New Faculty Interview of College of Management: Professor Ko Young Jin

 

Professor Ko Young Jin, who is currently offering Entrepreneurship and HRM, Strategic management, Asia business environment, and IHRM courses in NSYSU, grew up in Seoul, Korea. 

 

After working at several companies for over a decade, Professor Young decided to devote himself to education since it has always been his dream to be a researcher in academia.「學而致(智)遠，若披祥雲而觀(睹)青天，如登高山而望四海。」by Zhuang Zi is his family motto. “I never forgot this and never stopped learning even when I worked in the industry.” he says.

 

Professor Young shared with us his three stages of ten-year plan of life: Practical Working phase, Academic Training phase, and the Research phase. During the first 10 years, He worked in big MNEs such as General Motors, LG and Samsung. He exported car components, defended an anti-dumping lawsuit by the US Department of Commerce, and analyzed Chinese IT market. Also, he taught four courses in New York Institute of Technology before joining NSYSU.

 

The other 10 years is for academic training. Professor Young studied International Commerce in undergraduate and graduate school and earned his Ph.D. in Organization and Strategic Management from Peking University. 

 

The next 10 years will be research periods, Professor Young aims to publish 20 journals in 10 years. Specifically, Young is targeting at least 2 top tier journals. 

 

Professor Young’s research areas now are Innovation and Entrepreneurship, M&A (Mergers and Acquisitions), and SHRM (Strategic Human Resource Management). To be specific, he is currently doing researches on SOE (State Owned Enterprise) in M&A. In addition, he is working on a project comparing start-ups in Taiwan and Korea in that the two countries have different social and economic structures. Small and medium-sized firms are the key driving economic force of the Taiwan, while Korean economy is dominated by a few big companies.

 

Speaking of NSYSU, Professor Young mentioned that he likes the research environment and the beautiful view here. The campus is right next to both the mountains and the beach, where he sometimes takes a stroll at.