Associate Professor You-il Lee

You-il Lee is Associate Professor and Director of Master of International Business Program(MIB) in the International Graduate School of Business at the University of South Australia. You-il is a political economist, who works on socio-economic and political changes, foreign direct investment, and political economy of globalization in Northeast Asia. You-il has been a prolific researcher in the fields of Area Studies and International Management. He has published in a number of academic journals and three books with leading publishers over the years. You-il has also taught and coordinated numerous courses on Asian political economy, Asian Business Management, fundamentals of International Business/Management, Globalization, International Business Strategy and Cross-cultural Management.

You-il has served as President of Western Australia Korean Chamber of Commerce (2002-2006) and held visiting appointments at the Graudate School of International Studies, Chung-Ang University, Korea and at the Korea-Trade Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA). You-il has had considerable experience in advising companies and government departments on a range of matters. You-il has also met with over 150 CEOs of multinational corporations over the years.

You-il's recent book on the Korean Economy

• Political Economy of Globalization
• Managing Diversity
• Critical aspects of doing business in Asia

Member, Academy of International Business

Member, Australia-New Zealand International Business Academy

Member, The Korean Studies Association of Australasia

Member, The Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics (SASE)

Research Associate, Asia Research Centre, Murdoch University

BA (Hons), PhD (Murdoch)

• Political dynamics of globalization
• Cultural challenges within an international business context
• Foreign direct investment-led globalization
• Entry strategies in emerging markets

Books

Kim, Wan-Soon and Lee, You-il. (2007). The Korean Economy: The Challenges of FDI-Led Globalization (Edward Elgar: Cheltenham, UK & Northampton,MA, USA, ISBN: 978 1 84542 942 3). This book has been reviewed in Journal of Economic Literature 47(1), 2009, pp.217-8 and Pacific Affairs 81(3), 2008, pp.476-7.

Lee, You-il. (2003). From Evolution to Revolution: Korea's New Market Environment (Ashgate: Aldershot, UK & Burlington, USA, ISBN: 1 84014 790 3).

Reid, David and Lee, You-il. (1998). Strategic Business Development in South Korea: A Post-IMF Crisis Perspective (Financial Times: Singapore, ISBN: 962 661 110 3).

Refereed Journal Articles

Kim, Wan-Soon and Lee, You-il (2008), 'Korea's FDI-led Economic Liberalism: A Critical View', Asian Perspective, 32(1):165-192. Kim, Wan-Soon and Lee, You-il (2007), 'Challenges of Korea¡¯s Foreign Direct Investment-Led Globalization: Multinational Corporations' Perceptions', Asia Pacific Business Review, 13(2):163-181. Kim, Wan-Soon and Lee, You-il. (2005). 'The Chill Wind of Korean Xenophobia', Far Eastern Economic Review, 168(11): 41-46. Lee, You-il. (2004). 'MNCs' perception on the feasibility of South Korea as a business hub of Northeast Asia', Asian Academy of Management Journal, 9(2): 97-112. Lee, You-il and Hobday, Michael. (2003). 'Korea's New Globalisation Strategy: Can Korea Become a Business Hub in Northeast Asia?', Management Decision, 41(5):498-510. Lee, You-il. (2003). 'Korea¡¯s New Market Environment: An Opportunity for Australia?', Journal of Australian Studies, 9(1): 39-62. Lee, You-il (2003). 'An Autopsy of the South Korean Market: Dynamics and Contradictions', Asian Academy of Management Journal, 8(1): 33-47. Lee, You-il (1999). 'Political Economy of Korean and Japanese Foreign Direct Investment', Journal of Contemporary Asia, 29(4):462-493. Lee, You-il (1998). 'The End of Korean Capitalism?', Asia Pacific Magazine, No. 13, December, pp. 26-29. Lee, You-il and Cabalu, Helen (1998). 'The Effects of Asian Crisis on WA Economy', Western Australia Quarterly Bulletin of Economic Trends in conjunction with Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, Melbourne University, pp.39-53. Lee, You-il (1997). 'Korean Direct Investment in Indonesia in the 1990s: Dynamics and Contradictions', Asian Perspective, 21(3):173-210. Shin, Yoon-Hwan and Lee, You-il (1995). 'Korean Direct Investment in Southeast Asia', Journal of Contemporary Asia, 25(2):179-196.

Book Chapters

Lee, You-il. (2004). "Autopsy of the Korean Market: A Political Economy Perspective", in Pierre-Bruno Ruffini (ed), Economic Integration and Multinational Investment Behaviour (Edward Elgar: Cheltenham), pp.252-271. Lee, You-il (2000). "The Post-97 Asian Crisis: Strategic Perspectives on Entering the South Korean Market", G. Ogunmokun & R. Gabbay (eds), Issues in Marketing Management and Strategies (Academic Press International: Australia) pp. 38-55. Lee, You-il and Tcha, Moon-Joong (1995). "The Political Economy of Korean Foreign Direct Investment in Southeast Asia" in Ky Cao, ed, The Changing Capital Markets of East Asia (Routledge: London), pp.202-252.

Book Reviews

Lee, You-il. (2008). International Business in Korea: The Evolution of the Market in the Globalization Era, by O. Yul Kwon, (Edward Elgar: Cheltenham, UK, Northampton, USA, 2008) in The Asia-Pacific Journal of Economics and Business, 12(1):59-61.

Lee, You-il. (1997). The Role of Government in East Asian Economic Development, by M. Aoki, H.Y. Kim, and M. Okuno-Fujiwara (eds) (Clarendon Press:Oxford, 1997) in The Asia-Pacific Journal of Economics and Business, 2(1):104-107.

I am able to provide media comment in the following areas of expertise:

Discipline: Political Economy and International Business with an Asia-Pacific focus

• Strategic market development in Asia
• Managing cultural diversity
• Globalization and its impact on economic development in Asia
• Foreign direct investment in Asia
• Political economy of South Korea