Research

Research Interests

• Main interests: artificial intelligence, data science, and technology value
• Artificial intelligence and its applications for startups
• Urban science of mobility and futurism
• Social and mobile technology and its value for public welfare
• Business analytics with large-scale and spatial data
• IT impact on organizational performance with digital transformation
• Strategic business intelligence and knowledge management
• Behavioral economics of IS

Refereed Publications

• W Yang, Y Kim, TH Kim, CH Lee, Y Ceran, “From Whales to Minnows: The Impact of Crypto-Reward Fairness on User Engagement in Social Media,” Decision Support Systems, Volume 185, 2024, 114289
• Y Han, HD Nguyen, TH Kim, “Addressing User Engagement in Social Media Platforms with Cultural Differences Based on Hofstede’s Dimensions,” Asia Pacific Journal of Information Systems, Volume 34, Issue 1, 2024, pp. 191-208
• TH Kim, “Knowledge Management Research Based on Social Network Theories: A Review with Future Directions,” Asia Pacific Journal of Information Systems, Volume 32, Issue 1, 2022, pp. 168-190
• TH Kim, “Knowledge Management with IS/IT Practice in Organizations: A Multilevel Perspective,” Asia Pacific Journal of Information Systems, Volume 32, Issue 1, 2022, pp. 151-167
• TH Kim, B Choi, JN Lee, V Sambamurthy, “Portfolio Effects of Knowledge Management Strategies on Firm Performance: Complementarity or Substitutability?,” Information & Management, Volume 58, Issue 4, 2021, 103468
• C Guo, TH Kim, A Susarla, V Sambamurthy, “Understanding Content Contribution Behavior in a Geosegmented Mobile Virtual Community: The Context of Waze,” Information Systems Research, Volume 31, Issue 4, 2020, pp. 1398-1420
• TH Kim, M Wimble, V Sambamurthy, “Disaggregation of the IT Capital Effects on Firm Performance: Empirical Evidence from an IT Asset Portfolio Perspective,” European Journal of Information Systems, Volume 27, Issue 4, 2018, pp. 449-469
• TH Kim, JN Lee, JU Chun, I Benbasat, “Understanding the Effect of Knowledge Management Strategies on Knowledge Management Performance: A Contingency Perspective,” Information & Management, Volume 51, Issue 4, 2014, pp. 398-416

Conference Proceedings and Presentations

• T Wu, Y Kim, TH Kim, S Petter, “Cross-Platform Comparison of Feature Differences and Their Effects on Content Production with Cryptocurrency Rewards,” INFORMS Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, Oct 2023
• M Lee, TH Kim, “User Engagement in Hyperlocal Content and Its Economic Contribution to Local Businesses,” INFORMS Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, Oct 2023
• W Yang, CH Lee, Y Kim, TH Kim, Y Ceran, “The Role of Distributive Rule in the Decentralized Networks: Evidence from Steemit,” Korea Society of Management Information Systems Spring Conference, Jeju Island, South Korea, Jun 2023
• W Yang, Y Kim, CH Lee, TH Kim, Y Ceran, “The Role of Fair Pay for Performance in the Decentralized Networks: Evidence from Steemit,” INFORMS Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, IN, Oct 2022
• W Yang, Y Kim, CH Lee, TH Kim, Y Ceran, “The Role of Fair Pay for Performance in the Decentralized Networks: Evidence from Steemit,” POMS Annual Conference, Orlando, FL, Apr 2022 [virtual due to the pandemic with COVID-19]
• T Wu, TH Kim, Y Kim, “Differential Effects of Blockchain-Based Features and Functions on User Engagement and Satisfaction Across Multiple Social Media Platforms,” INFORMS Annual Meeting, Anaheim, CA, Oct 2021 [virtual due to the pandemic with COVID-19]
• T Wu, TH Kim, Y Kim, DE Leidner, “Effects of Cryptocurrency Rewards on User Engagement in Content Production,” INFORMS Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, Nov 2020 [virtual due to the pandemic with COVID-19]
• TH Kim, C Guo, A Susarla, V Sambamurthy, “User Contribution and Its Social-Welfare Value in a Mobile Navigation App for Real-Time Traffic Information Around Urban Areas,” Workshop on Information Systems and Economics, San Francisco, CA, Dec 2018
• TH Kim, C Guo, V Sambamurthy, “Does Self-Interest Enhance Social Welfare? Effectiveness of User-Crowdsourced Content in a Mobile Navigation App,” International Conference on Information Systems, San Francisco, CA, Dec 2018
• TH Kim, C Guo, A Susarla, V Sambamurthy, “Does User Engagement Enhance Social Welfare? The Effectiveness of User-Crowdsourced Content in a Mobile Navigation App,” Annual Meeting of Decision Sciences Institute, Chicago, IL, Nov 2018
• TH Kim, C Guo, A Susarla, V Sambamurthy, “Does User Contribution Enhance Welfare? The Effectiveness of User-Crowdsourced Content in Relieving Urban Traffic Congestion,” INFORMS Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, Nov 2018
• TH Kim, C Guo, A Susarla, V Sambamurthy, “Does User Engagement Enhance Social Welfare? The Effectiveness of User-Crowdsourced Content in Improving Urban Transportation,” INFORMS Conference on Information Systems and Technology, Phoenix, AZ, Nov 2018
• TH Kim, C Guo, A Susarla, V Sambamurthy, “Does User Engagement Enhance Social Welfare? The Effectiveness of User-Crowdsourced Content in Improving Urban Transportation,” INFORMS Workshop on Data Science, Phoenix, AZ, Nov 2018
• TH Kim, C Guo, A Susarla, V Sambamurthy, “User Contribution and Its Social-Welfare Value in a Mobile Navigation App for Real-Time Traffic Information Around Urban Areas,” INFORMS Marketing Science Conference, Philadelphia, PA, Jun 2018
• TH Kim, C Guo, A Susarla, V Sambamurthy, “User Contribution and Its Social-Welfare Value in a Mobile Navigation App for Real-Time Traffic Information Around Urban Areas,” Statistical Challenges in Electronic Commerce Research, Rotterdam, Netherlands, Jun 2018
• DH McKnight, P Liu, TH Kim, “Trust in Autonomous Vehicles in Light of the News: Study Findings and Future Research Agenda,” Autonomous Vehicles in Society: Building a Research Agenda, Lansing, MI, May 2018
• TH Kim, C Guo, A Susarla, V Sambamurthy, “Prosocial Behavior or Bystander Effect? The Role of Virtual Crowdedness in Encouraging User Contribution of a Mobile Virtual Community,” Workshop on Information Systems and Economics, Seoul, South Korea, Dec 2017
• TH Kim, C Guo, A Susarla, V Sambamurthy, “Analyzing the Impact of Virtual Crowdedness on User Contribution with Citizen Data in Mobile Location Analytics Platforms: Prosocial Behavior or Bystander Effect?,” Conference on Digital Experimentation @MIT, Cambridge, MA, Oct 2017
• TH Kim, C Guo, A Susarla, V Sambamurthy, “The Impact of Virtual Crowdedness on User Contributions in a Mobile App Platform: Prosocial Behavior or Bystander Effect?,” INFORMS Conference on Information Systems and Technology, Houston, TX, Oct 2017
• TH Kim, KH Song, D Cho, “Promotion Strategy, Operating Mechanism, and Economic Value of Digital Platform for Consulting Services: A Two-Sided Market Perspective,” INFORMS Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN, Nov 2016
• TH Kim, AM Shortridge, V Sambamurthy, A Susarla, “Understanding User Contribution in a Social Crowdsourcing Mobile App,” INFORMS Conference on Information Systems and Technology, Nashville, TN, Nov 2016
• DH McKnight, P Liu, TH Kim, “Lifting Vendor Loyalty Through Trust: Testing the “Chutes and Ladders” Metaphor,” Americas Conference on Information Systems, San Diego, CA, Aug 2016
• TH Kim, B Choi, JN Lee, V Sambamurthy, “The Diversity Effects of Knowledge Sourcing Strategies on Firm Performance: A Complementarity Theory,” International Conference on Information Systems, Auckland, New Zealand, Dec 2014
• TH Kim, JN Lee, “The Effects of Team Diversity in Knowledge Sourcing Scope and Individual Learning Mode: A Multi-Level Approach,” Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems, Jeju Island, South Korea, Jun 2013
• TH Kim, RT Cenfetelli, I Benbasat, “Organizational Performance with Environmental Knowledge Intensity: Resource- vs. Knowledge-Based Performance,” International Conference on Information Systems, Orlando, FL, Dec 2012
• TH Kim, I Benbasat, “Effectiveness of Knowledge Seeking Behaviors Embedded in Social Networks: A Perspective of Individuals in Workplaces,” Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, Maui, HI, Jan 2012
• TH Kim, JN Lee, “Knowledge Management Strategy: Its Types, Roles and Implications in Organizations,” Korea Society of Management Information Systems Fall Conference, Seoul, South Korea, Nov 2008

Invited Research Presentations

• TH Kim, “Cryptocurrency as an Incentive for User Engagement,” Research Seminar, Faculty of Business & Management, Beijing Normal-Hong Kong Baptist University, Zhuhai, Guangdong, China, Feb 2026
• TH Kim, “User-Generated Content and Its Impact on Public Benefits: Mobile Navigation App—Waze,” Research Presentation, Department of Business Administration, College of Business, Incheon National University, Incheon, South Korea, May 2024
• T Wu, TH Kim, Y Kim, S Petter, “Differential Effects of Features on User Content Engagement Behavior Across Multiple Cryptocurrency Reward Based Social Media Platforms,” INFORMS ISS Paper Development Workshop, Virtual, Apr 2023
• TH Kim, “User Contribution and Its Social-Welfare Value in a Mobile Navigation App for Real-Time Traffic Information Around Urban Areas,” Research Presentation, Wisconsin School of Business, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI, Feb 2023
• TH Kim, “User Contribution and Its Social-Welfare Value in a Mobile Navigation App for Real-Time Traffic Information Around Urban Areas,” Seminar Presentation, Korea University Business School, Korea University, Seoul, South Korea, Nov 2022
• TH Kim, “User Contribution and Its Social-Welfare Value in a Mobile Navigation App for Real-Time Traffic Information Around Urban Areas,” Seminar Presentation, Department of Applied Artificial Intelligence, College of Computing & Informatics, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, South Korea, Aug 2022
• TH Kim, “Understanding Effects of Cryptocurrency Reward on User Engagement in Content Production,” Faculty Presentation, Department of e-Business, Ajou School of Business, Ajou University, Suwon, Gyeonggi, South Korea, Jun 2022
• N Safari, TH Kim, “How Does a Legal-Aid Platform Contribute to Social Justice? Digital Inclusion with Equal Access to Legal Services for Marginalized People,” MISQ Special Issue Author Development Workshop: Digital Technologies and Social Justice, Virtual, Feb 2022
• TH Kim, “User Engagement in Social/Mobile Platforms and Its Welfare Value,” New Faculty Research Presentation, Ajou University, Suwon, Gyeonggi, South Korea, Sep 2021
• TH Kim, “Effects of Cryptocurrency Rewards on User Engagement in Content Production,” 1st Half-Year Joint Symposium of Korea Media Management Association & Korean Association for Information Society: Beyond Digital Transformation, Seoul, South Korea, Jul 2021
• TH Kim, “User Contribution and Its Social-Welfare Value in a Mobile Navigation App for Real-Time Traffic Information Around Urban Areas,” KPC4IR 2021 Regular Seminar, Korea Policy Center for the 4th Industrial Revolution, Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology, Daejeon, South Korea, Apr 2021 [virtual due to the pandemic with COVID-19]
• TH Kim, “User-Generated Content and Its Impact on Public Benefits: Mobile Navigation App—Waze,” Research Presentation, Department of e-Business, Ajou School of Business, Ajou University, Suwon, Gyeonggi, South Korea, Oct 2020 [virtual due to the pandemic with COVID-19]
• TH Kim, “User-Generated Content and Its Impact on Public Benefits: Mobile Navigation App—Waze,” Research Presentation, Department of Information Systems & Operations Management, HEC, Paris, France, Mar 2020 [canceled due to the pandemic with COVID-19]
• TH Kim, “User Contribution and Its Social-Welfare Value in a Mobile Navigation App for Real-Time Traffic Information Around Urban Areas,” IS Research Colloquium, Hankamer School of Business, Baylor University, Waco, TX, Sep 2019
• TH Kim, “User-Generated Content and Its Impact on Public Benefits: Mobile Navigation App—Waze,” Research Presentation, Area of Management Information Systems, Korea University Business School, Korea University, Seoul, South Korea, Jun 2019
• TH Kim, “User Contribution and Its Social-Welfare Value in a Mobile Navigation App for Real-Time Traffic Information Around Urban Areas,” IS Research Symposium, Korea University Business School, Korea University, Seoul, South Korea, Jun 2018
• TH Kim, “Prosocial Behavior or Bystander Effect? The Role of Virtual Crowdedness in Encouraging User Contribution of a Mobile Virtual Community,” Research Presentation, Department of Information Systems, Hankamer School of Business, Baylor University, Waco, TX, Nov 2017
• TH Kim, “Prosocial Behavior or Bystander Effect? The Role of Virtual Crowdedness in Encouraging User Contribution of a Mobile Virtual Community,” Research Presentation, Department of Information Systems & Analytics, School of Computing, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Oct 2017
• TH Kim, “Prosocial Behavior or Bystander Effect? The Role of Virtual Crowdedness in Encouraging User Contribution of a Mobile Virtual Community,” Research Presentation, Area of Information Systems & Quantitative Sciences, Rawls College of Business, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, Oct 2017
• AM Shortridge, TH Kim, “Spatial Data Analytics: Why Should Geographers Care About Big Data?,” Geography Colloquium Series, Department of Geography and Planning, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, Sep 2017
• DH McKnight, TH Kim, “Differentiating the Influence of Vicious- vs. Virtuous-Trust Change Cycles,” International Workshop: Distrust and Conflict Escalation in Organizations and Societies, Groningen, Netherlands, Jan 2016
• TH Kim, “The Diversity Effects of Knowledge Sourcing Strategies on Firm Performance: A Complementarity Theory,” IS Workshop, Broad College of Business, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, Nov 2014

Journal Review Contribution

• Journal of the Association for Information Systems, AE, Jan 2023–Present
• Journal of the Association for Information Systems, ERB, Jan–Dec 2022
• Asia Pacific Journal of Information Systems, AE, Jan 2021–Present

Conference Review Contribution

• KrAIS Summer Workshop, Program Committee Member, 2025
• Korea Society of Management Information Systems, Board Member, 2024
• Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems, AE of Track: Knowledge Management and Virtual Teams, 2020
• KrAIS Post-International Conference on Information Systems Research Workshop, Program Committee Member, 2019
• International Conference on Information Systems, AE of Track: Mobile, IoT and Ubiquitous Computing, 2019
• Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems, AE of Track: Human Behavior and IS, 2019
• INFORMS Annual Meeting, Session Chair of Big-Data Science, 2018
• INFORMS Workshop on Data Science, Session Chair of Empirical Big-Data Analysis, 2018

Academic Memberships

• Member of INFORMS
• Member of Association for Information Systems
• Member of Decision Sciences Institute
• Member of Korea Society of Management Information Systems
• Member of Korea AI Service Society

Publications in Non-Refereed and Practitioner Outlets

• 박미쁨, 임성현, 김태훈, “디파이 사용설명서 – 암호화폐가 바꿀 새로운 부의 탄생,” 시크릿하우스, Aug 2023
• A Susarla, “People Become Less Likely to Contribute to a Virtual Public Good If They Know Many Others Are Already Doing It,” Research News, Broad College of Business, Michigan State University, Feb 2021: to access the full article, click here
• A Susarla, “People May Become Less Likely to Contribute to a Virtual Public Good Like Wikipedia or Waze If They Know Many Others Are Already Doing It,” Conversation, Feb 2021: to access the full article, click here
• 이재남, “[Biz Solution] ‘노하우·경험 사내공유’ 지식관리 전략의 첫걸음,” 매일경제, Dec 2015: to access the full article, click here

Patents

• 김태훈, 김효민, 박성우, 이다은, “블록체인 네트워크 기반 설문조사 데이터 판매 방법 및 시스템,” IPC: G06Q30/06, CPC: G06F18/23, KIPRIS application number: 1020230095169, Jul 2023; KIPRIS registration number: 1028046650000, Apr 2025
• 김태훈, 박성우, 이다은, 김효민, “인사 평가 관리 시스템 및 방법,” IPC: G06Q10/06, CPC: G06F21/31, KIPRIS application number: 1020230092586, Jul 2023