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Dr. Byungku Lee

Dr. Byungku Lee

Main: (909) 448-4577
La Verne / Leo Hall 221

Byungku Lee is an associate professor in Management at the College of Business, ÿÈÕ´óÈü. Dr. Lee earned his Ph.D. and M.A. from University of Nebraska-Lincoln. His basic research examines the long-term influence of CSR on corporate financial performance.

Teaching Interests

  • Strategic Management
  • Entrepreneurship
  • General Management

Research Interests

  • Hybrid organizations
  • Corporate social responsibility
  • Social entrepreneurship
  • General entrepreneurship

Educational Background

  • Ph.D. in Strategic Management, University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Business Administration, Lincoln, NE
  • M.A. in Entrepreneurship, University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Business Administration, Lincoln, NE
  • B.A. in Mathematics, Wonkwang University Arts and Science, South Korea

Publications

  • Lee, B. (2022) Hybrid organizations and innovation. Academy of Management Conference Proceeding, Seattle, WA.
  • Lee, B. (2021) Compassion and the success of social ventures. Academy of Management Conference Proceeding, Virtual 81st Annual Meeting.
  • Lee, B., & Cho, Y. (2020) The legal structure of ventures and exit routes: A study of single-founder startups in the United States. Accepted to the International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation.
  • Ghazzawi, I., Lee, B., & Jagannathan, C. (2019) Preparing college students to become social entrepreneurs through a socially created mission with an impact. Accepted to the International Leadership Journal.
  • Lee, B. & Cho, Y. (2019) The effect of culturally endorsed leadership ideals on nascent and operating social entrepreneurship: An international study. Academy of Management Conference Proceeding, Boston, MA.
  • Ghazzawi, I., Lee, B., & Cho, Y. (2019) Reaching out to underserved high school students: An experiential approach to higher education. Journal of Higher Education Theory and Practice, 19(4), 42-59.
  • Lee, B., & Kelly, L. (2019). Cultural leadership ideals and social entrepreneurship: An international study. Journal of Social Entrepreneurship, 10(1), 108-128.
  • Lee, B. (2019). Human capital and labor: The effect of entrepreneur characteristics on venture success. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior and Research, 25(1), 29-49.
  • Lee, M. S., Kim, T., Lee, B., & Lee, B. (2018) Knowledge search strategies for innovation by SMEs. Pan-Pacific Conference Proceeding, Seoul, South Korea.
  • Kim, T., Lee, B., & Lee, B. (2016). Open innovation in Korean SMEs: Trends and financial performance. Forthcoming in International Journal of Services Sciences.
  • Lee, S. & Lee, B. (2015). The effects of doing better than others and doing better than usual: A longitudinal study of corporate social responsibility. Academy of Management Conference Proceeding, Vancouver, Canada.
  • Lee, S. & Lee, B. (2015). Entrepreneur characteristics and the success of venture exit: An analysis of single-founder start-ups in the U.S. International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, 11(4), 891-905.
  • Lee, B., Kim, T., & Lee, B. (2015). SMEs’ strategic approaches toward inbound open innovation and in-house R&D. Pan-Pacific Conference Proceeding, Hanoi, Vietnam.
  • Jang, S., Lee, B., & Nelson, S. (2014). Institutionalization strategy enhancing firm resources: Isomorphism from firms and its strategic implications. Journal of Management and Strategy, 5(3), 1-9.
  • Lee, C., An, M., & Lee, B. (2011). Effects of organizational rewards on emotional labor and organizational commitment. Pan-Pacific Conference Proceeding, Daejeon, South Korea.
  • Lee, S., Kim, T., Noh, Y., & Lee, B. (2010). Success factors of platform leadership in web 2.0 service business. Service Business, 4(2), 89-103.
  • Hwang, T., Lee, B., Kim, W., & Royle, T. (2010). Too much of a good thing? The negative effects of high levels of quality management on employee creativity. Pan-Pacific Conference Proceeding, Bali, Indonesia.
  • Ji, H. & Lee, B. (2009). The service quality of amusement parks in Korea. Pan-Pacific Conference Proceeding, Shenzhen, China.

Awards / Honors

Distinguished Research Award

  • December 2020 Winning Literati Award, Emerald Publishing: Highly commended paper of International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research
  • April 2019  Institute for Global Business Research: Awarded to ‘Preparing college students to become social entrepreneurs through a socially created mission with an impact’, a research project that I co-worked with Profs. Issam Ghazzawi & Christine Jagannathan.

Othmer Fellowship

  • Aug 2010 University of Nebraska – Lincoln
  • Othmer Fellowships are intended to assist in recruiting exceptional scholars who are seeking a terminal degree (i.e., Ph.D., Ed.D, D.M.A, M.F.A.).
  • Selection Criteria
    • Newly admitted doctoral or M.F.A. student.
    • Exceptional scholar with excellent letters of recommendation and a minimum GPA of 3.5 in previous degree.
    • Student must be offered a department assistantship that is (1) at least equal to the highest amount offered by the department to first-year students and (2) renewable for up to 3 years.
  • Award
    • In addition to the departmental assistantship: fellowships of $4,000 or $8,000 per year can be granted, renewable for up to three years given continued excellent progress toward the degree.

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