School of Business, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Research

 
Professor Phillip Kim

Assistant Professor -  Management and Human Resources


Degree
PhD, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

Contact Information:
Phillip Kim
5283 Grainger Hall
975 University Avenue
Madison, WI 53706

pkim@bus.wisc.edu
(608) 265-0574
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Phillip H. Kim is an Assistant Professor of Management and Human Resources at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Business. He earned his MA and PhD in Sociology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and his BS (Economics) and BAS (Materials Sciences) at the University of Pennsylvania. His research bridges macro- and micro-level explanations of entrepreneurship along societal, institutional, and political dimensions. Specifically, his research examines entrepreneurial team and social network configurations, entrepreneurship in highly regulated industries, and the political economy of entrepreneurship. He also investigates how occupational mobility shapes founders’ work experiences, which provides founders with the relevant knowledge they need in the entrepreneurial process. His research has been published in Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, Small Business Economics, and American Behavioral Scientist. He has received a Best Reviewer Award from the Journal of Business Venturing.

 

Professor Kim is also a faculty member of the Weinert Center for Entrepreneurship at the Wisconsin School of Business. Through the Center, he advises entrepreneurs on issues related to launching and establishing their businesses, coaches student entrepreneurs as they start their businesses, and teaches service-based entrepreneurship classes. He teaches  Introduction to Entrepreneurship, Venture Creation, and Technology Entrepreneurship courses. He has also worked as a management consultant advising businesses in the manufacturing, agriculture, professional services, retail, and non-profit sectors.



  • Publications

    Aldrich, Howard E. and Phillip H. Kim. 2007. “Small Worlds, Infinite Possibilities? How Social Networks Affect Entrepreneurial Team Formation and Search.” Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal. 1(1): 147-165.

     

    Kim, Phillip H. Howard E. Aldrich, and Lisa A. Keister. 2006. “Against all Odds: The Impact of Financial, Human, and Cultural Capital on Becoming a Nascent Entrepreneur.” Small Business Economics. 27(1): 5-22.

     

    Kim, Phillip H. and Howard E. Aldrich. 2005. “Social Capital and Entrepreneurship.” Foundations and Trends in Entrepreneurship. 1(2): 1-52.


    Kim, Phillip H. 2004. “Conditional Morality? Attitudes of Religious Individuals Towards Racial Profiling.” American Behavioral Scientist. 47(7): 879-895.

  • Resources for Entrepreneurs