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Kim, Byung Cho 김병조

  • LSOM
  • Professor
  • Digital Transformation, Digital Technology Commercialization
  • Room 417 in LG-POSCO bldg.
  • TEL : 02-3290-2831
  • Email : bkim@korea.ac.kr
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Education

Ph.D. in Industrial Administration, Carnegie Mellon University (2007)
M.S. in Industrial Administration, Carnegie Mellon University (2004)
M.S. in Statistics, University of Chicago (2002)
B.S. in Mathematics, Sogang University (2000)

Career

ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT

 

Associate Dean for Planning, Korea University Business School (2024.9-present)

Professor, Korea University Business School (2018.9-present)

Area Chair, LSOM (2023.1-2024.8)

Director, Center for Digital Transformation & Business (CDTB) (2020.11-2022.10)

Area Chair, Business Analytics (2020.3-2022.2)

Visiting Professor, Rady School of Management, University of California San Diego (2019.1-2019.12)

Associate Professor, Korea University Business School, Korea University (2013.9-2018.8)

Assistant Professor, Korea University Business School, Korea University (2012.9-2013.8)

Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Management of Technology, Sogang University (2012.3-2012.8)

Assistant Professor, Pamplin College of Business, Virginia Tech (2007.8-2012.2)

 

HONORS AND AWARDS

 

KUBS Research Fellow, Korea University Business School (2019.10-present)

Seok-Top Award for Research Excellence, Korea University (2022.5)

Young Scholar Prize, Korean Production and Operations Management Society (2015.10)

SK Distinguished Research Award, Korea University Business School (2021.12, 2019.3, 2013.10)

IBRE Distinguished Research Award, Korea University Business School (2021.12, 2020.9, 2019.11, 2017.9, 2016.12, 2016.3, 2015.3, 2013.3)

Best Paper Award, 7th Post-ICIS LG CNS/KrAIS Research Workshop, Dublin, Ireland (2016.12)

Best Paper Award, 8th Annual Symposium on Information Assurance, Albany, NY (2013.6)

Seok-Top Award for Teaching Excellence, Korea University (2018.10, 2018.4, 2017.4, 2013.5)

Excellence in Teaching Award, Korea University (2023.11, 2021.4, 2019.4, 2017.10, 2016.10, 2015.11, 2015.5, 2014.9, 2014.5, 2013.9)

Warren Lloyd Holtzman Outstanding Educator of the Year Award, Virginia Tech (2012)

Pamplin College of Business Teaching Excellence Award, Virginia Tech (2012)

William Larimer Mellon Fellowship, Carnegie Mellon University (2002-2007)

Departmental Fellowship, University of Chicago (2000-2002)

Special A Scholarship, Sogang University (1993-1995, 1998-2000)

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Publications

PUBLICATIONS ((*) indicates corresponding author.)

 

Kim, B.C., Kwon, H., Kwon, Y., Lee, D.(*), Lee, K. 2023. Illusion of Diffusion: A Percolation Perspective on Social Structure and Segregation in Twitter Networks, Computers in Human Behavior 148(2023) 107898. (SSCI)

 

Park, Y., Herr, P., Kim, B.C.(*) 2023. Meaningless Procedure Can Be Meaningful in Information Security, Marketing Letters 34(3) 449-461. (SSCI, IBRE)

 

Kim, B.C.(*), Park, S., Straub, D.W. 2022. Pay-What-You-Want Pricing in the Digital Products Marketplace: A Feasible Alternative to Piracy Prevention? Information Systems Research 33(3) 784-793. (SSCI, SK, UTD)

 

Liu, F., Kim, B.C.(*), Park, K. 2022. Supplier Base Concentration as a Moderating Variable in the Non-linear Relationship between R&D and Firm Value. Asian Journal of Technology Innovation 30(2) 342-363. (SSCI)

 

Park, S., Huh, T., Kim, B.C.(*) 2021. Optimal Inventory Management with Buy-One-Give-One (BOGO) Promotion. IISE Transactions 54(2) 198-209. (SCI, IBRE)

 

Liu, X., Kim, B.C.(*) 2021. Keep It or Kill It? Optimal Management of Old Technology-Based Products in the Prevalence of New Technology-Based Products. Journal of the Operational Research Society 72(12) 2661-2673. (SSCI, SCI, IBRE)

 

Kim, B.C., Rhim, H., Yang, H.(*) 2021. Price Competition or Technology Improvement? An Investigation of Green Car Technology. International Journal of Production Research 59(9) 2800-2816. (SCI, SCIE)

 

Jung, D., Kim, B.C.(*), Park, M.S., Straub, D.W. 2019. Innovation and Policy Support for Two-Sided Market Platforms: Can Government Policymakers and Executives Optimize Both Societal Value and Profits? Information Systems Research 30(3) 1037-1050. (SSCI, SK, UTD)

 

Hong, J., Kim, B.C., Park, K.S.(*) 2019. Optimal Risk Management Policy for Sharing Economy with Stranger Danger and Service Quality Risk. European Journal of Operational Research 279(3) 1024-1035. (SCIE, IBRE)

 

James, T., Wallace, L.(*), Warkentin, M., Kim, B.C., Collignon, S.E. 2017. Exposing Others' Information on Online Social Networks: Perceived Shared Risk, Its Determinants, and Its Influence on OSN Privacy Control Use. Information and Management 54 851-865. (SSCI, IBRE)

 

Koo, B., Yoo, S.H., Kim, B.C.(*) 2017. The Bigger, the Better? An Economic Investigation of Optimal Volume of Big Data. Economics Bulletin 37(2) 871-879. (SCOPUS)

 

Yoo, S.H., Kim, B.C.(*). 2016. Joint Pricing of New and Refurbished Items: A Comparison of Closed-Loop Supply Chain Models. International Journal of Production Economics 182 132-143. (SCIE, IBRE)

 

Park, Y.(*), Herr, P., Kim, B.C. 2016. The Effect of Disfluency on Consumer Perceptions of Information Security. Marketing Letters 27(3) 525-535. (SSCI, IBRE)

 

Sun, D., Easley, R., Kim, B.C.(*) 2015. Optimal Digital Rights Management with Uncertain Piracy. Decision Sciences 46(1) 165-191. (SSCI, IBRE)

 

Kim, S., Kim, B.C.(*) 2014. Differential Effects of Prior Experience on the Malware Resolution Process. MIS Quarterly 38(3) 655-678. (SSCI, SK, UTD)

 

Bhargava, H., Kim, B.C., Sun, D.(*) 2013. Commercialization of Platform Technologies: Launch Timing and Versioning Strategy. Production and Operations Management 22(6) 1374-1388. (SCIE, SK, UTD)

 

Kim, B.C.(*), Jung, S. 2013. Effective Immunization of Online Networks: A Self-Similar Selection Approach. Information Technology and Management 14(3) 257-268. (SSCI)

 

James, T.(*), Nottingham, Q., Kim, B.C. 2013. Determining the Antecedents of Digital Security Practices in the General Public Dimension. Information Technology and Management 14(2) 69-89. (SSCI)

 

Lee, D.(*), Kim, B.C. 2013. Motivations for Open Source Project Participation and Decisions of Software Developers. Computational Economics 41(1) 31-57. (SSCI)

 

Choi, S.(*), Kim, B.C. 2012. Voter Intention to Use E-Voting Technologies: Security, Technology Acceptance, Election Type, and Political Ideology. Journal of Information Technology and Politics 9(4) 433-452.

 

Kim, B.C., Park, Y.(*) 2012. Security versus Convenience: An Experimental Study of User Misperceptions of Wireless Internet Service Quality. Decision Support Systems 53(2012) 1-11. (SCIE, IBRE)

 

Kim, B.C.(*), Khansa, L., James, T. 2011. Individual Trust and Consumer Risk Perception. Journal of Information Privacy and Security 7(3) 3-22.

 

Kim, B.C.(*), Chen, P., Mukhopadhyay. T. 2011. The Effect of Liability and Patch Release on Software Security: The Monopoly Case. Production and Operations Management 20(4) 603-617. (SCIE, SK, UTD)

 

Kim, B.C.(*), Chen, P., Mukhopadhyay, T. 2010. An Economic Analysis of the Software Market with a Risk-Sharing Mechanism. International Journal of Electronic Commerce 14(2) 7–39. (SSCI, IBRE)

 

Kim, B.C.(*), Lee, D. 2009. The Effect of Project Types and Technologies on Software Developers’ Efforts. Economics Bulletin 29(3) 1801-1809. (SCOPUS)

 
 
PUBLICATIONS (In Korean Journal)
 

Kim, M., Kim, B.C.(*) 2024. Smart Product Launch Strategy Lessening Information Asymmetry. Asia Pacific Journal of Information Systems 34(4) 1097-1111. (KCI)

 

Kim, M., Kim, B.C.(*) 2024. Analysis of Operational Strategies for Freemium Policy Considering Path DependenceInformation Systems Review (경영정보학연구) 26(3) 261-278. (KCI)

 

Kim, M., Kim, B.C.(*) 2023. An Investigation of Zero Waste Management Based on Perceived Consumer Effectiveness. Korean Management Review (경영학연구) 52(3) 573-594. (KCI)

 

Kim, M., Kim, B.C.(*) 2021. Authentication and Compensation in E-commerce. Journal of Product Research (상품학연구39(6) 187-192. (KCI)

 

Liu, X., Kim, B.C.(*) 2020. Early Supplier Involvement in New Product Development under Moral and Technological Uncertainty. Journal of Product Research (상품학연구38(2) 43-52. (KCI)

 

Wang, Q., Liu, X., Kim, B.C.(*) 2019. An Investigation of the Optimal Closed-Loop Supply Chain for Electronic Products. Journal of the Korean Production and Operations Management Society (한국생산관리학회지) 30(4) 345-371. (KCI)

 

Yoo, E., Kim, B.C.(*). 2018. Authing Service of Platform: Tradeoff between Information Security and Convenience. Information Systems Review 20(1) 137-158. (KCI)

 

Jung, D., Kim, B.C.(*), Park, M. 2018. Performance Advantage for Electric Vehicles under Competition. Korean Management Review (경영학연구) 47(1) 177-193. (KCI)

 

Jung, D., Park, J., Park, M., Kim, B.C.(*) 2017. Influence of Perceived Usefulness on the Use of SNS: Mediating Effect of Trust in Members and SNS. Journal of Product Research (상품학연구) 35(1) 181-189. (KCI)

 

Jung, D., Kim, B.C.(*) 2016. A Study on the User’s Perception of Risk in Social Network Services (SNSs). Journal of the Korean Productin and Operations Management Society (한국생산관리학회지) 27(2) 209-223. (KCI)

 

Song, C., Kim, B.C., Park, K.(*) 2014. Impact of Consumer Rating on Mobile Application Sales: A Comparison between Korean and American Consumers. Korean Management Review (경영학연구) 43(5) 1493-1518. (KCI)

 

Kim, B.C.(*) 2013. Optimal Pricing Strategies for Open Source Support Providers. Asia Pacific Journal of Information Systems 23(1) 1-19. (KCI)

 

 

WORKING PAPERS

 
August, T., Noh, D., Kim, B.C.(*) 2025. Managing Sharing of Digital Content Services. In revision for 2nd round review at Journal of Marketing Research.
 
Kim, Y., Sun, G., Kim, B.C.(*) 2025. The Impact of Interoperability Standards on Healthcare Services. To be submitted to Information Systems Research.
 
Liu, X., Kim, B.C.(*), Jiang, B. 2025. Signaling Status with Symbolic Co-Branding: An Operations Management Perspective. To be submitted to Journal of Marketing Research.
 
Liu, X., Kim, B.C.(*), Straub, D.W. 2025. Designing Social Products: The Effects of Social Influence. To be submitted to Production and Operations Management.
 
Lee, K., Lee, D., Kim, B.C.(*) 2025. Disruption Propagation in the Supply Chain Network: Weighted Network Approach. To be submitted to Journal of Operational Research. Society.
 
Kwon, H., Kim, B.C.(*), Oh, W. 2025. One Man Sows and Another Man Reaps: IT Patent Trolls and the Future of Digital Innovation. To be submitted to Journal of International Economics.
 
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Books

BOOK CHAPTER

 

Kumar, V., Mukhopadhyay, T., Kim, B.C. 2009. Advances in the Economics of Information Security, in Rao, H.R. and S. Upadhyaya editions. Handbooks in Information Systems Vol. 4. 559-581.

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Research

Ph.D.

 

Liu Xiaoxi (2021년 졸업, 난징사범대학 교수)

김미금 (2023년 졸업, 고려대학교 강사)

Gao Yilei (2025년 재학)

 

 

M.S.

 

구본영 (2015년 졸업)

Umid Abdurazakov (2016년 졸업)

Carina Chung (2016년 졸업)

Evgeniya Tsoy (2016년 졸업)

Qianqi Wang (2019년 졸업)

Jin Ling (2020년 졸업)

김효정 (MSBA, 2021년 졸업)

김경민 (MSBA, 2021년 졸업)

신은영 (MSBA, 2022년 졸업)

오신애 (MSBA, 2022년 졸업)

방민경 (MSBA, 2022년 졸업)

천지우 (MSBA, 2022년 졸업)

김서아 (MSBA, 2023년 졸업)

홍수빈 (MSBA, 2023년 졸업)

김형준 (MSBA, 2023년 졸업)

Sofia Ananina (2024년 졸업)

박건수 (MSBA, 2024년 졸업)

지현아 (MSBA, 2024년 졸업)

함영재 (MSBA, 2024년 졸업)

이기아 (MSBA, 2024년 졸업)

Tongtong Zhang (2025년 재학)

Varvara Kuzmenko (2025년 재학)

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