Assistant Professor
Strategy & Policy
National University of Singapore
Singapore
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.
Asian Family Business, Emerging Market Strategy, Indonesia, Business Groups, Institutional Entrepreneurship