Phillip H. Kim is an assistant professor in the Department of Management and Human Resources at the Wisconsin School of Business.

His research bridges macro- and micro-level explanations of entrepreneurship along societal, institutional, and political dimensions.
Specifically, his research examines entrepreneurial team and social network configurations, entrepreneurship in highly regulated industries, and the political economy of entrepreneurship. He also investigates how occupational mobility shapes founders’ work experiences, which provides founders with the relevant knowledge they need in the entrepreneurial process.

His research has been published in Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, Small Business Economics, and American Behavioral Scientist. He received a Best Reviewer Award from the Journal of Business Venturing.

As a faculty member of the Weinert Center for Entrepreneurship at the Wisconsin School of Business, he advises entrepreneurs on issues related to launching and establishing their businesses, coaches student entrepreneurs as they start their businesses, and teaches service-based entrepreneurship classes.

Kim has also worked as a management consultant advising businesses in the manufacturing, agriculture, professional services, retail, and non-profit sectors.

He earned his M.A. and Ph.D. in sociology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He also earned his B.S. in economics and BAS in materials sciences at the University of Pennsylvania.