Prof. Keongtae Kim is an Associate Professor in Department of Decisions, Operations and Technology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) Business School. Prior to joining CUHK, he was an Assistant Professor at Department of Information Systems at the City University of Hong Kong. He earned his PhD in Information Systems from the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland. His main research focuses on economics of information and technology, digital innovation/entrepreneurship, FinTech and economics of AI/ML. His research has been published at Information Systems Research and MIS Quarterly. He has won several awards including AIS Early Career Award, CUHK Young Researcher Award, and Management Science Meritorious Award. He has consulted for and collaborated with several companies including Naver and Wadiz.
PhD in Information Systems, 2014
University of Maryland at College Park
MS in Management Engineering, 2006
KAIST Business School
BEng in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, 2000
Seoul National University
(Joint work with Hao Ying and Hongfei Li) Examine the economics of the NFT market
(Joint work with Gunwoong Lee and Bora Jeong) Examine the effect of the shutdown of a legal distribution channel of live sports broadcasting on illegal gambling activities
(Joint work with Miaozhe Han, Gunwoong Lee and Mingi Song) Examine examine how a bike sharing program influences the success of local businesses
(Joint work with Gunwoong Lee, Jinsoo Han, and Dokyun Lee) Examine the effect of a mobile location-based recommendation systems on local economy
(Joint work with Gunwoong Lee and Mingi Song) Examine how a bike sharing program influences the success of local businesses
(Joint work with Yingxin Zhou and David Ahlstrom) Examine the effect of regulations on the movement of ICO (Initial Coin Offering) startups across countries
(Joint work with Yingxin Zhou and Jenny Jin) Examine the impact of external promoters versus internal promoters on product promotion success
(Joint work with Nohyoon Seong, Youngchan Hwang, and Jooyoung Park) Examine the effect of equity crowdfunding on startup performance
(Joint work with Jooyoung Park, Ying-yi Hong, and jungkeun Kim) Examine the effect of physical attractiveness of recipients on donations decisions in a prosocial microlending market by combining both the archival data analysis and controlled experiments
CUHK Business School, Chinese University of Hong Kong
College of Business, City University of Hong Kong
Korea University Business School
Robert H. Smith School of Business, Unversity of Maryland