Koungjin (KJ) Lim
Ph.D. Candidate in Management (Strategy)
Purdue University Mitch Daniels School of Business
Contact: lim270@purdue.edu
I am a Ph.D. candidate in Management at Purdue University. My research interests encompass corporate strategy, strategic human capital, and their intersection. I study how firms strategically develop their human capital resources following both successful and unsuccessful acquisition attempts, and how this development shapes their future performances.
Research
Unlocking Synergies Through Hiring
(with Heejung Byun)
Revise & Resubmit at Strategic Management Journal
2024 AOM Best Paper Proceedings
2024 AOM STR Div. Best Paper Award Nominee
Build, Borrow, Buy… or Bail
(with R. Anthony Gibbs, Heejung Byun)
Under Review
2023 AOM Best Paper Proceedings
2023 AOM STR Div. Distinguished Paper Award in Corporate and International Strategy
2023 SMS Annual Conference Best Paper Prize Honorable Mention
2023 SMS Corporate Strategy Interest Group Best Paper Award Finalist
2023 SMS Annual Conference Research Methods Paper Prize Nominee
Teaching
Purdue University - Mitch Daniels School of Business
(Undergraduate) Strategic Management, 2020 - 2024
Average Course and Instructor Evaluation: 4.7/5.0
5-time Recognition as Distinguished Lecturer at the Daniels School of Business
Winner, University Teaching Academy Teaching Award (College-level teaching award), 2023
Awards and Grants
Nominee, Best Paper Award, STR Division of the Academy of Management, 2024
Recipient, Performance Recognition Awards for Doctoral Students ($1,500), Purdue University, 2024
Honorable Mention, Annual Conference Best Paper Prize, Strategic Management Society, 2023
Finalist, Corporate Strategy Interest Group Best Paper Award, Strategic Management Society, 2023
Nominee, Annual Conference Research Methods Paper Prize, Strategic Management Society, 2023
Winner, Distinguished Paper Award in Corporate and International Strategy, STR Division of the Academy of Management, 2023
Recipient, Purdue Graduate Student Government Travel Grants ($750), Purdue University, 2023
Recipient, University Teaching Academy Graduate Teaching Award, Purdue University, 2023
Recipient, Doctoral Fellowship Awards for Excellence in Research, Purdue University, 2022-2023
Recipient, Krannert Certificate for Distinguished Teaching, Purdue University, 5 semesters
Recipient, Krannert Doctoral Student Research Funds ($2,015), Purdue University, 2022
Recipient, Strategic Management Scholar Award ($2,500), Purdue University, 2018-2022
Recipient, Graduate Fellowship, Korea Advanced Institution of Science and Technology, 2015-2016
Winner, Best Paper Award, Korea Center for International Finance, 2013