Ph.D. (Management), UCLA, 1993

MBA, National University of Singapore, 1985

Graduate, the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, 1981

BBA, University of Singapore, 1977

Academic Positions Held

Current Appointments:

Practice Associate Professor of Management, Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University, 2004–Present

Coordinator for Adjunct Faculty (Management Area), Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University, 2007-present

Area Coordinator for Management, Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University, 2006-2007

Founder, Smartberry Research International, 2000-Present

Previous Appointments:

Adjunct Faculty, Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University (2003–04)

Associate Lecturer, Singapore Institute of Management (2003)

Assistant Professor, Department of Marketing, National University of Singapore (1998–2000)

Lecturer, Department of Marketing, National University of Singapore (1994–98)

Lecturer, Department of Business Policy, National University of Singapore (1993–94)

Senior Tutor, Accountancy & Business Administration, National University of Singapore (1984–93)

Other Positions:

Regional Marketing Manager, Sunseekers Travel, Singapore (1982–83)

Sales Manager, Alitalia Airlines, Singapore (1979–82)

Senior Passenger Sales Officer, Alitalia Airlines, Singapore (1977–79)

Honors & Awards

Clare Chow-Chua and Raj Komaran, "Best Paper Award" for paper titled "Using House of Quality to Assess Product and Service Quality" (Sub-theme 3: Business Process Reengineering & Quality Function Deployment), 5th International Conference on ISO9000 & TQM, 25th-27th April 2000, Singapore

Courses Taught in SMU

Business, Government & Society (2004-Present)

International Business (2006 –present)

Retail Management (2006)

Marketing (2003-04)

Sales Management (2003-04)

Global Marketing (2003-04)

Product Management(2002-03)

Editorial Activities:

Editorial Board, International Quarterly Journal of Marketing (2000-Present)

Editorial Board, Competitiveness Review (1999-Present)

Reviewed papers and book chapters for Asian Academy of Management Journal, Asian Journal of Marketing, Asia Pacific Journal of Management, J. of Developing Areas, Pearson Education (UK), Prentice Hall (1995)

Selected Consulting Activities

Research consultant to Singapore Management University and Commonwealth Business Council (2003-Present)

Executive training program director for IBM, Keppel Offshore & Marine, Schneider Electric and SingTel Group (2004-Present)

Research Areas

Corporate Social Responsibility

Asia Pacific Business and Marketing

Cross-Cultural Consumption

Internationalization of Singapore Companies

Singapore Investments in China

Tourism Management

Current Projects

Low Cost Carriers in Asia

Management of Tourism

Corporate Social Responsibility in Singapore and Asia (with Dr. Gilbert Tan)

Management Principles (with Assoc Prof Tan Wee Liang and Dr. Gilbert Tan)

Selected Book, Journal and Other Publications

Clare Chow-Chua and Raj Komaran (2002), "Managing Service Quality by Combining Voice of the Service Provider & Voice of their Customers", in Managing Service Quality, 2002, April, 12 (2), pp. 77-86.

Rajah V. Komaran and Loh Lian Nah (2000), "Gift-Giving by Different Ethnic Groups in Singapore", Sasin Journal of Management, Vol. 6, No 1, pp. 44-56.

Rajah V. Komaran (2000), "Managing the Salesperson's Career", in Shri Bhagwan Dahiya (ed), The Current State of Business Disciplines, Vol. 6, Marketing, pp. 2881-2889.

Rajah V. Komaran (1999), "Singapore Investments in China: Implications from Projects during early 1980s & early 1990s", Asian Academy of Management Journal, January, Vol. 4, No 1, pp. 55-75

Rajah V. Komaran (1998), "Ethnicity, Religion and Consumer Behavior", (translated into Japanese) in Softnomics, 5, May, Bulletin of Softnomics Center in Japan, p. 22

Rajah V. Komaran and Tok Lee Ching (1997), "Salesforce Evaluation by Local and Foreign Wholesale Companies in Singapore", Asian Academy of Management Journal, January & July, Vol. 2, No 1, pp. 71-91

Pang Eng Fong and Rajah V. Komaran (1985), "Singapore Multinationals", Columbia Journal of World Business, Vol. XX, No 2, Summer, pp. 35-43.