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Dr Young-Chan Kim PhD

Senior Lecturer in International Business

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Dr Young-Chan Kim

Senior Lecturer in International Business


Young-Chan Kim is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of International Business and Economics at the Çï¿ûÊÓƵ, London. His main research before joining the University was international business and foreign direct investment among Asian multinational enterprises, with several publications: 'Newly Industrialising Economies and International Competitiveness' (Palgrave, 2006), 'Challenging Globalisation and Post-Crisis Reform' (Chandos Publication, 2009).

Since 2010, he intensively focused on China and global business and published 'Chinese Global Production Networks in ASEAN' (Springer, 2015), 'US Firms' Business Competence in the Taiwanese IT Industry' (Springer, 2016), 'China and Africa' (Palgrave, 2017), 'Chinese Digital Economy' (Palgrave, 2018), ‘China and India’ (Springer, 2020), ‘China and BRI’ (Palgrave, 2021), and forthcoming ‘Far East Asian Regional Integration: decolonised’ (2022) & ‘China and the Islamic World’ (2023).

He recently concluded a tenure at Academia Sinica in Taiwan and was a recipient of the Taiwan Foreign Office Scholarship. In 2020, he was recognised as a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Young-Chan is currently the Chief Editor of the ‘Made in China 2025’ project series, which was one of the most downloaded e-books in the field of ‘China and Asian studies’ (Palgrave/Springer). The series is aimed at giving up-and-coming academics a platform to voice their contemporary research on Chinese Regional Studies.

Research / Scholarly interests

· Chinese state-owned enterprises

· Digital innovation in East Asia

· Sino-globalisation

Recent publications

Book

Chen, Pi-Chi and , Kim, Young-Chan (2016), . Springer International Publishing. In: , , , . Springer International Publishing, (1st) . ISBN: 9783319320274 (doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-32028-1) NB Item availability restricted.

Book section

Kim, Young-Chan and , (2018), . Palgrave. In: , , In: Young-Chan Kim, Pi-Chi Chen (eds.), The Digitization of Business in China: Exploring the Transformation from Manufacturing to a Digital Service Hub. Palgrave, UK (1st) . pp. 219-231 . ISBN: 9783319790480 (doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-79048-0_9) NB Item availability restricted.

Kim, Young-Chan and , (2017), . Palgrave. In: , , , China and Africa. Palgrave, UK (1st) . pp. 23-54 . ISBN: 9783319470290 (doi: https://www.palgrave.com/gb/book/9783319470290) NB Item availability restricted.

Conference proceedings

Kim, Young-Chan and , Chen, Pi-Chi (2016), . Department of Management, Birkbeck, University of London. In: , , , International Business in Multi-speed Global Economy. Department of Management, Birkbeck, University of London, . ISBN: 9781526202635 (doi: ).

Edited book

Kim, Young-Chan and , Chen, Pi-Chi (2018), . Palgrave Macmillan. In: , , , . Palgrave Macmillan, Cham (1st) . ISBN: 9783319790473 (doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-79048-0) NB Item availability restricted.

Kim, Young-Chan and , (2017), . Palgrave Macmillan. In: , , , . Palgrave Macmillan, London (1st) . ISBN: 9783319470290 (doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47030-6).