Research Interests

• Sustainable Management — including ESG practices, green innovation, and decarbonization strategies — and

• Digital Innovation — focusing on digitalization capabilities and digital transformation — within the context of international business. 

Academic & Research Career

• Assistant professor, Mokwon University (2020.03. -  Present)

• Lecturer, Chungbuk National University (2019.09. - 2020.02. / 2025.09. - Present)

• Deputy Director, Under Prime Minister, National Reserch Council for Economics, Humanities and Social Sciences (2014.06. - 2020.02.)

Education

• Chungbuk National University 

- Ph.D. in International Business (2019.08.)

- M.A.  in International Business (2015.08.)

- B.A. in  in International Business (2012.08.)

Academic Activities

• Board Member, Korean Academy of International Business (2025.01. - Present)

• Board Member, Korean Corporation Management Association (2023.01. - Present)

• Board Member, Korean Academic Society of Business Administration (2022.01. - Present)

• Board Member, Korean Society of Management Consulting (2020.01. - Present)

• Board Member, Korean Academy of International Business Management (2020.01. - Present)

• Board Member, Korea Trade Research Association (2020.01. - Present)

Industrial & Governmental Activities

• Adviser, Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy of Korea

• Adviser, Ministry of Economy and Finance of Korea

• Adviser, Ministry of SMEs and Startups of Korea

• Adviser, Chungcheongbuk-Do

• Adviser, Daejeon Metropolitan City 

• Adviser, Korea Railroad

• Adviser, Korea District Heating Corporation

• Evaluation Committee Member, Evaluation Institute of Regional Public Corporation 

International Publications

[Online/In Press/Accepted]

• Min-Jae Lee*, Yanghee Kim, Taewoo Roh, Minjung Lee (2025), Multinational enterprises’ ESG strategy against institutional pressures in emerging markets: The moderating effect of digitalization capability, Business Strategy and the Environment, [SSCI Q1=13.3, ABS 3, ABDC A]

• Min-Jae Lee*, Taewoo Roh (2023), Digitalization capability and sustainable performance in emerging markets: Mediating roles of in/out-bound open innovation and coopetition strategy, Management Decision, [SSCI Q2, IF=5.589, ABS 2, ABDC B]

[Published in ABS or ABDC Lists]

• Min-Jae Lee*, Hyeseung Choi, Taewoo Roh (2024), Is institutional pressure the driver for green business model innovation of SMEs? Mediating and moderating roles of regional innovation intermediaries, Technological Forecasting & Social Change, 209, 123814. [SSCI Q1, IF=12.9, ABS 3, ABDC A]

• Taewoo Roh, Min-Jae Lee*, Young Soo Yang, Jeoung Yul Lee (2024), Learning by giving and taking: Two-way knowledge transfer between core and periphery. European Management Journal, 42, 685-697. [SSCI Q1, IF=7.5, ABS 2, ABDC B]

• Min-Jae Lee*, Yanghee Kim, Taewoo Roh (2024), Exploring the role of digital servitization for green innovation: Absorptive capacity, transformative capacity, and environmental strategy, Technological Forecasting & Social Change, 207, 123614. [SSCI Q1, IF=12.9, ABS 3, ABDC A]

• Shuangqun Chen, Min-Jae Lee* (2024), The nexus between digitalization capability and corporate ESG performance: The moderating role of institutional pressures for sustainability, Journal of Korea Trade, 28(4), 33-61. [SSCI Q4, IF=0.512, ABDC C]

• Min-Jae Lee*, Anna Pak, Taewoo Roh (2024), The interplay of institutional pressures, digitalization capability, ESG strategy, and triple-bottom-line performance: A moderated mediation model. Business Strategy and the Environment, 33(6), 5247–5268. [SSCI Q1, IF=13.4, ABS 3, ABDC A]

• Min-Jae Lee*, Taewoo Roh (2023), Unpacking the sustainable performance in the business ecosystem: Coopetition strategy, open innovation, and digitalization capability, Journal of Cleaner Production, 412, 137433. [SCIE Q1, IF=11.1, ABS 2, ABDC A]

• Minkyoung Park, Min-Jae Lee, Taewoo Roh (2023), Impact of institutional and business distance on subsidiary performance: The mediation of subsidiary entrepreneurship, Journal of Korea Trade, 27(3), 77-95. [SSCI Q4, IF=0.512, ABDC C]

• Min-Jae Lee*, Jin-Sup Jung (2021), New distribution strategies of Korean SMEs in post COVID-19 pandemic era: Focusing on the innovation of official distribution channels, Journal of Korea Trade, 25(3), 153-168. [SSCI Q4, IF=0.512, ABDC C]

• Min-Jae Lee*, Jin-Sup Jung, Jeong-Eun Lee (2020), Japan’s export regulations and Korea’s investment attraction strategy: Focusing on the parts and materials industry, Journal of Korea Trade, 24(3), 55-72. [SSCI Q4, IF=0.512, ABDC C]

*Contributed as First/Corresponding Author

[Published in Other (not included in the ABS or ABDC lists)]

• Xuan Liu, Tae-Hoo Kim, Min-Jae Lee* (2025), The impact of green perceived value through green new products on purchase intention: Brand attitudes, brand trust, and digital customer engagement, Sustainability, 17(9), 4106. [SSCI Q2 IF=3.3]

• Shihong Zhang, Min-Jae Lee*, Guanyu Chen, Jin-Sup Jung, Moon Hwan Cho (2024), Your firm needs a sustainable business innovation ecosystem, Sustainability, 16(24), 11217. [SSCI Q2 IF=3.3]

• Yan He, Zhaoshu Liu, Min-Jae Lee* (2024), Navigating sustainable value creation through digital leadership under institutional pressures: The moderating role of environmental turbulence, Sustainability, 16(21), 9169. [SSCI Q2 IF=3.3]

• Qiang Zhang, Xiumei Zhu, Min-Jae Lee* (2024), Exploring institutional pressures, green innovation, and sustainable performance: examining the mediated moderation role of entrepreneurial orientation, Sustainability, 16(5), 2058. [SSCI Q2 IF=3.3]

• Yi Liang, Jung-Mo Koo, Min-Jae Lee* (2024), The interplay of environmental dynamism, digitalization capability, green entrepreneurial orientation, and sustainable performance, Sustainability, 16(17), 7674. [SSCI Q2 IF=3.3]

• Yulin Lu, Chengyu Li, Min-Jae Lee* (2023), A study on the measurement and influences of energy green efficiency: based on panel data from 30 provinces in China, Sustainability, 15(21), 15381. [SSCI Q2 IF=3.9]

• Yi Liang, Chenyu Zhao, Min-Jae Lee* (2023), Institutional pressures on sustainability and green performance: the mediating role of digital business model innovation, Sustainability, 15(19), 14258. [SSCI Q2 IF=3.9]

• Zhiru Wei, Min-Jae Lee*, Zhe Jia, Taewoo Roh (2023), Do entrepreneurial resources drive startup activation? Mediating effect of entrepreneurial orientation, Heliyon, 9(4), e15603. [SCIE Q2 IF=3.776]

• Yi Liang, Min-Jae Lee*, Jin-Sup Jung (2022), Dynamic capabilities and an ESG strategy for sustainable management performance, Frontiers in Psychology, 13, 887776. [SSCI Q1 IF=4.232]

• Jin-Sup Jung, Min-Jae Lee* (2019), Strategy for the cultural contents industry to secure competitive advantage using fourth industrial revolution technology, Kritika Kultura, 1(32), 9. [AHCI Q2 IF=0.25]

*Contributed as First/Corresponding Author

[Under Review]

• Min-Jae Lee, Yi Liang, Byung Il Park, Asian Business & Management, [Round 3]

• Min-Jae Lee, Huda Khan, Taewoo Roh, Technovation, [Round 2]

• Min-Jae Lee, Taewoo Roh, Byung Il Park, Management International Review, [Round 2]

• Taewoo Roh, Min-Jae Lee, Byung Il Park, Zaheer Khan, International Business Review, [Round 2]

• Tae-Hoo Kim, Min-Jae Lee, Journal of Korea Trade, [Round 2]

• Min-Jae Lee, Yanghee Kim, Nazrul Islam, Kyowon Seo, Taewoo Roh, Huda Khan, Technovation, [Round 0]

• Min-Jae Lee, Taewoo Roh, Anna Pak, Donghwi Seo, Jeong Yul Lee, Industrial Marketing Management, [Round 0]

• Min-Jae Lee, Anna Pak, Donghwi Seo, Taewoo Roh, Business Strategy and the Environment, [Round 0]

• Yaeeun Kim, Yaeri Kim, Min-Jae Lee, Taewoo Roh, Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, [Round 0]

• Byung Il Park, Jeong-Yang Park, Min-Jae Lee,  Journal of Korea Trade, [Round 0]

Ph.D. Graduates 

• Wen-Chao Xiu (Guizhou Normal University), Graduated in 2021 

• Yi Liang (Neijiang Normal University), Graduated in 2022

• Shuangqun Chen (Sichuan Railway College), Graduated in 2022

• Yu Zuo (Neijiang Normal University), Graduated in 2022

• Tao Zhao (Zhejiang Shuren University), Graduated in 2022

• Qiang Zhang (Weifang University of Science and Technology), Graduated in 2023 

• Shan Jiang, Graduated in 2023

• Xiufang Wei, Graduated in 2023

• Weina Liu, Graduated in 2023

• Xuan Liu (Shaanxi University of Technology), Graduated in 2024 

• Shihong Zhang (Jiangxi Science and Technology Normal University), Graduated in 2024 

• Tian Wang, Graduated in 2024 

• Junsong Gui (Jiangxi Science and Technology Normal University), Graduated in 2024 

Awards 

• 2025 MK Emerging Scholar Paper Award, Korean Academic Society of Business Administration & MK Newspapers (2025.08.20)

• 2025 Outstanding Research Faculty Award, Mokwon University (2025.05.04)

• 2024 Best Paper Award, Korean Academy of International Business (2024.10.26) 

• 2024 Best Paper Award, Korea Internet of Things Society (2024.07.09) 

• 2024 Charles D. Stokes Outstanding Faculty Award, Mokwon University (2024.05.04)

• 2023 Best Paper of the Year Award, Korea International Trade Association (2023.12.08)

• 2023 Byuksu Best Paper Award, Korean Corporation Management Association (2023.11.11)

• 2023 Best Paper Award, Korean Academic Society of Business Administration (2023.08.18) 

• 2023 Charles D. Stokes Outstanding Faculty Award, Mokwon University (2023.05.04)

• 2022 Best Paper Award, Korean Academic Society of Business Administration (2022.08.18) 

• 2022 Best Paper Award, Korean Society of Management Consulting (2022.05.21) 

• 2022 Charles D. Stokes Outstanding Faculty Award, Mokwon University (2022.05.03)