Soo (Hyunsoo) Kim

Soo (Hyunsoo) Kim

Ph.D Candidate. Strategic Management. KAIST

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My name is Soo, a postdoctoral researcher (Jang Young Sil Fellow) at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) in the Republic of Korea.

My research lies at the intersection of sustainability, technological innovation, and strategy. In particular, I study how firms manage their technologies for a sustainable future, focusing on emissions, accelerated drug development to address global health challenges, and artificial intelligence. You can find my CV here

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENT

  • Assistant Professor (Tenure track; Offer accepted), School of Business, Gordon College, MA, United States, 2026 -

  • Postdoctoral Fellow (Jang Young Sil Fellow), College of Business, KAIST, Republic of Korea, 2025

EDUCATION

  • Ph.D. in Strategic Management. School of Business & Technology Management, KAIST, Republic of Korea

  • M.S. in Strategic Management. School of Business & Technology Management, KAIST, Republic of Korea

  • B.S. in Biology (Double Major: Psychology). Sungkyunkwan University, Republic of Korea

PUBLICATION

  • Hyunsoo Kim, Hyun Ju Jung, and Chul Ho Lee, “Carbon Emissions and the Search for Renewable Energy Technology: Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Firms’ Environmental Responsibility”, Production and Operations Management (2024) link to paper

WORKING PAPERS

  • Hyunsoo Kim, and Hyun Ju Jung “Failure and Resource Redeployment: Evidence from Biopharmaceutical Industry”
  • Hyunsoo Kim, Hyun Ju Jung, and Neil Thompson “Artificial Intelligence and Carbon Emissions”, Exploratory Data Analysis
  • Hyun Ju Jung, Chaehyun Kim, and Hyunsoo Kim “The Trade-Off between Academic Patenting and Academic Publication”

GRANTS & AWARDS

  1. Award, Best Doctoral Dissertation, Korean Academy of Management (2025)
  2. Grant, Jang Young Sil Fellow, KAIST (2025)
  3. Grant. Korea Research Foundation (N01241184) “Corporate social responsibility and technological innovation: Trade-off or Complementary?” (2024-)
  4. Award Winner. Graduate Student Excellence Paper. KAIST (2024)
  5. Grant. Green Finance Track Scholarship Program. KAIST (2022-2023)
  6. Award Winner. Best Paper Award. Asian Society for Entrepreneurship and Innovation Science Annual Conference (2021)
  7. Winner. Outstanding Teaching Assistant. KAIST (2020)
  8. Award Winner. Best Paper Award. Korean Society of Strategic Management Fall Conference, Sustainability Management Division (2019)
  9. Grant. Younghan Kim Global Leader Scholarship Program (2019)
  10. Grant. Graduate Fellowships. KAIST College of Business (2019-2023)
  11. Winner. Outstanding Teaching Assistant. KAIST (2019)
  12. Dean’s list. College of Business. KAIST (2018)