The Lee Kong Chian School of Business (LKCSB) focuses on fostering a vibrant and high-quality research environment while maintaining excellent teaching standards.

What is Impact?

At LKCSB, our faculty is dedicated to ensuring our academic research remains relevant and beneficial to students, industry and society. 

We aim to transcend the traditional boundaries of business education and research and offer practical solutions to prevailing needs. 

Here, you will find resources pertaining to:

  • Our Research: The work we do that has impact in academia and in the industry.
  • Our Research Peaks: Our focussed areas of research that we are known for and continue to grow.
  • Our Media Highlights: Featuring news commentaries and media interviews given by our faculty
  • Alumni success: Here, we feature stories of those whom we have the privilege of learning with while they are with us, and who go on to impact the world

Research Areas

Research at the school comprises seven primary areas:

Communication Management

Marketing

Operations Management

Finance

Quantitative Finance

Organisational Behaviour and Human Resources

Strategy and ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Other areas of research include: Entrepreneurship, International Business, Strategic Management and Technology, and Innovation Management.

Research Degrees

The School offers the PhD in Business programmes by research. Faculty-guided research is a key component in these programmes which aim at preparing students for careers in academia and industry.

  • PhD in Business (Finance)
  • PhD in Business (Marketing)
  • PhD in Business (Operations Management)
  • PhD in Business (Organisational Behaviour and Human Resources)
  • PhD in Business (Strategic Management & Organisation)

Graduated students have been successfully placed in institutions such as National University of Singapore, Singapore Institute of Technology, Fudan University, Central University of Finance and Economics, Beijing, Shanghai, University of Finance and Economics, and also as research specialists and practitioners in various government agencies and business organisations.

The School funds research through internal grants. Research support is also available through external grants such as MOE Tier 2 and the NOL grants. In addition, funding is available through named professorships and fellowships which include:

  1. Lee Kong Chian Professorship
  2. Celia Moh Professorial Chair
  3. Ho Bee Professorship in Chinese Economy and Business
  4. The OUB Professorial Chair
  5. Keppel Professorship in Financial Economics
  6. Lee Kong Chian Fellowship
  7. Della Suantio Fellowship/D.S Lee Foundation Fellowship
  8. Lee Kuan Yew Fellowship for Research Excellence
  9. BNP Paribas Fellowship

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Faculty

The faculty exceeds one hundred with PhDs from fifty-two internationally-renowned research universities who come from seventeen different countries.

Centres & Institutes

Faculty members of LKCSB have spearheaded or played key roles in the various Centres and Institutions within the University.

Conferences & Seminars

As an international research institution, the School hosts scholars from Asia, Europe, the U.S. and elsewhere. LKCSB organises conferences, seminars, summer camps and workshops every year.

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