Soomi Kim

About

Welcome! I am an Assistant Professor at Columbia Business School in the Management Division. My research interests include the management of innovation and strategy.

I received a PhD from MIT Sloan and a BA from Wellesley College.

Please find my CV here.

Publications

• "Insurance Design and Pharmaceutical Innovation" (with Leila Agha and Danielle Li). American Economic Review: Insights, 2022.
• "Is the Patent System Sensitive to Incorrect Information?" (with Janet Freilich). The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2026.
• "Navigating the Rugged Data Landscape: The Impact of Data-Extrapolation Technologies on Knowledge Production." Forthcoming, Management Science.

Working Papers

• "The Impact of Causal Evidence on Innovation: Lessons from Randomized Controlled Trials in Surgery" (with Wes Greenblatt).
• "The Shape of Scientific Discovery: Evidence from Structural Biology" (with Pierre Azoulay, Alessandro Bonatti, and Ran Zhuo).