Education

   •    Ph.D. in Information Systems (Minor: Economics), Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland, Expected May 2014

   •    M.S. Management Engineering, KAIST Business School, 2006

   •    B.S. Mechanical And Aerospace Engineering, Seoul National University, 2000

Research Interests

Economics of Information Systems

Crowdfunding/Crowdsourcing, Open Innovation, Social Influence, Mobile Applications, Digitization, IT and Finance Interface, Empirical IO, Bayesian Statistical Analysis, and Structural Modelling

Referred Proceedings

   •    Kim, Keongtae, Anand Gopal and Gerard Hoberg, “Product Market Competition and Corporate Venture Capital Investments: Evidence from the IT Industry”, Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings, 2012, Boston, Massachusetts.

   •    Kim, Keongtae and Sunil Mithas, “How Does Bond Market View IT Investments of Firms: An Empirical Analysis of Bond Ratings and Yield Spreads”, Proceedings of the 32th International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), 2011, Shanghai, China.

Papers Under Review

   •    Kim, Keongtae, Anand Gopal and Gerard Hoberg, “Does Product Market Competition Drive Open Innovation? Evidence from CVC Investments in the IT Industry”, Under 1st round review at Management Science

   •    Kim, Keongtae, Sunil Mithas and Michael Kimbrough, “Assessing Risks Associated with IT Investments across Industries: Evidence from Bond Markets”, Revision requested for 2nd round review at Management Science

   •    Kim, Keongtae, Sunil Mithas, Jonathan Whitaker and Prasanto K. Roy, “Industry-Specific Human Capital and Wages: Evidence from an Emerging Economy”, Revision requested for 3rd round review at Information Systems Research

Working Papers

   •    Kim, Keongtae and Siva Viswanathan, “The Signals in the Noise: Role of Reputable Investors in Crowdfunding Markets”

   •    Kim, Keongtae and Il-Horn Hann, “Democratization of Financing: How Does Geographic Location Affect the Adoption of Crowdfunding”

   •    Mithas, Sunil, Hank Lucas and Keongtae Kim, “Information Technology and Baumol's "Disease" How Information Technology Influences Productivity of Service Activities”

Conference Presentations

   •    Kim, Keongtae, Anand Gopal and Gerard Hoberg, “Does Product Market Competition Drive Open Innovation? Evidence from CVC Investments in the IT Industry”, Darden & Judge Entrepreneurship and Innovation Research Conference, 2013, Charlottesville, Virgina.

   •    Kim, Keongtae, Anand Gopal and Gerard Hoberg, “Product Market Competition and Corporate Venture Capital Investments: Evidence from the IT Industry”, Conference on Information Systems and Technology, 2012, Phoenix, Arizona.

   •    Kim, Keongtae, Anand Gopal and Gerard Hoberg, “Product Market Competition and Corporate Venture Capital Investments: Evidence from the IT Industry”, Academy of Management Meetings, 2012, Boston, Massachusetts.

   •    Kim, Keongtae, Anand Gopal and Gerard Hoberg, “Product Market Competition and Corporate Venture Capital Investments: Evidence from the IT Industry”, Statistical Challenges in eCommerce Research, 2012, Montreal, QC.

   •    Kim, Keongtae and Sunil Mithas, “How Does Bond Market View IT Investments of Firms: An Empirical Analysis of Bond Ratings and Yield Spreads”, International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), 2011, Shanghai, China.

   •    Kim, Keongtae and Sunil Mithas, “How Does Bond Market View IT Investments of Firms: An Empirical Analysis of Bond Ratings and Yield Spreads”, Conference on Information Systems and Technology (CIST), 2011, Charlotte, North Carolina.

   •    Sunil Mithas, Hank Lucas and Keongtae Kim, “Information Technology and Baumol's "Disease"? How IT Influences Productivity of Service Activities”, Conference on Information Systems and Technology (CIST), 2010, Austin, Texas.

Teaching

BMGT 301: Introduction to Information Systems (undergraduate), University of Maryland, Spring 2012 and Spring 2013

Professional Experience

   •    Samsung Research Institute of Finance, May 2007 - May 2009

   •    Korean Reinsurance Company, Dec 2005 - Apr 2007

This page was updated on 22 Mar 2013