Linda Lim

Linda Y.C. Lim’s research focuses on the political economy of multinational and local
business in Southeast Asia, including the changing international trade and investment
environment, and the influence of domestic politics, economic policy and culture on
business structure, strategy and operations.  She has related interests in industrial policy,
business-government and business-labor relations. A collection of her previously-published
papers on the Singapore economy, Overseas Chinese business in Southeast Asia, and
women in the labor force, Business, Government and Labor: Essays in the Economic
Development of Singapore and Southeast Asia, was published in 2019 by World Scientific
Publishing, which also published her edited volume Singapore’s Economic Development:
Retrospection and Reflections (2015), reprinted from a Special Issue of the Singapore
Economic Review which she guest-edited in celebration of Singapore’s 50th  anniversary. 
Linda has taught MBA and executive education classes on the World Economy and
Business in Asia, and served for 16 years on the boards of two US public companies with
tech manufacturing operations in China.  She continues to research various aspects of
Singapore’s economy, writes reviews and media commentaries, and is an Editor
of Academia.SG, an academic blog "by, on and for Singapore".