Academic Qualifications

• PhD - Strategic Management (University of California Irvine)
• MBA - Finance and Management (University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School)
• BA - Business Economics and International Relations (Brown University)

Biography

• Haeyoung Koo is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Management at City University of Hong Kong.  Her research explores the intersection of corporate governance and strategy, focusing on the behavioural aspects of firms’ decision-making processes and their strategic implications.

  Prior to joining the doctoral program, Haeyoung worked as an investment banker at Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley in New York.  She received her Ph.D. in Management from the University of California Irvine, M.B.A. from University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School, and B.A. from Brown University.

Publications

Journal Publications and Reviews

• Wiersema, Margarethe; Koo, Haeyoung; Chen, Weiru; Zhang, Yu / Corporate Short-Termism: A Review and Research Agenda. January 2025; In: Journal of Management.
• Koo, Haeyoung; Wiersema, Margarethe; Park, K. Francis / Dare to Fight? How Activist Hedge Funds’ Hostile Tactics Influence Target Firm Resistance. November 2024; In: Journal of Management.
• Wiersema, Margarethe; Koo, Haeyoung / Corporate governance in today’s world: Looking back and an agenda for the future. November 2022; In: Strategic Organization. Vol. 20, No. 4, pp. 786-796
• Koo, Haeyoung; Park, Choelsoon / Foundation of leadership in Asia: Leader characteristics and leadership styles review and research agenda. September 2018; In: Asia Pacific Journal of Management. Vol. 35, No. 3, pp. 697-718

Conference Papers

• Wiersema, Margarethe; Koo, Haeyoung / Corporate governance and strategy in turbulent times. January 2024; Strategy in a Turbulent Era. pp. 91-106