Welcome to my website. I am a Professor in the School of Business Administration (SBA) & Graduate School of Technological Innovation Management (GSTIM), Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) in Ulsan, South Korea. I received my Ph.D. in organization and economic sociology from Stanford University, and prior to joining UNIST in 2014, I was a faculty member at the National University of Singapore (NUS) Business School for eight years.

My research is positioned at the intersection of organization theory, strategic management, and technology & innovation management. The central focus of my work is to advance an integrative understanding of how organizations build and adapt their innovation capabilities and strategic positions in response to technological, organizational, and environmental shifts. 

Specifically, my research examines innovation processes both within and across organizational and institutional boundaries, particularly in emerging technological domains; the interaction between human resource management—particularly concerning engineering and managerial talent—and corporate strategic outcomes; the dynamics of performance feedback and their influence on firms’ adaptive search and strategic change; the role of social networks and inter-organizational relationships in shaping entrepreneurial entry, resource mobilization, and innovation trajectories.

My empirical approach emphasizes quantitative research, drawing on multi-level data—spanning firms, technologies, and individuals—to test theoretically grounded hypotheses. I employ a range of advanced statistical methods to address questions at the interface of innovation, strategy, and organizational adaptation.

My research has been published in leading academic journals, including Organization Science, Management Science,  Journal of Management Studies, Research Policy,  Journal of International Business Studies and Journal of Business Research.

Thank you for your interest in my work.

Current Position:

Professor, School of Business Administration, Graduate School of Technological Innovation Management, UNIST

Dean, Student Affairs / Director, Human Rights Center, UNIST

Education:

PhD, Stanford University, Sociology

MA, Seoul National University, Sociology

BA, Seoul National University, Sociology

Research:

Google Scholar, Research Gate, Scopus, Web of Science, Orcid

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Postal Address:

UNIST School of Business Administration, Bldg No. 114, Rm 706-10

Ulsan 44919, Republic of Korea

Contact Info:

Email: youngchoon.kim@gmail.com, yckim@unist.ac.kr

Phone: +82 52 217-3173