강효석 교수는 현재 서울대학교 경영대학 및 경영전문대학원에서 전략/국제경영 전공의 부교수로 재직하고 있다. 미국 University of California, Berkeley의 Haas School of Business에서 경영학 박사학위를 취득하였으며, 서울대학교에서 경영학 석사와 경제학 학사 학위를 받았다. 서울대학교에 부임하기 전, 미국 University of Southern California의 Marshall School of Business에서 조교수로 재직하였다.

주요 연구 분야는 기술 혁신, 첨단기술과 전략, 인적 자원의 기업 간 및 글로벌 이동과 협업, 비즈니스 법과 정책 등이다. 가격담합과 기술혁신에 관한 연구는 미국 법무부 독점규제국에 초청받아 발표하였으며, 경업금지조항에 대한 연구는 미국 연방거래위원회(FTC)가 2024년부터 연방정부 차원에서 시행하는 정책에 인용 및 반영되었다. 최근에는 AI의 발전이 지식 근로자의 학습과 의사 결정에 어떠한 영향을 미치고, 조직에서 어떻게 AI를 활용하여 의사 결정과 협업, 혁신을 증대시킬 수 있을 지에 대한 연구를 진행하고 있다.

논문은 Management Science, Organization Science, Strategic Management Journal, Journal of International Business Studies, Research Policy, Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, PNAS Nexus 등 국제 탑저널에 게재되었다. 현재 Strategic Management Journal에서 편집위원으로, Strategic Management Society의 Strategic Human Capital 분과에서 Representative-at-Large로 활동하고 있다.

매일경제-한국경영학자협회(AKMS) 젊은경영학자상 (2024), 한국전략경영학회 신진학자상 (2024), 한국경영학회 신진경영학자상 (2025)을 수상하였다. 또한, 2025년에는 서울대학교 창의선도 신진연구자로 선정되었고, 2026년부터는 한국차세대과학기술한림원 정책학부 회원으로 선출되어 활동하고 있다.

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[Academic Positions]

• •Associate Professor in Strategy and International Management, SNU Business School, Seoul National University (2024-present)
• •Assistant Professor in Management and Organization, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California (2019-2024)

[Education]

• •Ph.D. in Business Administration, Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley (2013-2019)
• •M.S. in Business Administration, Seoul National University (2011-2013)
• •B.A. in Economics, Seoul National University (2005-2011)

[Publications]

• •Price-Fixing Cartels and Firm Innovation
  Management Science (Kang, H. 2025)
• •Fast Friends: The Impact of Short-term Visits on Firms' Invention Outcomes
  Organization Science 36(3) (Kang, H. & Eklund, J.C. 2025)
• •How Does Artificial Intelligence Improve Human Decision-Making? Evidence from the AI-powered Go Program
  Strategic Management Journal 46(6) (Choi, S., Kang, H., Kim, N. & Kim, J. 2025)
• •The Dual Edges of AI: Advancing Knowledge While Reducing Diversity
  PNAS Nexus 4(5) (Choi, S., Kang, H., Kim, N., & Kim, J. 2024)
• •How Innovating Firms Manage Knowledge Leakage: A Natural Experiment on the Threat of Worker Departure
  Strategic Management Journal 43(10): 1961-1982 (Kang, H. & Lee, W. 2022)
• •Non-competes, Business Dynamism, and Concentration: Evidence from a Florida Case Study
  Journal of Economics & Management Strategy 29(3): 663-685 (Kang, H. & Fleming, L. 2020)
• •Blending Talents for Innovation: Team Composition for Cross-border R&D Collaboration Within Multinational Corporations
  Journal of International Business Studies 51: 851-885 (Seo, E., Kang, H., & Song, J. 2020)
• •Innovation and Recurring Shifts in Industrial Leadership: Three Phases of Change and Persistence in the Camera Industry
  Research Policy 46(2): 376-387 (Kang, H. & Song, J. 2017)

Coauthorship as a member of a consortium (peer-reviewed):
• •Reproducibility in Management Science
  Management Science 70(3): 1343-1356 (Fisar, M., Greiner, B., Huber, C., Katok. E., Ozkes, A., and the Management Science Reproducibility Collaboration, 2024)

[Selected Working Papers]

• •Should Firms Maintain Patents Longer? A Randomized Control Trial on the Commercial Value of Patent Protection, R&R at Organization Science (Thompson, N., Tucci, C., Kang, H., & Khairullina, A. 2024)
• •Flying through Turbulent Environments: Physical Resource Reconfiguration and Redeployment in the Airline Industry, Working Paper (Eklund, J.C. & Kang, H. 2024)
• •Cross-border Visits and Scientific Collaboration, Working paper (Kang, H. & Yoon, C. 2024)
• •Exploratory innovation under capital market pressure: A randomized policy experiment of short-selling constraint, Working Paper (Seo, E., Kang, H. & Kang, J. 2023)

[Academic Activities]

• •Member, Young Korean Academy of Science and Technology (2026-)
• •Representative-at-Large, SMS Strategic Human Capital IG (2024-)
• •Organizer, SMS Conference - SHC IG's Sunday Session (2024)
• •Co-organizer, So-Cal Strategy and OT Workshop (2023-2024)
• •Co-chair, Artificial Intelligence in Management (AIM) Conference (2023-)
• •Organizer, 2024 SMS Conference - SHC IG's Sunday Session (2024)
• •Track Chair, TIM Division, AOM Annual Meeting (2022)
• •Panelist
• - AI, Business, & Policy Panel hosted by USC IDC (Washington DC, 2023)
• - The Future of Strategic Management in the Era of AI by KSSM (2023)
• - The Current State and Future of Technology Strategy Research by KAM (2021)
• •Discussant
• - AEA/ASSA Annual Meeting (New Orleans, 2023)
• - AIEA-NBER Conference (Seoul, 2022)
• - DRUID Conference (Copenhagen, 2022)
• - International Industrial Organization Conference (Boston, 2019)
• •Advisory Professor, QANDA/Mathpresso (an EdTech startup) (2023-2024)
• •AIEA Faculty Scholar, Asian Innovation and Entrepreneurship Association (2024-)
• •Ph.D. student recruiting committee, USC-Marshall MOR Department (Chair: 2024, Member: 2020-2023)

[Reviewing Service]

• •Editorial review board, Strategic Management Journal (2024-)
• •Ad-hoc reviewer: Management Science; Strategic Management Journal; Organization Science; Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal; Research Policy; Industrial and Corporate Change; Journal of Business Research; Information Systems Research; International Journal of Industrial Organization; Journal of Industrial Economics; AOM Annual Meetings; SMS Conferences; INFORMS-OS Best Dissertation Competition; AKMS Scholarship

[Awards and Fellowships]

• •Winner, SNU Creative-Pioneering Researchers Program (PI, $150,000; 2025-2031)
• •Winner, Young Scholar Award, Korean Academic Society of Business Administration (2024)
• •Winner, two iORB Multi-Disciplinary Research Initiative Awards (Co-PI, $16,000 and $10,000; 2024)
• •Winner, Emerging Scholar Award, Korean Society of Strategic Management (2024)
• •Winner, MK-AKMS Young Scholar Award (2024)
• •Winner, AOM STR Track Paper Award - Resources, Capabilities, and Strategic Factor Markets (2024)
• •Best Paper Finalist, Conference on Information Systems and Technology (CIST) (2023)
• •1st Runners Up (Innovation Track), wISE Conference (2023)
• •Winner, iORB Multi-Disciplinary Research Initiative Award ($19,400) (2022)
• •Winner, Best Interdisciplinary Paper Award (Strategic Human Capital IG), SMS Conference (2021)
• •Winner, CRESSE & CPI Awards for Young Researchers (2021)
• •Winner, Greif Entrepreneurship Faculty Research Award (2021)
• •Winner, Samsung Economic Research Institute (SERI) Award, Association of Korean Management Scholars (2019)
• •Winner, AmorePacific Award for Best Conference Papers, Academy of International Business (AIB) (2019)

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