Education
| 1971 | PhD (Labour and Industrial Relations) University of Illinois |
Current Position(s) Held
| 2019 - Now | Professor Emeritus of Strategy & Entrepreneurship (Practice) Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University |
| 2002 - 2018 | Professor of Strategic Management (Practice) Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University |
| 2006 - 2008 | Dean Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University |
| 2006 - 2008 | Vice-Provost Academic Strategic Planning, Singapore Management University |
| 2005 - 2006 | Director Lee Kong Chian Scholars Program, Singapore Management University |
| 2002 - 2006 | Director Wee Kim Wee Centre , Singapore Management University |
| 1999 - 2001 | High Commissioner (Ambassador) for Singapore to UK and Ambassador to the Republic of Ireland |
| 1998 - 2002 | Professor Department of Business Policy, National University of Singapore |
| 1996 - 1999 | Ambassador of Singapore to Belgium with concurrent accreditation to the European Communities, Luxembourg , Holy See and Netherlands and Permanent Representative to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) |
| 1994 - 1996 | Ambassador of Singapore to the Republic of Korea and Mongolia |
| 1983 - 1998 | Associate Professor Department of Business Policy, National University of Singapore |
| 1975 - 1978 | Senior Research Fellow Economic Research Centre (ERC), University of Singapore / National University of Singapore |
| 1973 - 1983 | Director (rank of Associate Professor from 1978) Economic Research Centre (ERC), University of Singapore / National University of Singapore |
| 1972 - 1975 | Research Fellow Economic Research Centre (ERC), University of Singapore |
| 1971 - 1972 | Lecturer Economics Department, University of Singapore |
Awards, Recognition and Honors |
| 1994: Singapore National Book Development Council Award for Foreign Investment and Industrialisation in Malaysia , Singapore , Taiwan and Thailand . (with L Y C Lim) |
| 1992: Chapter in Pacific Basin Industries in Distress which received the former Japanese Prime Minister M Ohira prize for one of the best books on the Pacific region published in 1992 |
| 1987: Fulbright Research Scholar Award |
| 1979: Awarded Grant in International Research Competition sponsored by the Ford Foundation (with K B Chow) |
Research Interests |
| Regional Migration |
| Competition for Global Talent |
| Changing Role of State in Pacific Asia |