Zenlin Kwee

Dr. Zenlin Kwee is Assistant Professor of Strategy and Innovation at Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands. She holds a doctorate degree (Ph.D.) from the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University in Strategic Management and a Master of Science (MSc.) in Systems Engineering, Policy Analysis and Management (Cum Laude) from Delft University of Technology. Her research interests include strategic management, strategic renewal, innovation (a.o. responsible innovation), entrepreneurship, business models, and corporate governance. Her works have been published in ISI-ranked journals: Journal of Management Studies, Long Range Planning, Cambridge Journal of Economics.

Research Interest

Strategic management, strategic renewal, innovation (a.o. responsible innovation), entrepreneurship, business models, and corporate governance.

Teaching activities

Zenlin’s teaching portfolio includes Master level courses in Management of Technology (MOT) and a Master specialization course in Economics and Finance. She also gives lectures for bachelor minor programmes offered by Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management.

• 2016-2017 and 2015-2016: MOT1461 Financial Management; SPM9716 Cost-Benefit Analysis; WM0628TU Business Economics, Choice of Technique and Innovation
• 2014-2015: SPM9716, MOT1461, WM0628TU, WM0629TU Integration ERFiT

Education

• PhD Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (2004 — 2009)
• MSc. Technische Universiteit Delft (2002 — 2004)
• S.T. (BSc.) Universitas Pelita Harapan (1995 — 1998)

Companies

• Assistant Professor Strategy & Innovation Delft University of Technology (2009)
• Researcher for Game Changer, Rijswijk (NL) Shell (2005 — 2009)
• Research Associate RSM Erasmus University (2004 — 2009)
• Research Intern Accenture (2004 — 2004)
• Research assistant TU Delft (2003 — 2004)
• Vice President/Business Development Manager PT. Integrasi Software, Indonesia (1999 — 2002)
• Business Analyst PT. Multipolar Corporation, Tbk. (1998 — 1999)

Key publications

• Kemper, R., Kwee, Z., and Roosenboom, P.G.J. (2017). How to pitch to and interact with business angels? In N. Dai (Ed.), The World Scientific Reference on Entrepreneurship (pp. 37-73). World Scientific Publishing.
• Kleinknecht, A., Kwee, Z., Budiyanto, L. (2015). Rigidities through Flexibility: Flexible labour and the rise of management bureaucracies. Cambridge Journal of Economics: bev056.
• Ben-Menahem, M.G.M., Kwee, Z., Van Den Bosch, F.A.J. and Volberda, H.W. (2013). Strategic Renewal over Time: The enabling role of potential absorptive capacity in aligning internal and external rates of change – A longitudinal analysis of Royal Dutch Shell (1980-2007).Long Range Planning, 46(3): 216-235. doi:10.1016/j.lrp.2012.09.012.
• Kwee, Z., Van Den Bosch, F.A.J., and Volberda, H.W. (2011). The Influence of Top Management Team’s Corporate Governance Orientation on Strategic Renewal Trajectories: A longitudinal analysis of Royal Dutch Shell plc, 1907-2004. Journal of Management Studies, 48(5): 984-1014. (http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-6486.2010.00961.x)
• Kwee, Z., Van Den Bosch, F.A.J., and Volberda, H.W. (2008). Coevolutionary competence in the realm of corporate longevity: How long-lived firms strategically renew themselves. In: Sanchez, R. (Ed.),Research in Competence-Based Management,4, 281-313, UK: JAI Press.