My research focuses on how interorganizational relationships formed through personal ties shape firm strategy and performance. During my doctoral studies, I began by examining how the social and marital relationships among business-group families influence firms' strategic decisions and performance. This interest soon expanded to the relationships between business-group families and political families, and later to the arts, where I explored how artists' social relationships affect their career success.

Later, as a visiting scholar at Stanford, I had the opportunity to extend this line of inquiry to the startup context. Although it was a significant shift in research setting, the underlying research question remained the same: how peer relationships among startups are associated with entrepreneurial success in accelerator programs.