David Park

Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship
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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.
Ph.D., Strategy and Entrepreneurship, University of Washington M.S., International Business, Seoul National Univesity B.B.A., Business Administration, University of Seoul
Professor Park has taught entrepreneurship and strategic management at the undergraduate and MBA levels. Currently, he teaches the introduction to entrepreneurship, strategic and entrepreneurial management, opportunity recognition, and ideation.
Entrepreneurship; Strategy; Resource Mobilization; Entrepreneurs; Top Management Teams; Board of Directors

Papers

  • Down-and-out or here to stay? Practice abandonment and organizational values in the fight against homelessness

    Lucas, D., Minniti, M.

  • A Blessing or A Curse? Being A Unicorn Venture in The Market for IPOs

    Shin, S., Kotha, S.

  • Crossing the aisle to go to market: Leaders’ ideological diversity and hybrid institutional logics in the nonprofit sector

    Lucas, D.

  • COVID-19 Amplified the Political Polarization of Nascent Nonprofits in the US

    Lucas, D.

  • CSR and CEO dismissal

    Boeker, W., Gomulya, D.

Publications

  • The Nature and Origins of Social Venture Mission: An Exploratory Study of Political Ideology and Moral Foundations

    2023 Journal of Business Venturing,38,2, Lucas, D.

  • A Cloud’s Silver Lining? The Impact of Policy Interventions on New and Maturing Technology Ventures’ Online Recruitment

    2023 Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal,17,2,445-484, Lucas, D., Bellavitis, C.

  • Political Ideology of the Board and CEO Dismissal Following Financial Misconduct

    2020 Strategic Management Journal,41,1,108-123, Boeker, W., Gomulya, D.

  • Signaling Revisited: The Use of Signals in the Market for IPOs

    2016 Strategic Management Journal,27,11,2362–2377, Borah, A., Kotha, S.

  • Korean Air Cargo: Strategic Challenges in an Evolving Environment

    2015 Asian Case Research Journal,19,1,127-154, Park, N., Lee, J.

  • Do the Performances of Innovative Firms Differ Depending on Market-oriented or Technology-oriented Strategies?

    2012 Industry and Innovation,19,5,391-414, Park, N., Lee, J.

  • An Image of Industry: Exploring the Effects of Knowledge Sources in the Medical Imaging Industry

    Industrial Corporate and Change, , S., , S.

  • May 31, 2023

    Received - Guttag Junior Faculty Research Award

    Whitman School of Management
  • Apr 05, 2023

    Received - Faculty Member of the Year Award

    EEE Department, Whitman School of Management
  • May 01, 2022

    Received - Poets&Quants’ Best 40-Under-40 MBA Professors

    Poets&Quants
  • Aug 01, 2021

    Received - Maeil Business Newspaper Best Paper Award

    Korean Academic Society of Business Administration
  • Nov 13, 2018

    Poets & Quants Top 50 Undergraduate Professors in the world

    Poets & Quants for Undergrad
  • Sep 25, 2018

    Best Paper Award Nomination

    Strategic Management Society
  • Sep 25, 2018

    Honorable Mention Best Paper Award

    Strategic Management Society
  • Jan 01, 2017

    Edna Benson Trust Fund Scholarship

    University of Washington
  • Jan 01, 2017

    Evert McCabe Endowed Fellowship

    University of Washington
  • Jan 01, 2017

    Richard B. Peterson Ph.D. Fellowship

    University of Washington
  • Jan 01, 2017

    University of Washington Excellence in Teaching Award Nomination

    University of Washington
  • Jan 01, 2016

    Star Teacher

    University of Washington
  • Jan 01, 2016

    Wayne and Anne Gittinger Ph.D. Fellowship

    University of Washington
  • Jan 01, 2016

    Foster School of Business Ph.D. Program Teaching Award

    University of Washington
  • Jan 01, 2016

    Haglund Ph.D. Fellowship

    University of Washington
  • Jan 01, 2015

    Evert McCabe Endowed Fellowship

    University of Washington
  • Jan 01, 2015

    Best Paper Award, Academy of Management ENT Division

    Academy of Management
  • Jan 01, 2015

    Strategic Management Society 12th Annual Doctoral Workshop Scholarship

    Strategic Management Society
  • Jan 01, 2015

    Star Teacher

    University of Washington
  • Jan 01, 2015

    Wayne and Anne Gittinger Ph.D. Fellowship

    University of Washington
  • Jan 01, 2014

    Wayne and Anne Gittinger Ph.D. Fellowship

    University of Washington
  • Jan 01, 2013

    Wayne and Anne Gittinger Ph.D. Fellowship

    University of Washington
  • Jan 01, 2012

    University of Washington Graduate Fellowship

    University of Washington
  • Jan 01, 2012

    Wayne and Anne Gittinger Ph.D. Fellowship

    University of Washington
  • Jan 01, 2011

    Runner-up Best Paper Award

    Indian Academy of Management
  • Jan 01, 2010

    Received - Kochon Scholarship for Excellent Academic Achievement

  • Jan 01, 2002

    Received - University of Seoul Scholarships for Excellent Achievement

    University of Seoul

  • Org Mission Statements Send Moral (And Political) Signals

    August 01, 2023 Futurity

  • COVID Policy Interventions Changed How Companies Hire

    June 19, 2023 Entrepreneurship & Innovation Exchange

  • Poets&Quants’ Best 40-Under-40 Business School Professors Of 2022

    May 01, 2022 Poets&Quants

  • 2018 Top 50 Undergraduate Professors: David Park, Syracuse University (Whitman)

    November 13, 2018 Poets and Quants for Undergrads

  • Spotify: Nevermind Profits

    May 30, 2018 Fortune Magazine

  • Spotify’s non-IPO could serve as a model — but only for a certain type of company

    April 03, 2018 MarketWatch