Kenneth G. Huang

Prof. Kenneth G. Huang (Ph.D., MIT) is the Dean’s Chair and Full Professor at the National University of Singapore (NUS) in the Department of Industrial Systems Engineering and Management (ISEM), College of Design and Engineering, and Department of Strategy and Policy, NUS Business School. He is the Academic Director of the Master of Science (MSc.) in Management of Technology and Innovation at NUS. He also serves on the advisory board of the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). He is the Deputy Editor of Management and Organization Review and was an Associate Editor/editorial board member of Organization Science (for a special issue) and a Co-editor of Journal of Management Studies (for a special Issue). He also currently serves on the editorial boards of Academy of Management Journal, Strategic Management Journal, Organization Science, Technological Forecasting and Social Change and until 2022, Journal of International Business Studies.

His research focuses on innovation and technology management and strategy (e.g., AI, biotech, environment, IT); AI and digital strategy; entrepreneurship; intellectual property (IP) management and global strategy; science and technology policy; open science/ innovation; and institutional change particularly in emerging economies like China and ASEAN. His research is internationally influential and has been published in high-impact, leading journals such as Science, Academy of Management Journal, Strategic Management Journal, Organization Science, Journal of Management, Journal of International Business Studies, Research Policy, Nature Biotechnology, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA (PNAS), Industrial and Corporate Change, Journal of Management Studies, Management and Organization Review and Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings. His research has also been recognized by several international research and best paper awards from the Academy of Management (AOM), Strategic Management Society (SMS), DRUID, Academy of International Business (AIB) and INFORMS. His work and commentaries have been featured in Reuters, CNBC, Economist Intelligence Unit, Business Times, MIT Technology Review, Foreign Affairs, Voice of America, China Daily, Asian Scientist, Straits Times, Lianhe Zaobao, ThinkChina and Channel NewsAsia, among other media outlets.

At NUS, Prof. Kenneth Huang designs and teaches courses such as Intellectual Property Management and Innovation Strategy, Entrepreneurial Strategy, Technology Management Strategy, and Corporate Strategy for the graduate (e.g., MSc., EMBA, Ph.D.) and undergraduate programs. He also directs and teaches in several executive education programs focusing on senior (C-suite) executives. Before joining NUS, he was an Assistant Professor of Strategic Management (Innovation and Entrepreneurship) at Singapore Management University (SMU), Lee Kong Chian School of Business (LKCSB). He has also taught in the Sloan Fellows Program in Innovation and Global Leadership (MBA) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Sloan School of Management. For his outstanding contribution to education, teaching, course/program design and development, he is the recipient of several prestigious awards such as the university-wide NUS Annual Teaching Excellence Award 2023-2024 (winner) and as a nominee in 2018-2019 and 2016-2017, NUS College Educator Award 2022-2023 (winner), NUS Faculty Teaching Excellence Award 2019–2020 (winner), NUS Engineering Educator Award 2018–2019 (winner), Faculty Teaching Award Honors List 2016–2017 (winner), and SMU LKCSB Dean’s Teaching Honor List (top 20 faculty members) every year from 2009 to 2015. He is a sought-after keynote speaker for major international academic and industry conferences. He advises and works with firms, startups, financial organizations and government institutions on corporate and entrepreneurial strategy, technology and innovation management. They include IBM, Singtel, Panasonic, UOB, MasterCard, Charles River Labs, Helicos BioSciences, Keystone Strategy and IPOS, among others. He earned his Ph.D. in Technology Management and Policy from MIT. He also holds M.S. degree in Technology and Policy from MIT, and B.S. degree in Biomedical Engineering and Electrical Engineering (minor in Mathematics) from the Johns Hopkins University.