USC Marshall School of Business

Yongwook (Yong) Paik is an Assistant Professor of Management and Organization in the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California (USC). He received his Ph.D. in Economics from UC Berkeley. Before receiving his Ph.D., he worked at a major law firm in Korea as a patent attorney specializing in intellectual property.

His research interests include industrial organization, law and economics, entrepreneurship, venture capital, corporate finance, business and public policy, strategy and intellectual property. His current research focuses on how serial entrepreneur's prior firm-founding experience affects subsequent venture performance, and how the bankruptcy system affects entrepreneurial activity. He is a recipient of the Kauffman Dissertation Fellowship Award (2008-2009) sponsored by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation.