BSL Doctorate Supervisor

Dr. Sehoon Kim

Nationality: South Korean

Professional Career and Mini bio

Dr. Sehoon Kim holds a Doctorate in Business Administration (DBA) from Business
School Lausanne (BSL), Switzerland, and a PhD in Business Administration from
aSSIST Business School (Seoul School of Integrated Sciences & Technologies),
South Korea.

Dr. Kim joined BSL as a Doctoral Supervisor in 2024. His research focuses on innovation and business transformation across diverse industries, with particular emphasis on organizational behavior, customer experience, entrepreneurship, and technology adoption. He employs a blend of quantitative methods (including machine learning and data analysis) and qualitative approaches to deliver comprehensive insights.

Dr. Kim’s research has earned significant recognition, with multiple publications in prestigious SSCI and Scopus-indexed journals. He serves as a reviewer for several leading academic publications in business strategy, innovation, and communication.

Dr. Kim is currently the CEO and Chief Investment Officer of Center Forest Partners, an investment firm backing technologies that drive transformative progress. Prior to founding the firm, he held senior leadership roles at Toyota for over 20 years, where he spearheaded initiatives in Mobility-as-a-Service, AI-driven business systems, customer experience, and HR development. He also serves as a Research Professor at the Institute for Industrial Policy Studies (IPS) and an adjunct professor at aSSIST in Seoul.

He authored books Exchange: The Principles of Transactions in High-Performance Organizations and Elon Musk: X, the Empire of Velocity. His work explores how technological innovation reshapes economic systems, organizations, and the future of progress.

For further details on Dr. Sehoon Kim’s academic profile, please see:

https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=ko&user=GWvBRuMAAAAJ

https://sites.google.com/view/sehoon-kim/home

Favorite research topics

• Business Model Innovation
• Business Sustainability, ESG, SDGs
• Digital Transformation and Technological Disruptions
• Automotive, Mobility, and Retail Industries
• Entrepreneurship and Innovation
• Organizational Behavior and Customer Experience
• HR Development topics
• Machine Learning and Data Envelopment Techniques
• Qualitative methods (i.e., Causal Layered Analysis)