Born in Korea, Kim was educated at Ross School of Business, where late 1970s he started his academic career eventually becoming Professor.
Kim has served on the board of multiple multinationals, and is Fellow of the World Economic Forum.
[4] In their 1997 Harvard Business Review article "Value Innovation" Kim and Renée Mauborgne presented a popular post-Porter model.
In this article they described a "value innovation" model in which companies must look outside their present paradigms to find new value propositions.
[5] Kim has published two well-known books and numerous articles on strategic management of multinationals.