Phillip Kim

Assistant Professor of Management and Human Resour, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Business

Phillip H. Kim is an Assistant Professor of Management and Human Resources at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Business.

He earned his MA and PhD in Sociology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and his BS (Economics) and BAS (Materials Sciences) at the University of Pennsylvania. His research and teaching interests focus on the topic of entrepreneurship.

Professor Kim’s research bridges macro- and micro-level explanations of entrepreneurship along societal, institutional, and political
dimensions. Specifically, his research examines entrepreneurial team and social network configurations, entrepreneurship in highly regulated industries, and the political economy of entrepreneurship.

He also investigates how occupational mobility shapes founders’ work experiences, which provides founders with the relevant knowledge they need in the entrepreneurial process.

His research has been published inStrategic Entrepreneurship Journal, Small Business Economics, and American Behavioral Scientist. He has received a Best Reviewer Award from the Journal of Business Venturing.

Professor Kim is also a faculty member of the Weinert Center for Entrepreneurship at the Wisconsin School of Business. Through the Center, he advises entrepreneurs on issues related to launching and establishing their businesses, coaches student entrepreneurs as they start their businesses, and teaches service-based entrepreneurship classes.

He has also worked as a management consultant advising businesses in the manufacturing, agriculture, professional services, retail, and non-profit sectors.