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F. Ted Tschang is an internationally recognized scholar in strategic management, digital transformation, and sustainability, known for his interdisciplinary research on human-AI interaction, design theory, and industrial development.
Bridges management theory, technology, and policy with a strong interdisciplinary approach; recognized for advancing understanding of digital transformation, creative industries, and sustainability; impactful in both academic and policy circles; extensive industry and government engagement; leadership in curriculum innovation and experiential learning.
Focused research areas include Explores the intersection of digital transformation, human-AI interaction, and work; design thinking and innovation in management; sustainability strategies; industrial development; policy frameworks for technology and creative industries.
Bridges management theory, technology, and policy with a strong interdisciplinary approach; recognized for advancing understanding of digital transformation, creative industries, and sustainability; impactful in both academic and policy circles; extensive industry and government engagement; leadership in curriculum innovation and experiential learning.
Focused research areas include Explores the intersection of digital transformation, human-AI interaction, and work; design thinking and innovation in management; sustainability strategies; industrial development; policy frameworks for technology and creative industries.
Areas of Expertise
Innovation TheoryHuman-Centered DesignImpact of DigitisationSustainable Development
Past Awarded Grant
- National Research Foundation, Ecosystem Readiness Level (ERL) Framework - Phase 1 Pilot, SG Innovate and Singapore Management University (co-investigator)
- SMU individual research grant (2022-). Policy Decision-making Behaviors During Pandemics.
- SMU individual research grant (2016). A Theory of Design: Articulating game creation as design mechanisms.
- SMU individual research grant (2011). Play and Collaboration in Emerging Fields: A Multilevel Analysis of the Field of Virtual Worlds.
- Co-investigator, "Business Models for Interactive Digital Media Services and Policy Implications for Regulators," (co-investigator on grant to Nanyang Technological University), 2007, National Research Foundation, Singapore.
Latest Publications
Showing up to 6 latest publications from the past 5 years.
- Prospecting a Framework for Human-AI Interaction: The Contributions of Contrasting Design Approaches [2025]FT Tschang, B D'Ippolito, H YamagataAcademy of Management Proceedings 2025 (1), 22065, 2025
- Interactions Between Play and Work in the Virtual World: Qualitative Evidence from Second Life [2024]FT Tschang, HY KangAcademy of Management Proceedings 2024 (1), 20010, 2024
- K Tatarinov, TC Ambos, FT TschangJournal of International Business Studies 54 (4), 631, 2022
- FT Tschang, B D’Ippolito, MC ChaboudEntreprises et histoire 109 (4), 138-156, 2022
- FT Tschang, B D'Ippolito, MC ChaboudEntreprises et Histoire, 138-156, 2022
EDUCATION |
| 1996 | PhD in Public Policy and Management Heinz School of Public Policy and Management, Carnegie Mellon University |
| 1990 | M.S in Electrical Engineering University of Nevada |
| 1987 | MA in Economics Ohio State University |
| 1986 | B.S in Electrical Engineering University of Texas |
CURRENT POSITION(S) HELD |
| 2009 - Now | Associate Professor of Strategic Management Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University |
| Jul 2010 - Jun 2013 | Area Coordinator for Strategy and Organisation |
| 2001 - 2009 | Assistant Professor of Management Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University |
RESEARCH INTERESTS | |
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JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS |
| Tatarinov, K., Ambos, T.C. & Tschang, F.T. (2022) Scaling digital solutions for wicked problems: Ecosystem versatility. Journal of International Business Studies. | |
| Tschang, F. T., D’Ippolito, B., and Chaboud, M. C. (2022). Videogames and their material representations: prototyping interactive experiences for social and cognitive purposes. Entreprises et Histoire, (4), 138-156. | |
| Tschang, F. T. (2021). Platform-Dependent Entrepreneurs: Participants in an Expanding Universe of Platforms? Academy of Management Perspectives, 35(4), 696-701. | |
| Tschang, F. T., & Almirall, E. (2021). Artificial intelligence as augmenting automation: Implications for employment. Academy of Management Perspectives, 35(4), 642-659. | |
| Garbuio, M., Dong, A., Lin, N., Tschang, T., & Lovallo, D. (2018). Demystifying the genius of entrepreneurship: How design cognition can help create the next generation of entrepreneurs. Academy of Management Learning & Education, 17(1), 41-61. | |
| Tschang, F. T., & Ertug, G. (2016). New blood as an elixir of youth: Effects of human capital tenure on the explorative capability of aging firms. Organization Science, 27(4), 873-892. | |
| Sapsed, J., & Tschang, F. T. (2014). Art is long, innovation is short: Lessons from the Renaissance and the digital age. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 83, 127-141. | |
| Porac, J., & Tschang, F. T. (2013). Unbounding the managerial mind: It’s time to abandon the image of managers as “Small brains”. Journal of Management Inquiry, 22(2), 250-254. | |
| Woodard, C. J., Ramasubbu, N., Tschang, F. T., & Sambamurthy, V. (2013). Design capital and design moves: The logic of digital business strategy. MIS Quarterly, 537-564. | |
| Tschang, F. T., & Goldstein, A. (2010). The Outsourcing of “Creative” Work and the Limits of Capability: The Case of the Philippines’ Animation Industry. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 57(1), 132-143. | |
| Tschang, F. T., & Comas, J. (2010). Developing virtual worlds: The interplay of design, communities and rationality. First Monday, 15(1). | |
| Niosi, J., & Tschang, F. T. (2009). The strategies of Chinese and Indian software multinationals: implications for internationalization theory. Industrial and Corporate Change, 18(2), 269-294. | |
| Tschang, F. T. (2007). Balancing the tensions between rationalization and creativity in the video games industry. Organization Science, 18(6), 989-1005. https://pubsonline.informs.org/doi/abs/10.1287/orsc.1070.0299 | |
| Tschang, F. T., & Szczypula, J. (2006). Idea creation, constructivism and evolution as key characteristics in the videogame artifact design process. European Management Journal, 24(4), 270-287. | |
| Tschang, F. T. (2005). Videogames as interactive experiential products and their manner of development. International Journal of Innovation Management, 9(1), 103-131. | |
| Koh, F. C., Koh, W. T., & Tschang, F. T. (2005). An analytical framework for science parks and technology districts with an application to Singapore. Journal of Business Venturing, 20(2), 217-239. | |
| Amsden, A. H., & Tschang, F. T. (2003). A new approach to assessing the technological complexity of different categories of R&D (with examples from Singapore). Research Policy, 32(4), 553-572. | |
| Quibria, M. G., Ahmed, S. N., Tschang, T., & Reyes-Macasaquit, M. L. (2003). Digital divide: determinants and policies with special reference to Asia. Journal of Asian Economics, 13(6), 811-825. | |
| Quibria, M. G., Tschang, T., & Reyes-Macasaquit, M. L. (2002). New information and communication technologies and poverty: Some evidence from developing Asia. Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy, 7(3), 285-309. | |
| Tschang, T., Chuladul, M., & Le, T. T. (2002). Scaling‐up information services for development: a framework of increasing returns for telecentres. Journal of International Development: The Journal of the Development Studies Association, 14(1), 129-141. | |
| Baba, Y., & Tschang, F. T. (2001). Product development in Japanese TV game software: The case of an innovative game. International Journal of Innovation Management, 5(04), 487-515. | |
| Frosch, R. A., Clark, W. C., Crawford, J., Sagar, A., Tschang, T., & Webber, A. (1997). The industrial ecology of metals: a reconnaissance. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 355(1728), 1335-1347. | |
| Tschang, F. T., Murthy, N. S., & KUMAR, K. (1997). A framework for reaching agreement on climate change: morals, self-interest, and strategy. Global Environmental Change, 7(4), 381. | |
| Dowlatabadi, H., Kopp, R. J., & Tschang, F. T. (1995). Distributional and Environmental Consequences of Taxes on Energy. Advances in the Economics of Energy and Resources, 9: 203-236. | |
| Tschang, F. T., & Dowlatabadi, H. (1995). A Bayesian technique for refining the uncertainty in global energy model forecasts. International Journal of Forecasting, 11(1), 43-61. |
BOOKS |
| Almirall, E., & Tschang, F. T. (2021). Covid-19 Accelerating the Dynamics of Artificial Intelligence Disruption. In Leveraging Artificial Intelligence in Global Epidemics, L. Gruenwald, S. Jain, S. Groppe (Eds.) (pp. 223-237). Academic Press. |
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