Anna Pak, Ph.D.
Overview
Anna Pak is a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Management at the Mike Cottrell College of Business, specializing in Strategy and International Business. Her research interests center on the intersection of behavioral strategy and innovation, with a particular focus on the challenges and mechanisms involved in strategic decision-making across various dimensions of innovation, such as the timing and selection of innovation strategies. Additionally, she explores the effectiveness of ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) strategies and performance.
Her work has been published in high-impact journals, including Business Strategy and the Environment, and she has several revise-and-resubmit (R&R) articles under review at prestigious journals. Dr. Pak also serves as a reviewer for numerous academic journals, such as Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Journal of International Management, Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, and European Management Journal.
In addition to her research, Dr. Pak is committed to excellence in teaching. She consistently receives high evaluations for her courses in Strategic Management, International Business, Leadership, and Business Ethics, which she teaches at both the undergraduate and MBA levels.
Education
- Ph.D., Strategic Management, Temple University, Philadelphia, USA, 2021
- MSc, Management of Information Systems, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK, 2010
- B.B.A, Business Administration & E-Business with Honors, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, South Korea, 2009
Courses Taught
- BUSA 4995 - Strategic Management
- BUSA 4537 - International Business
Research/Special Interests
- Behavioral Strategy
- Innovation
- ESG Strategy
- CSR
Publications
Lee, M., Pak, A., Roh, T. 2024. “The Interplay of Institutional Pressures, Digitalization Capability, ESG Strategy, and Triple-bottom-line Performance: A Moderated Mediation Model”, Business Strategy and the Environment, 1-22. (Co-lead author)
Pak, A., Roh, T., & Seo, D. 2024. “The Effect of Intellectual Property Rights on Firm Performance in Service Firms: The Role of Process and Organizational Innovation”, Cross Cultural & Strategic Management, Vol. ahead-of-print (Co-lead author)
Exhibitions
2024 Project Failure and Exploration: The Role of Operating and Project Experiences in the Context of PBFs, Academy of Management (AOM) Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, USA
2024 Innovative and Swift: New Product Introductions as Response to Performance Feedback, Academy of Management (AOM) Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, USA
2023 Patent Litigations: Duality of Learning and its Effects on Innovation and Performance, Strategic Management Society (SMS) conference, Toronto, Canada
2022 Who is Failing? The Influence of Failure of Generalists vs. Specialists on Firm’s Response through New Product Introductions, Academy of Management (AOM) Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, US
2020 Shared Fate: The Impact of Peer and Industry Characteristics on Peer Failure Experience and Investment Intensity, Virtual Academy of Management (AOM) Annual Meeting
2020 Shared Fate: The Impact of Peer and Industry Characteristics on Peer Failure Experience and Investment Intensity, Virtual Strategic Management Society (SMS) Conference
2019 How Much and How Fast? Exploration and Speed of New Product Introductions as Responses to Performance Feedback, (with Charlotte Ren and Jennifer Tae), Academy of Management (AOM) Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, USA
2019 How Much and How Fast? Exploration and Speed of New Product Introductions as Responses to Performance Feedback, (with Charlotte Ren and Jennifer Tae), Strategic Management Society (SMS) Special Conference, Frankfurt, Germany
2017 Learning from Failure of Others and Strategic Choices: A Longitudinal Study of The U.S. Film Industry, (with Jennifer Tae), Strategic Management Society (SMS) Conference, Houston, TX, USA