Dr. Yeolan Lee

Associate Professor, Management Alabama Credit Union Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship

Contact

301 Sparkman Drive
Business Administration Building
Room 369
Huntsville, AL 35899
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256.824.6380
yeolan.lee@uah.edu

Biography

Yeolan Lee is an Associate Professor of Management at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. She earned a Ph.D. in Strategic Management from the Ohio State University, M.S. from Seoul National University, and B.S. from Hankuk University of Foreign Studies. Her areas of research center on new drug development, pharmaceutical innovations, R&D organizational boundary decisions, open innovation, new product development speed, intellectual property protection, and knowledge management strategies. Her peer reviewed work has been published in journals such as California Management Review, Drug Discovery Today, Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics, Industry and Innovation, and Science and Public Policy.

Curriculum Vitae

Education

  • Ph.D., Strategic Management, The Ohio State University, 2013
  • M.S., Seoul National University, South Korea, 2008
  • B.S., Public Administration, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, 2005

Honors & Awards

  • Mark McDaniel, Henri McDaniel, and Robert Cramer Faculty Fellowship ($5,580), 2019, 2023, 2025
  • Witmondt Faculty Fellowship ($3000), University of Alabama in Huntsville, 2016-2018
  • Research Mini-Grants ($5000), University of Alabama in Huntsville, 2016
  • Research Mini-Grants ($5000), University of Alabama in Huntsville, 2015
  • UAH New Faculty Research Grants ($9478), 2014-2015
  • MHR Travel Grants, The Ohio State University, 2008-2013
  • CIBER (Center for International Business Education and Research) Travel Grants, The Ohio State University 2011
  • West Coast Research Symposium Travel Grants, 2011-2012
  • The Ohio State University Graduate Fellowships, 2008 – 2013
  • Dong-won Foundation scholarships (2005 − 2007) for the Seoul National University Graduate program

Expertise

  • New Product Development Planning
  • Licensing Strategy
  • Product Market Entry Timing Strategy
  • Technology & Innovation Management
  • Entrepreneurship

Recent Publications

  • Lee, Y., & Fong, E. A. 2025. The Marginal Effect of External Technologies on Innovation Time”, Technovation, 140: pp. 103145

  • Lee, Y., & Fong, E. A. 2024. The art of living together: Space mining ecosystem, sustainability and accountability. Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal. 37(5): pp. 1428-1456

  • Lee, Y., Fong, E. A., & Kim, H. 2023. Coopetition and technology licensing partner selection. Industrial Marketing Management, 112, pp. 60-70. 

  • Lee, Y., & Fong, E. A. 2020. Forthcoming. Patent lifecycle management strategies in open innovation projects. Drug Discovery Today. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drudis.2020.06.019

  • Fong, E. A., Wilhite, A. W., Hickman, C., & Lee, Y. (2020). The Legal Consequences of Research Misconduct: False Investigators and Grant Proposals. The Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics, 48(2), 331–339. https://doi.org/10.1177/1073110520935347

  • Lee, Y., Fong, E.A., Barney, J. & Hawk, A. 2019. Why do experts solve complex problems using open innovation? Evidence from the U.S. pharmaceutical industry. California Management Review. 62(1): 144-166.

  • Lee, Y. & Fong, E.A. 2019. The impact of diversifying and de novo firms on regional innovation performance in an emerging industry: A longitudinal study of the U.S. ethanol industry. Industry and Innovation. 26(7): 769-794.

  • Hickman, C., Fong, E. A., Wilhite, A., & Lee, Y. 2019. Academic misconduct and criminal liability: Manipulating academic journal impact factors. Science and Public Policy. scz019.

  • Lee, Y., St. John, C., Fong, E.A., & Bao, Y. 2018. Flexible new product development processes and appropriability: Intellectual property and first-mover. International Journal of Innovation Management, 22(1): 1-24.

  • Lee, Y., Mackenzie, W. I., Fong, E.A., & Sherman, D. 2016. The importance of inter-temporal integration in new product development, International Journal of Innovation Management, 20(3):1-23.