David Park

David Park is an Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship and IES Faculty Fellow at the Whitman School of Management, Syracuse University, where he conducts research on entrepreneurship and strategy. His research focuses on how organizations mobilize resources from different stakeholders and resource providers specifically examining organizational leaders in various types of organizations (i.e., for-profits, nonprofits, and social enterprises) from organizational inception to maturity and their influences on financial and non-financial resource acquisitions. His works have been published in top academic journals such as Strategic Management Journal, Journal of Business Venturing, and Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, and have won numerous best paper awards from major academic conferences such as the Academy of Management, Strategic Management Society, and the Korean Academic Society of Business Administration. Professor Park has also won several teaching awards and recognitions. Poets and Quants named him the World's 40-under-40 Best MBA professor and the top 50 undergraduate business professor. Before joining academia, he co-founded a high-tech startup. He also served as a Marine Corps officer and retired as a captain.


David Park received his Ph.D. from Foster School of Business, University of Washington, M.S. from Seoul National University, and his bachelor's degree from the University of Seoul.

Entrepreneurship; Strategy; Resource Mobilization; Entrepreneurs; Top Management Teams; Board of Directors