Publications
Lee, S. 2022. The Myth of the Flat Start-ups: Reconsidering the Organizational Structure of Start-ups. Strategic Management Journal 43(1) 58–92. [Link]
Awards
Finalist, Academy of Management TIM Division Dissertation Award (2022)
Runner-up, Industry Studies Association Dissertation Award (2021)
Strategic Management Society Best Conference PhD Paper Prize (2019)
Winner, INFORMS/Organization Science Dissertation Proposal Competition (2019)
Media coverage: Wharton Business Daily, The Loop, World Economic Forum
Presentation
2020: Seoul National University
2019: Simon Fraser University, University of Texas-Austin, University College London, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, The Wharton School, Michigan Ross, Strategic Management Society, INFORMS/Organization Science Dissertation Proposal Competition, Michigan Ross Business Economics & Public Policy, Academy of Management, Consortium on Competitiveness and Cooperation Conference, Trans-Atlantic Doctoral Conference, East Coast Doctoral Conference
Lee, S. and Csaszar, F. A. 2020. Cognitive and Structural Antecedents of Innovation: A Large-Sample Study. Strategy Science 5(2) 71–97. [Link]
Award: Michigan Ross Emeritus Award for the Best Second-year Paper (2017)
Presentation
2019: Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Michigan Ross
Works in Progress
Hurst, R.,* Lee, S.,* and Frake, J.* The Hidden Cost of Flat Hierarchies on Applicant Pool Diversity: Evidence from Experiments. [Link]
Stage: First-round R&R at Strategic Management Journal
Awards
Strategic Management Society Conference Strategic Human Capital Interest Group Best Paper Award (2022)
Finalist, Strategic Management Society Conference Responsible Research Paper Prize (2022)
Academy of Management OMT Division Best Paper Award (2022)
Strategy Science Conference Best Paper Award (2022)
Media coverage: The Loop, Wharton Magazine
Presentation
2022: Strategy Science Conference, Yonsei University, The Wharton School, Utah/BYU Winter Strategy Conference
2021: Consortium on Competitiveness and Cooperation Conference Entrepreneurship and Innovation Brownbag Series
Lee, S.,* and Kim, J. D.* When Do Startups Scale? Large-scale Evidence from Job Postings. [Link]
Stage: First-round R&R at Strategic Management Journal
Presentation
2022: Industry Studies Association Conference, INSEAD Doriot Entrepreneurship Conference, LBS Sumantra Ghoshal Strategy Conference
2021: People and Organizations Conference
Keum, D. D., Bailey, E., and Lee, S. Functionalization and the Biases in Assessing Creativity.
Kim, J. D.*, and Lee, S.* To Integrate or To Separate: How Post-acquisition Coordination Depends on a Target Startup’s Organizational Structure.
Lee, S., and Hernandez, E. The Unintended Diversity Effect of Noncompetes.
Note. * denotes equal authorship.