Thomas Menkhoff is Practice Associate Professor of Organizational Behaviour and Human Resources at the Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University (SMU). He received his doctoral degree in Sociology (Dr rer soc) from the University of Bielefeld, Germany, and subsequently taught Sociology, Organizational Behaviour and Business Management at Cologne University (Germany) and the National University of Singapore (Singapore). His current research interest is concentrated on knowledge management and Chinese business in Asia, on which he edited a triple issue for the Journal of Asian Business together with Pang Eng Fong and Hans-Dieter Evers entitled The Power of Knowing – Studies in Chinese Business in Asia (2008). One of his latest publications (together with Hans-Dieter Evers and Chay Yue Wah) is: Governing and Managing Knowledge in Asia, World Scientific, 2nd ed. (2010). He also served as consultant to the German Agency of Technical Cooperation (GTZ), the Government of Malaysia, the Commonwealth Secretariat, Arthur D Little, the Asia Productivity Organisation (APO), the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the University of Brunei, ITB Bandung and various private sector firms. From 2008-2010, he was a Board Member of SMU’s Lien Centre for Social Innovation where he acts as Curriculum Director of the ‘iLEAP Non-Profit Leadership Programme’. Thomas is currently also a member of the Singapore Youth Award (SYA) Advisory Committee (Entrepreneurship) under the National Youth Council.