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So-Young Son

Yonsei University · Business, Management and Accounting

About the Lab

Professor So-Young Son's research lab specializes in innovation management, data analytics, and policy evaluation, with a strong focus on applying advanced statistical and machine learning methods to real-world challenges in business, public safety, and national development. The lab investigates the drivers of firm performance through open innovation and organizational capabilities, while also developing predictive models for traffic accident severity and national innovation performance using structural equation modeling and data mining techniques. A key research direction involves evaluating the effectiveness of government policies—particularly those supporting women entrepreneurs—through empirical modeling and causal analysis. The lab bridges quantitative methods with practical policy and managerial applications to enhance decision-making in both public and private sectors.

innovation managementdata miningstructural equation modelingpolicy evaluationwomen entrepreneurs

Research Overview

Papers
351
Total Citations
7,064
Papers (5y)
43
Primary Field
Business, Management and Accounting

Research Output Trend

Figures are computed from collected data and may differ slightly.

Publications per year (5y)
43total
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
Citations per year (5y)
353total
20212022202320242025

Selected Papers

15
1
Article|219 citations·2009
Support vector machines for default prediction of SMEs based on technology credit
Hong‐Sik Kim, So Young Sohn
SJR Q1European Journal of Operational Research
AccountingBusiness, Management and Accounting
2
Article|213 citations·2015
Predicting the pattern of technology convergence using big-data technology on large-scale triadic patents
Won Sang Lee, Eun Jin Han, So Young Sohn
SJR Q1Technological Forecasting and Social Change
Management Science and Operations ResearchDecision Sciences
3
Article|174 citations·2018
Global stock market investment strategies based on financial network indicators using machine learning techniques
Tae Kyun Lee, Joon Hyung Cho, Deuk Sin Kwon, So Young Sohn
SJR Q1Expert Systems with Applications
Management Science and Operations ResearchDecision Sciences
4
Article|155 citations·2018
A novel decomposition analysis of green patent applications for the evaluation of R&D efforts to reduce CO2 emissions from fossil fuel energy consumption
Joon Hyung Cho, So Young Sohn
SJR Q1Journal of Cleaner Production
Economics and EconometricsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance
5
Article|152 citations·2016
Technology credit scoring model with fuzzy logistic regression
So Young Sohn, Dong Ha Kim, Jin Hee Yoon
SJR Q1Applied Soft Computing
AccountingBusiness, Management and Accounting
6
Article|139 citations·2002
Data fusion, ensemble and clustering to improve the classification accuracy for the severity of road traffic accidents in Korea
So Young Sohn, Sung Ho Lee
SJR Q1Safety Science
Building and ConstructionEngineering
7
Article|123 citations·2016
Beyond absorptive capacity in open innovation process: the relationships between openness, capacities and firm performance
Joon Mo Ahn, Yonghan Ju, Tae Hee Moon, Tim Minshall, David Probert, So Young Sohn, Letizia Mortara
SJR Q2Technology Analysis and Strategic Management

The literature has shown that open innovation (OI) can be a winning strategy in improving firm performance. However, in order to adopt and implement it, managers need to resolve practical problems, such as understanding the role played by OI capacities and openness on firm performance. In response to these needs, this study aims to investigate the hierarchical relationships between openness, OI capacities and performance using a structural equation model approach. This paper also attempts to com

Strategy and ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting
8
Article|120 citations·2020
Multitask learning for health condition identification and remaining useful life prediction: deep convolutional neural network approach
Tae San Kim, So Young Sohn
SJR Q1Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing
Control and Systems EngineeringEngineering
9
Article|120 citations·1999
Meta analysis of classification algorithms for pattern recognition
So Young Sohn
SJR Q1IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence

Various classification algorithms became available due to a surge of interdisciplinary research interests in the areas of data mining and knowledge discovery. We develop a statistical meta-model which compares the classification performances of several algorithms in terms of data characteristics. This empirical model is expected to aid decision making processes of finding the best classification tool in the sense of providing the minimum classification error among alternatives.

Artificial IntelligenceComputer Science
10
Article|117 citations·2020
Machine-learning-based deep semantic analysis approach for forecasting new technology convergence
Tae San Kim, So Young Sohn
SJR Q1Technological Forecasting and Social Change
Management Science and Operations ResearchDecision Sciences
11
Article|116 citations·2001
Pattern recognition for road traffic accident severity in Korea
So Young Sohn, Hyung-Won Shin
SJR Q2Ergonomics

An increasing number of road traffic accidents (RTA) in Korea has emerged as being harmful both for the economy and for safety. An accurately estimated classification model for several severity types of RTA as a function of related factors provides crucial information for the prevention of potential accidents. Here, three data-mining techniques (neural network, logistic regression, decision tree) are used to select a set of influential factors and to build up classification models for accident s

Safety, Risk, Reliability and QualityEngineering
12
Article|116 citations·2003
Structural equation model for predicting technology commercialization success index (TCSI)
So Young Sohn, Tae Hee Moon
SJR Q1Technological Forecasting and Social Change
Management Science and Operations ResearchDecision Sciences
13
Article|114 citations·2001
Fuzzy QFD for supply chain management with reliability consideration
So Young Sohn, In Su Choi
SJR Q1Reliability Engineering & System Safety
Management of Technology and InnovationBusiness, Management and Accounting
14
Article|106 citations·2017
Comparison of technology efficiency for CO 2 emissions reduction among European countries based on DEA with decomposed factors
Deuk Sin Kwon, Joon Hyung Cho, So Young Sohn
SJR Q1Journal of Cleaner Production
Economics and EconometricsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance
15
Article|95 citations·2017
An optimization approach for the placement of bicycle-sharing stations to reduce short car trips: An application to the city of Seoul
Chung Hae Park, So Young Sohn
SJR Q1Transportation Research Part A Policy and Practice
TransportationSocial Sciences

Research Areas

Management of Technology and InnovationManagement Science and Operations ResearchEconomics and EconometricsSafety, Risk, Reliability and QualityAccountingInformation Systems

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