NEWS
Publications, awards, talks, and member updates from the Quantitative Technology Management Lab, newest first.
Professor Dongphil Chun has signed a contract with Sanzini, a Busan-based publisher, for a book with the working title Unicorns Won't Come. The book examines how Korea is the only country whose unicorns are concentrated in a single city and clustered in B2C businesses, leaving its startup ecosystem without diversity, and explores how regions can grow companies on their own resources. Publication is planned for the end of February 2027.
Zhao, S., Zhao, S., Tan, X., Chun, D., & Liu, Y.* (2026). A Study of the Impact of Innovation Diffusion on the Organizational Performance of Digital Logistics Platforms. Systems, 14(6), 681.
Read moreThe official website of the K-MOT doctoral program at PKNU Graduate School of Management of Technology, founded by Professor Dongphil Chun, is now open with program overview, curriculum, and admissions information in Korean, English, and Chinese.
Read moreThe QTM Lab website, thechunlab.com, has been relaunched. Research areas, funded projects, publications, members, and teaching information are now available in Korean, English, and Chinese.
PRESS
Newspaper articles featuring Professor Chun and the lab, newest first. Headlines are kept in the original Korean.
Report on the first angel-investment executive programme outside the Seoul metropolitan area, launched by PKNU’s Graduate School of MOT and the Korea Business Angels Association; quotes Dean Dongphil Chun. Also covered the same day by Hankook Ilbo and Kyunghyang Shinmun.
Interview (first in the Busan–Ulsan–Gyeongnam scholars series) on why regions should root start-ups in local resources instead of copying Silicon Valley.
Chaired the second session of an international conference hosted by Gyeongsang National University, on applying technology-management theory to regional research.
Feature in the Sungshin Women's University newspaper on localism and the "story economy," quoting Professor Chun on how a place's cultural identity, history and natural environment cannot be replicated, and how that scarcity draws people.
Keynote lecture, "Legacy Industries and the Local: A Turning Point for Sustainable Innovation," at the 2025 winter conference of the Beautiful Village Research Institute held at PKNU.
Coverage of the book Business Leaders' AI, a practical guide to AI for SMEs and start-ups.
Feature on Busan-born start-ups, quoting Professor Chun on youth out-migration and the need for regional start-ups that can employ young women.
Received the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education commendation on the 43rd Teachers' Day.
A team supervised by Professor Chun won first place (Minister's Award) in the public-technology track of the 2023 Korea Technology Commercialization BM Contest.
Best Paper Award at the Korean Association of Business Education fall conference for research on innovation, ESG, and financial performance.
Best Paper Award at the Korea Society of Innovation Management and Economics winter conference for research on the third-level digital divide among older adults in Busan and Seoul.
Organized the forum as director of PKNU's Entrepreneurship Education Center and presented its outcomes and plans.
One of 37 contributing authors to the Busan CCEJ 30th-anniversary policy book on making Busan a city where citizens are happy.
Article on the shortcomings of Busan's start-up cafés, quoting Professor Chun on the lack of substantive content such as founder–investor matching.
HelloDD report on STEPI’s research briefing on national wicked problems (9 Dec 2020). Quotes Professor Chun, a panel discussant, proposing follow-up research to track the policy effects of the forum’s recommendations.