Terence FAN
Education
| 2004 | PhD | 
| 2003 | Master of Science in Finance | 
| 1999 | Master of Science in Aeronautics and Astronautics, MIT | 
| 1997 | Bachelor of Applied Science in Mechanical Engineering | 
Current Position(s) Held
| 2012 - Now | Assistant Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship (Education) | 
| 2004 - 2012 | Assistant Professor of Management Lee Kong Chian School of Business Singapore Management University | 
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Research Interests
|  | New Venture Strategy | 
|  | Inter-firm Collaboration | 
|  | Evolution of Technology | 
|  | International New Ventures | 
Selected Journal Articles (Refereed)
|  | Fan TPC, Schwab A, Geng X. 2021. Habitual Entrepreneurship in Digital Platform Ecosystems: A Time-Contingent Model of Learning from Prior Software Project Experiences. Conditionally accepted at Journal of Business Venturing. | 
|  | Fan TPC, 2019. Schedule creep: In search of an uncongested baseline block time by examining scheduled flight block times worldwide 1986-2016. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice 121: 192-217. | 
|  | Megargel A, Shankararaman V, Fan TPC. 2018. SOA (Service-oriented architecture) maturity influence on digital banking transformation. IDRBT Journal of Banking Technology. 2(2): 1-27. | 
|  | Fan TPC. 2017. Differentiating large absolute from relative expansions in de novo ventures - are large capacity expansions sustainable in the long run? In World Scientific Reference on Entrepreneurship: Volume 3: Sustainability, Society, Business Ethics, and Entrepreneurship, Eds. Siegel D, Markman G, Guerber A, Su SC-Y. World Scientific Press, p.395-423. | 
|  | Fan TPC, Lingblad M. 2016. Thinking through the meteoric rise of Middle-East carriers from Singapore Airlines' vantage point. Journal of Air Transport Management 54 (July), 111-122. | 
|  | Fan TPC, Tan AWL. 2015. How product attributes influence internationalization: A framework of domain- and culture-specificity. Management International Review, 55(1), 53-76. | 
|  | Fan TPC, Tan AWL, Geng XS. 2014. Rapid capacity expansions and failure: A trap for new airline entrants? Transportation Research Part E. 61(1), 176-191. | 
|  | Fan TPC. 2010. International business travel in the global economy, Journal of Transport Geography 18 (6), 762-763. | 
|  | Fan TPC. 2010. De novo venture strategy: Inaugural entry and arch-incumbency. Strategic Management Journal, 31 (1), 19-38. 2010. | 
|  | "Determinants of de Novo New Entrant Survival in the liberalized intra-European scheduled passenger airline industry", by Terence Ping Ching FAN, 2009 , 45(2) , Transportation Research (Part E Logistics & Transportation Review), Elsevier Ltd, 293-306, United States Of America | 
|  | "International New Ventures: revisiting the influences behind the ‘born-global' firm", by Terence Ping Ching FAN and Phillip PHAN, 2007 , 38 , 7, Journal of International Business Studies, 1113-1131 | 
|  | "Improvements in intra-European inter-city flight connectivity linking the United Kingdom and Ireland with continental Europe 1996-2004", by Terence Ping Ching FAN, 2006 , 14 , (4), Journal of Transport Geography, 273-286 | 
|  | "Price Disparity based on Trip Origins", by Terence Ping Ching FAN, 2005 , 4 , (3), Journal of Revenue and Pricing Management, 252-269 | 
|  | "Small aircraft for more profits? - A preliminary examination on airlines' fleet size decision with fare and demand distributions", by Terence Ping Ching FAN, 2002, Journal of Transportation Research Forum, Transportation Quarterly, 77-94 | 
|  | "A Practical Perspective on Airport Demand Management", by Terence Ping Ching FAN and A.R. ODONI, 2002, 10, 3, Air Traffic Control Quarterly, 285-306, United States Of America | 
|  | "Evolution of Global Airline Strategic Alliance and Consolidation in the Twenty-First Century", by Terence Ping Ching FAN, L. VIGEANT-LANGLOIS, Geissler C., B. BOSLER, and J. WILMKING, 11/2001, 7, 6, Journal of Air Transport Management, 349-360 | 
 
Published Book Chapters
|  | Fan TPC, 2019. Strategic response from Singapore Airlines to the rapid expansion of global, full-service hub carriers in the Middle East. In Advances in Airline Economics - Airlines Economics in Asia. Eds: Fu XW, Peoples J. Vol. 7: 33-60. Emerald Publishing, Bingley, U.K. https://doi.org/10.1108/S2212-160920180000007004 | 
|  | Fan TPC, Phan P. 2018. International new ventures: Revisiting the influences behind the ‘born-global’ firm. In International Entrepreneurship: The Pursuit of Opportunities across National Borders. Ed: Reuber AR. Springer, Cham, Switzerland: 131-172. https://10.1007/978-3-319-74228-1 | 
|  | Differentiating large absolute from relative expansions in De Novo Ventures — Are large capacity expansions sustainable in the long run?, by FAN, Terence Ping Ching. (2017). In Amy J Guerber, Gideon D Markman, Sherry Chih-Yi Su (Ed.), The World Scientific Reference on Entrepreneurship: Volume 3: Sustainability, Ethics and Entrepreneurship (pp. 395-423) USA: World Scientific Publishing. http://doi.org/10.1142/9789813220614_0015 (Published) | 
 
Teaching Cases Authored
|  | Fan TPC 2024. Singapore Airlines Responding to the Middle East Behemoths on the Kangaroo Route hbsp.harvard.edu/product/105SMU-PDF-ENG | 
|  | Fan TPC, Kim CH, Koh CM. 2018. Divestment of Changi International Airport Services by Temasek Holdings. SMU-18-0008. This case documents the rationale of divesting a business, as part of corporate strategy. hbsp.harvard.edu/product/SMU305-PDF-ENG | 
|  | Loh PHM, Fan TPC. 2016 Lembu Dairy. SMU-16-0016. This case documents several product diversification options available to an integrated dairy producer in Malaysia. My collaborator is a successful entrepreneur in agriculture, and also an Adjunct Professor at Murdoch University, Australia. hbsp.harvard.edu/product/SMU255-PDF-ENG | 
|  | Fan TPC, Phan, P. 2013. ‘Way Smarter’: Valuair in the budget airline industry. SMU-13-0010. This case details the industry environment in which a budget airline based in Singapore began its operations, and illustrates how publicly available statistics can be informative in predicting the profitability of a new venture. This case won the 2013 Emerald/Singapore Management University Teaching Case award. hbsp.harvard.edu/product/SMU362-PDF-ENG | 
 
Selected Presentations
|  | “Learning from prior innovative project experiences: a study of entrepreneurs developing Google apps”, with Samimi M, Schwab A, Nosrati M, Geng XS. Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Boston, 10-14 August. | 
|  | Megargel, A, Fan, TPC, Shankararaman V. 2019. SMU Teaching Bank: Case study of a multiyear development project utilizing student resources. Proceedings of AIS (Association of Information Systems) Special Interest Group for Education (SIGED), December, Munich, Germany: 1-15 |