of Management Conference. Carolyn Dexter Award Nominee.

David Hsu and Kwanghui Lim (2004), "Knowledge Bridging by Biotechnology Start-ups", Academy of Management Conference. Also presented at the EPFL Conference 2005 (Switzerland), UCLA/Oxford University Empirical Research in Entrepreneurship Conference 2005 and research seminars at Harvard Business School, University of Maryland, Melbourne Business School, MIT, AGSM/UNSW, NUS and Wharton.

Zilin He, Kwanghui Lim and Pohkam Wong (2004), "Snakes and Ladders: The Dynamics of Knowledge Dependence between Incumbents and Entrants in the Wireless Communications Industry", IEEE Intl Eng and Mgt Conference.

Kwanghui Lim and Hank Chesbrough (2002), "Comparative Models of Organizing Industrial Research: Evidence from IBM and Intel ", Academy of Management Conference.

Kwanghui Lim (2001), "Basic Research, Applied Research and Innovation in the Semiconductor and Pharmaceutical Industries", Wharton Technology Conference.

Kwanghui Lim (2000), "The Relationship between Publications and Patents by Researchers at Five Companies", MIT Sloan Working Paper 4120, Academy of Management Conference (2001).

Kwanghui Lim (1999), "Do Firms Have to Perform Basic Research In Order to Capture Knowledge Spillovers: Evidence from the Semiconductor and Pharmaceutical Industries", CCC Doctoral Consortium 1999, New York. Also presented at the NBER Productivity Lunch and MIT Innovation Seminar.

Kwanghui Lim (1997), "Incomplete Contracts and User-Innovation in the ASIC Industry", Second Year Research Paper, MIT. Presented at the CCC Doctoral Consortium 1997.

Himawan Gunadhi, Kwanghui Lim and Wee-Yong Yeong, (1995) "PACE: A Planning Advisor on Curriculum and Enrollment", Hawaii International Conference on Systems Science (HICSS-28), January, 1995.

Kwanghui Lim, Lawrence Loh and Tan Tin Wee (1995), "Commerce on The Internet: The Case of Stocknet", First Singapore WWW Conference.

Chair, Session on Company Strategy, Pacific Rim Innovation Conference 2010.

Co-organizer and member of Scientific Committee, Pacific Rim Innovation Conference 2010.

Speaker, Professional Development Workshop on Measuring Knowledge Flows using Patent and Non-Patent Data, Academy of Management Conference 2009.

Chair, Session on Knowledge Protection and Patent Wars, Academy of Management Conference 2009.

Organizer and Co-chair (with Riitta Katila), Professional Development Workshop on Measuring Knowledge Flows using Patent and Non-Patent Data, Academy of Management Conference 2008.

Best Reviewer Award, BPS Division, Academy of Management Conference 2008.

Chair, Session on Technological Positioning, Innovation and Imitation, Academy of Management Conference 2008.

Discussant, Session on Strategy, Technology and Innovation, Academy of Management Conference 2008.

Faculty Mentor, BPS Division Dissertation Consortium, Academy of Management Conference 2008.

Panelist, Session on Knowledge Diffusion, Australian Business Higher-Education Roundtable on Innovation Conference, September 2008.

Chair, Session on Intellectual Property, World IP Day University Innovation Showcase, April 2007.

Discussant, Session on Interorganizational Networks, Academy of Management Conference 2007.

Discussant, Session on Technology Entrepreneurship, Academy of Management Conference 2007.

Organizer and Co-chair (with Lee Fleming), Professional Development Workshop on Methodologies for Research on Knowledge Flows, Academy of Management Conference 2005.

Co-chair (with T.S. Durrani), Session on Technology Strategy , IEEE Intl Engineering Management Conference, Oct 2004.

Co-organizer (With Rosemarie Ziedonis), Symposium on Start-ups, Established Firms and the Commercialization of New Technologies, Academy of Management Conference 2004.

Chair, Session on Technology Strategy: Assessing the Value of R&D, Academy of Management Conference 2004.

Quote on acquisition of Healthscope by Kate Sikora, US bid for Australian hospitals, Daily Telegraph, July 20, 2010.

Radio Interview (June, 2010) on Telstra's deal for the National Broadband Network, Power FM.

Radio Interview (May, 2010) on the National Broadband Network, ABC NewsRadio, Australian Broadcasting Corporation. See related blogpost .

March 2010, Interview for Australian Institute of Company Directors newsletter on Big Issues For Boards in 2010

Tim Lohman (2009), Little for CIOs to Get Excited About in Federal Budget , CIO Magazine and ComputerWorld .

Andrew Ramadge and Chloe Lake (2009), Wireless a threat to broadband network, says Minchin, news.com.au .

Kwanghui Lim (2009), IdeaCHECK on the BCG Innovation Report, MBS Center for Ideas and the Economy.

Kwanghui Lim (2008), IdeaCHECK on Venturous Australia, the National Innovation System Review, MBS Center for Ideas and the Economy.

“Spread the Knowledge,” BRW, February 1-7 2007, pp. 50.

“Getting The Right Mix,” An article by Aaron Bouchie in Nature describing the Hsu-Lim paper on Knowledge Bridging, 2006-08-24 (pp. 860) . A summary is available at economics.com.au.

"Buying companies for new competencies: Is it worth it?,"A feature on the Kapoor-Lim AMJ 2007 Paper, INSEAD Knowledge, Jan 2008.

Kwanghui Lim (2005), "IP Protection Systems and Emerging Technologies", inter se, Singapore Academy of Law, April 2005.

Kwanghui Lim (2005), "Book review: The management of innovation and technology : the shaping of the market economy by John Howells ", Innovation: Management, Policy, and Practice.

"Basic Research, Applied Research and Innovation," Best Dissertation Award Ceremony, INFORMS Miami, December 2001.

Reviewer for the following journals (alphabetical):

• Academy of Management Journal
• Asia-Pacific J. of Management
• California Management Review
• IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management
• International Journal of Industrial Organization
• Intl J. Technology Management
• J. Business Venturing
• J. Econ and Mgt Strategy
• J. Intl Business Studies
• Management Science
• National Science Foundation (US)
• Omega
• Research Policy

Reviewer for the following conferences:

• Academy of Management (TIM & BPS)
• INFORMS Tech. Management Section

Reviewer for the following books:

• The Internet Encyclopedia, Hossein Bidgoli, ed., John Wiley & Sons.

• Research Assistant for Stern (1999), "Do Scientists Pay To Be Scientists", Management Science, 2004.
• Research Assistant for von Hippel (1998) "Economics of Product Development by Users: The Impact of "Sticky" Local Information", Management Science, Vol 44(5): 629-644.

Courses

Melbourne Business School, Australia

• MBA Core- Business Strategy, May-Aug 2010.
• Business Tools for Masters of Science Students, University of Melbourne, April 2010.
• MBA Core- Business Strategy, May-Aug 2008.
• MBA Core- Business Strategy, May-Aug 2007.

National University of Singapore, 2000-2006

• Management of Technology (for MBA/MOT students)
• Technology Strategy (for MBA/MOT students)
• Understanding Innovation (for undergraduates)

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Fall 2001.

• Introduction to Managing the Innovation Process (15.351)

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1995-2000.

• Teaching Assistant for : Introduction to Managing the Innovation Process (15.351, 15.352), Technology Strategy (15.932) and the MIT Summer Executive Program on the Management of Research, Development and Technology-Based Innovation (15.90s).
  

• “Sidamo and Blackberry IP Management Case Studies”, IPRIA IP in the Real World Series, June 2009.
• "Profiting from Innovation" NUS-3M Program on Managing Innovation in Secondary Schools, January 2005.
• "Information Technology: Strategy and Implementation," a 1-day training program for the NUS-Port of Singapore Authority Graduate Diploma/Certificate Program in Maritime and Port Management, April 2004.
• "Patents as Technological Indicators," Singapore-World Intellectual Property Organization Training Course for Asia and the Pacific Region, October 2002.
• "Strategies for Linking Scientific Research to Innovation," Recent Advances in Innovation Research: Lessons for Technology Strategists and Policymakers, Singapore, September 2002.
  

• “Who Owns the News?”, Discussant, MBS-IPRIA Public Seminar, July 2010.
• Australian Senate Commitee, Testimony on Gene Patenting, August 2009.
• “Should Genes be Patented?”, MBS-CITE and IPRIA Panel and Public Discussion, April 2009.
• “Knowledge Brokering”, Research Seminar, Australia School of Business, Sydney, 2007.
• “Knowledge Brokering”, IPRIA Public Seminar, 2 November 2007.
• Guest Speaker, University of Melbourne class on commercializing biotechnology, Oct, 2006.
• “IP Management and Patent Information for SMEs and Developing Countries:
  Potential Unexplored?”, Europe Asia Patent Information Conference 2005.
• "Challenges in Entrepreneurship", NUS Youth Entrepreneur Challenge Workshop, January 2005.
• Moderator and Chair for NUS Overseas College "live" debate, January 2005.
• "Patent Search and Claims Analysis ", NUS Entrepreneurship Center University Technology Commercialization Program, Nov 2004.
• "Implementing Active Student Learning," Introductory session on "My Experience in the PDP-Teaching Program," NUS Centre for Development of Teaching and Learning, Nov 2004.
• "Intellectual Property Strategies and Open Innovation" (with Ashish Arora), Academy of Management Professional Development Workshop, August 2004.
• "Commercializing Technology", U21 Summer School, July 2004.
  

Consultant, Booz Allen & Hamilton (1991-1993)
Worked with companies in Indonesia, Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia, Nigeria and Nepal on issues relating to corporate strategy and information technology. Developed a computer-based staffing model used at several financial institutions.

Senior Tutor, National University of Singapore (1994-1995)

• Tutored undergraduate Computing and Statistics courses.
• Co-developed an AI-based Academic Advising System.
• Worked on the early development of STOCKNET, a stock-market trading simulation.
• Member of consulting team (with Drs. Wong Poh Kam, Lawrence Loh and Phyllisis Ngin) to the Singapore National Computer Board for the 1995 IT Manpower Survey.

Summer Intern, Texas Instruments Singapore (1989, 1990)
Worked on DRAM manufacturing, including semiconductor process and device failure characterization.

Graduate Thesis Supervision (Completed)

• Roland Sargeant, MIT Leaders for Manufacturing Masters Program, 2003. Thesis Advisor.
• Zheng Tingjun, NUS M.Sc (Management) NUS Business School, 2004. Thesis Advisor.
• Grace Shen Sien, M.Sc. (Management), NUS Business School. Joint supervisor with Pekhooi Soh.
• Wang Xiaoyang , Ph.D., Industrial & Systems Engineering, NUS. Thesis committee member.

Graduate Thesis Supervision (In Progress)

• Manathattai S. Annapoornima, Ph.D. (Management), NUS Business School. Joint advisor with Pekhooi Soh.
• Zhuang Wenyue, Ph.D.(Management), NUS Business School. Joint supervisor with Poh-kam Wong.

Undergraduate Thesis Supervision

• Brian Cu, BBA (1st Class Hons), NUS Business School, 2006.
• Eugene Sim, BBA (1st Class Hons), NUS Business School, 2006. Joint supervisor with Susanna Leong.
• Yeah Hong Eng, B.Sc. (Mathematics and Management), 2003.

Research Assistants Supervised

• Sarah Wong (2009-) Melbourne University
• Rachel Goh (2008-) Melbourne University
• Sarah Berriman (2007-) Melbourne University.
• Su-Ting Liu (2007-) Melbourne Business School.
• Dora Bui Thi Nhung (2003-2005), BBA, NUS Business School.
• Nguyen Thanh Long (2003-2005), BBA (Hons), NUS Business School.
• Roshni Mohapatra (2003-2004), M.Sc (Computer Science) NUS.
• Adeline Woo (2002-2004), BBA, NUS Business School.
• Melissa Giang (2004), BBA, NUS Business School.
• Rahul Kapoor (2004), MBA, NUS Business School.
• Tao Zhen (2003-4), graduate student, NUS Engineering Faculty.
• Jason Lee (2003-4), graduate student, NUS Engineering Faculty.
• Mala Selvaraj (2001-2003), M.Sc (Computer Science) NUS.
• Ashwin Jhamb (2003), MBA, NUS Business School.

Service and Administrative Duties

Melbourne Business School/ University of Melbourne

• Associate Director, Intellectual Property Research Institute of Australia (2007-)
• Setup MBS Research Computing with Mike Smith and Peter Russell (2007-)
• MBS Ad-hoc committee on information technology (with Michael Ryall), 2006.
• Member, MBS Asia-Pacific Reference Group, 2006.
• Advisor, MBS student team in the BCG Case Competition Sep 2006 (with Paul Dainty and Doug Dow).
• Organized several research seminars at MBS.

National University of Singapore

• NUS Overseas Colleges, Steering Committee Member (2001-2004).
• NUS Business School, BBA Curriculum Review Committee (2003).
• Represented NUS Business School on a 4-person task force to set up the NUS Center for Management of Science and Technology (2003).
• Raffles Hall: Resident Fellow (2000-2002), Non-resident Fellow (2002-2004), Associate Director for Alumni Affairs (2003-). Webmaster for Rhalumni.org.

Other Organizations

• Research Committee Member, BPS Division, Academy of Management (2010-2011).
• Committee Member, Asia-Pacific Innovation Network, 2010 onwards.
• Judging panel member, the Acad. of Management TIM Division Dissertation Award, 2008.
• Judging panel member, startup@singapore competition 2004, 2005.
• Judging panel member, the INFORMS TIM Section Best Dissertation Award, 2002.
• Founder and co-owner (with Jasjit Singh) of the Singapore Islandwide Strategy Mailing List.