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Lee, Jaemin이재민

  • Strategy
  • Associate Professor
  • Entrepreneurship, Organizational Theory, Organizational Change, Corporate Entrepreneurship, M&A stra
  • LG-POSCO Building Room 402
  • TEL : +82 2 3290 1931
  • Email : jaemin-lee@korea.ac.kr
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  • Research interest: Corporate Growth, Entrepreneurial Scale-up

    Teaching Interest: New Business Development, Corporate Entrepreneurship, Strategic Management, Entrepreneurship

    I study how firms and startups learn, change, and evolve based on three sources: behavioral underpinnings of performance interpretation; interaction with communities, stakeholders, and markets; and regulatory changes.

    I teach a variety of aspects of Entrepreneurship in various angles, including idea development, business model development using the lean startup approach, developing and revising funding strategies, and scaling up plans.

     

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Education

INSEAD, PhD, Entrepreneurship and Family Enterprise (2016)

Seoul National University, MS, Strategic Management (2011)

Seoul National University, BA, Management, Summa cum laude (2006)

Career

Imperial College Business School, London, UK, Assistant Professor, 2016-2022.

Maison de la Rhône (French Restaurant), Shanghai, Cofounder (exited by acquisition), 2010-2012.

Wine Society (Wine Shop & Bar), Seoul, Cofounder, 2007-2010.

Director, Korean Strategic Management Society, 2023-

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Publications

Refereed Journal Publications

Lee, J, Lee, Joon Mahn, & Kim, Ji-Yub. 2023. The Role of Attribution in Learning from Performance Feedback: Behavioral Perspective on the Choice between Alliances and Acquisitions, Academy of Management Journal, 66(2): 578-603 https://doi.org/10.5465/amj.2019.1293.

Lee, J, Luo, Xiaowei & Kim, Ji-Yub. Performance feedback, political slack, and CEO succession in family firms, Forthcoming, Strategic Management Journal https://doi.org/10.1002/smj.3723.

 

Selected Refereed Conference Proceedings

Lee, J, Luo, Xiaowei & Kim, Ji-Yub. 2024. Defending the Throne: The Influence of Performance Feedback on CEO Succession in Family-Controlled Firms. Academy of Management, Annual Conference Best Paper Proceedings, STR Division, Chicago, IL.

Lee, J, & Lee, Joon Mahn, 2021, Can alliance substitute acquisition? The evidence from natural experiment. Academy of Management, Annual Conference Best Paper Proceedings, STR Division, Virtual.

Lee J, Lee, Joon Mahn, & Kim, Ji-Yub, 2020, How Does Performance Feedback from Alliances and Acquisitions Influence Choice Between the Two? Academy of Management, Annual Conference Best Paper Proceedings, OMT Division, Virtual.

Lee, J, 2016. Hybrid as gateway drug: How the emergence of hybrid jazz leads to dominance of traditional jazz. Academy of Management, Annual Conference Best Paper Proceedings, OMT Division, Anaheim, CA.

Lee, J, 2015. How do nested categories influence a market emergence? Evidence from early American music record. Academy of Management, Annual Conference Best Paper Proceedings, OMT Division, Vancouver, Canada.

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Books

Research

Selected Awards

Seok-Top Teaching Award, Korea University: 2023

The Teaching Excellence Awards, Imperial College, 2018-2020

SK Distinguished Research Award, Korea University Business School, 2023, 2025

Finalist, Annual Conference Responsible Research Paper Prize, Strategic Management Society, 2022

Winner, STR distinguished paper award, Cooperative Strategy, Academy of Management, 2021

Finalist, Best Conference Paper Prize, the Corporate Strategy IG, Strategic Management Society, 2021

Winner, Best Conference Paper Prize, the Stakeholder Strategy IG, Strategic Management Society, 2019

Best Conference Paper Nomination, OMT Division, Academy of Management, 2016

Finalist, Best Student Paper Award, OMT Division, Academy of Management, 2015 Best Conference Paper Nomination, OMT Division, Academy of Management, 2015

SERI Best Paper Award, Association of Korean Management Scholars, 2015

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