Academic Career

• Assistant Professor, Korea University Business School (2024- Current)
• Assistant Professor, Hong Kong Baptist University (2018-2024)
  • Promoted to Associate Professor with Tenure

Competitive Grant

• Former entrepreneur outside directors: the impact on monitoring and advising performance.

  -Hong Kong General Research Funding, 2023-2024 HKD 419,000

• Acquisitions and Product Failures: Evidence from U.S. medical device industry

  -Hong Kong General Research Funding, Early Career Scheme, 2021-2023 HKD 480,000

Academic Awards

• Seok-Top Teaching Award (석탑강의상) (Korea University) 2025
• IBRE Distinguished Research Award (IBRE Tier-1) (Korea University Business School) 2025
• Early Career Research Award (Hong Kong Baptist University) 2023
• Best PhD Paper Awad (PhD Colloquium, Fordham University) 2017
• Distinguished Paper Award (Midwest Academy of Management) 2017
• Distinguished Student Paper Award (Academy of Management) 2017
• Best Doctoral Student Conference Paper (AKMS) 2017
• Best PhD Paper Finalist (Strategic Management Society) 2017
• Distinguished Teaching Award (Purdue University) 2016, 2017, 2018

Academic Services

• Reviewer in Strategic Management Journal, Organization Science, Research Policy, Journal of Management Studies etc. 

Female Entrepreneur and International Entry Mode Choice: Evidence from Entrepreneurial Firms in China

-Kim, J. , Kim, Y., Wei, LQ., & Zhou, G., 2025, Journal of World Business. 60(5): 101650 

Unpacking the “O” in VRIO: The role of workflow interdependence in the loss and replacement of strategic human capital

-Kim, J. & Makadok, R., 2023, Strategic Management Journal. 44, 6, p. 1453-1487

 Where the Stars Still Shine: Some Effects of Star‐Performers‐Turned‐Managers on Organizational Performance

-Kim, J. & Makadok, R., 2022, Strategic Management Journal. 43, 12, p. 2629-2666 

 Founder CEOs and innovation: Evidence from CEO sudden deaths in public firms

-Lee, J. M., Kim, J. & Bae, J., 2020, Research Policy. 49, 1, 103862.  

 What drives the international ownership strategies of Chinese firms? The role of distance and home-country institutional factors in outward acquisitions

-Lee, Y., Hemmert, M. & Kim. J., 2014, Asian Business and Management. 13, 3, p. 197–225  

 China's outward foreign direct investment : Evidence from 2003-2008

-Kim, J., Moon, J. J. & Kim, I.,  2011, 국제경영연구. 22, 3, p. 29-64