Hongryol is a Lecturer in International Business at Queen’s Business School. He is a fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy (FHEA). He holds a Ph.D. in Business Administration from Temple University (USA) and his M.A. in Economics from Vanderbilt University (USA). Before joining Queen’s Business School, Hongryol served as a BK21 FOUR Postdoctoral Researcher, funded by the Korean government, and taught Organizational Behavior, Entrepreneurship and New Ventures, and Creating New Ventures as a Visiting Assistant Professor in Business Administration at Kyungpook National University (South Korea). He also taught Global Business Policies (the strategy capstone course of B.B.A.) at Temple University for three years. Prior to his academic career, Hongryol had industry experience in the Oil refinery & Energy sector.

Hongryol's primary research focuses on advancing knowledge of how business ecosystems are initially formed, then evolve over time, and are ultimately controlled by a self-organization mechanism. His research theme lies at the intersection between global strategy, organizational control, and complexity in international contexts, such as global value chains, multinational business ecosystems, and globalization/de-globalization. Hongryol’s research has been published in the Journal of International Management, Management and Organization Review, and Korean Management Review, Management International Review, and the Asia Pacific Journal of Management.

Themes: Strategic management, Global strategy, Business ecosystems, Global value chains, Innovation

Methodologies: Quantitative research, Case study, Topic modeling (NLP/ML), Network analysis

IBEM 7002 Global Business Environment (MSc International Business): Module coordinator

IBEM 2011 International Business (BSc Business Management, Business Economics, International Business): Co-teaching