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Jongsoo "Jays" Kim

Jongsoo Jays KimYear of entry: Fall 2013

Education:

          • MS, in Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
          • MS, in International Management and Strategy, Korea University, Seoul, South Korea
          • BS, in Management and BA in Chinese Literature and Language (Double major), Korea University, Seoul, South Korea

Advisor: Professors Joon Mahn Lee and Richard Makadok

Research areas: Corporate Governance, Strategic Human Resource and Leadership, International Management

Works in progress:

  • When Do Founder CEOs Take More Risk than Professional CEOs? The Moderating Effects of Managerial Discretion with Joon Mahn Lee and Gerry McNamara (Michigan State University);
  • Founder CEOs and Innovation: Evidence from S&P 500 Firms with Joon Mahn Lee and Joonhyung Bae (preparing to submit to Organization Science);
  • Founder CEOs, Target Selection and Acquirer Returns: Evidence from IPO Firms with Joon Mahn Lee and Jeffrey Reuer (University of Colorado at Boulder), resubmit stage, Strategic Management Journal

Teaching:

  • MGMT 451, Strategic Management, Krannert School of Management, Purdue University (Spring 2016)
  • MGMT 459, International Management, Krannert School of Management, Purdue University (Fall 2016)

Honors and awards: Krannert Certificate for Distinguished Teaching Award for MGMT 451 (4.7/5.0)

Professional experience:

  • Korean Army augmented to the 8th U.S. Army (2003-2005)
  • Paralympic 2008 official translator for Korean Paralympic players and government (2008)

Contact information: Jayskim@purdue.edu