Yongsun Paik

PhD: University of Washington, Seattle (1991); MA: University of Texas at Austin (1986); BA: Yonsei University, Korea (1978)
Yongsun Paik is an International Business and Management Professor with an interest in international human resources management, cross-border M&As and joint ventures, and East Asian business management. Prior to joining the LMU faculty in 1991, Paik taught at the University of Washington, Seattle and worked as a country economist at the Export-Import Bank of Korea. He has also served as a visiting professor at Yonsei and Sogang University in Korea and at Thunderbird’s American Graduate School of International Management. Paik is an Editorial Board Member for the Journal of World Business and the Thunderbird International Business Review, and former President of the Association of Korean Management Scholars. He has published two books and over 50 articles in major international business and management journals. Paik is a highly-decorated academic where some of his honors include the Fulbright Senior Specialist Program Award, Korea Foundation Fellowship Award, Best Paper Award from the Academy of Management, Best Paper Award from the US Association for Small Business Entrepreneurship National Conference, and the Most Outstanding Faculty Person Award from Delta Sigma Pi