• Youngsun Kwon
• yokwon@kaist.ac.kr
• KAIST Bldg. N22
• http://itip.kaist.ac.kr

We strive to analyze the transformative impact of new information technologies and study strategies for firms to thrive in volatile business environments

• Monitoring how the new information and communications technologies transform economic environments and the ways of doing business
• Studying strategies for firms to successfully cope with challenges
• Studying efficient ways of using spectrum
• Developing AI tools to manage firms and economies efficiently

• Ryoonhee Kim
• ryoonhee@kaist.ac.kr
• KAIST Bldg. N22
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수준 높은 재무 연구를 추구합니다

• Capital structure and cash holdings
• Competition and customer-supplier relationships
• International finance
• AI textual analysis (NLP) in finance
• Climate finance (ESG)

• Wonjoon Kim
• wonjoon.kim@kaist.edu
• KAIST Bldg. N22
• https://cifs.kaist.ac.kr/

Our vision is to become one of leading research organizations in innovation and entrepreneurship areas

• Economics and Management of Emerging Innovation

  We characterize the emerging innovation that is generally called digitization or the 4th industrial revolution (including AI, mobility, hyper-connectedness) and understands their effects on the firm, the market, and industry.

• Entrepreneurship Strategy and Policy

  We explore how entrepreneurship evolves with the changing nature of innovation, and the consequences of these changes for entrepreneurship strategy and policy

• Jihee Kim
• jiheekim@kaist.ac.kr
• KAIST Bldg. N5 #2108
• www.jiheekim.net

My research group studies how economic outcomes are distributed across individuals and regions. We approach our research questions from a new and unique perspective, employing a diverse set of methodologies such as theoretical economic modeling, empirical economic analysis, machine learning, lab and survey experiments.

• Economic Research
  • Economic growth theory and macroeconomics
    • The role of technological progress in economic growth and economic inequality
  • Survey experiments with social and policy implications
    • What determines labor market responses to generative AI
    • The effect of information nudge on charitable giving
    • The effect of information nudge of preferences for redistribution
• Interdisciplinary
  • Economics + Machine learning : spatial economic measurement using machine learning and satellite imagery, in collaboration with computer scientists and geographers
  • Environmental measurement, in collaboration with computer scientists and geographers using machine learning and satellite imagery
  • Energy policy, in collaboration with nuclear engineering researchers

• Kevin Kim
• kevin.kim7@kaist.ac.kr
• KAIST Bldg. N22
• https://faer.quv.kr/

Our FAER research group in KAIST study the role of financial accounting in numerous business activities.

• ESG as an Accounting information

  We are studying ESG in the financial market. How market participants react to ESG information and their dynamics are our main research interst.

• Unstructured (Accounting) information in financial market

  We have tons of unstructured data in financial market, such as mandatory annual/quarterly (text) report, corporate earnigs call audio data, and Fed’s regular call video data. we are actively analyzing those data using AI techniques to discover unique pattern which could not be found in the prior research.

• Hye-jin Kim
• hyejinkim@kaist.ac.kr
• KAIST Bldg. N22
• https://bit.ly/Q_Marketing_BTM

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• Research Focus of Q-Marketing Lab

  Q-Marketing Lab specializes in empirical analysis of marketing and business problems. The focus is on using quantitative methods for important marketing questions.

• Quantitative Methods and Industry Applications

  The lab applies econometrics, statistical methods, and big-data analytics to understand consumer behavior. This research aids businesses in various industries like social media, entertainment, and food.

• Emerging Market Trends Exploration

  The lab explores the effects of new technologies like artificial intelligence and the metaverse on the market.

• Jiyong Eom
• eomjiyong@kaist.ac.kr
• KAIST Bldg. N22
• https://kaistceps.quv.kr/

카이스트 기후 에너지 정책 전략 연구실

• Integrated assessments of climate and technology policies

  We work to provide decision-makers with rigorous and data-driven insights into the impacts and trade-offs of various policy approaches to climate change and technology innovation

• Demand-side solutions for energy and climate
• Sustainable finance and ESG reporting

• Duk Hee Lee
• dhlnexys@kaist.ac.kr
• KAIST Bldg. N22
• https://nexys.kaist.ac.kr/

NEXYS Lab focuses on network and complexity economics, providing advanced economic feasibility analyses for diverse business cases and government policies.

• Network & Complexity Economics

  We work to provide decision-makers with rigorous and data-driven insights into the impacts and trade-offs of various policy approaches to climate change and technology innovation

• Innovation Ecosystem

  Innovation Network Analysis, Endogenous Innovation, Clustering & Spatial Pattern

• ICT Economics & Policy

  Industral Organization, Platform Business, Regulatory Policy

• Sujin Lee
• sujinlee@kaist.ac.kr
• KAIST Bldg. N22
• https://humaninnovation.kaist.ac.kr/

수평적인 분위기와 존중이 있는 연구실이며, 조직행동의 최신 트렌드에 발맞춘 연구 수행으로 탁월한 성과를 창출합니다.

• Creativity and Innovation

  We investigate the facilitators and inhibitors of creative thinking in organizational settings, striving to uncover the conditions that foster the generation of novel and useful ideas in the workplace.

• Ethical Decision Making

  Unethical behavior involves actions that violate moral principles, while ethical behavior encompasses actions that benefit others or society. We explore the mechanisms of these behaviors, such as gratitude, and draw implications for specific areas, such as negotiator ethicality, ethical leadership.

• Cutting-edge Interdisciplinary Research

  We examine the latest trends in organizational behavior and have expanded our scope to interdisciplinary research. We investigate cyberpsychology within the metaverse and explore environmental psychology in terms of how workspace influences affective, cognitive, and mental health aspects in humans.

• Chul Ho Lee
• irontigerlee@kaist.ac.kr
• KAIST Bldg. N22
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We are MIS lab with empirical study, field experiment.

• IS study

  We conducted platform users behavior, policy, cryptocurrency platform, mobile app, financial data…etc

• Secondary data analysis
• Field experiment

• Seungwon (Eugene) Jeong
• seungwon.jeong@kaist.ac.kr
• KAIST Bldg. N22
• metanomics.kaist.ac.kr

We have various backgrounds and support both theoretical and data-driven research.

• Microeconomics

  We explore the dynamics of individual economic agents and their strategic interactions within markets to optimize outcomes and understand decision-making processes.

• Blockchain

  We explore various phenomena derived from blockchain, such as blockchain governance issues and the prediction of cryptocurrency price trends based on blockchain data.

• Jae-Yong Choung
• jychoung@kaist.ac.kr
• KAIST Bldg. N22
• www.tinno.kaist.ac.kr

We strive to understand latecomer technology catch-up process and upgrading/transition strategies via policy and firm’s innovation analysis.

• Science and Technology Policy

  • Schumpeter’s theory, Evolutionary theory, Case study research

• Technology Management at Firm and National Level

  • Post catch-up products and firms’ development policy
  • Latecomer technology innovation catch-up model by Linsu Kim (1997)
  • Technological and non-technological indicators of industrial upgrading in Korea
  • Transformation and rigidity of R&D policies

• Hyun Ju Jung
• hyunju.jung@kaist.ac.kr
• KAIST Bldg. N22
• https://sites.google.com/view/hyun-ju-jung

We conduct research on strategic management for technology, innovation, and entrepreneurship.

• Firm innovation strategy

  We explore how firms search and recombine knowledge to generate novel technologies and breakthrough inventions.

• The origin of innovation and entrepreneurship

  We study scientific research as a primary source of firm innovation, focusing on the impact of institutional intervention on the nature of university research as well as university technology commercialization and extend research on technology-driven entrepreneurship.

• Institutions for innovation

  We examine the issue of corporate social responsibility of innovating firms from the perspectives of institutional failure and environmental responsibility.

• Hangjung Zo
• joezo@kaist.ac.kr
• KAIST Bldg. N22
• www.arachnelab.com

Arachne lab aims to explore interwoven web of ICT systems, in order to draft effective directions for digital as well as digital social innovations.

• Strategies and behaviors of individuals and organizations on the World Wide Web

  We use theoretical foundations to understand human behavior on the Web and discern the practical implications of new Web technologies

• Investigating trends and the application of new technologies related to the web

  We provide theoretical foundations for various phenomena on the Web and predict the economic, social, and technological changes on the Web.

• Choi, Hoyong
• hoyong.choi@kaist.ac.kr
• KAIST Bldg. N22
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Research of asset pricing in the equity and bond markets.

• Empirical Analysis of Asset Pricing in the Equity and Bond Market
• Methodologies such as Kalman filter, EM algorithm, etc.

• SeungHun Han
• synosia@kaist.ac.kr
• KAIST Bldg. N22 #607
• synosia.kaist.ac.kr

SYNOSIA 연구실에서는 기업재무에 속한 다양한 주제의 연구를 수행합니다.

• Comprehensive research on determinants of firm value

  We work to figure out the effect of agency problem and various corporate finance issues on firm value and to evaluate/develop corporate financial devices for the best interests of shareholders. We study any topic that affects firm value including M&A, spinoffs, internal capital markets, credit ratings, corporate governance, etc.

• ESG and corporate finance

  We study the impact of the ESG-related issues on firm value and the market reactions to such issues, examining how the ESG factors have shifted the paradigm. Our research area includes ESG rating, bond, disclosures, reputational risk, etc.

• Young Eun Huh
• younghuh@kaist.ac.kr
• KAIST Bldg. N22, 4F Research Lab
• https://sites.google.com/site/youngeunhuh/home

World-class research, abundant research funding and data, and collaboration with big names! We Are One Team!

• Generative AI and Consumer Decision-Making

  We offer a comprehensive understanding of consumer responses to generative AI and its services/products, using experimental methods.

• Lay Beliefs about AI for Personnel Selection

  We explore lay beliefs about AI for personnel selection by collaborating with AI companies, carrying out field experiments, and conducting quantitative data analysis.

• Consumer Interaction with AI Chatbot

  We collect real consumer interaction data with AI chatbots to understand their behaviors and attitudes toward these technologies.

• Thomas Steinberger
• tomsteinberger@kaist.ac.kr
• KAIST Bldg. N22 #505
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Exploring the creation of smart organizations using AI, studying how experts use data in daily tasks, and developing interactive databases for niche fields like synthetic biology.

• Design and management of intelligent organizations

  We draw on ideas and technologies from the AI field to theorize and design intelligent organizations. Our research is interdisciplinary, spanning management and organization theory, AI, database theory, human-computer interaction, and strategic management.

• Data practices in organizations

  We conduct ethnographic research on how domain experts, as end-users of data science and AI systems, interact with data in their everyday work practices and settings.

• Design of interactive database management systems

  We construct datasets in specific domains (e.g., synthetic biology) and theorize and design interactive database management systems.