Kim, Keongtae（金京泰）

Biography

Professor Keongtae Kim is a Professor in Department of Decisions, Operations and Technology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) Business School. He earned his PhD in Information Systems from the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland. His main research focuses on Economics of IS/IT, digital innovation/entrepreneurship, FinTech, and Economics of AI/ML. His research has been published in Information Systems Research and MIS Quarterly, among others. He has won several awards including Research Excellence Award of CUHK, Young Researcher Award of CUHK, INFORMS Sandy Slaughter Early Career Award, and AIS Early Career Award. He has consulted for and been collaborating with several companies such as Naver and Wadiz.

Teaching Areas

Business Analytics and Intelligence
Platform Strategy
Fintech and Blockchain
Digital Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Research Interests

Economics of Information and Technology
Digital Finance
Digital Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Economics of AI/ML

• Publications & Working Papers
  • Ryu, Sunghan, Keongtae Kim, and Jungpil Hahn (2023), “Crowdfunding Success Effects on Financing Outcomes for Start-ups: A Signaling Theory Perspective,” MIS Quarterly, 47(3).
  • Chung, Sunghun, Keongtae Kim, Chulho Lee, and Wonseok Oh (2023), “Interdependence between Online Peer-to-Peer Lending and Cryptocurrency Markets and Its Effects on Financial Inclusion,” Production and Operations Management, 32(6).
  • Keongtae Kim, Jeongsik “Jay” Lee, and Anand Gopal (2022), “Soft but Strong: Software-based Innovation, Product Market Competition, and Value Creation in the IT Hardware Industry,” MIS Quarterly, 46(2).
  • Keongtae Kim, Jooyoung Park, Yang Pan, Kunpeng Zhang, and Michael Zhang (2022), “Risk Disclosure in Crowdfunding,” Information Systems Research, 33(3).
  • Keongtae Kim and Il-Horn Hann (2019), “Disillusion of the Democratization of Finance: Housing Prices and Crowdfunding,” Information Systems Research, 30(1).
  • Keongtae Kim and Siva Viswanathan (2019), “The Experts in the Crowd: The Role of Experienced Investors in a Crowdfunding Market,” MIS Quarterly, 43(2).
  • Keongtae Kim, Sunil Mithas, and Michael Kimbrough (2017), “IT Investments and Firm Risk Across Industries: Evidence from the Bond Market,” MIS Quarterly, 41(4).
  • Keongtae Kim, Anand Gopal, and Gerard Hoberg (2016), “Does Product Market Competition Drive CVC Investment? Evidence from the U.S. IT Industry,” Information Systems Research, 27(2).
  • Keongtae Kim, Sunil Mithas, Jonathan Whitaker, and Prasanto K. Roy (2014), “Industry-Specific Human Capital and Wages: Evidence from the Business Process Outsourcing Industry,” Information Systems Research, 25(3).

• Grants
  • “Impact of Livestreaming on Online Sellers”, General Research Fund awarded by Hong Kong Research Grant Council with HKD 562,000, 2025-2026 (Principal Investigator)
  • “Equity Crowdfunding and Startup Performance”, General Research Fund awarded by Hong Kong Research Grant Council with HKD 739,797, 2022-2023 (Principal Investigator)
  • “Investor Behavior in Security-based Crowdfunding”, Impact Research Grant awarded by the Chinese University of Hong Kong with HKD 180,000, 2019-2020 (Principal Investigator)
  • “Disclosure of Project Risk and Crowdfunding”, Direct Research Grant awarded by the Chinese University of Hong Kong with HKD 50,000, 2019-2021 (Principal Investigator)
  • “Disclosure of Project Risk and Crowdfunding”, General Research Fund awarded by Hong Kong Research Grant Council with HKD 338,400, 2019-2021 (Principal Investigator)
  • “Design and Study of Dynamic Mechanisms for User Generated Contents in Crowdfunding Systems”, General Research Fund awarded by Hong Kong Research Grant Council with HKD 512,000, 2018-2020 (Co-Investigator)
  • “How Does Software-Based Innovation in IT Industry Impact Firm Performance and Market Structure”, General Research Fund awarded by Hong Kong Research Grant Council with HKD 423,500, 2016-2018 (Principal Investigator)
  • “A Spatiotemporal Analysis of Crowdfunding Adoption”, Early Career Scheme Research Grant awarded by Hong Kong Research Grant Council with HKD 430,000, 2015-2017 (Principal Investigator)
  • “Research on Economics of Online Crowdfunding Market”, Startup Grant awarded by City University of Hong Kong with HKD 300,000, 2014-2016 (Principal Investigator)

• Awards & Honours
  • Research Excellence Award, CUHK, 2023/24
  • INFORMS Information Systems Society (ISS) Sandy Slaughter Early Career Award, 2023
  • Young Researcher Award, CUHK, 2019/20
  • AIS Early Career Award, 2019
  • Management Science Meritorious Service Award, 2019
  • Best Paper Runner-up for INFORMS eBusiness Cluster, 2019
  • ICIS Best Conference Paper Nomination and Best Track Paper for ‘Sharing Economy and Crowd Markets’ Track, 2018
  • ICIS Best Conference Paper Nomination and Best Track Paper for ‘Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Digital Transformation’ Track, 2018
  • INFORMS CIST Best Conference Paper Nomination, 2018
  • INFORMS CIST Best Student Paper Award, 2013
  • TPRC Student Paper Competition Winner, 2013
  • Post-ICIS KrAIS Workshop Best Paper Runner Up, 2012