Robert E. (Bob) Kennedy is the former Dean of the Nanyang Business School in Singapore (2017 - 2020).
Kennedy’s research focuses on the opportunities and challenges facing businesses in emerging market countries and has been published in both economics and strategy journals.
In the mid- and late-1990s, much of this work focused on industry dynamics and business strategy in Central European post-liberalization economies.
The work has been published in a series of case studies, a book The Services Shift - Seizing the Ultimate Offshore Opportunity[4] and in research projects for a variety of development organizations and foundations.
[5] Kennedy is currently engaged with a Michigan-based family office as a private equity investment advisor and continues to work with several international business schools on strategy issues and capability enhancement.