연세대학교
경영연구소

• Ph.D. in Management (Strategy), INSEAD — Dissertation: "Dynamics of convergence and divergence in strategy" (Advisor: Prof. Phil Anderson)
• Ph.D. coursework completed, Department of Energy Resources Engineering, College of Engineering, Seoul National University
• M.S. in Management Science, KAIST
• B.A. in Business Administration, Seoul National University

Yonsei University School of Business

• Professor (Assistant Professor, Sep 2006; Associate Professor, Sep 2009; Professor, Mar 2015 – present)
• Director, Yonsei Business Research Institute (Mar 2023 – Feb 2025)
• Program Head, Police MBA, Graduate School of Business (Sep 2023 – Feb 2025)
• Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Chair, Department of Business Administration (Mar 2021 – Feb 2023)
• Program Head, Venture Studies Interdisciplinary Major (Mar 2020 – Feb 2022)
• Program Head, Leadership Interdisciplinary Major (Mar 2016 – Feb 2020)
• Vice Director, Sangnam Institute of Management (Mar 2016 – Feb 2018)
• Program Head, GBI MBA, Graduate School of Business (Mar 2016 – Feb 2018)
• Associate Director, Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation (Mar 2012 – Feb 2013)
• Director, Office of Technology Transfer / Vice President, Yonsei Technology Holding Company
• Editor-in-Chief, Yonsei Business Review

Academic Societies

• 43rd President, Korean Association of Small Business Studies (Apr 2026 – Mar 2027); former Vice President
• Former Vice President, Korean Strategic Management Society
• Founding Editor-in-Chief of the journal of the Korean Mobility Society

Before Yonsei

• Assistant Professor, Hallym University
• LG Economic Research Institute
• Korea Mining Promotion Corporation

• Business Strategy (Undergraduate / MBA / MS-PhD)
• Corporate Growth and Innovation Strategy; Industry and Strategy in Korea (Undergraduate)
• Blue Ocean Strategy (MBA); AI and Strategic Innovation Workshop (MBA)
• Strategy Analysis and Empirical Research (MS-PhD); Theory Seminar in Strategic Management (MS-PhD)

• Strategic management theory; organizational learning theory (learning curve theory, behavioral theory of the firm, general organizational learning theory); resource- and capability-based theory; resource dependence theory
• Causes and performance effects of changes in strategic positioning (vertical/horizontal), including imitation and differentiation
• Application of the behavioral theory of the firm (BTOF) and performance-feedback-based organizational learning theory to strategic innovation
• Formalizing the logic of blue ocean strategy formulation and its practical application
• Strategic responses of small businesses and microenterprises to platform firms

Selected Journal Articles

• Lee, J., Kim, S. J., & Park, K. M. (2026). The inconvenient truth of problemistic search: Real earnings management. Applied Economics, 1–21. https://doi.org/10.1080/00036846.2026.2695407
• Kwak, H., & Park, K. M. (2026). When is sales channel diversification effective for small restaurant businesses? The roles of organizational change capability, digitalization, and competitive intensity (in Korean). Korean Management Review, 55(3), 1267–1298.
• Cho, Y., & Park, K. M. (2025). The effect of revoking corporate R&D center accreditation on the exit of small and venture firms (in Korean). Korean Small Business Review, 47(2), 57–82.
• Baek, S., & Park, K. M. (2025). Are professional managers innovative? The roles of foreign investors and stock options (in Korean). Journal of Strategic Management, 28(1), 23–54.
• Lee, S., Lee, Y., & Park, K. M. (2024). Performance feedback and obsessive passion: The moderating role of human capital. PLoS ONE, 19(4), e0302180.
• Park, K. M., Hong, J., Baek, Y., & Lee, H. (2023). Finding blue oceans in a market shifting from B2B to B2C: A value innovation strategy case in the allergy testing market (in Korean). Yonsei Business Review, 60(1), 67–104. (Best Paper Award, Yonsei Business Review, June 2024)
• Lee, J., Hyun, J., & Park, K. M. (2023). Win-win cooperation between large firms and SMEs: An exploratory study of large firms' equity participation (in Korean). Korean Small Business Review, 45(1), 99–130. (Best Paper Award, Korean Small Business Review, March 2024)
• Lee, J., Rhee, M., & Park, K. M. (2020). Looking backward through the looking glass: Reference groups and social comparison. Journal of Management and Organization, 26(1), 110–131.
• Song, C., Park, K. M., & Kim, Y. (2020). Socio-cultural factors explaining technology-based entrepreneurial activity: Direct and indirect role of social security. Technology in Society, 61, 101246.
• Lee, S. H., Mun, H. J., & Park, K. M. (2015). When is dependence on other organizations burdensome? The effect of asymmetric dependence on internet firm failure. Strategic Management Journal, 36(13), 2058–2074.
• Zhang, L., & Park, K. M. (2014). What are good R&D investment strategies for leaders and followers? Technology Analysis and Strategic Management, 26(8), 909–925.
• Park, K. M., Jung, K., & Noh, K. C. (2014). Strategic action and customer mobility: Antecedents and consequences of strategic actions in the Korean mobile telecommunication service industry. Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 31, 171–193.
• Park, K. M. (2007). Antecedents of convergence and divergence in strategic positioning: The effects of performance and aspiration on the direction of strategic change. Organization Science, 18(3), 386–402.
• Reuer, J. J., Park, K. M., & Zollo, M. (2002). Experiential learning in international joint ventures: The roles of experience heterogeneity and venture novelty. In F. J. Contractor & P. Lorange (Eds.), Cooperative strategies and alliances (pp. 321–344). Elsevier.

Selected Books and Reports

• Value-Based Strategic Management (in Korean). Parkyoungsa, February 28, 2026.
• Paradigm Shift: Completely Changing the Strategy Paradigm of Korean Firms (in Korean; co-authored with Jaeyong Song and 10 others). Jaeuinuri, 2023.
• Employment Impact Assessment of Deregulating Autonomous Driving (in Korean). Korea Labor Institute, 2016.
• Policy Directions for Revitalizing Venture Business (in Korean). LG Economic Research Institute Research Report 97-16, August 1997.

• 43rd President, Korean Association of Small Business Studies (Apr 2026 – Mar 2027)
• Best Paper Award, Journal of Strategic Management, Korean Strategic Management Society, April 2026
• Best Paper Award, Spring Conference, Korean Association of Small Business Studies, March 2026
• Best Paper Award, Yonsei Business Review, Yonsei Business Research Institute, June 2024
• Best Paper Award, Korean Small Business Review, Korean Association of Small Business Studies, March 2024
• Best Paper Award, Fall Conference, Korean Academy of Management, December 2023
• Excellent Teaching Award, Yonsei University School of Business, March 2019
• Best Paper Award, Spring Conference, Korean Strategic Management Society, 2017
• Excellent Teaching Award, Yonsei University, February 2012
• 5th Chohun Academic Award (Outstanding Research), Yonsei Business and Economics Alumni Association, 2007
• Encouragement Award, 1st Korean Content Overseas Expansion Strategy Paper Competition, Ministry of Culture and Tourism / Korean Academy of Management, 2007
• Best Paper Award, 1st Conference of the Korean Society of Management of Technology and Economics, 1997