{"id":2883,"date":"2020-08-21T09:58:33","date_gmt":"2020-08-21T13:58:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/met\/?post_type=profile&#038;p=2883"},"modified":"2025-04-23T16:38:47","modified_gmt":"2025-04-23T20:38:47","slug":"kathleen-park","status":"publish","type":"profile","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/met\/profile\/kathleen-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Kathleen Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Kathleen Park\u00a0<span>is an assistant professor of administrative sciences, with specializations in strategic and international management and the management of innovation and technology. Her research interests are at the intersection of innovation, internationalization through mergers and acquisitions, global strategy, emerging markets, leadership, management and entrepreneurial teams, and corporate governance. Her research has been published in the\u00a0<\/span><i>Journal of Business Research<\/i><span>,\u00a0<\/span><i>R&amp;D Management<\/i><span>,\u00a0<\/span><i>Business Horizons<\/i><span>,\u00a0<\/span><i>Journal of Management History<\/i><span>,\u00a0<\/span><i>Competition &amp; Change: The Journal of Global Business and Political Economy<\/i><span>,\u00a0<\/span><i>Thunderbird International Business Review<\/i><span>, and\u00a0<\/span><i>Routledge Companion for Mergers and Acquisitions<\/i><span>, among many others, and is also included in numerous book chapters with internationally recognized publishers. Dr. Park has presented her research worldwide at conferences in Europe, Asia, Australia, Africa, the Middle East, and North America. Her work has been recognized with awards by the Academy of Management, the flagship organization for management scholars worldwide, as well as by the Global Business and Technology Association and the European Academy of Management. In her affiliations, she has formed international research partnerships for the study of leadership, innovation, and internationalization in emerging markets. She is a graduate of Harvard University and the MBA and PhD programs of the MIT Sloan School of Management.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h2 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Research Interests<\/h2><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Innovation<\/li>\n<li>Internationalization<\/li>\n<li>Emerging Markets<\/li>\n<li>Entrepreneurial Teams<\/li>\n<li>Leadership<\/li>\n<li>Corporate Governance<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h2 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Courses<\/h2><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<ul><div class=\"course-feed\"><\/p>\n<li>MET AD 740 \u2013 Planning and Operating New Ventures<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>MET MG 541 \u2013 The Innovation Process: Developing New Products and Services<\/li>\n<p><\/div><\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h2 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Scholarly Works<\/h2><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>Refereed Journal Articles<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Desjardins, G., Gould, A. M., and Park, K. M. &#8220;Sizzle without the steak: The emerging strategic implications of receiving a free offering in the digital age.&#8221; <em>Journal of Management History<\/em> vol. ahead-of-print, no. ahead-of-print (2023). <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1108\/JMH-02-2023-0007\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1108\/JMH-02-2023-0007<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Park, K. M., Pinsky, E., Kaiser, N., Subramani, A, and Ying, Y. &#8220;The Application of Data Analytics for Understanding Patterns of Mergers and Acquisitions and CEO Characteristics in and between Crisis Times.&#8221; <em>Computer Science and Education in Computer Science<\/em> vol. 514 (2023): 265\u2013280. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/978-3-031-44668-9_21\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/978-3-031-44668-9_21<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Park, K. M., and Wallace, F. &#8220;Multicultural leaders from emerging markets: Transforming international acquisitions and corporate social responsibility.&#8221; <em>International Journal of Emerging Markets<\/em> 17, no. 5 (2022): 1336\u20131370. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1108\/IJOEM-01-2019-0074\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1108\/IJOEM-01-2019-0074<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Park, K. M. &#8220;Navigating the digital revolution and crisis times: humanitarian and innovation-inspired leadership through the pandemic.&#8221; <em>Journal of Strategy and Management<\/em> 14, no. 3 (2021): 360\u2013377. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1108\/JSMA-01-2021-0021\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1108\/JSMA-01-2021-0021<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Park, K. M., and Wallace, F. &#8220;Leadership and power in the digital economic revolution: Celebrity status, social media, and big blunders.&#8221; <em>Journal of Global Business and Technology<\/em> 16, no. 2 (2020): 1\u201317. <a href=\"https:\/\/gbata.org\/journal-of-global-business-and-technology-jgbat\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/gbata.org\/journal-of-global-business-and-technology-jgbat\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>Park, K. M., and Meglio, O. &#8220;Playing a Double Game? Pursuing Innovation Through Ambidexterity in an International Acquisition Program from the Arabian Gulf Region.&#8221;\u00a0<i>R&amp;D Management <\/i>49, no.\u00a01 (2019): 115\u2013135.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Park, K. M., Meglio, O., and Schriber, S. &#8220;Building a Global Corporate Social Responsibility Program via Mergers and Acquisitions: A Managerial Framework.&#8221;\u00a0<i>Business Horizons<\/i>\u00a062, no. 3 (2019): 395\u2013407.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Park, K. M., Meglio, O., Bauer, F., and Tarba, S. &#8220;Managing Patterns of Internationalization, Integration and Identity Transformation: The Post-Acquisition Metamorphosis of an Arabian Gulf EMNC.&#8221;\u00a0<i>Journal of Business Research<\/i>\u00a0vol. 93 (2018): 122\u2013138.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Park, K. M., and A. M. Gould. &#8220;The Overlooked Influence of Personality, Idiosyncrasy and Eccentricity in Corporate Mergers and Acquisitions: 120 Years and Six Distinct Waves.&#8221;<em> Journal of Management History<\/em> 23, no. 1 (2017): 7\u201331.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Park, K. M., and U. Mense-Petermann. &#8220;Managing across Borders\u2014Global Integration and Knowledge Exchange in MNCs.&#8221; <em>Competition &amp; Change: The Journal of Global Business and Political Economy<\/em> 18, no. 3 (2014): 265\u2013279.<\/p>\n<p>Park, K. M. (with G. K. Stahl, D.N. Angwin, P. Very, et al.). &#8220;Sociocultural Integration in Mergers and Acquisitions: Unresolved Paradoxes and Directions for Future Research.&#8221; <em>Thunderbird International Business Review<\/em> 55, no. 4 (2013): 333\u2013356.<\/p>\n<p>Park, K. M., and G. Hollinshead. &#8220;Logics and Limits: Ethical Outsourcing and Offshoring in the Global Financial Services Industry.&#8221;\u00a0<em>Competition &amp; Change: The Journal of Global Business and Political Economy<\/em><span>\u00a0<\/span>15, no. 3 (2014): 177\u2013195.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Book<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>Meglio, O., and Park, K. M. <\/span><i>Strategic Decisions and Sustainability Choices: Mergers, Acquisitions and Corporate Social Responsibility from a Global Perspective<\/i><span>\u00a0(NY and Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019). doi:10.1007\/978-3-030-05478-6<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Book Chapters<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Park, K. M., and Ng, E. &#8220;Navigating the Maze: Transitioning through Status Incongruence and Social Stratification in the Migrant Journey in Global Organizations.&#8221; In <em>Research Handbook on Global Diversity Management<\/em>, edited by Erbil, C., and \u04e6zbilgin, M. (forthcoming) (UK: Edward Elgar, 2023). <\/p>\n<p>Khan, R., Schena, P., Park, K. M., and Pinsky, E. &#8220;A Clustering Approach to Analyzing NHL Goaltenders\u2019 Performance.&#8221; In <em>Proceedings of the Conference on Computer Science and Education in Computer Science<\/em> (chapter 1, pp. 3\u201310), edited by T. Zlateva and R. Goleva (Springer Nature Switzerland, 2022). <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/978-3-031-17292-2_1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/978-3-031-17292-2_1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Park, K. M. &#8220;The New Executive: Interconnected Yet Isolated and Uninformed\u2014Leadership Challenges in the Digital Pandemic Epoch.&#8221; In <em>The Palgrave Handbook of Management History<\/em> (pp. 1011\u20131046), edited by J. Muldoon, A. Gould, and A. McMurray (Springer International Publishing, 2020) <a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/referenceworkentry\/10.1007\/978-3-319-62348-1_3-1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/link.springer.com\/referenceworkentry\/10.1007\/978-3-319-62348-1_3-1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Park, K. M. &#8220;CSR and M&#038;As in Developed and Developing Economies.&#8221; In <em>Strategic Decisions and Sustainability Choices: Mergers, Acquisitions and Corporate Social Responsibility from a Global Perspective<\/em> (pp. 155\u2013176) (Palgrave Macmillan, 2019). <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/978-3-030-05478-6_8\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/978-3-030-05478-6_8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Park, K. M. &#8220;CSR in Practice: Agility Logistics and the Development of Global CSR and M&#038;A Programs.&#8221; In <em>Strategic Decisions and Sustainability Choices: Mergers, Acquisitions and Corporate Social Responsibility from a Global Perspective<\/em> (pp. 129\u2013153) (Palgrave Macmillan, 2019). <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/978-3-030-05478-6_7\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/978-3-030-05478-6_7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Park, K. M. &#8220;CSR, Acquisitions, and Institutional Context: Spanning the Globe.&#8221; In <em>Strategic Decisions and Sustainability Choices: Mergers, Acquisitions and Corporate Social Responsibility from a Global Perspective<\/em> (pp. 109\u2013128) (Palgrave Macmillan, 2019). <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/978-3-030-05478-6_6\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/978-3-030-05478-6_6 <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Meglio, O., and Park, K. M. &#8220;Moving Forward: Scholars as Stakeholders.&#8221; In <em>Strategic Decisions and Sustainability Choices: Mergers, Acquisitions and Corporate Social Responsibility from a Global Perspective <\/em>(pp. 195\u2013203) (Palgrave Macmillan, 2019). https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/978-3-030-05478-6_10 <\/p>\n<p>Meglio, O., and Park, K. M. &#8220;<span>Strategic Renewal through Mergers and Acquisitions: The Role of Ambidexterity<\/span>.&#8221; In <em>Handbook of Strategic: Core Concepts, Antecedents and Micro-Foundations<\/em>, edited by A. Tuncdogan, A. Lindgreen, F. Van Den Bosch, and H. Volberda (New York: Routledge, 2019).<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Leadership, Power and Collaboration in International Mergers and Acquisitions: Conflict and Resolution.&#8221; In T<em>he Routledge Companion to Mergers and Acquisitions<\/em>, edited by A. Risberg, D. R. King, and O. Meglio (New York: Routledge, 2015): 373\u2013412. ISBN 978-0-415-70466-3<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cLeadership Perspectives on the Global Market for Corporate Control.\u201d In <em>Service Science Research, Strategy and Innovation: Dynamic Knowledge Management Methods<\/em>, edited by N. J. Delener (Hershey, Penn.: IGI Global, 2012): 377\u2013399.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>Recent Conference Presentations<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Al Reshaid, F., Park, K. M., Vogel, B., Al Buloushi, N., and Yusuff, K. &#8220;Top Management Triads: Role Theory and Top Team Relationships Following Chair and CEO Separation.&#8221; <em>Academy of Management Proceedings<\/em> 2023, no. 1 (2023): 18604. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5465\/AMPROC.2023.18604abstract\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5465\/AMPROC.2023.18604abstract<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Park, K. M., and Ng, E. S. &#8220;Neither Here Nor There: Status Incongruence in Migration and Mobility in Emerging Markets.&#8221; <em>Academy of Management Proceedings<\/em> 2022, no. 1 (2022): 17190. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5465\/AMBPP.2022.17190abstract\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5465\/AMBPP.2022.17190abstract<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>Park, K. M., and Wallace, F. H. &#8220;Leadership Multiculturalism and Corporate Social Responsibility in International Acquisitions.&#8221; Academy of Management, Boston, August 2019.\u00a0<\/span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5465\/AMBPP.2019.17559\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5465\/AMBPP.2019.17559<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Park, K. M., Gould, A. M., and King, D. R. &#8220;CEO Status and Turnover in the Market for Corporate Control.&#8221; Academy of Management, Chicago, August 2018,\u00a0<\/span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5465\/AMBPP.2018.14628\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5465\/AMBPP.2018.14628<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Park, K. M., Meglio, O., Bauer, F., and Tarba, S. Y. &#8220;Innovating and Internationalizing a New Organizational Identity: The Metamorphosis of an EMNC.&#8221; Academy of Management, Atlanta, Ga., August 2017.\u00a0 <\/span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5465\/AMBPP.2017.16992\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5465\/AMBPP.2017.16992<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Park, K. M., and Meglio, O. &#8220;Leveraging Managerial and Innovation Resources in International Mergers and Acquisitions.&#8221; Academy of Management, Atlanta, Ga., August 2017.\u00a0<\/span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5465\/AMBPP.2017.17105abstract\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5465\/AMBPP.2017.17105<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Desjardins, G., Park, K. M., and Gould, A. M. &#8220;The Evolution of &#8216;Something-for-Nothing&#8217; Vendor Strategies from the Industrial to Digital Epochs.&#8221; Academy of Management, Atlanta, Ga.,\u00a0August 2017. <\/span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5465\/AMBPP.2017.17059abstract\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5465\/AMBPP.2017.17059<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"responsive-video\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CssGaumCIQY?si=kXliW8w82u6vkRLf&#038;rel=0\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":16254,"template":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/met\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/2883"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/met\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/met\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/profile"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/met\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16254"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/met\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/2883\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":92530,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/met\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/2883\/revisions\/92530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/met\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}