Teaching
- Strategic Management
- International Business
Qualifications
- Ph.D. in Strategic Management, EM Lyon, France
- M.A. in International Management, I.A.E. of Université des Sciences Sociales de Toulouse, France
- B.A. in Business Administration, SungKyunKwan University, Seoul, Korea
Research Interest
- Firm performance, Firm-partner resources and attributes, and Composition in Alliance portfolios
- International Business and Inter-firm Networks
- Co-evolution of interfirm relationships
Work Experience
Academic
- Assistant professor, Strategy and Innovation Academic Area, Rennes School of Business (2012 – Present)
- Lecturer, EM LYON ( February, 2010 – April, 2010)
- Teaching Assistant, EM LYON (October, 2008 – October, 2009)
Non-Academic
- International Sales Manager, SPG Korea Co. Ltd of SPG Group, Korea.
- International Sales Manager, Lotte Aluminium Co., Ltd of Lotte Group, Korea
Intellectual contributions
Refereed Articles Discipline-Based Scholarship
How latecomers catch up to build an energy-saving industry: The case of the Chinese electric vehicle industry 1995–2018
Authors: Jie Xiong, Shuyan Zhao, Yan Meng, Lu Xu, Seong-Young Kim Published in: Energy Policy, Volume 161, 2022, 112725 Date: 2022
Quality evaluation model of artificial intelligence service for startups
Authors: Baek, C.H., Kim, S.-Y., Lim, S.U. and Xiong, J. Published in: International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research, https://doi.org/10.1108/IJEBR-03-2021-0223 Date: 2021
When bike-sharing crashed in China: a bumpy ride.
Authors: Zhao, S., Xiong, J., Kim, S.-Y., Xu, L. and Yan, J. Published in: Journal of Business Strategy, Vol. 42 No. 5, pp. 295-303 Date: 2021
Playing catch-up: how less developed nations can jump-start technology innovation.
Authors: Xu, L., Kim, S.-Y., Xiong, J., Yan, J., Huang, H. Published in: Journal of Business Strategy, doi/10.1108/JBS-09-2018-0160 Date: 2019
Closing the Gap: The Chinese Electric Vehicle Industry Owns the Road
Authors: Zhao, S., Kim, S.-Y. Wu, H., Yan, J., Xiong, J. Published in: Journal of Business Strategy. doi.org/10.1108/JBS-03-2019-0059 Date: 2019
Strategy execution in public sectors: empirical evidence from Belgium
Authors: Sasidhar Reddy Bhimavarapu, Seong-Young Kim and Jie Xiong. Published in: Journal of Business Strategy. DOI 10.1108/JBS-01-2019-0025 Date: 2019
Competitive Market Embeddedness, Diversity of the Institutional Environment, and Firm Performance
Authors: Kim, S.-Y. Published in: Management International, Vol 23 (special), pp. 183-196 Date: 2019
The bottleneck dilemma at headquarters: new product development for local markets
Authors: Kim, H., Kim, S.-Y. Published in: Journal of Business Strategy, Vol. 40, Issue 1, pp.3-9 Date: 2019
Influence of firm and partner resources on firm performance in alliance portfolio
Authors: Kim, S-Y Published in: M@n@gement, 17 (2), 88-109 Date: 2014
Refereed proceedings - Discipline-Based Scholarship
Competition network, home-region competition, and performance
Authors: Kim, S.-Y. Published in: EIBA (European International Business Academy), Poznan, Poland, December 2019 Date: 2019
Fantastic Four: How middle managers of four hypermarket retailers address paradox
Authors: KIM, Seong Young, Han WU, Jie XIONG Published in: EURAM, Lisbon, Portugal, June 2019 Date: 2019
The effect of national institutional distance on interfirm governance
Authors: Kim, S.-Y. Published in: 10th Asia Academy of Management, Kitakyushu, Japan, June 2017 Date: 2017
The effect of national institutional distance on interfirm governance
Authors: Kim, S.-Y. Published in: AIB 2017 Annual Meeting Conference, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, July 2017 Date: 2017
MNE's interfirm network in home country and liabilities of foreignness in host country
Authors: Kim, S.-Y. Published in: 2015 World conference on business and management, Seoul, South Korea, June 2015 Date: 2015
Presentations of Refereed Papers International
The impact of competitive market embeddedness and diversity of institutional environment on MNE performance.
Authors: Kim, Seong Young and Philippe Monin. Published in: AIMS (Association Internationale de Management Stratégique), Hammamet, Tunisia. Date: 2016
Firm performance and multimarket competition: contingency effect of institutions.
Authors: Kim, Seong Young Published in: EGOS (European Group for Organizational Studies), Naples, Italy. Date: 2016
Normative and Resisting Behaviors of Middle managers in Emerging Market
Authors: Kim, Seong Young and Jie Xiong Published in: Asia-Pacific Conference on Management and Business, Seoul, Republic of Korea. Date: 2014
When Does Endowment of Partners Matter? : The Role of Firm Commitment and Portfolio Cohesion For Performance.
Authors: KIM, Seong Young Published in: Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Orlando, United States of America. Date: 2013
Performance Effects of Diversity of Alliance Portfolio Resources and Market Experience
Authors: Kim, S-Y Published in: Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (AOM), Boston, MA. Date: 2012
When do alliance portfolio resources matter?: The effect of a firm’s market experience.
Authors: Kim, S-Y. & Forgues, B Published in: Annual conference of European Academy of Management (EURAM), Rotterdam. Date: 2012
A matching theory of alliance portfolio configuration and firm performance
Authors: Kim, S-Y Published in: Annual Conference of the Strategic Management Society Date: 2011
Alliance portfolio diversity, strategic position, and performance.
Authors: Kim, S-Y Published in: Annual Conference of the Strategic Management Society (SMS Date: 2011
The attributes of partners and firm performance in alliance portfolios.
Authors: Kim, S-Y Published in: 4th Israel Strategy Conference (ISC), Technion University, Haifa. Israel. Date: 2010
National
Why partners' endowments are not enough: the effect of resource commitment and status for firm performance in a firm's alliances.
Authors: Kim, Seong Young and Ulirch Wassmer Published in: AIMS Date: 2014
