Taylor's Centre for Family Business

Taylor’s Centre for Family Business (formerly IFEC) continues to be Malaysia’s first centre of excellence dedicated to empowering family enterprises. We seek to advance family business management and preserve transgenerational legacies by blending global insights with local heritage. Our commitment is reflected in bespoke experiences, lifelong intergenerational learning, and curated networking opportunities that help family businesses thrive in today’s dynamic landscape.

Vision
To be the internationally-recognised nexus for family enterprises, harmonising global insights with local heritage.

Mission

To empower family businesses with bespoke experiences, lifelong inter-generational learning and curated networking opportunities.

OUR EVENTS

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OUR TEAM

DR CHONG WEI YING

Director

Expertise: Startups, SMEs, family business, management, entrepreneurial strategy and policy, behavioral finance, design thinking

SHAN LOY

Strategic Partnerships & Networking

Expertise: Family business, client liaison, business development, retail operations

JUSTIN YAP

Assistant Manager

Expertise: Project management, digital content creation, admin & operations

Dr Thanuja Rathakrishnan

Expertise: Entrepreneurship, small and medium sized businesses

Dr Nelvin Leow XeChung

Expertise: Travel behaviour modelling, smart mobility, road traffic sustainability, and environmental management

Dr Thivashini B Jaya Kumar

Expertise: International business, service marketing and consumer behaviour

Dr Lin Woon Leong

Expertise: Sustainability, ESG

Dr Serene Yong Jing Yi

Expertise: Strategic human resource management, intellectual capital, and sustainability

Dr Zalena Mohd

Expertise: Team entrepreneurship, social media marketing, and AI-driven business sustainability

Dr Nur Nadirah Mohamad Ishak

Expertise: Entrepreneurship, networking and business strategy

Associate Professor Dr Filzah Binti Md Isa

Expertise: Marketing, entrepreneurship, organisational behaviour, and ageing studies.

Dr Manimekalai Jambulingam

Expertise: Social commerce, family business & technology management

The advisory board plays a pivotal role in guiding and shaping the strategic direction of the centre. Comprised of accomplished professionals, industry experts, and experienced practitioners, the advisory board brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to the table.

Working closely with the centre's leadership, the advisory board provide valuable perspectives and recommendations on key decisions and initiatives.

Dato Loy Teik Ngan

Executive Chairman, Taylor's Education Group, Malaysia

Dato Yong Yoon Li

Managing Director, Royal Selangor, Malaysia

Dr Johnben Loy

Founder & Clinical Director, Rekindle Centre for Systemic Therapy, Malaysia

Mr Alvin Yap

Managing Director, A.D. Financial Group, Malaysia

Dr Roy Mouawad

Founding CEO, Lurning, Barcelona, Spain

Datin Yap Shin Siang

Group CEO, YYC, Malaysia

Professor Alfredo De Massis

Free University of Bolzano, Bolzano, Italy; Lancaster University, UK; and IMD, Switzerland

Professor Mathew (Mat) Hughes

Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, University of Leicester, UK

Associate Professor Vanessa Ratten

La Trobe University, Australia

Professor Julio Diéguez Soto

University of Malaga, Spain

Associate Professor Emanuela Rondi

University of Bergamo, Italy

Dr Simone Corsi

Loughborough University, UK

Dr Jesrina Ann Xavier

Sunway University, MY

Lala Irviana

Research Area: family business, emotions, family values

Nilantha Perera

Research Area: entrepreneurship, decision-making, cognition

Li Ze Yi

Research Area: family business, brand identity, narratives

Yap Chuan Xin

Research Area: entrepreneurship, startup, crowd funding

Alice Neow

Research Area: family business, coaching, succession planning

Ren Peng

Research Area: entrepreneurial ecosystem, cultural heritage entrepreneurship

KNOWLEDGE AND NEWS

Case Studies & Journals

Margiono, A. and Feranita, F. (2023) Government Initiatives and Social Entrepreneurship in Thailand: Exploring the Role of Pracharath Rak Samakee Social Enterprise Scheme (ประชารัฐรักสามัคคี) and the Way Forward. Heritage Entrepreneurship: Cultural and Creative Pursuits in Business Management Palgrave Studies in Global Entrepreneurship
Corsi, S, Feranita, F., Hughes, M., and Watson, A. (2022) Universities as Internationalisation Catalysts: Reversing Roles in University-Industry Collaboration. British Journal of Management, http://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8551.12676

Corsi, S, Feranita, F., and De Massis, A. (2022) International R&D partnerships: the role of government funding in reducing transaction costs and opportunistic behaviour. R&D Management, 52(3), 447-611 https://doi.org/10.1111/radm.12497

Feranita, F., Mouawad, R., Amin, M., Woon Leong, L., & Rathakrishnan, T. (2022). Unveiling the role of entrepreneurial education in preparing the next generation of entrepreneurs in Malaysia. Strategic entrepreneurial ecosystems and business model innovation. Emerald

Rathakrishnan, T., Feranita, F., Leong, L. W., Yi, Y. J., & Mouawad, R. (2022). Evolution of Entrepreneurship Development Among Different Generations in Adopting Technology in Malaysia: Towards a Reconciliation for Collaboration. In Innovation in ASEAN (pp. 53-64). Springer, Singapore

Feranita, F, Palomo, D. R., & Diéguez-Soto, J. (2021). The Role of Family Management and Management Control Systems in Promoting Technological Innovation in Family SMEs. European Journal of Family Business, 2021, 11(2), pp. 80–99

Feranita, F & De Massis, A. (2021). Conflicts and Resolutions: Continuing a Generational Family Business in Ipoh, Malaysia, SAGE Business Cases

Margiono, A. and Feranita, F. (2021) The past, present, and future of social entrepreneurship in Indonesia: A strategy to move the ecosystem forward. In V. Rattan (Ed.), Entrepreneurial connectivity-Network, innovation and strategy perspectives. Springer

Xavier, J.A., Feranita, F., Jambulingam, M. and Gorchan Singh, M.K. (2021), ''Assessing ethnic business sustainability in transgenerational succession'', Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Administration, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print https://doi.org/10.1108/APJBA-04-2020-0117

Feranita, F., De Massis, A., Santora J. C., & Kotlar J. (2018). Managing strategic change in family business: The case of Glopac Chemical. In Dieleman, M. (Eds.), SAGE Family Business Case Series by SAGE Business Cases

Feranita, F., Kotlar, J., & De Massis, A. (2017). Collaborative innovation in family firms: Past research, current debates and agenda for future research. Journal of Family Business Strategy, 8(3), 137-156.

Yong, J. Y., & Yusliza, M. Y. (2016). Studying the influence of strategic human resource competencies on the adoption of green human resource management practices. Industrial and Commercial Training, 48(8), 416-422.

Yusliza, M. Y., Yong, J. Y., T. Ramayah, Tanveer, M. I., & Zikri, M. (2018). Determinants of continued usage intention of electronic human resource management. International Journal of Engineering & Technology, 7(4), 3854-3864.

Yong, J. Y., Yusliza, M. Y., Ramayah, T., & Fawehinmi, O. (2019). Nexus between green intellectual capital and green human resource management. Journal of Cleaner Production, 215, 364-374.

Yong, J. Y., Yusliza, M. Y., & Fawehinmi, O. (2019). Green Human Resource Management: A systematic literature review from 2007 to 2019. Benchmarking: An International Journal, 27(7), 2005-2027.

Yong, J. Y., Yusliza, M. Y., Jabbour, C. J. C., & Ahmad, N. H. (2020). Exploratory cases on the interplay between green human resource management and advanced green manufacturing in light of the Ability-Motivation-Opportunity theory. Journal of Management Development, 39(1), 31-49.

Yong, J. Y., Yusliza, M. Y., Ramayah, T., Jabbour, C. J. C., Sehnem, S., & Venkatesh, M. (2020). Pathways towards sustainability in manufacturing organizations: Empirical evidence on the role of green human resource management. Business Strategy and the Environment, 29(1), 212-228.

Yusliza, M. Y., Yong, J. Y., Tanveer, M. I., Ramayah, T., Juhari, N. F., & Muhammad, Z. (2020). A structural model of the impact of green intellectual capital on sustainable performance. Journal of Cleaner Production, 249, 119334.

Yong, J. Y., Yusliza, M. Y., Ramayah, T., & Seles, B. M. R. P. (2022). Testing the stakeholder pressure, relative advantage, top management commitment and green human resource management linkage. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, 29(5), 1283-1299. https://doi.org/10.1002/csr.2269

Foster, B., Muhammad, Z., Yusliza, M. Y., Faezah, J. N., Johansyah, M. D., Yong, J. Y., ul-Haque, A., Saputra, J., Ramayah, T., & Fawehinmi, O. (2022). Determinants of Pro-Environmental Behaviour in the Workplace. Sustainability, 14(8), 4420.

Yong, J. Y., Yusliza, M. Y., Ramayah, T., Farroq, K., & Tanveer, M. I. (2022). Accentuating the interconnection between green intellectual capital, green human resource management and sustainability. Benchmarking: An International Journal, Vol. ahead-of

In The News

ESG Integration For Malaysian Family Business: A Catalyst For Long-term Success https://www.bernama.com/en/thoughts/news.php?id=2284933
Family Business: Ensuring the Next Generation as Successors https://theedgemalaysia.com/content/advertise/family-business-ensuring-the-next-generation-as-successors
Family Business: Managing emotions in a family business https://www.theedgemarkets.com/article/family-business-managing-emotions-family-business,
Family Business: ESG strategy in family businesses: Compliance or transformational goal? https://www.theedgemarkets.com/article/family-business-esg-strategy-family-businesses-compliance-or-transformational-goal
Family Business: Managing tough conversations in business families https://www.theedgemarkets.com/article/family-business-managing-tough-conversations-business-families
Family Business: The economic implications of Covid-19 on family Businesses https://maa.theedgemarkets.com/article/family-business-economic-implications-covid19-family-businesses
Family Business: More women at the helm of family businesses https://www.theedgemarkets.com/article/family-business-more-women-helm-family-businesses

Family Business: The glue that binds the family and the business together — family legacy, family identity and family values https://www.theedgemarkets.com/article/family-business-glue-binds-family-business-family-legacy
Inculcating family values, culture and identity key strategies for family businesses https://www.theedgemarkets.com/inculcating-family-values-culture-key-strategies-family-businesses
Universities — engines of societal transformation https://www.theedgemarkets.com/universities-engines-of-societal-transformation
Marketing trends for startups in 2021 https://marketingmagazine.com.my/op-ed-marketing-trends-for-startups-in-2021/
Making succession planning part of family-business strategy https://www.theedgemarkets.com/making-succession-planning-part-familybusiness-strategy

Green innovation: Good or bad for family-owned businesses? https://www.theedgemarkets.com/green-innovation-good-or-bad-familyowned-businesses

Webinars & Podcasts

How can entrepreneurs sustain themselves during the pandemic? https://spoti.fi/2A029Yz
Webinar - Publishing in high impact journals (with Dr Lin Woon Leong) https://gociri.com/courses/how-to-get-published-in-high-impact-journal-tips-and-tricks/
Webinar – How to Bring Your Family Business through a Pandemic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmNMSNCe3hM

Webinar: The Gen Z successor taking over family business while fulfilling his own aspirations
https://youtu.be/AXWUKgkpiII

Webinar: The role of Nextgen in driving green innovation in a second-generation family business
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xdm0XNuo_Tk
Webinar: Ms Syanaz, Rorokenes - Women entrepreneur, community, and sustainability
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Y5Oc63uDvc
Webinar: Achieving SDGs as A Family Business – A Sharing from a 4th Generation Family Business from Indonesia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzxWpKfAe84

THE LEARNING CIRCLE

An invitation-only network of business families and their members—including NowGen, NextGen, and senior executives—dedicated to cultivating enduring legacies. Our goal is to create a self-sustaining ecosystem of shared knowledge, elite connections, and expert guidance in wealth preservation and growth through continuous learning and engagement for all generations and across families.

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Taylor's Centre for Family Business, Faculty of Business & Law, Taylor’s University Lakeside Campus, No. 1, Jalan Taylor’s 47500 Subang Jaya

Email
familybusiness@taylors.edu.my

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