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Byung Il Park

Hanyang University · Business, Management and Accounting

About the Lab

Professor Byung Il Park's research lab specializes in international business and innovation management, with a strong focus on emerging market multinational corporations (EMNCs), foreign direct investment (FDI), and the strategic dynamics of technological innovation and knowledge acquisition. The lab investigates how ownership structure, absorptive capacity, dynamic capabilities, and organizational compatibility influence firm performance and learning in multinational settings. It also explores the theoretical and empirical foundations of cross-border mergers and acquisitions, particularly in the context of China and Korea, and examines the role of institutional and market factors in shaping innovation outcomes. The lab integrates institutional theory, resource-based view, and dynamic capabilities perspectives to develop new frameworks such as the OILL paradigm for understanding EMNC-driven FDI in developed economies.

emerging market MNCsknowledge acquisitiondynamic capabilitiesforeign direct investmentinnovation performance

Research Overview

Papers
166
Total Citations
3,530
Papers (5y)
48
Primary Field
Business, Management and Accounting

Research Output Trend

Figures are computed from collected data and may differ slightly.

Publications per year (5y)
48total
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Citations per year (5y)
577total
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Selected Papers

15
1
Article|260 citations·2014
Determinants influencing CSR practices in small and medium sized MNE subsidiaries: A stakeholder perspective
Byung Il Park, Pervez Ghauri
SJR Q1Journal of World BusinessOA
Strategy and ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting
2
Article|218 citations·2012
Does Ownership Structure Matter for Firm Technological Innovation Performance? The Case of Korean Firms
Suk Bong Choi, Byung Il Park, Paul Hong
SJR Q1Corporate Governance An International Review

ABSTRACT Manuscript Type: Empirical Research Question/Issue: This study examines the influence of firms' ownership structure on their technological innovation performance. First, we have examined whether ownership concentration positively influences technological innovation performance. Then we have investigated the primary reasons for the results derived from the first stage of our analysis by circumstantially exploring the impacts of four different ownership types. Research Findings/Insights:

AccountingBusiness, Management and Accounting
3
Article|177 citations·2014
Corporate social responsibility: Stakeholders influence on MNEs’ activities
Byung Il Park, Agnieszka Chidlow, Jiyul Choi
SJR Q1International Business Review
Strategy and ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting
4
Article|157 citations·2010
Knowledge transfer capacity of multinational enterprises and technology acquisition in international joint ventures
Byung Il Park
SJR Q1International Business Review
Strategy and ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting
5
Article|104 citations·2010
Key factors affecting acquisition of technological capabilities from foreign acquiring firms by small and medium sized local firms
Byung Il Park, Pervez Ghauri
SJR Q1Journal of World Business
Strategy and ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting
6
Article|87 citations·2008
What matters to managerial knowledge acquisition in international joint ventures? High knowledge acquirers versus low knowledge acquirers
Byung Il Park
SJR Q1Asia Pacific Journal of Management
Strategy and ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting
7
Article|84 citations·2017
Bring institutions into FDI spillover research: Exploring the impact of ownership restructuring and institutional development in emerging economies
Shufeng Xiao, Byung Il Park
SJR Q1International Business Review
Strategy and ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting
8
Article|62 citations·2013
Foreign direct investment spillover effects in China: Are they different across industries with different technological levels?
Yongbok Jeon, Byung Il Park, Pervez Ghauri
SJR Q1China Economic Review
Strategy and ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting
9
Article|61 citations·2014
Culture clashes in cross-border mergers and acquisitions: A case study of Sweden's Volvo and South Korea's Samsung
Sung-Jun Lee, Joongwha Kim, Byung Il Park
SJR Q1International Business Review
Strategy and ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting
10
Article|54 citations·2021
Doing good by combating bad in the digital world: Institutional pressures, anti-corruption practices, and competitive implications of MNE foreign subsidiaries
Byung Il Park, Shufeng Xiao
SJR Q1Journal of Business Research
Strategy and ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting
11
Article|47 citations·2019
‘2R-Based View’ on the Internationalization of Service MNEs from Emerging Economies: Evidence from China
Shufeng Xiao, Yong Kyu Lew, Byung Il Park
SJR Q1Management International Review
Strategy and ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting
12
Article|46 citations·2013
Control mechanisms of MNEs and absorption of foreign technology in cross-border acquisitions
Byung Il Park, Jiyul Choi
SJR Q1International Business Review
Strategy and ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting
13
Article|41 citations·2008
Knowledge Acquisition and Performance: The Role of Foreign Parents in Korean IJVs
Byung Il Park, Axèle Giroud, Hafiz Mirza, Jeryl Whitelock
SJR Q1Asian Business & Management
Strategy and ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting
14
Article|41 citations·2012
The Impact of Turbulent Events on Knowledge Acquisition
Pervez Ghauri, Byung Il Park
SJR Q1Management International Review
Strategy and ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting
15
Article|41 citations·2014
Foreign direct investment motivations and knowledge acquisition from MNEs in overseas subsidiaries
Byung Il Park, Jiyul Choi
SJR Q2Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences / Revue Canadienne des Sciences de l Administration

Abstract Despite studies exploring factors affecting knowledge acquisition from multinational enterprises in subsidiaries, what accounts for a successful acquisition is unresolved. We argue that such disparity may stem from inattention to investment motivations of multinational enterprises (MNEs) in foreign markets and to the fact that learning patterns of subsidiaries can be influenced by foreign firms' market‐seeking or efficiency‐seeking behaviors. We find that absorptive capacity in learning

Strategy and ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting

Research Areas

Strategy and ManagementAerospace EngineeringAccountingManagement of Technology and InnovationMaterials ChemistrySociology and Political Science

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