The International Family Enterprise Centre (IFEC) is the first ever centre of excellence in Malaysia that is devoted to empowering the community of business families in preserving generational family legacy and advancing knowledge on family business management.

 

The centre serves as a platform advocating and facilitating business families around the world for peer-learning, networking and growth. In guiding generational business families, we disseminate body of knowledge on family business through advocacy initiatives, education, and research publications.

Vision
To be Malaysia's premier centre for multigenerational business families, blending global insights with local values & principles to strengthen family enterprises.

Mission

To empower business families through exclusive, curated experiences that foster continuous inter-generational learning, elite networking opportunities, and practical, actionable insights for wealth and legacy management.

UPCOMING EVENTS
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OUR TEAM

CORE TEAM
CONTRIBUTING FACULTY
BUSINESS ADVISORY BOARD
ACADEMIC ADVISORY BOARD
DOCTORAL RESEARCHERS
PARTNERS

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Dr Feranita

Expertise: Family business, entrepreneurship, university-industry collaborations, and innovation

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Shan Loy

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

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Justin Yap Zhi Hao

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

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Dr Thanuja Rathakrishnan

Expertise: Entrepreneurship, Small and medium sized businesses 

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Dr Nelvin Leow XeChung

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

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Dr Thivashini B Jaya Kumar 

Expertise: International business, Service marketing and consumer behavior

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Dr Lin Woon Leong 

Expertise: Sustainability, ESG 

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Dr Serene Yong Jing Yi 

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

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.

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Dato Loy Teik Ngan

Executive Chairman, Taylor's Education Group, Malaysia

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Dato Yong Yoon Li

Managing Director, Royal Selangor, Malaysia

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Dr Johnben Loy

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

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Mr Alvin Yap

Managing Director, A.D. Financial Group, Malaysia

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Dr Roy Mouawad

Founding CEO, Lurning, Barcelona, Spain

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Datin Yap Shin Siang

Group CEO, YYC, Malaysia

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Professor Alfredo De Massis

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

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Professor Mathew (Mat) Hughes

Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, University of Leicester, UK

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Associate Professor Vanessa Ratten

La Trobe University, Australia

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Professor Julio Diéguez Soto

University of Malaga, Spain

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Assistant Professor Emanuela Rondi

University of Bergamo, Italy

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Dr Simone Corsi

Loughborough University, UK

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Lala Irviana

Research Area: family business, emotions, family values

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Nilantha Perera

Research Area: entrepreneurship, decision-making, cognition

Portrait photo for Noor Dasrafeezal Bin Abdul Shukur

Noor Dasrafeezal Bin Abdul Shukur

Research Area: strategy, crisis communication

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Yap Chuan Xin

Research Area: entrepreneurship, startup, crowd funding

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Lim Yingying

Research Area: behavioural finance, FinTech, alternative finance, entrepreneurship

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Bongile Lungile Lucia Dlamini

Research Area: credit access, SMEs, information asymmetry

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KNOWLEDGE AND NEWS

Case Studies & Journals

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 behavior. 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

  • 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

In The News

 
 
Webinars & Podcasts

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

 

IFEC LEARNING CIRCLE

An exclusive community of business families and their respective members (NowGen, NextGen and key executives) with the intent to cultivate enduring legacies through shared knowledge, elite connections, and expert guidance on wealth preservation and growth. Admission is by invitation only.

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