Jin Hyung Kim

Dr. Jin Hyung Kim is an assistant professor of international business. He joined the George Washington University School of Business (GWSB) in 2017.

His research interests include non-market strategy, particularly 1) corporate lobbying strategy and foreign multinational enterprises (MNEs), 2) country and societal institutions and corporate lobbying, and 3) regulatory change and business-government relations. Professor Kim explores what non-market strategies firms implement to influence the non-market environment to achieve better outcomes in a global strategy context and what types of institutions drive their nonmarket behaviors. Professor Kim also studies the implications of non-market environments and its interactions with firms such as regulatory change and business-government relations.

Professor Kim is actively engaging in the academic community. He is a member of the Strategic Management Journal Editorial Review Board and recognized as Best Reviewer for his service. Professor Kim has also been actively involved in building an academic research community and a member of the Non-Market Strategy Research Community (NMSRC), a scholarly community interested in nonmarket strategy and in promoting related research composed of renowned scholars in the field, since 2018.

Professor Kim did his undergraduate study in management and international business at Yonsei University in Korea, and then served a company commander role as a commissioned officer in the Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF). Following military service, he joined Oliver Wyman as a management consultant and was involved in multiple corporate and global strategy projects. He left Oliver Wyman to pursue a master’s degree at the School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) at Columbia University and then earned his doctorate degree from Harvard Business School (HBS).

Updated on September 5, 2024.