Adjunct Associate Professor
Joon Nak CHOI
Adjunct Associate Professor
jnchoi@ust.hk
Bio
Joon Nak CHOI

Research Interests

  • Organizations and AI
  • Machine Learning and Data Science
  • Corporate Strategy and Organizational Theory
  • Social Network Theory
  • Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Academic Qualifications

  • Ph.D. Stanford University, Sociology
  • M.A. Stanford University, Sociology
  • A.B. Brown University, Economics, International Relations and Urban Studies

Academic And Professional Experience

  • 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.

Publications

Refereed Journal Publications (Chronological, alphabetical)

  • 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.

Books

  • 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.

Edited Volumes

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

Book Chapters

  • 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.

Case Studies

  • 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

Editorials

  • 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.

Funded Projects

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