Joon Nak CHOI | HKUST Department of Management

Adjunct Associate Professor

Joon Nak CHOI

Adjunct Associate Professor

Bio

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Department of Management, Adjunct Associate Professor, 2023 - present; Adjunct Assistant Professor, 2017 - 2023; Assistant Professor, 2011 - 2017.
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Department of Department of Information Systems, Business Statistics and Operations Management, Advisor to the MSc program in Business Analytics, 2022 - present.
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Institute for Emerging Market Studies, Faculty Associate, 2013 - present.
Stanford University, Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center, Freeman-Spogli Institute for International Studies, William Perry Postdoctoral Fellow, 2010 - 2011.

Ramirez, C., Choi, J.N. & Duron, R. 2022. COVID-19 vaccination policies and the new challenges of international travel. Clinical and Experimental Vaccine Research, 11: 1-3.
Duron, R., Sánchez, E., Choi, J.N., Peralta, G., Ventura, S.G., Soto, R., Rodríguez, G., Arens, C., Farach, E., Figueroa, J., Pineda, G., Romero, A., Rodríguez, O., Discua, D., & Salgado, J. 2021. Honduras: two hurricanes, COVID-19, dengue, and the need for a new digital health surveillance system. Journal of Public Health, 43:e297-e298.
Choi, J.N. and Hong, J.Y. 2020. Social networks as a political resource: Revisiting Korean democratic transition. Journal of East Asian Studies, 20: 75-98.
Choi, J.N. 2019. From miracle to mirage: The making and unmaking of the Korean middle class, 1960-2015 (book review). The American Journal of Sociology, 125, September 2019.
Shin, G.W., Choi, J. & Moon, R. 2019. Skilled migrants as human and social capital in Korea. Asian Survey, 59: 673-692.
Choi, J.N., Kang, M. and Shin, G.W. 2014. Democratic transition and intra-party politics: The distribution of key party positions in democratizing South Korea. The Journal of Korean Studies, 19: 7-36.

Shin, G.W. & Choi, J.N. 2015. Global Talent: Towards a New Model of Engaging Skilled Foreigners in Korea. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press.
- Review: Reiko Ogawa. 2018. Journal of Asian and African Studies 53: 1272-1275.
- Review: Keumjae Park. 2016. International Migration Review. Fall 2016.
- Review: Hilary J. Holbrow. 2016. Work and Occupations 43: 112-114.

Choi, J.N., Lee, Y.S. & Shin, G.W. 2018. Strategic, Policy and Social Innovation for a Post-Industrial Korea: Beyond the Miracle. Routledge.

Choi, J. N. Introduction. 2018. In Choi, J. N., Lee, Y. S. & Shin, G. W. (Ed.) Strategic, Policy and Social Innovations for a Post-Industrial Korea: Beyond the Miracle. Routledge.
Choi, J.N. & Eesley, C. 2018. Brain drain, circulation and linkage: Sequence analysis of Korean nationals graduating from Stanford. In Choi, J. N., Lee, Y. S. & Shin, G. W. (Ed.) Strategic, Policy and Social Innovations for a Post-Industrial Korea: Beyond the Miracle. Routledge.
Shin, G.W. & Choi, J.N. 2016. From brain drain to brain linkage: Korean students abroad as transnational bridges. In Oh, Y.C., Shin, G.W. & Moon, R. (Ed.) Internationalizing Higher Education in Korea: Challenges and Opportunities in Comparative Perspective. Washington, DC: The Brookings Institution Press.

Choi, J.N., Young, M., Lee, Y.G. & Ho, M. 2021. Ampersand Bookstore and Café (A): Surviving the Bookstore Apocalypse. Thompson Center for Business Case Studies at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and Harvard Business School Publishing (ST90).
Choi, J.N., Young, M., Lee, Y.G. & Ho, M. 2021. Ampersand Bookstore and Café (B): Challenges and Opportunities for Growth. Thompson Center for Business Case Studies at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and Harvard Business School Publishing (ST91).
Young, M., Choi, J.N. & Ho, M. 2020. Molex: Leading a Technology Startup in a Fast-Changing Environment. Thompson Center for Business Case Studies at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and Harvard Business School Publishing (ST88).
- Winner, HKUST EMBA Alumni Association Award for Best Case, 2022-2023
Choi, J.N. & Ho, M. 2019. Sons and Daughters: Guanxi as a Double-Edged Sword. Thompson Center for Business Case Studies at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and Harvard Business School Publishing (ST71).
- Bestselling / popular case, Harvard Business School Publishing
Choi, J.N. & Ho, M. 2019. Samsung as a Silicon Valley Company. Thompson Center for Business Case Studies at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and Harvard Business School Publishing (ST72).
- Bestselling / popular case, Harvard Business School Publishing

Choi, J.N. & Tam, J. Is vaccination the key to a better life? We don’t know – but we should find out. South China Morning Post, 2 September 2021.
Choi, J.N. Chinese consumer spending will rise again once the coronavirus crisis ends. Are businesses ready? The View, South China Morning Post, 26 February 2020.
Choi, J.N. Korea as a Developed Country (in Korean). Maeil Kyungjae Daily, 30 October 2017.
Choi, J.N. South Koreans are keeping calm, confident that not even Kim Jong-un wants mutual destruction. South China Morning Post, 19 May 2017.
Choi, Joon Nak. How to Transform the Chaebol into Global Firms (in Korean). Maeil Kyungjae Daily, 27 March 2017.
Choi, Joon Nak. Political Expediency should not Block Technology Innovation (in Korean). Maeil Kyungjae Daily, 12 September 2016.

Institute for Emerging Market Studies, HKUST “Social Networks and the Geographic Pattern of EMNC Expansion Overseas” 2014-16. HKD 125,000 (USD 16,000)