Kwanghui Lim

Kwanghui Lim joined Melbourne Business School in 2006 as a Senior Lecturer and became an Associate Professor of Strategic Management in 2010.

Kwanghui completed his PhD in the management of technological innovation and entrepreneurship at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He then worked as an Assistant Professor at the National University of Singapore Business School.

Kwanghui’s research has been published in leading journals, including Organization Science, the Academy of Management Journal and Research Policy. His focus is on how firms manage knowledge, intellectual property and scientific talent.

Kwanghui teaches the Innovation Bootcamp, the MBA Business Strategy core course, and Biodesign at Melbourne Business School. He also teaches capstone for the Wade Institute’s new Master of Entrepreneurship program and Advanced Management Theory on its PhD program.

Education

• Ph.D MIT Sloan School of Management (1995 — 2000)
• Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1995 — 2000)
• B.Eng National University of Singapore (1987 — 1991)
• GCE(A) Raffles Junior College (1985 — 1986)
• GCE(O) Raffles Institution (1981 — 1984)

Awards

• 2020 BioDesign was named one of 3 finalists for the Engagement Australia Excellent Awards (Student Engagement category).
• 2017 Melbourne Business School - Leadership Award (Faculty).
• 2001 Best Dissertation Award, INFORMS Technology Management Section and the Academy of Management Technology and Innovation Management Division.
• 2001 Richard R. Nelson Best Dissertation Prize.
• AY2003/4 NUS University-Level Excellent Teacher Award.
• 2004 NUS Business School Department of Business Policy Educator Award.
• 1995-2000 National University of Singapore Overseas Graduate Scholarship.
• 1989-1990 Texas Instruments Scholarship.
• 1985-1986 ASEAN Pre-University Scholarship.
• 1981-1984 ASEAN Secondary Scholarship.

Publications

• 2019 “Frontline knowledge networks in open collaboration models for service innovations”, Ozlem Ozkok, Simon Bell, Jagdip Singh and Kwanghui Lim, Academy of Marketing Science Review Vol. 9, No. 9, pp. 268-288.
• 2014 “Knowledge Brokering and Organizational Innovation: Founder Imprinting Effects”, David Hsu and Kwanghui Lim, Organization Science Vol. 25, No. 4, pp. 1134-1153.
• 2013 “When birds of a feather don’t flock together: different scientists and the roles they play in biotech R&D alliances”, Annapoornima Subramaniam, Kwanghui Lim, Pek-Hooi Soh, Research Policy Vol. 42, No. 3 (April), pp. 595-612.
• 2010 “The Many Faces of Absorptive Capacity: Spillovers of Copper Interconnect Technology for Semiconductor Chips”, Kwanghui Lim, Industrial and Corporate Change, Vol. 18, No. 6, pp. 1249-1284.
• 2010 “The Effects of Social Networks and Contractual Characteristics on the Relationship between Venture Capitalists and Entrepreneurs”, Kwanghui Lim and Brian Cu, Asia Pacific Journal of Management, Vol. 29, No. 3, pp. 573-596.
• 2010 “Open Innovation and Patterns of R&D Competition”, Kwanghui Lim, Hank Chesbrough and Yi Ruan, International Journal of Technology Management, Special Issue on Broadening the Scope of Open Innovation, Vol. 52, No. 3/4, pp.295-321.
• 2007 “The Impact of Acquisitions on the Innovation Performance of Inventors at Semiconductor Companies”, Rahul Kapoor and Kwanghui Lim, Academy of Management Journal, Vol.50, No. 5 (Oct).
• 2006 “Entry and Competitive Dynamics in the Mobile Telecommunications Market”, Zilin He, Kwanghui Lim and Poh-Kam Wong, Research Policy, 20th Anniversary Special Issue of “Profiting from Innovation by David Teece”, Vol. 35, No. 8 (Oct), pp. 1147-1165.
• 2004 “The Relationship between Research and Innovation in the Semiconductor and Pharmaceutical Industries (1981-97)”, Kwanghui Lim, Research Policy, Vol. 33, No. 2, pp. 287-321.