Full CV

Ph.D. (Entrepreneurship and Strategic Management) Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, NY, 2001

M.Sc (Management Science) Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) Korea, 1990

B.Sc (Business Administration) Hankuk Aviation University, Korea, 1987

Academic Positions Held

Current Appointment:

Assistant Professor, Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University (2002–Present)

Previous Appointment:

Lecturer, Hallym University, Korea (2001–2002)

Other Position(s):

Researcher and Senior Researcher, Policy Research Division, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, Korea (1990–96)

Editorial Activities

Member, Editorial Board of Journal of Business Venturing

Reviewer for Journal of Small Business Management, Asia-Pacific Journal of Management, Asian Business and Management, Asian Case Research Journal, Management Development Journal of Singapore, Journal of Venture Management (Korea), Academy of Management Meetings

Honors & Awards

Nominee for Strategic Management Society Best Conference Paper Prize (2007)

Outstanding Reviewer Award by the Journal of Business Venturing (2006)

Nominee for the William H. Newman Award for outstanding papers based on dissertation at the Academy of Management Meeting (2002)

Coleman Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Scholarship (2000)

Best Papers in Entrepreneurship Area, Academy of Management Meetings (2000)

Participant in Young Entrepreneurship Scholars Retreat (1999, 2005, 2006)

Research grants, Singapore Management University (2003, 2005, 2007)

Course Taught in SMU

Strategy

Selected Consulting Activities

Committee on Export Control of Strategic Technologies (Korea) (1995–96)

The 7th Plenary Meeting of Nuclear Suppliers Group, Argentina (1996)

Committee on Export Control of Strategic Commodities (Korea) (1994–95)

Fission Mo/Tc-99m Technology Commercialization Team, KAERI (1995)

Research Areas

New Venture Strategy

Entrepreneurship

Innovation and Strategy

Current Projects

Corporate Governance and Innovation Search

Strategic Alliances between Large Firms and Small Ventures

Exploration and Exploitation in the Entrepreneurial Process

Stakeholders’ Perception of Newness

Selected Book, Journal & Other Publications

Choi, Y. R., Lévesque, M., Shepherd, D. A. (Forthcoming), "When Should Entrepreneurs Expedite or Delay Opportunity Exploitation? "J . of Business Venturing.

Choi Y.R., Phan, P.H. (2006), "The Influences of Economic and Technology Policy on the Dynamics of New Firm Formation", Small Business Economics 26(5): 493-503.

Choi, Y.R., Shepherd, D.A. (2005), "Stakeholder Perceptions of Age and Other Dimensions of Newness", J. of Management, 31: 573-596.

Choi, Y.R., Shepherd, D.A. (2004), "Entrepreneurs' Decisions to Exploit Opportunities", J. of Management, 30(3): 377-395.

Choi, Y.R., Shanley, M.T. (2000), "A New Venture's Honeymoon Period: Knowledge, Resources and Real Options Reasoning", Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings.

Choi, Y.R., Phan, P.H. (2006), “A Generalized Supply/Demand Approach to National Entrepreneurship: Examples from the United States and South Korea”, In D. Demougin and C. Schade (Eds), Entrepreneurship, Marketing, Innovation (Vol. 2): An
Economic Perspective on Entrepreneurial Decision Making, pp. 11-34. Duncker & Humbolt, Berlin, Germany.

Choi, Y.R. (2005), "Stakeholder Perceptions of Newness: Implications for Resource Acquisition by New Ventures", Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research.

Choi, Y.R., Levesque, M., Shepherd, D.A. (2002), "An Optimal Stopping Model for the Exploration and Exploitation of a New Venture Opportunity", in M.A. Hitt, R. Amit, C. Lucier & R.D. Nixon (Eds.), Creating Value: Winners in the New Business Environment, 131-148. Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishers. (Strategic Management Society Book Series)