Taeho Kwak
Taeho Kwak
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I am currently a PhD candidate in Management at ESSEC Business School, advised by Maciej Workiewicz (Strategy).
I am currently a PhD candidate in Management at ESSEC Business School, advised by Maciej Workiewicz (Strategy).
My research applies behavioural strategy and behavioural economics to examine how unit-level search activities generate social and economic externalities that shape organisational performance. I employ laboratory and computational experiments in this work.
My research applies behavioural strategy and behavioural economics to examine how unit-level search activities generate social and economic externalities that shape organisational performance. I employ laboratory and computational experiments in this work.
I will be on the academic job market in the 2026-2027 cycle.
I will be on the academic job market in the 2026-2027 cycle.
Before my PhD, I spent 5 years in HR at Kia Motors in South Korea, specialising in C&B and labour relations.
Before my PhD, I spent 5 years in HR at Kia Motors in South Korea, specialising in C&B and labour relations.
Based in London, UK, I enjoy long-distance hiking and following sports in my downtime.
Based in London, UK, I enjoy long-distance hiking and following sports in my downtime.
CV
CV_TaehoKWAK_20260826.pdfWorking
papers
Reciprocal Search on Rugged Landscapes
Will Mitchell Dissertation Research Grant, Strategy Research Foundation of SMS, 2025
Nominee, Best PhD Paper Prize at SMS 2026
Under review at Organization Science
Scheduled Conference Presentation: SMS 2026
with Stephan Billinger (SDU) | Job market paper | Laboratory experiment
Restoring the First Rule: Structural Distance in Problem-Driven Organizational Search
R&R at Strategic Management Journal
with Maciej Workiewicz (ESSEC) | Computational experiment
Social Order or Formal Control: Which Best Manages Organizations?
Computational experiment | Model development stage
The Dual Lens of Search: Search Region Selection and Search Distance Adjustment
with Stephan Billinger (SDU) | Laboratory experiment | Experiment design stage
Contact
taeho.kwak@essec.edu
MOBILE
+33 06 31 83 17 95
ADDRESS
ESSEC Business School
3 Avenue Bernard Hirsch
95021 Cergy-Pontoise
France
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