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- SKK GSB focuses on digital competitiveness through its global MBA with a dual degree abroad
- SKK GSB focuses on digital competitiveness through its global MBA with a dual degree abroad Professional MBA program building core business management competencies High interest from working professionals in the Business Analytics MBA program SKK GSB has been ranked first in Korea each year since 2012 in the Financial Times (FT) Global MBA rankings. Among 100 MBA programs in the world, the school ranked 20th in investment value, 29th in promotion, and 15th in international experience in 2022. Nurturing professionals with data capabilities SKK GSB updates all programs’ curricula every year. Subjects enhancing digital competitiveness have been added to each program, and a business analytics track was added to the full-time MBA (daytime) program last year. SKK GSB teaches subjects such as business intelligence, AI and machine learning, digital age corporate strategy, digital and social media analysis, data visualization, digital marketing, and finance analytics. As SKK GSB Dean Eric Shih says, “In recent years, business has changed more rapidly than ever before, digitalization has progressed in most fields, and data is now the language of business. For that reason, we have been raising MBA students who can lead this continuing business revolution.” SKK GSB is currently running six programs: Full-Time MBA (18 months, daytime), Professional MBA (2 years, evening), Indiana Kelley–SKK GSB EMBA (18 months, weekend), Business Analytics MBA (2 years, Saturdays), AI MBA (2 years, Saturdays), and MMS(Master in Management Studies, 2 years, daytime). The Full-Time MBA is a global program on which approx. 70% of the faculty are from overseas. Dual degree programs are available with Indiana University Kelley School of Business, Indiana University Maurer School of Law, and EDHEC Business School. The Full-Time MBA consists of business analytics, marketing, finance, and strategy tracks. Chaewon Yun, a Full-Time MBA student taking both the Management and the Business Analytics tracks says, “I took this course to acquire professional knowledge on the latest management strategies and issues, and a broad understanding of data and digital business analysis at the same time… I expect that it will be advantageous in practice after getting a job.” Discovering Global leaders who can lead business innovation The Professional MBA is an evening MBA program for working professionals. In the first year, students build fundamental business management knowledge, and select specialist courses in marketing, finance, or management strategy. This program has an option to take either one year of Indiana University Kelley School of Business’s MS programs online, or one year of Indiana University Kelley School of Business’ MBA program (daytime) by visiting Indiana University Kelley School of Business in person. The Indiana Kelley–SKK GSB Executive MBA Program is a dual degree Executive MBA program run by both schools. Faculty from Indiana University Kelley School of Business teach 55% of the programs, and students can obtain two MBA degrees: one from each university. SKK GSB explains that this is a process for those with expertise in various fields to develop as managers. The Business Analytics MBA develops data analysis competency and MBA knowledge at the same time. Students start with basic subjects such as programming and statistics, and study intensively on specialized data areas such as big data, cloud computing, business matrices, and deep learning. This course is attracting high interest among working professionals who want to boost their competitiveness in the field of analytics. The AI (Artificial Intelligence) MBA is a contract course for companies fostering in-house AI experts. This is a convergence program taught by faculty from SKK GSB, Sungkyunkwan University’s Software and Computer Engineering Departments, and by external data experts. AI courses are taught in Korean, while business courses are taught in English. The MMS is a two-year program jointly conducted by SKK GSB, UC Berkeley Haas School of Business, and EDHEC Business School. Students take lectures at these three schools in Korea, the US, and France in their studies to become business professionals. Graduates simultaneously acquire a Master of Science (MS) degree from SKK GSB and EDHEC. SKK GSB is recruiting new students for the 2022 academic year, with interviews on 20th April and 20th May. More details can be found on the SKK GSB website. Related article: Korea Economic Daily on April 13th https://www.hankyung.com/society/article/2022041297011
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- 작성일 2022-04-21
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- SKK GSB, raising global MBA graduates who lead the business revolution
- SKK GSB, raising global MBA graduates who lead the business revolution Annual updates of curricula such as Business Analytics and ESG Strategy SKK GSB is ranked first in Korea in the Financial Times (FT) Global MBA rankings. Among 100 MBA programs in the world, the school ranked 30th for investment value, 29th for promotion, and 15th for international experience. As SKK GSB Dean, Eric Shih says, “in recent years, business has changed more rapidly than ever before, digitalization has progressed in most fields, and data is now the language of business, while ESG management is attracting attention. For that reason, we have been raising MBA students who can lead this continuing business revolution.”. SKK GSB has updated all programs’ curricula every year, enhancing digital competitiveness and up-to-date business strategies. Indiana Kelley–SKK GSB EMBA program’s Kyuho Lee recently took the ‘ESG Strategy’ course, which he found very interesting. “ESG is often thought of as a corporate’s social contribution, but in this class, I learned that ‘ESG management’ is a strategy that creates a virtuous cycle by generating corporate profits through social contribution.” He said, “In a larger context, I am convinced that ESG is one of the pillars that enable sustainable development and company growth along with AI.” Professor Tai-Young Kim, who teaches this class, compares Tesla, Patagonia, and Pink Ribbon campaigns, and asserts that successful ESG strategies are deeply related to a company’s core competencies, products, and technologies. An effective ESG strategy increases a company’s competitive advantage, and opens new markets and business opportunities. The CEO’s strategic direction is most important in determining a company’s success or failure. EMBA students thus study business strategy subjects such as competitive strategy, corporate strategy, and ESG strategy step by step in detail. Meanwhile, another alumnus, Sang-yeol Kim, who works at Vistelligence, a smart manufacturing solution company, was very surprised when he contacted SKK GSB to find applicants with English proficiency and manufacturing experience. This is because SKK GSB teaches many digital subjects such as business intelligence, marketing, and financial analytics, and machine learning in the Full-Time MBA program which he graduated from 10 years ago. He said, “These days, it is very difficult not only in Korea but also in the United States to find talented people who understand data and AI but who also have global business capabilities, and I’m sure there will be growing demand for people who have these capabilities.” SKK GSB is currently running six programs: Full-Time MBA (18 months, daytime), Professional MBA (two years, evening), Indiana Kelley – SKK GSB EMBA (18 months, weekend), Business Analytics MBA (two years, Saturdays), AI MBA (two years, Saturdays), MMS (Master in Management Studies, two years, daytime). The Full-Time MBA is a global program in which approx. 70% of the faculty and 58% of incoming students are from overseas. Dual degree programs are available with Indiana University Kelley School of Business, Mauer School of Law, and EDHEC Business School. The Indiana Kelley–SKK GSB Executive MBA Program is a dual degree Executive MBA program run by both schools. Faculty from Indiana University Kelley School of Business teach 55% of the programs, and students obtain two MBA degrees: one from each university. This program is for working professionals with at least eight years’ work experience. The Professional MBA is an evening MBA program for working professionals. In the first year, students build fundamental business management knowledge, and select specialist courses in marketing, finance, or management strategy. This program has an option to take either one year of Indiana University Kelley School of Business’s MS programs online, or one year of IU Kelley’s MBA program (daytime) by visiting IU Kelley in person. The Business Analytics MBA develops data analysis competency and MBA knowledge at the same time. Students study intensively in programming, big data, cloud computing, digital and social media analysis, and specialized data fields. The MMS is a two-year program jointly conducted by SKK GSB, EDHEC Business School, and UC Berkeley Haas School of Business. Graduates simultaneously acquire a Master of Science (MS) from SKK GSB and EDHEC. The AI MBA is a contract course for companies fostering in-house AI experts. AI courses are taught in Korean, while business courses are taught in English. SKK GSB is recruiting new students for the 2022 calendar year. Business Analytics MBA recruitment ends on 20th April, and recruitment for other courses end on 20th May. More details can be found on SKK GSB website. Related article: Maeil Business Newspaper on April 20th (Korean article) https://www.mk.co.kr/news/special-edition/view/2022/04/350118/
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- 작성일 2022-04-21
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- "SKK GSB was a turning point in my life." by Hyunseok Ji (PMBA, Class of 2022)
- SKK GSB Professional MBA alumnus Mr. Hyunseok Ji, who now works to improve profitability in LG Energy Solution’s Automotive Battery Division, shared how his life-changing experiences at SKK GSB have influenced his career. He noted that his learning experiences at SKK GSB assisted him in creating innovative outcomes through strategic decision-making with a new perspective. He also highlighted the importance of differentiating strengths and of excellent problem-solving skills in our rapidly-changing world. Read the full interview below: 1.Could you tell us a little bit about yourself? I am Hyunseok Ji, and I graduated from the Professional MBA program at the end of last year. I am responsible for improving profitability and productivity in LG Energy Solution’s Automotive Battery Division. 2.What were your reasons for doing the MBA, and why did you choose SKK GSB? I chose an MBA to develop a mindset to understand business in diverse ways. I majored in mechanical engineering as an undergraduate, but when I worked as a purchasing officer, I had to work with sales, development, planning, cost, and quality assurance representatives from partner companies. That was when I realized that I needed not only technical know-how, but also an understanding of the business administration aspect. In particular, as I worked on improving profitability, I felt that I needed the knowledge and perspective to look at business in various ways, so I became interested in the MBA program. The MBA was also a fascinating opportunity to meet students and alumni from a variety of fields, and it helped me to enrich my working life. My highly-motivated classmates were especially stimulating. Among MBA programs in Korea, I found the program at SKK GSB most attractive as it offered 100% English-medium MBA classes applying the latest management theory to a practice-oriented curriculum. 3.Please share how what you learned during your MBA program has contributed towards your work. In an assignment in the Product Service Design course, we selected a company, and drew a product life cycle and roadmap to propose a new business model. In that assignment, I analyzed the initial model, and successful and unsuccessful projects by investigating personal mobility companies that have various products. After that, I suggested future business strategies such as localization and subscription. Another notable course was the Project Workshop. In that course, we had regular meetings with actual tech startup managers to discuss product strategies and mid-to-long-term operation plans, and we devised improvement roadmaps. I’m certain that this experience of analyzing and discussing business models, and formulating differentiation strategies with actual CEOs and CTOs was a great help in expanding my business perspectives. These classes have assisted me a lot in the process of strategic decision-making, and have helped me to create the innovative outcomes required in my job. 4.Please give a word of advice to prospective applicants who are considering an MBA. In a rapidly-changing world, I believe that it is crucial to differentiate our strengths, and to develop excellent problem-solving skills. Now I’m sure that an MBA is not only a platform for acquiring the knowledge of business and economics, but also a place to redefine our careers and directions in life by reflecting on ourselves. Related article: Korea Economic Daily on April 13th (Korean version) https://www.hankyung.com/society/article/2022041296831
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- 작성일 2022-04-21
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- [Global Leader Speaker Series] Digital Transformation and Open Innovation by John Hanjoo Lee, CEO of Bespin Global
- SKK GSB’s next “Global Leader Speaker Series”, will feature the entrepreneur and startup investor John Hanjoo Lee, the co-founder, and CEO of Bespin Global, who will speak on the theme of “Digital Transformation and Open Innovation”. In light of the collapse of the boundaries of industry, and given that speed and convergence have become power, Mr. Lee will share his insights into effective digital transformation. Get ready for the special discussion next Monday! Monday, April 11th, 7 PM Click here to Register About John Hanjoo Lee and Bespin Global John Hanjoo Lee is a serial entrepreneur and startup investor. He is passionate about cloud computing, startups, and global entrepreneurship. With more than 20 years’ experience of IT infrastructure management, he founded Bespin Global in 2015. Bespin Global is a cloud managed service provider (MSP) operating in 12 cities in eight countries, including Korea, China, the United States, the Middle East, Southeast Asia, and Japan. The company helps large enterprises adopt both private and public cloud services through professional services, managed services, and OpsNow (a proprietary multi-cloud management platform). Since its founding in 2015, the company has grown, and now has over 950 employees and more than 3000 customers such as Samsung Electronics, SK Telecom, and other large businesses.
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- 작성일 2022-04-07
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- SKK GSB Professor Kyeongheui Kim: An Unintended Consequence of Product Upgrades
- Professor Kyeongheui Kim’s paper “An Unintended Consequence of Product Upgrades: How Upgrades Can Make Current Consumers Feel Left Behind" has been published in the Journal of Marketing Research. Abstract as below: In today’s advanced economies, consumers are constantly exposed to an increasing number of upgraded products. This research examines consumer response to a brand’s launching of an upgraded product and identifies the consumer’s ownership status of a previous version of the product as a key dimension that can influence their reaction. Contrary to common intuition, it is demonstrated that while the release of an upgraded product is received positively by non-owners of a previous version, this is not always the case for owners. The authors propose that owners respond unfavorably because the new upgrade increases perceived distance between the owners and the brand as the brand progresses forward with the enhanced products. That is, when the new product replaces an existing product the consumers own, consumers perceive as if the brand is moving away from them. This negative effect of an upgrade is attenuated if the owners are provided with an extra source of connection to the brand. The authors investigate this phenomenon in five studies and discuss the implications of their findings. Keywords: product upgratd, ownership, identity, consumer-brand relationship
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- 작성일 2022-03-04
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- Class of 2022 Commencement Ceremony
- Class of 2022 Commencement Ceremony will be held today (February 4PM) on zoom. Webinar link: https://skkgsb.zoom.us/j/99417610865 Ceremony Timeline: -Opening Announcement -Congratulatory Address – Dean -Congratulatory Address – Alumni Association -Class Reply by Student Representatives -Academic Excellence, Contribution, ABP Awards -Conferring Diplomas -Closing Announcement Join the webinar to congratulate the Class of 2022 students!
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- 작성일 2022-02-23
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- SKK GSB ranked the best MBA in Korea 2022 Financial Times Global MBA Ranking
- Sungkyunkwan University Graduate School of Business (SKK GSB) was ranked 1st in Korea for the 11th consecutive year and 65th globally in the most recent 2022 Financial Times (FT) Global MBA Ranking. SKK GSB received high scores in the categories of value for money (30th), career progress (29th), employment at three months (34th), international student ratio (32nd), international faculty ratio (18th), and international course experience (15th). It also jumped 17 places on international mobility, indicating that alumni are improving their global career prospects. This year, the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania was ranked first, followed by Columbia Business School. INSEAD and Harvard Business School tied for third. SKK GSB is shaping the future with business analytics and AI. In 2021, The school added an analytics track to the Full-time MBA program to give students more specialized technical training. This fall, they will be launching the Business Analytics MBA, which combines the best of traditional MBA education with deep analytics know-how. Students have shown high interest in this exciting field, with 30% of the current Full-Time MBA students choosing to pursue this new track.
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- 작성일 2022-02-14
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- SKK GSB Professor Minjung Koo : Remember Me, Will You?: Overusing Material Gifts for Interpersonal Memory Management
- Professor Minjung Koo’s paper “Remember Me, Will You?: Overusing Material Gifts for Interpersonal Memory Management”, has been published in the Journal of Consumer Psychology, which is ranked by the Financial Times as the top 50 journal. Abstract Six experiments (N=2,350) uncover a prevalent giver–recipient preference discrepancy: gift givers prefer giving material gifts (vs. experiential gifts) more than gift-recipients prefer to receive them. The experiments reveal congruent evidence that a mnemonic gifting strategy underlies this preference discrepancy. Givers are more likely than recipients to consider the memory consequences of gift options, as givers intuitively use material gifts as interpersonal mnemonic devices to facilitate the recipient’s retrieval of giver-related memories. As such, this preference discrepancy occurs in various stages of developing relationships but is mitigated in very close relationships. In addition, two theoretical moderators are identified: the preference discrepancy disappears when the gift would be associated with an unpleasant occasion (instead of a pleasant one), and when the giver and recipient expect an incidental increase in future interactions. This research reveals an interpersonal memory-management motive that underlies the miscalibrated gift choices, and bridges prior findings on material and experiential gifts. These findings also offer insights for consumers and marketers to mitigate miscalibrated choices and their perverse economic and relationship consequences. Keywords Gift giving, material versus experiential gifts, mnemonic gifting strategy, interpersonal mnemonic device, miscalibrated gift choices.
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- 작성일 2022-01-21
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- SKK GSB Professor Suil Pae publishes study on Career Concerns and Financial Reporting Quality
- Professor Suil Pae’s paper Career Concerns and Financial Reporting Quality, has been accepted for publication in Contemporary Accounting Research. Abstract Managerial career concerns could affect firm efficiency through financial reporting quality, but this important link has received relatively little attention in the literature. The present study examines this link by developing a model that has the following elements. A risk-neutral manager provides effort to increase the market value of the firm and to favorably influence the market assessment of her ability. Depending on the magnitude of career concerns, she either under- or overinvests effort relative to an efficiency-maximizing level. The analysis identifies conditions under which higher-quality reporting induces the manager to invest more effort. Under these conditions, the model is extended to a setting in which the manager also chooses the quality of financial reporting at some cost. In doing so, she seeks to reduce distortion in her effort investment. The equilibrium reporting quality and effort investment are determined by a trade-off between them. In the presence of high uncertainty about the firm’s future cash flows, if the manager’s career concerns exceed a threshold, she underinvests in reporting quality and overinvests effort. The empirical implication is a negative relation between managerial career concerns and financial reporting quality. To a large extent, this is consistent with findings in prior empirical studies. Thus, the present study offers a theoretical explanation for the empirical findings as an equilibrium outcome.
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- 작성일 2021-12-17
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- SKK GSB School Spirit Contest Winner Announcement
- A big shoutout to all the participants of the SKK GSB Spirit Contest! Students showed SKK GSB spirit through both creative and fun pictures! Now it is time to announce the winners! Congratulations to (Instagram account and program) stinamoments (FMBA Class of 2022) hara.33 (FMBA Class of 2023) greatben68 (PMBA 9th Cohort) w_sorachoi_w (PMBA10th Cohort) uncle0ero (PMBA 11th Cohort) seo0_jenny (PMBA 12th Cohort) jeongmupark (EMBA13th Cohort) vivee87 (MSBA1st Cohort) 0alinaaa0 (MSBA2nd Cohort) geun_hyeop (AIMBA) The winners and all teammates will get the first place prize. Program managers will reach out to each student for the prize and all participants for the participation prize. Thank you everyone, for participating. We hope you enjoyed the contest as much as we did!
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- 작성일 2021-11-30
- 조회수 7182