EUNHEE SOHN
Curriculum Vitae
July 2014
100 Main Street, E62-365
Cambridge, MA 02142
[email protected]
+1 857 208 0283
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA.
M.S., International Business/Strategy, Seoul National University, Korea
B.A., Business Administration, Seoul National University, Korea
Jun 2015 (expected)
2009
2007
DISSERTATION
“Reverse Knowledge Spillovers and Microfoundations of Endogenous Scientific Change:
Evidence from the Agricultural Biotechnology Industry”
My dissertation provides the first empirical analysis of the underexplored reverse direction of
localized knowledge spillovers between industry and academia: how local industry R&D can
shape the rate and direction of academic research in the regional innovation system. I present an
analytical framework of the endogeneity of academic science, which proposes that academic
researchers are motivated to explore opportunities emerging from the local industry environment
when their incentives align with university’s institutional logic and individual career
considerations. Based on the analytical framework, I test and find support for my argument in the
setting of the agricultural biotechnology industry, examining how academic organizations and
individuals colocated with the agricultural industry incumbents responded to the industry’s foray
into plant biotechnology R&D in the 1980s.
Committee: Scott Stern (Chair), Christian Catalini, Matt Marx, James Utterback
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Knowledge Spillovers, Technology Strategy, Academic Entrepreneurship, Industry Evolution,
Regional Innovative System
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WORKING PAPER
Sohn, Eunhee (2014). The Impact of Local Industrial R&D on Academic Science: Evidence
From the Agricultural Biotechnology Industry. Academy of Management Annual Meetings Best
Paper Proceedings.
WORK IN PROGRESS
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“Investing in Knowledge Ties: Shifting Trajectory of University Science through Outward
Mobility”
“Cross-national Study of Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Instrumental Variable Approach”
“Paradigm Shift and Interdepartmental Knowledge Spillover” (with Brian Park)
HONORS & AWARDS
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Finalist for the TIM Division’s Best Student Paper Award, Academy of Management
Meeting, 2014
Best Paper Proceedings of the Academy of Management Meeting, 2014
MIT Sloan Doctoral Fellowship, 2009-Present
Korea Foundation for Advanced Studies Fellowship for Overseas Doctoral Studies, 20092014
PRESENTATIONS
“The Impact of Local Industrial R&D on Academic Science: Evidence from the Agricultural
Biotechnology Industry”
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MIT-TIES seminar, Sep 2014 (scheduled), MIT Sloan, Cambridge MA
Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Aug 2014 (scheduled), Philadelphia PA
DRUID Society Conference, Jun 2014, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
Charles River Conference & Doctoral Workshop, May 2014, Harvard Business
School, Boston MA
Consortium for Cooperativeness and Competition, March 2013, Kansas City, MO
TEACHING EXPERIENCE & TRAINING
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MIT Teaching Certificate Program, Jun 2014
Regional Entrepreneurial Acceleration Lab, MIT Sloan Fellows Program, Fall 2012,
Teaching assistant for Professor Fiona Murray & Professor Richard Locke
Competitive Strategy, MIT Sloan Executive MBA, Spring 2012
Teaching assistant for Professor Scott Stern & Professor Pierre Azoulay
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INVITED DOCTORAL CONSORTIA
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Academy of Management BPS Dissertation Consortium, 2014
Academy of Management TIM Doctoral Consortium, 2013
NBER Entrepreneurship Summer Bootcamp, 2013
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES & MEMBERSHIP
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MIT Regional Entrepreneurship Acceleration Program (researcher)
Academy of Management (member, reviewer)
LANGUAGES
Korean (native), English (fluent), Chinese (advanced)
REFERENCES
Scott Stern
Professor of Technological Innovation,
Entrepreneurship, and Strategic
Management
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
100 Main Street E62 - 476
Cambridge, MA 02142 USA
+1 (617) 253-3053
[email protected]
Christian Catalini
Assistant Professor of Technological
Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Strategic
Management
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
100 Main Street E62 - 480
Cambridge, MA 02142 USA
+1 (617) 253-6727
[email protected]
Matt Marx
Associate Professor of Technological
Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Strategic
Management
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
100 Main Street E62 - 478
Cambridge, MA 02142 USA
+1 (617) 253-5539
[email protected]
James Utterback
Professor of Technological Innovation,
Entrepreneurship, and Strategic
Management
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
100 Main Street E62 - 467
Cambridge, MA 02142 USA
+1 (617) 253-2661
[email protected]
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