Wonsang Ryu
School of Business, Yonsei University
Room 602 Bldg 212, 50 Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 03722 , Republic of Korea
Tel: +82 2 2123 5463
Email: wonsang.ryu@yonsei.ac.kr
School of Business, Yonsei University
Room 602 Bldg 212, 50 Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 03722 , Republic of Korea
Tel: +82 2 2123 5463
Email: wonsang.ryu@yonsei.ac.kr
Welcome to my homepage! I am an Associate Professor at the School of Business, Yonsei University. Prior to joining Yonsei, I was an Assistant Professor at KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology) and City University of Hong Kong. I earned my Ph.D. degree (in Strategic Management) at Purdue University. My broad research interest lies in corporate strategy topics such as alliances, acquisitions, diversification, and corporate venture capital (CVC) investments.
Ryu, W., Koo, J., Ito, T., & Han, S.H. 2025. The Impact of Natural Disasters on Firm Search Orientation: Evidence from a Natural Experiment. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 219, 124263.
Ryu, W. & McCann, B. T. 2025. Industry-level Learning-by-Doing Rates and Corporate Development Activities. Journal of Management 51(4): 1453-1483.
Ryu, W., Bae, J., & Brush, T. H. 2025. Where to Invest? The Effects of Technological Capabilities on Corporate Venture Capital Investments. Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal 19(1): 83-110.
Jeong, Y-C., Yu, J., & Ryu, W. 2024. Connecting Cross-Border Market Participants: The Intermediary Role of International Analysts in Global Capital Markets. Journal of Management Studies 61(6): 2535-2569.
Ryu, W., Brush, T. H., & Bae, J. 2023. How agglomeration affects alliance governance and innovation performance: The role of cluster size. Managerial and Decision Economics, 44(1), 297-310.
Ryu, W., McCann, B.T., & Wan, W. 2022. Learning by Doing and Corporate Diversification. Strategic Management Journal 43(8): 1635-1665.
Ryu, W., Reuer, J.J., & Brush, T.H. 2020. The Effects of Multimarket Contact on Partner Selection for Technology Cooperation. Strategic Management Journal 41(2): 267-289.
Ryu, W., McCann, B.T., & Reuer, J.J. 2018. Geographic Co-location of Partners and Rivals: Implications for the Design of R&D Alliances. Academy of Management Journal 61(3): 945-965.
Ryu, W., Bae, J., & Brush, T.H. 2017. Competitive Positions in Technology Domains and External Knowledge Acquisition: Empirical Evidence from CVC Investments. Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings.
Ryu, W. & Reuer, J.J. 2016. Effects of Multimarket Contact on the Governance of R&D Alliances. Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings.
Derek, R., Brush, T.H., & Ryu, W. 2015. The Use of Information Technology in the Provision of HR Compensation Services and its Effect on Outsourcing and Centralization. Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management 21(1): 25-37.
Ryu, W. & Reuer, J.J. [ Title withheld for blind review ]
Under 1st-round revision at Strategic Management Journal
Ryu, W., Jeong, Y-C., & Yu, J. [ Title withheld for blind review ]
Under 1st-round revision at Journal of International Business Studies
Outstanding Research Award (연구우수교수), Yonsei School of Business, 2024 - 2026.
Etoday Emerging Scholar Award (이투데이 신진학자상) from the Korean Society of Strategic Management (한국전략경영학회), 2023
Next-Generation Researchers Grant, National Research Foundation of Korea, 2023
KAIST College of Business Outstanding Research Award, 2020
Best Track (Entrepreneurship and Innovation Track) Paper Award, 2019 Asia Academy of Management (June, 2019)
ECS (Early Career Scheme), Research Grants Council (RGC) of Hong Kong, (Fall 2018 - , received but withdrew due to departure from CityU)
Research grant from Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) Center of Excellence (co-investigator with Thomas Brush), School of Technology, Purdue University (Fall 2015 – Spring 2016)
Krannert PRF Research Grant (Fall 2015 – Spring 2016)
2015 Strategic Management Society (SMS) Best Conference PhD Paper Award
2014 SMS Best Conference PhD Paper Award, Finalist
Krannert Certificate for Distinguished Teaching, 2013
Undergraduate
Strategic Management (at Purdue, City U of Hong Kong, KAIST, and Yonsei)
Graduate
Corporate Strategy Seminar (at KAIST)
Open Innovation Strategy (at KAIST)
MBA / EMBA
Innovation Strategy (at Yonsei)
Strategic Management (at Yonsei)
Jeongeun Seo (Ph.D., Yonsei School of Business)
Yusin Lee (PhD., Yonsei School of Business)
Yongseok Park (MS, Yonsei School of Business)
Jonghyun Han (MS, BTM KAIST)