Curriculum Vitae Ishtiaq Pasha MAHMOOD Department of Strategy & Policy National University of Singapore Business School 15 Kent Ridge Drive, Singapore 119245 Tel: (65) 6874 6387; Fax: (65) 6779 5059 E mail: bizipm@nus.edu.sg EDUCATION Harvard University, Ph.D. (1999), Political Economy, and Government Thesis: Technological Innovation in Asia & the Role of Business Groups Committee: F. M. Scherer (Chair), Tarun Khanna, and Cynthia Montgomery Oberlin College, B.A. (1992), High Honors, Phi Beta Kappa Thesis: Timing & Strategies for Product Cannibalism in the U.S. CAT Scan Industry PROFESSIONAL HISTORY National University of Singapore, Associate Professor (2006 present) National University of Singapore, Assistant Professor (1999 2006) Hitotsubashi University, Japan, Visiting Professor (Aug Dec, 2007) Harvard Institute for International Development, Instructor, Harvard Project on Privatisation & Regulatory Reform (June Sept., 1998) Levitan & Associates, Boston, Management Consultant (1995 1997) The MAC Group/ Gemini Consulting, Chicago, Analyst (1992 1993) EDITORIAL BOARD Journal of International Business Studies, Area Editor Strategic Management Journal, Editorial Board AWARDS & FELLOWSHIPS Temple/ AIB Best Paper Award, Academy of International Business, Milan, 2008 Young Researcher Award, National University of Singapore, 2007 IM Division Best Paper Award (Finalist), Academy of Management, 2005 Faculty Outstanding Researcher Award, NUS Business School, Singapore 2004 Haynes Prize (1 st Runner Up), Academy of International Business, Stockholm, 2004 Haynes Prize (Winner), Academy of International Business, Sydney, 2001 Saltonstall Fellowship, Harvard University, 1993 1997
RESEARCH Refereed Journals Where Can Capabilities Come From? Network Ties and Capability Acquisition in Business Groups jointly with Zhu Hongjin, and Edward Zajac, Strategic Management Journal (Forthcoming) Whether and How: Effects of International Joint Ventures on Local Innovation, with Zheng Weiting, Research Policy, Vol. 38(9), October 2009 Inter industry Differences in Profitability: The Legacy of the Structure Efficiency Debate Revisited, with Chang yang Lee, Industrial and Corporate Change, Vol. 18(3), June 2009 Diversification and Performance: Evidence From East Asian Firms, with Abhirup Chakrabarti, & Kulwant Singh, Strategic Management Journal, Vol. 28(2), January 2007 "When & How Does Group Affiliation Promote Firm Innovation: A Tale of Two Emerging Economies, with Sea Jin Chang & Chung Chi nien, Organization Science, Vol. 17 (5), October 2006 Government s Dilemma: The Institutional Framework for Imitation and Innovation, with Carlos Rufin, Academy of Management Review, Vol. 30 (2), April 2005 Dynamic Inducements in R&D Investments: Market Signals and Network Locations, with Will Mitchell & Soh Pek Hooi, Academy of Management Journal, Vol. 47 (6), December 2004 Two Faces: Effects of Business Group Market Share on Innovation in Emerging Economies, with Will Mitchell, Management Science, Vol. 50 (10), October 2004 (An earlier version of the paper won the Haynes prize at the AIB in 2001) Entry Barrier Innovation Debate Revisited, with Chang yang Lee, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organizations, Vol. 54 (4), August 2004 Technological Dynamism in Asia, with Jasjit Singh, Research Policy, Vol. 32 (6), June 2003 Potentials for Technological Leapfrogging in Asia, International Journal of Contemporary Sociology, 2005 Manuscript under Review/Working papers Innovation by Taiwanese Business Groups, 1981 2000: The Impact Of Buyer supplier Density on Patenting as Market Development Increases with Will Mitchell & Chung Chinien, Revise & Resubmit When Does Network Structure matter? The Contingent Role of Centralization on Business Group Performance, jointly with Zhu Hong Jin and Aks Zaheer (Best Paper Proceedings, AIB 2008; Winner Temple/AIB best Paper Award 2008), Revise & Resubmit
Implications for Restructuring in the Context of a Major External Shock: Evidence form Korea and Singapore. Jointly with Zhu Jinyan and Kulwant Singh, Revise & Resubmit A contingency theory of political connection: Business group diversification in emerging economies. jointly with Will Mitchell & Chung Chi nien (Best Paper Proceedings, AoM 2006) Whether and How Network Structure Shapes the Value of Firm Capability, jointly with Aks Zaheer and Zhu Hongjin Best Papers Proceedings When Does Network Structure matter? The Contingent Role of Centralization on Business Group Performance, jointly with Zhu Hong Jin and Aks Zaheer, Best Paper Proceedings, Annual Meetings of the Academy of International Business, 2008 A contingency theory of political connection: Business group diversification in emerging economies. with Will Mitchell and Chung Chi nien, Best Papers Proceedings, Annual Meetings of the Academy of Management, 2006 "Intra group networks: A source of capabilities for business group affiliates in Taiwan, with Zhu Hongjin, Best Papers Proceedings, Annual Meetings of the Academy of Management, 2006 The Janus Face of Intra firm Ties: Innovation by Business Groups in Taiwan. with Will Mitchell and Chung Chi nien, Best Papers Proceedings, Annual Meetings of the Academy of Management, 2005. International Joint Ventures and Innovative Activities: Business Groups in Taiwan, with Zheng Weiting, Best Papers Proceedings, Annual Meetings of the Academy of Management, 2005. From Big Push to Big Pull: The Paradox of Government Action, with Carlos Rufin, Best Papers Proceedings, Annual Meetings of the Academy of Management, 2002. Chaebols Meet Schumpeter: Effects of Group Structure on Innovation, Best Papers Proceedings, Annual Meetings of the Academy of Management, 2000 (Nominated for the Carolyn Dexter Prize). Book Chapters & Cases Chung Chi Nien and Ishtiaq Mahmood, Business Groups in Taiwan, Oxford Handbook on Business Groups, edited by Asli Colpan, James Lincoln, and Takeshi Hikino, Oxford University Press, 2009 (Forthcoming) Chung Chi Nien and Ishtiaq Mahmood, Strategy, Structure and Performance Over time: Taiwanese Business Groups in Institutional Transition, Business Groups in East Asia: Financial Crisis, Restructuring, & New Growth, edited by Sea Jin Chang, Oxford University Press, 2006
Ishtiaq P. Mahmood, and Kulwant Singh, IPC, published in Business Strategy in Asia: a Casebook, by Kulwant Singh, Nitin Pangarkar, and Lim Gaik Eng, 2001, Thomson Learning. Ongoing Projects Innovation & Ownership (with Sea Jin Chang and Chung Chi nien) Whole Networks (with Aks Zaheer) Network Stability (with Sai Yayavaram) Conference Presentations When Does Network Structure matter? The Contingent Role of Centralization on Business Group Performance, jointly with Zhu Hong Jin and Aks Zaheer (Best Paper Proceedings, Annual Meetings of the Academy of International Business 2008; Winner Temple/AIB best Paper Award A contingency theory of political connection: Business group diversification in emerging economies. with Will Mitchell and Chung Chi nien, Annual Meetings of the Academy of Management, 2006 "Intra group networks: A source of capabilities for business group affiliates in Taiwan, with Zhu Hongjin, Annual Meetings of the Academy of Management, 2006 The Janus Face of Intra firm Ties: Innovation by Business Groups in Taiwan. jointly with Will Mitchell and Chung Chi nien (Under review at The Administrative Science Quarterly; included in the Best Paper Proceedings, Annual Meetings of the Academy of Management,, 2005) Drivers of Profitability in Emerging Markets: the Interface Between Firm Capabilities and Group Attributes, jointly with Zhu Hong Jin (Accepted for presentation at the Annual Meetings of the Academy of Management, 2005) Equity Ownership by Financial Institutions and Firm Productivity: Evidence from Japan, Jointly with Wu Zhonghua (Annual Meetings of the Academy of International Business, 2005) Chandler Revisited: Interface between Strategy & Structure during Institutional Transition, jointly with Chung Chi nien. Presented at the Annual Meetings of the Academy of Management, 2004, New Orleans. Effects of Ownership on Profitability and Innovation: Comparison between Korea and Taiwan. Jointly with Sea Jin Chang and Chung Chi nien. Presented at the Annual Meetings of the Academy of Management, 2004, New Orleans. Exploiting the Complementarities: the Effects of External Linkages on Group Innovation. jointly with Sheng Zixia, and Chung Chi nien. Presented at the Annual Meetings of the Academy of International Business, 2004, Stockholm. (Finalist, Haynes Prize)
External Linkages and Group Innovation. jointly with Sheng Zixia, and Chung Chi nien. Presented at the Annual Meetings of the Academy of Management, 2003, Seattle. Implications for Restructuring in the Context of a Major External Shock, jointly with Zhu Jinyan and Kulwant Singh. Presented at the Annual Meetings of the Academy of Management, 2003, Seattle. Effects of Diversification on Innovation: Old Question, New Evidence, jointly with Sheng Zixia, and Chung Chi nien. Presented at the Annual Meetings of the Academy of Management, 2002, Denver. The Institutional Framework for Technological Development, jointly with Carlos Rufin. Presented at the Annual Meetings of the Academy of Management, 2002, Denver. Effects of Left Censoring in New Firms Research, jointly with Foo Maw Der. Presented at the Annual Meetings of the Academy of International Business, 2002, San Juan. From Big Push to Big Pull: The Paradox of Government Action, jointly with Carlos Rufin, Presented at the Annual Meetings of the Academy of Management, 2001, Washington, DC. Diversification and Firm Performance in Asia: A Study in the Context of a Major Economic Shock, jointly with Abhirup Chakrabarti and Kulwant Singh (NUS). Presented at the Annual Meetings of the Academy of Management, 2001, Washington, DC. Two Faces: Effects of Business Group Market Share on Innovation in Emerging Economies, jointly with Will Mitchell. Presented at the Annual Meetings of the Academy of International Business, 2001, Sydney. (Winner, Haynes Prize) Chaebols Meet Schumpeter: Effects of Group Structure on Innovation, Presented at the Annual Meetings of the Academy of Management, 2000, Toronto. (Finalist, Carolyn Dexter Prize) TEACHING MBA Asia in the Global Economy (4.21/5 based on two most recent modules; class size =60) BBA Asia Pacific Business & Society (4.2/5 based on the most recent module, class size= 250) Executive Teaching Coordinator, NUS Panasonic Executive Management Program, 2006 2009 Co director, NUS Strategic Management Program, 2006 Instructor, NUS KUB Executive Management Program, 2005 Instructor, NUS General Management Program. 2004 Instructor, NUS Asahi Glass Executive Management Program, 2003
SERVICE Member, Department Executive Committee, 2009 Chair, Department Recruiting Committee, 2009 Co coordinator, Project on Governance & Institutions (POGI), 2009 Coordinator, Strategy Group, 2007 Chairman, Department Recruiting Committee, 2006 2007 Member, Department Evaluation Committee (DEC), 2007 Chairman, departmental M.SC PhD committee, 2005 2007