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Kim Eonsoo김언수

  • Management
  • Professor
  • Strategic Management, Competitive Strategy, Strategy Implementation and Process
  • Room 527 in Hyundai Motor bldg
  • TEL : 02-3290-1942
  • Email : eskim@korea.ac.kr
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Education

  •  Ph.D in Business Administration University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1993)
  •  M.B.A., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1987)
  •  B.B.A. in Business Administration, Korea University (1985)

Career

  • 1992 - 1993            Assistant Professor, Eastern Illinois University
  • 1993 - 1995            Assistant Professor of Business Administration, California State University, Fullerton
  • 1995 - 1998            Assistant Professor, Korea University Business School 
  • 1998 - 2003            Associate Professor, Korea University Busines School  
  • 1997 - Present        Director, Korean Society Strategic Management 
  • 2000 - 2001            KT-MBA Academic Director
  • 2000 - Present        Editorial Committee Member, Journal of Strategic Management 
  • 2000 - 2001            Editorial Committee Member, Korean Management Review  
  • 2001 - 2002            Visiting Fellow, Columbia University Business School, APEC Study Center 
  • 2002 - Present        Editorial Committee Member, Korean Journal of Management 
  • 2003 - 2005            Executive Director, Korean Academy of Management 
  • 2003 - 2004            Executive Director, Korean Academic Society of Business Administration
  • 2003                        Seok-Top Teaching Award (Fall Semester) 
  • 2004                        Seok-Top Teaching Award (Spring Semester) 
  • 2005                        Seok-Top Teaching Award (Spring Semester) 
  • 2006                        Seok-Top Teaching Award (Fall Semester)
  • 2007                        Seok-Top Teaching Award (Spring Semester)
  • 2007                        Seok-Top Teaching Award (Fall Semester)
  • 2007                        Seok-Top Teaching Award (Fall Semester: Graduate School)
  • 2008                        Seok-Top Teaching Award (Spring Semester)
  • 2009                        Seok-Top Teaching Award (Fall Semester)
  • 2010                        Seok-Top Teaching Award (Spring Semester)
  • 2010                        Seok-Top Teaching Award (Fall Semester) 
  • 2011                        Seok-Top Teaching Award (Spring Semester)
  • 2011                        Seok-Top Teaching Award (Fall Semester)
  • 2012                        Seok-Top Teaching Award (Spring Semester) 
  • 2013                        Excellent Teaching Award (Spring Semester) 
  • 2013                        Seok-Top Teaching Award (Fall Semester)
  • 2014                        Seok-Top Teaching Award (Spring Semester)
  • 2014                        Seok-Top Teaching Award (Fall Semester)
  • 2015                        Excellent Teaching Award (Spring Semester)
  • 2015                        KUBS Teaching Award (KMBA)
  • 2015                        Seok-Top Teaching Award (Fall Semester)

 

  • 2003 - 2006            Academic Director, E-MBA (Executive MBA), Korea University Business School       
  • 2007 - Present        Editorial Committee Member, Journal of Strategic Management 
  • 2010 - 2011            Executive Director, Korean Academic Society of Business Administration 
  • 2010 - 2011            President, Korean Society of Strategic Management 
  • 2013                        Advisor, Korean Society of Strategic Management 
  • 2012 - Present         SRF (Stratey Research Fund) Audit Committee member   
  • 2003 - Present         Pofessor, Korea University Business School 
  • 2015 - Present         Director, Institute for Business Research & Education (IBRE)
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Publications

  • Publications
  1.   1996. "The Faster, the Better?: An Empirical Study on the Speed of Strategic Change and Firm Survival and Performance." Journal of Applied Business Research, Vol. 12, No. 2. 35-40.(co-author John McIntosh)
  2.   1996. "The Role of Product Proliferation and Product Innovation as Critical Success Factors in Mature Export Markets: A Comparison of Japanese and Korean Strategies in the U.S." Journal of International Business and Entrepreneurship, vol. 4: no 2: 25-43.(co-author John McIntosh) 
  3.   1997. "The Relevance of American Motivation Theories to Managing in an Asian Context: An Examination of the Cross-cultural Transferability of American Management to South Korea." Journal of International Business and Entrepreneurship, vol. 5: no.1: 43-62. 
  4.   1998. "Competitive uses of information technology in the global environment: A comparative study of American, Swedish and Korean manufacturing firms." In New Managerial Mindsets, M.A. Hitt, J.E. Ricart I Costa, & R.D. Nixon. (eds.), Chichester, New York: Jonh Wiley & Sons: 105-127.(co-author John McIntosh) 
  5.   1998. "Ethical values in business decisions in Korea, China, Mexico, and the U.S.: From a strategic perspective." Journal International Business and Entrepreneurship, 6: 77-95.  
  6.   1999. "Strategic Organizational Responses to Environmental Chaos." Journal of Managerial Issues, 11(3): 344-362.(co-author John McIntosh) 
  7.   2002. "Determinants of Competitive Advantages in the Network Organization Form: A Pilot Study." Korean Business and Management: The Reality and the Vision, Elizabeth, NJ: Hollym Corporation: 249-274.(co-authors Irene Duhaime and S. Yang) 
  8.   2002. "The Impact of Confucianism on East Asian Business Enterprises." Korean Business and Management: The Reality and the Vision, Elizabeth, NJ: Hollym Corporation: 207-225.(co-author Tai Oh) 
  9.   2004. "Testing The Applicability of Porter's Generic Strategies in the Digital Age: A Study of Korean Cyber Malls." Journal of Business Strategies. 21(1): 19-45.(co-authors Daeil Nam and Larry Stimpert) 
  10.   2004, "The Applicability of Porter's Generic Strategies in the Digital Age: Assumptions, Conjectures, and Suggestions." Journal of Management. 30(5): 569-589.(co-authors Daeil Nam and Larry Stimpert) 
  11.   2007. "Unlocking the dimensions of strategic change: An application of cluster analysis to strategic change studies." The Journal of Management, Vol. 43: 35-64. 
  12.   2013. The More, The Better? Effects of Entrepreneurial Firms’Social Relations on Their IPO Performance. The Journal of Small Business Innovation. (Yujin Back, Eonsoo Kim (corresponding author), Daeil Nam)
  13.   2015. When Star CEO Departs: Moderating Effects of Industry, Firm, and Departing CEO Characteristics. Korean Management Review. Vol. 44 (3): 837-874. (Yujin Back, Eonsoo Kim, Yun-dal Sung)
  14.   2015. Board capital and exploration: from a resource provisional perspective. Management Decision. Vol. 53 (9): 2156 - 2174. (Nami Kim, Eonsoo Kim)
  15.   2016. Balancing absorptive capacity and open inbound innovation: An attention-based view. European Management Journal. 34(1): 80-90. (Bongsun Kim, Eonsoo Kim(corresponding author), Nicolai J. Foss)
  16.   The impact of the timing of patents on innovation performance. Research Policy. (Bongsun Kim, Eonsoo Kim, Joe Mohoney, Douglas Miller)
  •   Conference Presentations
  1.  Even More Escalation of Commitment in a Group? The Association of Management's 9th Annual Conference, Atlantic City, NJ, August 1991. 
  2.  "Speed and scope: Other dimensions of strategic change." The Strategic Management Society's 12th Annual International Conference, London, U.K., October 1992. (co-author Irene Duhaime) 
  3.  "American management theory - Ethnocentric dogma or universal precepts: Some conjecture on the implications for global management." The Association of Management's 11th Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA, August 1993. (co-author John McIntosh) 
  4.  "Speed and scope of strategic response to an environmental change: The case of the U.S. Trucking industry's deregulation." The Academy of Management's Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA, August 1993. 
  5.  "Organizational slack: Aide or barrier to strategic change?" Strategic Management Society's 13th Annual International Conference, Chicago, IL, September 1993년 9. (co-author Irene Duhaime) 
  6.  "Toward an integrative definition of organizational slack." The Association of Employment Practices and Principles' Annual Conference, San Diego, CA, October 1993. (co-author John McIntosh) 
  7.  "Mapping the dynamics of strategic change: Transition pathways within the trucking industry." Strategic Management Society's 14th Annual International Conference, Paris, France, October 1994. 
  8.  "Crossing the border lines: A field study of Korean Chaebols on strategic decision process." Strategic Management Society's 14th Annual International Conference, Paris, France, October 1994 10월. (co-author J. Oh) 
  9.  "Ethical Values in Business Decisions in the U.S. and South Korea: Implications for International Strategic Management." International Decision Sciences Institute, Puebla, Mexico, June 12-14, 1995.(co-author Caroline Erdener) 
  10.   "Responses to Environmental Chaos: Mapping the Dynamics of Strategic Change in a Deregulated Industry." Korean Academy of Management, Chungnam National University, September 1995. 
  11.  "Strategic Flexibility as a Source of Competitive Advantage in Dynamic Global Product Markets: The Role of Design and Manufacturing Flexibility in Automobile Production." Strategic Management Society's 15th Annual International Conference, Mexico City, Mexico, October 1995 (co-author John McIntosh) 
  12.  "Ethical Values in Business Decisions in Mexico, Korea, China, and the U.S.: Implications for International Strategic Alliances." Strategic Management Society's 15th Annual International Conference, Mexico City, Mexico, October 1995. (co-author Caroline Erdener) 
  13.  "Winning the Product-based Competition in Dynamic Global Market: Lessons from Korea vs. Japan in the U.S. Auto Market." AIB Annual Meeting, Seoul, November 18, 1995. (co-author John McIntosh) 
  14.  "A Comparison of Japaneses and Korean Competitive Strategies in the U.S. Auto Market." Pan-Pacific Conference XIII, Chiba, Japan, May 29-31,1996. (co-author John McIntosh) 
  15.  "U.S. Based Japanese Firms: Successful Sales Strategies Revisited." Pan-Pacific Conference XIII, Chiba, Japan, May 29-31, 1996. (co-author Tai Oh) 
  16.  "Unlocking The Dimensions of Strategic Change: An Application of Cluster Analysis to Strategic Change Studies." Academy of Management Annual Conference, Cinncinati, Ohio, August 9-14, 1996.(co-author Irene Duhaime) 
  17.  "The Applicability of American Motivation Theories Abroad: A Test of the Cross-cultural Transferability of American Management." Korean Acdemic Society of Business Administration, Pusan National University, November 2,1996. (co-author Tai Oh) 
  18.  "Virtual Organization?" Korean Society of Strategic Management, Seoul National University, March 1997. 
  19.  "Competitive Uses of Information Technology in the Global Environment: A Comparative Study of American, Swedish, and Korean Manufacturing Firms." Strategic Management Society's 17th Annual International Conference, Barcelona, Spain, October 8, 1997. (co-author John McIntosh) 
  20.  "Volunteering behavior under downsizing situations".  Post-restructuring. International Academic Symposium. Kyungpook National University, April 23, 1998.(co-author J. Kim) 
  21.  "Strategic Implication of Downsizing: In the Context of Volunteering Behavior." Korean Academy of Management. September 26, 1998. Sogang University. (co-author J. Kim) 
  22.  "Globally Standardized vs. Country Specific Approaches to Managing Information Systems?: A Test of Resource Based Theory Across American, Korean, and German Firms." Strategic Management Society's 18th Annual International Conference, Orlando, Fl. November 4, 1998. (co-author John McIntosh) 
  23.  "Determinants of Competitive Advantage in the Network Organization Form: A Study of the Korean Furniture Industry." Strategic Management Society's 19th Annual International Conference, Berlin, Germany, October 3-6, 1999. (co-author S. Yang) 
  24.  "Determinants of Strategic Change in a Crisis Situation: Responses of Korean Companies to the 1997 Economic Disaster" Strategic Management Society's 20th Annual International Conference, Vancouver, Canada, October 15-18, 2000.(co-author D. Shim) 
  25.  "Networks and Connectivity as Key Organizing Principles for the Information Age: A Study of Digital Product Distribution on the Internet." Strategic Management Society's 20th Annual International Conference, Vancouver, Canada, October 15-18, 2000. (co-authors John McIntosh and W. Song) 
  26.  "Determinants of Competitive Advantages in the Network Organization Form." International Conference: Transforming Korean Business and Management Culture, Michigan State University, September 19-20, 2000. (co-authors Irene Duhaime, S. Yang) 
  27.  "Testing the Applicability of Porter’s Generic Strategies in the Digital Age: A study of Korean Cyber Malls." Strategic Management Society's 21st Annual International Conference, San Francisco, October 2001. (co-author Daeil Nam) 
  28.  "Is Network Theory Applicable to Competition in the Digital Age: Some Findings From Prototypical Digital Organizations." Strategic Management Society's 21st Annual International Conference, San Francisco, October 2001.(co-authors John McIntosh and Su Jin Han) 
  29.  "Project-Based Organizations That Work: Findings From the Korean Film Industry." Strategic Management Society's 22nd Annual International Conference, Paris, France, September 22-25, 2002.(co-author M. Soh) 
  30.  "Porter's Generic Strategies in the Digital Age: Assumptions, Conjectures, and Suggestions." Korean Academy of Management, Yonsei University, October 25, 2003.(co-author Daeil Nam) 
  31.  "Pre-entry Resource Leverage, Competitive Strategy, and Performance of Internet Shopping Malls: A Multiple-case study." Strategic Management Society's 24th Annual International Conference, San Juan, Puerto Rico, USA. October 31 - November 3, 2004.(co-authors S. Han and H. Choi) 
  32.  "Dynamics of Inter-firm Rivalry in Multipoint Competition: Cases of Korean Household Goods and Cosmetics Firms." Strategic Management Society's 25th Annual International Conference, Orlando, Florida, USA.October 23-26, 2005.(co-authors Y. Kim, B. Kim, and Y. Goo) 
  33.  "Capabiity Development Strategies and Trajectory of Firm Capability Evolutions. The Practice of Dynamic Capabilities: Theory Development and Research. Lancaster, UK. May 5 - 6, 2006.(co-author C. Park) 
  34.  "Non-Teachability And Idiosyncrasy: Keys To Internal Knowledge Replication Without External Imitation." Strategic Management Society's 26th Annual International Conference, Vienna, Austria. October 29, 2006 - November 1. (co-authors Bongsun Kim and Su Jin Han)  
  35.  "Triggering A Proactive Change When Nothing Goes Wrong: Process Of Building A Sense Of Urgency." Strategic Management Society's 27th Annual International Conference, San Diego, October 17, 2007. (co-authors S. Han and K. Kim) 
  36.  "Management Through Collaboration." Making Large Global Collaborations Succeed. Professional Development Workshop. Academy of Management Annual Conference, Anaheim, CA. August 10, 2008. 
  37.  "Where to Find Innovative Ideas: Determinants of Boundary-Spanning Capacity."  Strategic Management Society's 28th Annual International Conference, Cologne, Germany,  October 2008. (co-authors Bongsun Kim and Pamela Barr) 
  38.  "Coping with Uncertainty in Knowledge Search Through Multipartner Alliances: Race to an Industry Standard-Setting." Strategic Management Society's 29th Annual International Conference, Washington, D.C. October 13, 2009. (co-author Bongsun Kim) 
  39.  "The Faster, The Better?: Knowledge Search Speed in the Fog of War for Industry Standard-Setting." Strategic Management Society's 29th Annual International Conference, Washington, D.C. October 14, 2009. (co-author Bongsun Kim) 
  40.  "Time-varying Source of Competitive Advantage in Technology Domain: A Multi-level Study in DVD Patent Pool." Strategic Management Society's 30th Annual International Conference, Rome, Italy. September 12-15, 2010. (co-author Bongsun Kim) 
  41.  “Too much water drowns the miller? The effect of entrepreneur firms’ social relation on their performance.” Korean Strategic Management Society’s Summer Conference, August. 2011. (Yujin Back & Eonsoo Kim) 
  42.  “The Impact of Environmental Turbulence on the CEO Succession: Exploring the Antecedents and Consequences of Post-Succession Performance.” Korea National Defense University’s 11st Annual Meeting, December. 2011.(Yujin Back & Eonsoo Kim) 
  43.  “Finding and exploiting innovative ideas: Knowledge Governance Mechanisms, Absorptive Capacity, and Boundary-spanning.”8th Annual Atlanta Competitive Advantage Conference. May 18, 2011. Atlanta, Georgia. (Bongsun Kim, Eonsoo Kim, Larry Stimpert) 
  44.  "Keys to internal replication without external imitation." Academy of Management Annual Conference. August 2011. San Antonio, Texas. (Bongsun Kim, Eonsoo Kim, Pamela Barr) 
  45.  "Non-teachability and contextual idiosyncrasy: Sources of knowledge replication and imitation differentials." 9th Annual Atlanta Competitive Advantage Conference.Atlanta, Georgia.May 15, 2012. (Bongsun Kim, Eonsoo Kim, & Pam Barr) 
  46.  "Partnership or integration? organizational status, integration mode, and acquisition performance." Academy of Management Annual Conference. August 2012. Massachusetts, Boston. (Jungeun Lee, Eonsoo Kim, & Young Kyu, Kim) 
  47.  "Board capital and exploration: From a resource provisional perspective." Academy of Management Annual Conference. August 2012. Massachusetts, Boston. (Nami Kim, Eonsoo Kim, & Daeil Nam) 
  48.  "Knowledge replication without imitation: An empirical study on the characteristics of knowledge." Strategic Management Society's 32nd Annual International Conference, October, 2012. Prague. (Bongsun Kim, Min-young Kim, & Eonsoo Kim) 
  49.  "Factor- and product-market commonality and resource complementarity in R&D alliances: Evidence from continued co-patenting." Strategic Management Society's 32nd Annual International Conference, October, 2012. Prague. (Douglas Miller, Bongsun Kim, & Eonsoo Kim) 
  50.  "Status dissimilarity and post-acquisition integration." European Group for Organization Studies Annual Conference, July, 2012. Helsinki, Finland. (Jungeun Lee, Eonsoo Kim, & Youngkyu Kim) 
  51.  "Market Position of Venture Capitalist and Growth of Success: Integration of Vertical and Horizontal Positions." European Group for Organization Studies Annual Conference, July, 2012. Helsinki, Finland. (Jieun Kim, Young-Kyu Kim, & Eonsoo Kim) 
  52.  Jungeun Lee, Eonsoo Kim, 2012. "Does Partnering with High Status Advisor Guarantee High Performance? The Effect of Client-Agency Relationship on Acquisition Performance." Korea Academy of Management, 2012 Fall Conference, 586- 607.  
  53.  Jae K. Yoo, Eonsoo Kim, 2012. "Learning from Success and Failure: The Effect of the Magnitude of Experience on Organizational Learning  Effectiveness." Korea Academy of Management, 2012 Fall Conference, 271- 290.
  54.  "Conflict: A Key to Successful Strategy Formulation and Implementation." Asia Academy of Management. The eighth Conference. December, 2012. Seoul, Korea.
  55.  SMS 2013. Can You Learn from Success and Failure? Magnitude of Experience and Organizational Learning. Strategic Management Society's 33rd Annual International Conference, October, 2013. Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. 
  56.  SMS 2013. (Kim, B., Moon, J. & Kim) / Transfer of Corporate Social Performance Portfolio through CEO Migration. / Strategic Management Society's 33rd Annual International Conference, October, 2013. Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. 
  57.  EAMSA (Euro-Asia Management Studies Association) 2013. Eun Ji Kim and Eonsoo Kim. Is a Collective Real Option a Cure-All? The Moderating Effect of Common Ground in Strategic Alliances, November 30th. Durisburg, Germany. / Period: November 27th-30th / Venue: University of Duisburg-Essen, Duisburg, Germany 
  58.   EAMSA 2013. Eun Ji Kim, Eonsoo Kim and Daeil Nam. Whom to Acquire? The Effect of IPO / Targets‘ Prior Alliance Experience on Acquirers‘ Abnormal Returns, November 29th. Durisburg, Germany. 
  59.  World Business and Social Science Research Conference. 2014. (Eonsoo Kim, B. Kim, Larry Stimpert) Finding and Exploiting Innovative Ideas: Boundary-Spanning as Social Interdependence Mechanism. Paris, France.
  60.   EAMSA 2014. Corporate social disclosure as legitimacy builder: How CEOs respond to their succession. 31st. Thailand.
  61.   EAMSA 2014. Vaccination for survival. 31st. Thailand.
  62.   2014. Korean Society of Strategic Management. (Yujin Back, Eonsoo Kim) "When Star CEO Departs: Moderating Effects of Industry, Firm, and Departing CEO Characteristics".
  63.   AOM 2015. (Nami Kim, Jong-seon Lee, & Eonsoo Kim) "How business groups influence affiliates’ search behavior? From performance feedback perspective". Academy of Management Annual Conference. Vancouver, Canada.  
  64.   EAMSA 2015. "How does corporate philanthropy work? The interplay among corporate past behaviors, corporate giving, and financial performance".

 

  • Case Studies
  1.   Eonsoo Kim, Yujin Back. 2010. Growth, Challenges, and Responses (Chungdam Learning). FKI Media. 241-269. 
  2.   Eonsoo Kim, B. Kim. 2010. Future Directions and Path-finding (Samsung Heavy Industries).  FKI Media. 271-302. 
  3.   Eonsoo Kim, N. Kim, J. Lee. 2013. Namyang Dairy: Start beating the giants. FKI Media. 
  1.   Eonsoo Kim, J. Yoo, E. Kim, D. E. Yoon. 2013. Kyobo Book Centre: Will new emerging markets be an opportunity or a threat? FKI Media.

 

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Books

  1.    Kim, E. 2013. Strategic management for the TOP 4.0. P&C Media (In Korean).
  2.    Kim, E., Kim, B., & Shin, J. 2013. Strategic management for the TOP: Workshop. P&C Media (In Korean)
  3.    Kim, E., Back, Y., & Yoo, J. 2013. Strategic management for the TOP: Cases. P&C Media (In Korean)
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