Research Interests
- Innovation and Entrepreneurship; Strategic Management; Business and Public Policy
- Organizational Search; Exploration and Exploitation; Behavioral Strategy
- Biopharmaceutical and High-tech industry
Peer-Reviewed Publications
- [1] Yongwook Paik, Sukhun Kang, and Robert Seamans. 2019. "Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Political Competition: How the Public Sector Helps the Sharing Economy Create Value" Strategic Management Journal, 40: 503-532. [pdf]
- [2] Sukhun Kang, Sungyong Chang, Joseph Ross, and Jennifer Miller. 2021. "Implementation of 21st Century Cures Act Expanded Access Policies Requirement" Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics, 110; 6: 1579-1584. [pdf]
Working Papers / Works in Progress
- Sukhun Kang and Sungyong Chang, "When Do Firms Provide Early Access to Investigational Drugs? Evidence from Expanded Access in the Oncology Drug Market 1990-2020" [pdf]
- Sarath Balachandran, Sungyong Chang, and Sukhun Kang, "How Do Investors Shape Startups' Response to New Market Opportunities?" [pdf]
- 2025 AOM Best Paper Proceedings
- Sukhun Kang, "From Outward to Inward: Reframing Search with New Mapping Criteria"
- 2023 AOM Best Paper Proceedings
- Runner-up for ISA Giarrantani Rising Star Award
- Sukhun Kang, Olenka Kacperczyk, and Yongwook Paik, "Shattering Ceilings While Opening Doors: The Symbolic Effect of the First Female Political Leader on the Mobility Outcomes of Female Employees"
- Gary Dushnitsky and Sukhun Kang, "Orchestrating an Ecosystem of Innovative Startups: Ex-Ante and Ex-post Actions and Orchestrator's Performance"
- Sandra Barbosu and Sukhun Kang, "Innovation in the Biopharmaceutical Industry: Slowing Down or Shifting Focus?"
- Sukhun Kang and Jennifer Kao, "Data Privacy Regulation and Innovation: The Role of Cost and Trust in Collaborative R&D"
- Wesley Greenblatt, Young Hou, and Sukhun Kang, "Do Biomedical Researchers Study Topics Related to Their Own Ethnicities? Evidence from NIH"
- Sukhun Kang, Sandra Barbosu, Sungyong Chang, Fan Ye, "Whitespace in Drug Development: Quantifying the Inter-trial Intervals Between Clinical Trials"
