About

Hi! I am Sungyong Chang, an assistant professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship at London Business School.

My research interests lie in the areas of entrepreneurship, family business & business groups, innovation, and computational social science. First, my research focuses on how entrepreneurial firms overcome their disadvantages in capabilities and capital to compete against industry leaders. Second, I explore how ownership structure and family businesses affect R&D investment and search for promising business ideas or talent under complexity, which limits a complete understanding of the performance implications of each business decision. You can find my published and working papers in my CV.

I have been teaching core strategy courses and overseeing business projects across various master’s programs, including the EMBA, MBA, Masters in Management, and Masters in Analytics and Management.  I won the London Business School Best Teacher Award MiM in 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022.

I earned a Ph.D. in Management (advisor: Bruce Kogut) from Columbia University and received the Buckley and Casson Dissertation Award from the Academy of International Business and the Best Student Paper Award from the Strategic Management (STR) Division of the Academy of Management. I graduated as valedictorian with a BA in Business and Economics from Seoul National University.

I enjoy riding bicycles, hiking, reading science fiction and mystery novels, and traveling. Also, I am a big fan of drinking whisky.