Marleen Dieleman

Assistant Professor
Strategy & Policy
National University of Singapore
Singapore

Biography

Marleen Dieleman is an expert on strategy and governance in Asian family business groups. She published widely on this and her work is regularly quoted in international media. She won various teaching awards and is a regular speaker. She also worked with various Asian family firms as a consultant and board member. Marleen's research focuses on corporate strategy, in particular of Asian family business groups. She has published various academic articles, books and cases on this topic. She is interested in how family business groups are governed, how they operate in emerging market environments characterised by weak institutions, and how they diversify, innovate, professionalize and internationalize over time. Her work on Asian family businesses has been widely recognized and mentioned in global media, including the Financial Times, Bloomberg and local media in Asia. She also leads the Asian Family Business program at NUS Business School.

Research Intrest

Asian Family Business, Emerging Market Strategy, Indonesia, Business Groups, Institutional Entrepreneurship

List of Publications
New town development in Indonesia: Renegotiating, shaping and replacing institutions, (2011), Bijadragen Tot de Taal- Land- En Volkenkunde, 167(1), 60-85
Using organization structure to buffer political ties in emerging markets: A case study, with Jean Boddewyn (2012), Organization Studies , 33(1), 71-95
How are institutional capabilities transferred across borders? , with Markus Taussig and Michael Carney (2016), Journal of World Business, 51 (6), 882-894, JAI

Global Scientific Words in Business and Management