Faculty and ResearchExpert Guide

Education

• PhD, Management
  Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
• Master of Science, Industrial Engineering
  Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
• Bachelor of Science, Industrial Engineering
  Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea

Areas of Expertise

• Management of Software Development
• Service Operations Management

Professional Activities

Dr. Kang has presented at major conferences including AOM, CIST, ICIS and INFORMS; has published in a number of the conference proceedings; won the Best Paper Award for his co-authored paper “Learning and Forgetting Curves in Software Development: Does Type of Knowledge Matter?” in the Proceedings from the LG CNS / KrAIS Workshop; and has submissions under review at premier academic journals.

For eight years prior to his doctoral studies, he worked for Samsung as a general manager and software development specialist.

Courses Taught

• Application of Quantitative Methods in Business
• Business Process Analysis
• Electronic Commerce and Internet Business Applicat
• Enterprise Information Systems

Refereed Journal Articles

Kang, K., Hahn, J. & De, P. (2017). Learning Effects of Domain, Technology, and Customer Knowledge in Information Systems Development: An Empirical Study.  Information Systems Research. 28 (4), 797-811.

Kang, K., Shanthikumar, J. G. & Altinkemer, K. (2016). Postponable Acceptance and Assignment: A Stochastic Dynamic Programming Approach.  Manufacturing and Service Operations Management. 18 (4), 493-508.