Academic Degree

2011-2015	Ph.D in Innovation & Technology Management, KAIST
2005-2007	M.S in Management Engineering, KAIST
2001-2005	B.S. in Management Engineering, KAIST

Research Activities

Professional journals

• Kwak, K. and Park, J. (2016) “Exploration of emerging technologies based on patent analysis in complex product systems for catch-up: the case of gas turbine”, The Knowledge Management Society of Korea, 17(2), 27-50
• Kwak, K. and Kim, W. (2016) “An exploratory study on the effect of product architecture on catch-up performance: the development case of numerical controllers in Korea”, Journal of Technology Innovation, 24(2), 21-56
• Kwak, K. and Kim, W. (2016) “Effect of service integration strategy on industrial firm performance”, Journal of Service Management, 27(3), 391-430
• Lee, O. and Kwak, K., Lee, S., Lee, J., and Park, S. (2015) “A research on planning of promising technologies: evidence from the Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials”, Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers C, 3(4), 273-283. (Korean)
• Kwak, K. and Oh, S. (2015), “A study on the economic spillover effects of overseas plant orders on the national economy: evidence from the Korea”, Journal of Industrial Economics and Business, 28(4), 1447-1472. (Korean)
• Jo, H. and Kwak, K. (2015), “A Study on the Influence of Human Behaviors and Affections on the Flow of Mobile Applications”, Journal of Information Technology Services, 14(2), 111–128. (Korean)
• Kwak, K. and Kim, W. (2015), “Productivity growth of newly industrializing economies in heterogeneous capital goods markets: the case of the Korean machinery and equipment industry”, Applied Economics, 47(7), 654–668.
• Kwak, K., Park, S., and Lee, O. (2014), “Korean tariff strategy on products for joining Trans-Pacific Partnership - focusing on machinery and equipment industry”, Journal of Industrial Economics and Business, 27(4), 1501-1525. (Korean)
• Kwak, K., Jeong, S., and Jo, H. (2013), “An exploratory study on the role of government research institute in open innovation of capital goods: Focusing on the general machinery industry”, Asian Pacific Journal of Small Business, 35(3), 1-24. (Korean)
• Kwak, K., Kim, B., and Jo, H. (2012), “Determinants for Korean film success: reflection of mass culture code and the interaction effect of director and actor”, Communications for Statistical Applications and Methods, 19(5), 731-741. (Korean)
• Kwak, K., Oh, S., and Kim, W. (2012), “Analysis of the export competitiveness of Korean machinery industry: focusing on comparison with the most competing nation, Netherlands”, Journal of Industrial Economics and Business, 25(3), 1963-1989. (Korean)
• Kwak, K. and Park, J. (2009), “Analysis of the Korean machinery industry using Korea’s input-output analysis”, Journal of Industrial Economics and Business, 22(1), 179-199. (Korean)

Conference paper

• Jeong, S., Kwak, K., Lee, O., Park, J., and Lee, J. (2014), The performance and challenge of social problem solving R&D projects in the Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials, Paper presented at the Summer 2014 Conference of Korean Society for Innovation Management & Economics, Jeju, Korea.
• Lee, J., Kim, J., and Kwak, K. (2012), A study on development strategy through competitive analysis - focusing on the machinery industry of Netherlands and Chinese Taipei, Paper presented at the Fall 2012 Conference of Korea Society of Mechanical Engineers, Changwon, Korea.
• Kwak, K., Song, J., Park, J., and Lee, O. (2012), IT fusion in Korean machinery industry, Paper presented at the Spring 2012 Conference of Korea Society of Mechanical Engineers, IT Fusion Division, Seoul, Korea.
• Kwak, K. and Oh, S. (2010), CO2 emission and reduction policies in machinery industry, Paper presented at the Fall 2010 Conference of Korea Society of Mechanical Engineers, Jeju, Korea.
• Kwak, K., Oh, S., and Kim, J. (2010), A Study on R&D efficiency analysis and evaluation framework for government research institute, Paper presented at the Fall 2010 Korea Technology Innovation Society Conference, Jeju, Korea.
• Kwak, K. and Kim, J. (2009), Case study on open innovation in Korean economy, Paper presented at the 18th International Conference on Management of Technology, Orlando, USA.
• Park, J., and Kwak, K. (2007), A study on the managerial practice of policy division in government research institute, Paper presented at the Fall 2007 Korea Technology Innovation Society Conference, Suncheon, Korea.

Research project

• Measures to Secure Global Competitiveness of the Key Manufacturing Equipment Industry, Korea Institute for Industrial Economics & Trade, 2015
• A study on the effect of TPP on the Korean mechanical engineering sector and counterplan, Ministry of Trade, Industry & Energy, 2015
• An analysis on the Vietnam mechanical engineering sector for developing collaboration strategies, Korea Association Of Machinery Industry, 2015
• A planning for development of industrial plant core system, Ministry of Trade, Industry & Energy, 2014-2016
• An analysis on competitiveness of the Korean mechanical engineering sector through using patent performance, Korea Association Of Machinery Industry, 2014
• An analysis on investment outcome of national R&D program: the case of manufacturing equipment field, Korea Evaluation Institute of Industrial Technology, 2015
• An analysis on global safety market and implications, National Research Council for Economics, Humanities and Social Sciences, 2014
• An analysis on the potential supply chain for defense industry in the field of machinery and equipment, Defense Acquisition Program Administration, 2013-2014
• A study on the global initiatives for equipment industry’s competitiveness, Ministry of Trade, Industry & Energy, 2012
• A study on enhancing international competitiveness of machinery industries through IT convergence, National IT Industry Promotion Agency, 2009

Awards

• Excellence Award, 2011 NDSL Best Practice Competition, KISTI (Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information)
• Rookie of the year 2009, Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials