Dr. Kyungjoong Kim

Assistant Professor

Education

• Ph.D. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
• MBA. Seoul National University
• BA. Hongik University

Courses Taught

• International Business
• Multinational Management
• Strategy & Decision-Making
• Advanced Human Resource Management (MBA)

Academic Interests

• Non-market strategy
• Cross-cultural management
• Cross-border M&As
• International SMEs

Scholarly Activity

Publications:

• Delios, A., Hu, T., Yu, S., Zhou, N., Ahsan, F. M., Bahl, M., ... & Uhlmann, E. (2025). The insights from the crowd: Drawing inferences from many approaches to key empirical questions in international business. Journal of International Business Studies, 56(9), 1102-1124.
• Kim, K., Cho, S.H. & Gaur, A.S. (2024). Unpacking Unfair Transaction Experiences, Competition, and Imports in Technology-Intensive SMEs' FDI. International Business Review, 33(6), 102328.

Conference Presentations:

• Kim, K. & Cho, S. H. (2026, March). Institutional Constraints and Subsidiary Staffing: A Power Struggle Perspective. Paper presented at the 2026 Spring Conference of the Academy of Business Research, New Orleans, LA.
• Kim, K. (2025, June). Institutional Dynamics and Subsidiary Staffing: Managing Agency Problems in Multinational Enterprises. Paper presented at the 2025 Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business (Track: 6. HRM, Leadership, and Cross-Cultural Management). Louisville, KY.
• Kim, K. & Kim, H.G. (2024, July). Navigating institutional voids: The impact of home-institutional quality on market reaction and duration of acquisition in the host country. Paper presented at the 2024 Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business (Emerging Markets SIG), Seoul, Korea.
• Kim, K. & Cho,H. (2022, August). SME’s internationalization: Unfair experience, competition, and networks. Paper presented at the 2022 Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (Division: International Management)

• Kim, K. (2020, July). Agency problem and subsidiary performance. Paper presented at the 2020 Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business (Track: Internationalization Process and International Entrepreneurship).
• Kim, K. (2019, June). Culture, institutions, and subsidiary staffing strategy. Paper presented at the 2019 Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business (Track: International HRM, global leadership, and cross-cultural management). Copenhagen, Denmark.
• Kim, K. (2019, June). Agency, culture, and subsidiary staffing. Paper presented at the 2019 Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business (Track: International HRM, global leadership, and cross-cultural management). Copenhagen, Denmark.
• Kim, K. & Kim, H.G. (2018, June). Liabilities-of-origin effect on the post-acquisition performance of the target. Paper presented at the 2018 Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business (Track: Emerging markets). Minneapolis, MN.
• Kim, K. & Cho, S.H. (2018, June). Absorptive capacity and the exploitation of acquired innovation. Paper presented at the 2018 Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business (Track: Innovation and Knowledge Management). Minneapolis, MN.

Other Professional Experience

• Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (lecturer)
• Samsung Futures
• LG Electronics
• Pantech & Curitel Communications