Yoo Taek Lee

Professor Yoo-Taek Lee has many years of experience in teaching, scholarly research, and consulting. Currently, he is a Master Lecturer in the Operations and Technology Management Department and a faculty director of Asian Field Seminar which has about a 30 year-long history. Prior to joining Boston University, Professor Lee taught at Babson College as an Assistant Professor and Emmanuel College as an Associate Professor. Professor Lee also serves International Network of Korean Entrepreneurs Boston branch office as a Chair by supporting small and medium enterprises (SMEs) for their global expansion strategy.

He teaches various courses for executive, graduate and undergraduate programs. His innovative courses include Entrepreneurship for Execution that focuses on exploring entrepreneurial approaches in operating new/existing business and Asia Field Seminar that brings MBA students together to visit best practiced companies in Asia such as Toyota, Denso, Fuji-Xerox, MK Taxi, Samsung Electronics, LG Electronics, POSCO, Samsung Tesco, and selected competitive SMEs. He also teaches Lean Six Sigma, Global Supply Chain, and Operations Management courses.

Professor Lee’s research interests include corporate entrepreneurship, global supply chain management, corporate social responsibility, and capability upgrading. His recent research project includes the relationship between corporate entrepreneurship and innovation, development strategies of small and medium-sized suppliers in a global supply chain, and the capability upgrading at the firm level that focuses on how small and medium-sized enterprises sustain their competitiveness in global supply chains. Recently, he has started his new research project focusing on the quality management in the Digital Era and Smart Factory.

His research has been published in such scholarly journals as Journal of Supply Chain Management, the International Journal of Information System and Supply Chain Management, and the International Journal of Data Analysis and Information System. Professor Lee published his second book, Platform of the New Growth: Corporate Social Responsibility written in Korean (May 2012). The book proposes a systematic approach for developing a socially responsible supply chain that improves the effectiveness of corporate social responsibility activities. Most recently, Prof. Lee published Lean Six Sigma Toolkits published by GOAL/QPC in 2017 (https://goalqpc.com/product/lean-six-sigma-toolkits/). This practical Lean Six Sigma Tools helps academic and corporate training in the field of quality management.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

• Lee, Y., Chang, Y., Kim, H., Jeon, S. (In Press). "How much Wind-Powered Electricity May be Generated in 2040 by China, the U.S. and Four Other Countries?", International Journal of Energy Technology and Policy, 16 (2), 1-1
• Lee, Y. (2019). "Lessons Learned-based Planning", Chief Executive, 205 (December), 52-56
• Lee, Y. (2019). "Global Value Chain: Create rather than Join", Chief Executive, 204 (November), 54-58
• Lee, Y. (2019). "Adopt or Leverage: Developing a Collaborative Relationship between Human and AI", Chief Executive, 203 (October), 52-56
• Lee, Y. (2019). "Business Model and Contents-based Innovation", Chief Executive, 202 (September), 52-56
• Chang, Y., Lee, Y., Lee, Y., Jin, M. (2019). "Convergence Analysis of the Sanitation Index for 158 Countries", Journal of Environmental Accounting and Management, 7 (3), 263-277
• Lee, Y. (2019). "Suggestions for Maximizing Productivity", Chief Executive, 201 (Auguest), 74-78
• Lee, Y. (2019). "Manufacturing Industry and Globalization: New Trends", Chief Executive, 200 (July), 76-79
• Lee, Y. (2019). "Process-based Innovation: Nobel Prize of Quality - Malcolm Baldrige Award", Chief Executive, 199 (June), 80-84
• Lee, Y. (2019). "Building an Effective Vision House", Chief Executive, 198 (May), 76-80
• Lee, Y. (2019). "Organization driven by vision", Chief Executive, 197 (April), 66-69
• Lee, Y. (2019). "Management by Objecitves and Manager's Letter", Chief Executive, 196 (March), 56-60
• Lee, Y. (2019). "Intercept and Slope of Entrepreneurship", Chief Executive, 195 (February), 52-57
• Lee, Y. (2019). "Priority Decisions and Courage", Chief Executive, 194 (January), 50-53
• Lee, Y. (2018). "Exit Champion", Chief Executives (193), 54-57
• Lee, Y. (2018). "Peter Drucker's Time Management", Chief Executives (192), 52-56
• Lee, Y. (2018). "Smart Factory Benchmarking Report (2", Chief Executives, 191 52-56
• Lee, Y. (2018). "Smart Factory Benchmarking Report", Chief Executives, 190 48-54
• Lee, Y., Chang, Y., Park, N., Lee, Y. (2018). "Scaling Relationship between Traffic Congestion versus Population Size of 164 Global Cities", Transport Policy
• Lee, Y. (2018). "Managing Onself from Peter F. Drucker", Chief Executives, 189 54-58
• Chang, Y., Park, N., Lee, Y., Lee, Y. (2018). "Scaling Relationship between Traffic Congestion versus Population Size of 164 Global Cities", SSRN Electronic Journal
• Lee, Y. (2018). "Entrepreneurship for Growth and Development",
• Lee, Y. (2018). "Toyota in Vietnam", Chief Executives, 186 52-56
• Lee, Y. (2018). "Exploitation vs. Exploration", Chief Executives, 185 50-54
• Lee, Y. (2018). "Postmortem vs. Premortem",
• Lee, Y. (2018). "Golden Remedy of Growth: Oxytocin", Chief Executives, 183 52-55
• Lee, Y. (2018). "Project Management in the Era of Uncertainty: Gantt Chart of Scrum?", Chief Executives, 182 54-59
• Lee, Y., Chang, Y., Lee, Y. (2018). "Convergency Analysis of Outdoor Air Pollution for Nitrogen Dioxide for 179 Countries", International Journal of Environmental Technology and Management
• Lee, Y. (2017). "Preoccupy the Platform: The theory of two-sided market and network theory", Chief Executive, 181 54-57
• Lee, Y. (2017). "The Secret of Life - Double Helix: the secret of business growth", Chief Executive, 180 48-52
• Lee, Y. (2017). "Business Platformization", Chief Executive, 179 62-67
• Lee, Y. (2017). "The Effective Executives: The 8 practices", Chief Executive, 178 46-51
• Lee, Y. (2017). "Lean Six Sigma Toolkits", A GOAL/QPC
• Lee, Y. (2017). "Fundamental Growth Through Fundamental Innovation", Chief Executive, 177 48-50
• Chang, Y., Yi, J., Jo, S., Lee, Y. (2016). "Is the 2040 Projection on Net Electricity Generation by Energy Information Administration Too Conservative? In Comparison to Alternate Projection Using Experience Curve", SSRN Electronic Journal
• Chang, Y., Lee, Y., Yi, J. (2016). "Scaling relationship of patent counts vs. population size: regional and population subgroup analysis of 50 states in the USA", International Journal of Technology, Policy and Management, 16 (4), 304-304
• Lee, Y., Ryu, S., McKone-Sweet, K. (2013). "The Role of Complementary Resources in the Development of E-Supply Chains and the Firm’s Performance: An Exploratory Analysis of Secondary Data", International Journal of Operations Research and Information Systems (IJORIS), 4 (2), 1-21
• Lee, Y. (2013). "CSR and Fact-based Creating Shared Value System", The Journal of Distribution, 3 (218), 28-34
• Lee, Y. (2013). "Entrepreneurship and Economic Downturn", Journal of Korean American Citizens League of NE
• Lee, Y. (2012). "Fact-based shared value creating management system", KMAC Strategic Report
• Lee, Y. (2012). "The ball is in our court: FTA between USA and Korea", Journal of Korean American Citizens League of NE
• Lee, Y. (2012). "Platform of The New Growth: Corporate Social Responsibility", Korea Management Association Consultants
• Lee, Y. (2011). "Competing on Entrepreneurial Management Innovation: The Fact-Based Management System of HOMEPLUS", The Journal of Creativity and Innovation, 4 (2)
• Lee, Y. (2010). "A Co-word Analysis of Supply Chain Studies", The International Journal of Data Analysis and Information System, 2 (2), 97-108
• Lee, Y. (2010). "The Missing Link between Corporate Social Responsibility and Competitiveness: Two Cases in South Korea", The Journal of Creativity and Innovation, 3 (2), 55-84
• Lee, Y., Kim, Y., Rice, M., Ko, J. (2010). "On the Influence of Corporate Entrepreneurship and Key Elements of a Business System on Radical Innovation: The Korean vs. U.S. Experience", Business Education, 24 (2), 221-243
• Lee, Y., Kim, J., Miller, J. (2009). Complementary Resources, Web-based Applications, and the Development of Competitive Supply Chain."Innovations in Supply Chain Management for Information Systems: Novel Approaches", IGI Global
• MCKONE-SWEET, K., LEE, Y. (2009). "Development and Analysis of a Supply Chain Strategy Taxonomy", Journal of Supply Chain Management, 45 (3), 3-24
• Lee, Y., Kim, Y., Rice, M. (2009). "An Assessment of the Perceived Impact of Corporate Entrepreneurship Characteristics and Key Elements of a Corporate Business System on the Development of a Radical Innovation Management System: The Korean vs. U.S. Experience", Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research
• Lee, Y., Kim, J., Miller, J. (2008). "An Exploratory Study to Identify Complementary Resources to the Implementation of Web-Based Applications in a Paint Supply Chain", International Journal of Information Systems and Supply Chain Management, 1 (2), 40-56
• Lee, Y., Chang, Y., Lee, Y."Convergency Analysis of Outdoor Air Pollution for Nitrogen Dioxide for 179 Countries", International Journal of Environmental Technology and Management
• Lee, Y., Chang, Y., Yi, J., Jo, S."Alternative 2040 Projection on Net Electricity Generation", International Journal of Energy Sector Management
• Lee, Y."Forwize: The Beacon of Smart Education in Korea and Teaching Note",

SELECTED RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS

• Lee, Y. Quality Management in Smart Factory: What is the meaning of Lean Six Sigma in the Digital Era?, ASQ BOSCON 2019 38th Annual Quality Conference, Hawthorne Hotel in Salem, MA, 2019
• Lee, Y. ASQ BOSCON 2019 38th Annual Quality Conference, ASQ BOSCON 2019 38th Annual Quality Conference, Hawthorne Hotel in Salem, MA, 2019
• Lee, Y. Managing My Team and Leadership, Entrepreneurship Workshop, Forman Christian College (FCC), Lahore, Pakistan, 2018
• Lee, Y. Vision House, Entrepreneurship Workshop, Forman Christian College (FCC), Lahore, Pakistan, 2018
• Lee, Y. Entrepreneurship and innovation, Entrepreneurship Workshop, Forman Christian College (FCC), Lahore, Pakistan, 2018
• Lee, Y. Disruptive Innovation and Corporate Entrepreneurship, Daegu City and Digital Industry Promotion Agency Seminar, Daegu City and Digital INdustry Promotion Agency, Daegu, Korea, 2018

AWARDS AND HONORS

• 2019, Keynote Speaker Appreciation Plaque, American Society for Quality
• 2017, Certificate of Appreciation, ASQ European Quality Conference
• 2016, Six Sigma Blackbelt Certification, American Society for Qualtiy
• 2015, 10+ Years of Service Certificate of Recognition, Decision Science Institute
• 2013, Honorable Mention, Decision Science Institute