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

• [3] 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]
• [4] Sarath Balachandran, Sungyong Chang, and Sukhun Kang, "How Do Investors Shape Startups' Response to New Market Opportunities?" [pdf]
• [5] 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
• [6] 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"
• [7] Sukhun Kang and Gary Dushnitsky, "Orchestrating an Ecosystem of Innovative Startups: Ex-Ante and Ex-post Actions and Orchestrator's Performance"

Works in Progress

• “Are Drugs Becoming Less Innovative?” (with Sandra Barbosu)
• “Data Privacy and Innovation: The Case of GDPR” (with Jennifer Kao)

Research Affiliates

• Sarath Balachandran - Assistant Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship, London Business School
• Sandra Barbosu - Senior Policy Manager, Information Technology and Innovation Foundation
• Sungyong Chang - Assistant Professor of Management and Organization, Cornell University
• Gary Dushnitsky - Associate Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship, London Business School
• Olenka Kacperczyk - Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship, London Business School
• Jennifer Kao - Assistant Professor of Strategy, UCLA Anderson School of Management
• Jennifer Miller - Associate Professor, School of Medicine, Yale University
• Yongwook Paik - Associate Professor of Strategy, KAIST College of Business
• Joseph Ross - Professor, School of Medicine and Public Health, Yale University
• Rob Seamans - Associate Professor of Strategy, NYU Stern School of Business