Ivan P.L. Png
Distinguished Professor, School of Business and Department of Economics
National University of Singapore
Ivan Png is a distinguished professor in the School of Business and Department of Economics at the National University of Singapore and an academic affiliate of the International Center for Law & Economics.
His research focuses on the economics of innovation and productivity, as well as managerial decision-making and firm performance. He is the author of the textbook “Managerial Economics,” published in multiple editions, and the editor of “Financial Crisis 2008.”
Png has held numerous academic and administrative roles at the National University of Singapore, including department leadership and senior university-wide academic appointments. He also served as a nominated member of Parliament in Singapore.
Earlier in his career, he was professor, associate professor, and assistant professor at the University of California, Los Angeles Anderson School of Management and held visiting and teaching appointments at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and the National University of Singapore.
His distinctions include multiple teaching-excellence awards at the National University of Singapore and the University of California, Los Angeles, as well as competitive research-paper recognition from international academic conferences.
He earned a Ph.D. in business from Stanford University and a bachelor from the University of Cambridge.
