Jung Ho KIM is Professor of Strategic Management and International Business at the Graduate School of International Studies (GSIS) of Korea University, where he has taught full-time since 1995. He is the author of numerous articles, reviews, reports, and books on strategic mangement, industrial organization, and international business relating to Korean companies.

 

Dr. Kim served as the Vice President for International Affairs at Korea University from 2019 to 2021. He has previously served as Director of the International Summer School in Korean and Asian Studies (1995 and 1996), Associate Dean for Academic Affairs of GSIS (1997-1998), Director of the Office of International Affairs (1999-2000), and Dean of the Graduate School of International Studies (2005-2006) in addition to teaching full-time. During the 2001 academic year, Professor Kim conducted research at Harvard University (USA) as a Visiting Scholar. During the 2008-2009 school year, he was a Visiting Scholar at Wesleyan University (USA). During his last sabattical term in Spring 2016, he taught as a Visiting Professor at Ritsumeikan University (Japan), after serving as a Guest Professor at the University of Vienna (Austria) through the Non-EU Teaching Mobility Program during Fall Term, 2015.

 

Prior to joining the faculty of Korea University, he was a Research Fellow and Head of the (State Owned Enterprises) Management Consulting Team at the Korea Institute for Industrial Economics and Trade (KIET), an industrial policy think tank sponsored by the Republic of Korea government, for four years. A graduate of Wesleyan University's Math-Economics program (Undergraduate Class of 1985) and Harvard University's Ph.D. Program in Business Economics (Ph.D., 1990), Dr. Kim received numerous academic honors during his academic training, including the Wilde Prize and White Fellowship awards from Wesleyan University, the Korean Honor Scholarship award from the Korean Embassy in Washington D.C., merit-based full scholarship from Harvard University's Ph.D. Program in Business Economics and early selection to Phi Beta Kappa as a junior in college. He is also the recipient of the Suk Top Award for Teaching Excellence in 2010, 2012, and 2013 and the Excellent Lecture Award during 2012-2017 from Korea University.

 

He serves on the Board of Directors of several academic associations, and has served on the Advisory Boards of KIET and LG Economic Research Institute, and as a management advisor to several private-sector companies.

Education

B.A. in Math-Economics with Honors (Wesleyan University, 1985)

M.A. in Business Economics (Harvard University, 1988)

Ph.D. in Business Economics (Harvard University, 1990)

                            (Dissertation Committee Chairman: Professor Richard E. Caves)

 

Professional Experience

2002-present     Professor of Strategic Management and International Business, Graduate School of International Studies,

                            Korea University

2019-2021         Vice President for International Affairs, Korea University

2019-2021         Dean, International Summer and Winter Campus, Korea University

2019-2021         Director, Global Leadership Development Center, Korea University

2019-2021         Director, Board of Directors, Venice International University (Italy)

2019-2021         Director, Board of Directors, Asia-Pacific Association for International Education (APAIE)

2019-2021         Senior International Leader, Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU)

2019-2021         Senior Leader, Universitas 21 (U-21)

Spring, 2016      Visiting Professor, Faculty of International Relations, Ritsumeikan University (Japan)

Fall, 2015           Guest Professor, Department of East Asian Studies, University of Vienna (Austria)

2008-2009         Visiting Scholar, Department of Economics, Wesleyan University (USA)

2005-2006         Dean, Graduate School of International Studies, Korea University

2005-2006         Director, Global Research Institute, Korea University

2001-2002         Visiting Scholar, Department of Economics, Harvard University (USA)

1999-2000         Director, Office of International Affairs, Korea University

1997-2002         Associate Professor of International Studies, Graduate School of International Studies, Korea University

1996-1998         Associate Dean, Graduate School of International Studies, Korea University

1995-1997         Assistant Professor of International Studies, Graduate School of International Studies, Korea University

1993-1995         Adjunct Assistant Professor of Management, College of Business Administration, Korea University

1991-1995         Research Fellow, Industrial Policy Division; 

                            Head of (State Owned Enterprises) Management Consulting Team,

                            Korea Institute for Industrial Economics and Trade (KIET)

 

Professional Society Membership

Korean Strategic Management Society (currently on the Board of Directors)

Korean Academy of International Business (currently on the Board of Directors)

Korean Academic Society of Business Administration (formerly on the Board of Directors)

Korean Economic Association

International Association of Area Studies (formerly on the Board of Directors)

The Competitiveness Institute (TCI)

 

Honors

Suk Top Award for Teaching Excellence 2010, 2012, 2013 (Korea University)

Excellent Lecure Award 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 (Korea University)

Book of the Year Award 1994 (KIET Press)

Book of the Year (Runner Up) 1991 (KIET Press)

Full Merit Scholarship (Harvard University) 1985-1990

Wilde Prize (based on academic merit, Wesleyan University) 1985

White Fellowship (based on academic merit, Wesleyan University) 1984, 1985

Phi Beta Kappa (Early selection in junior year of college) 1984

Korean Honor Scholarship (Embassy of Korea in Washington D.C.) 1983

ARISTA (Selection to High School National Honor Society) 1982

 

Consulting Experience (Recent)

Advisory Board of the Seoul Philhamonic Orchestra (2013-2014)

Advisory Board of the Korea Institute for Industrial Economics and Trade (2005-2006, 2010-2013)

Advisory Board of the LG Economic Research Institute (2005-2007)

Management Advisor to several Korean private-sector companies, especially in the K-Food industry

 

Major Fields of Research

Strategic Management (with an emphasis on Competitive Analysis)

International Business (with an emphasis on FDI and Cross-Cutural Management),

Industrial Organization (with an emphasis on Regional Clusters and Creative Industries),

U.S. Economy (with an emphasis on the Development of Major Economic Institutions),

Untact Industries and their Socio-Economic Implications

 

Teaching Subjects

Strategic Management (Undergraduate and Graduate-level),

International Business (Undergraduate and Graduate-level),

The U.S. Economy (Undergraduate and Graduate-level),

MNE Management (Undergraduate-level),

Foreign Direct Investment (Graduate-level),

Managerial Economics (Graduate-level),

Comparative Economic Systems in East Asia (Graduate-level),

Business History (Graduate-level),

Industrial Organization of Korea (Graduate-level),

Trade and Investment of Korea (Graduate-level)