Francis D. KIM

Francis D. KIM is an Assistant Professor at the School of Integrated Innovation, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand. He previously served as an Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship at the Indian School of Business (2018–2022) and was a Visiting Scholar at Harvard Law School (Fall 2019). His research focuses on contractual incentives, governance, and policy in Innovation, Corporate Governance, and Political Economy contexts. He holds a PhD from Oxford University (2018) and has prior experience as an Associate Strategist at Goldman Sachs (Asia-Pacific) and a Navy Officer in South Korea.

Teaching includes Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital, and courses on Global Economic Institutions and Platform Economy at Chulalongkorn University, Yonsei University, and ISB. Since 2017, he has been an Associate Researcher at the Fondation François Jacob (FFJ), contributing to Research Axis 1: “Diversity of Capitalisms and Institutional Change,” analyzing Asian economies. Notable work includes the research statement “When Family Capitalism Meets Shareholder Activism: South Korea”.

Professional affiliations include the FFJ, Harvard’s Institute for Quantitative Social Science (2019), and The Circle Lab. His expertise spans institutional frameworks for innovation, nonmarket strategies, and the political economy of tech firms. No specific grants or awards are listed, but his interdisciplinary research bridges academia and industry.