New faculty in Management Information, Accounting, and Law
August 24, 2006
KOKOMO, Ind.—The Indiana University Kokomo School of Business welcomes three new faculty members in fall 2006: Assistant Professor of Management Information Systems (MIS) Joung Yeon “J.Y.” Kim; Assistant Professor of Accounting Byung Hwan Lee, Ph.D.; and Assistant Professor of Business Law Linda Ficht, J.D., who will also direct the Master of Business Administration program.
Joung Yeon “J.Y.” Kim
Kim anticipates completion of a doctorate in management–management information systems through Purdue University’s Krannert School of Management in August. Her doctoral dissertation, “Essays on the Effects of IT (Information Technology) on Economic Activity and Business Process Coordination,” looks at how multiple versions of IT products and services are priced and selected in online markets, she explained. These markets are like a specialized “e-Bay for IT services,” Kim said. “Small companies post their needs, and IT vendors bid on providing the products or services.” Just having the lowest price is rarely the winning factor in these markets, Kim explained. “Buyers are more likely influenced by the quality of a vendor’s offerings.”
Kim said she was drawn to IU Kokomo because of the opportunity to help develop the school’s MIS curriculum. As a graduate teaching assistant at Purdue from 2002–2006, she taught introduction to MIS, principles of information systems, e-commerce, systems analysis and design, telecommunications, database management and information security. Before entering the Purdue doctoral program, Kim worked as a software engineer for Samsung SDS in Seoul, Republic of (South) Korea, and as a visiting researcher at Technische Universität Berlin, Germany.
Byung Hwan Lee, Ph.D.
Lee holds a doctorate in accounting (2005) and master’s degree in finance (2003) from the University of Houston, as well as an executive M.B.A. from the American Graduate School of International Management. His doctoral dissertation was titled “Forecast Horizon and Business Cycle Effects in Analysts’ Forecast Bias and Stock Returns.”
From 1999–2004, Lee taught several sections of introductory and advanced financial accounting for the University of Houston’s Bauer College of Business. Previously, he was employed by SK Global Co., Ltd., and SK Group in Seoul, Republic of (South) Korea, working in marketing administration and planning, information analysis, corporate planning, and management information systems.
His research interests include applying theories developed in psychology and cognitive science to study the behaviors of capital market analysts and investors.
Linda Ficht, J.D.
Ficht comes to IU Kokomo after a year at College Misericordia in Pennsylvania, where she was an assistant professor of law and management. Previously, she spent eight years as an insurance defense attorney, practicing in Illinois.
Ficht earned a juris doctorate from Southern Illinois University School of Law in 1997 and an M.B.A. from Bradley University in Peoria, Ill., in 2005. She served as an adjunct professor at both Bradley and Robert Morris College in Peoria, teaching courses in the legal environment of business. Fitch’s primary areas of research interest include legal systems in emerging markets, human resource law and management, and organizational behavior.
Ficht has served on numerous local and state bar committees and has worked with several community organizations committed to improving life for disadvantaged women in children. In 2003, her public service was recognized when she was named among the “Forty Leaders Under Forty” in Peoria.
Joung Yeon "J.Y." Kim
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Byung Hwan Lee
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Linda Ficht
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