He received his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and his BA (cum laude) and MBA (highest honor) from Seoul National University. He won the Barry M. Richman Best Dissertation Award from the International Management Division at the 2013 Academy of Management Annual Meeting. His research interests lie at the intersection of international business and strategic management. His current research explores the theory of the firm, knowledge transfer, barriers to imitation, value appropriation, innovation strategies, political strategies, and social network analysis. He serves on the editorial review boards of the Journal of International Business Studies and Management and Organization Review.