Kathleen Park, PhD Global Strategist Shaping Leadership and Innovation

Scholarly Published Articles

Ng, E., Stanton, P., Cooke, F.L., Budhwar, P., Rivera Piedra, D., Liu, L.A., Vaiman, V., Park, K.M., Leong, C.-H., Malik, A., Hofman, P., Zhu, Y., Wang, P., & Lim, A. (2026, in press). Reframing HRM for a Multipolar World: Insights from the Asia-Pacific Region. Personnel Review. https://doi.org/10.1108/PR-02-2026-0320

AlReshaid, F., Park, K.M., Vogel, B., Albuloushi, N., & Yusuff, K. (2026). Global Governance and Local Bonds: CEO-Chair Role Separation and Executive Relationship Reconfiguration. Management Research Review, 49(6), 622–648. https://doi.org/10.1108/MRR-09-2025-0686

Kaur, R., Kundu, T., Sharma, B., Park, K.M., & Pinsky, E. (2026). Operational Resilience Under Carbon Constraints: A Socio-Technical Multi-Agentic Approach to Global Supply Chains. Systems, 14(4), 374. https://doi.org/10.3390/systems14040374

Kaur, R., Kundu, T., Park, K.M., & Pinsky, E. (2026). The Carbon Cost of Intelligence: A Domain-Specific Framework for Measuring AI Energy and Emissions. Energies, 19(3), 642. https://doi.org/10.3390/en19030642

Sharma, B., Tiwari, A., Kaur, R., Park, K.M., & Pinsky, E. (2026). The Hidden Thirst of AI: A Framework for Estimating Direct, Indirect, and Scarcity-Adjusted Freshwater Consumption per LLM Query. Green, 1(2). https://doi.org/10.3390/green1020008

AlReshaid, F., Park, K.M., Vogel, B., Graca, A., & Ikwegbu, O. (2025). Collaborative Leadership Dynamics: Joint Evolution of Chair and CEO Roles. Journal of Strategy and Management, 18(4), 793–820. https://doi.org/10.1108/JSMA-04-2025-0125

El-Dabt, L., AlReshaid, F., Park, K.M., AlBuloushi, N., & Al-Enzi, A. (2025). Strategic Nation Branding Through Sports: Leveraging Soft Power via Mega-Event Hosting. Frontiers in Sociology, 10, 1521396. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsoc.2025.1521396

Moharrak, M., AlReshaid, F., Park, K.M., & Alsaber, A.R. (2025). International Hidden Entrepreneurs: Concealed Partnerships in New Venture Formation in an Emerging Markets Context. Journal of Innovation and Knowledge, 10(2), 100669. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jik.2025.100669

Park, K.M., Pattnaik, S., Liew, N., Kundu, T., Kures, A.O., & Pinsky, E. (2025). Smarter Chains, Safer Medicines: From Predictive Failures to Algorithmic Fixes in Global Pharmaceutical Logistics. Forecasting, 7(4), 78. https://doi.org/10.3390/forecast7040078

Park, K.M., Liew, N., Pattnaik, S., Kures, A.O., & Pinsky, E. (2025). Exploring the Transition to Low-Carbon Energy: A Comparative Analysis of Population, Economic Growth, and Energy Consumption in Oil-Producing OECD and BRICS Nations. Sustainability, 17(13), 6221. https://doi.org/10.3390/su17136221

Moharrak, M., AlReshaid, F., Park, K.M. & Alsaber, A.R. (2025). International Hidden Entrepreneurs: Concealed partnerships in new venture formation in an emerging markets context. Journal of Innovation and Knowledge, 10(2), 100669 open access https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jik.2025.100669

AlBuloushi, N., AlEnzi, A., AlReshaid, F., Park, K.M. & Alsaber, A.R. (2024). The Powerful Influence of Connections: Exploring the Effects of Wasta Informal Networks on Human Resource Development in Kuwait. Human Resource Development International, open access 1–30. https://doi.org/10.1080/13678868.2024.2378567

Desjardins, G., Gould, A.M. & Park, K.M. (2023), Sizzle without the Steak: The Emerging Strategic Implications of Receiving a Free Offering in the Digital Age, Journal of Management History, 29(4): 608-633. https://doi:10.1108/JMH-02-2023-0007

Park, K.M. & Wallace, F. (2022). Multicultural Leaders from Emerging Markets: Transforming International Acquisitions and Corporate Social Responsibility International Journal of Emerging Markets. 17(5): 1336-1370. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJOEM-01-2019-0074

Park, K.M. (2021). Navigating the Digital Revolution and Crisis Times: Humanitarian and Innovation-Inspired Leadership through the Pandemic, Journal of Strategy and Management 14(3): 360-377. https://doi.org/10.1108/JSMA-01-2021-0021

Park, K.M. & Wallace, F.H. (2020). Leadership and Power in the Digital Economic Revolution: Celebrity Status, Social Media, and Big Blunders. Journal of Global Business and Technology, 16(2), 1-17 https://gbata.org/journal-of-global-business-and-technology-jgbat/ open access

Park, K.M. & Meglio, O. (2019). Playing a Double Game? Pursuing Innovation Through Ambidexterity in an International Acquisition Program from the Arabian Gulf Region. R&D Management, 49(1), 115-135. https://doi:10.1111/radm.12361

Park, K.M., Meglio, O. & Schriber, S. (2019). Building a Global Corporate Social Responsibility Program via Mergers and Acquisitions: A Managerial Framework. Business Horizons, 62(3), 395-407, https://doi:10.1016/j.bushor.2019.01.006

Park, K.M., Meglio, O., Bauer, F. & Tarba, S. (2018). Managing Patterns of Internationalization, Integration and Identity Transformation: The Post-Acquisition Metamorphosis of an Arabian Gulf EMNC. Journal of Business Research, 93: 122-138, https://doi:10.1016/j.jbusres.2018.05.019

Park, K.M. & Gould, A.M. (2017). The Overlooked Influence of Personality, Idiosyncrasy and Eccentricity in Corporate Mergers and Acquisitions. Journal of Management History, 23(1), 7-31. https://doi:10.1108/JMH-09-2016-0056

Park, K.M. & Mense-Petermann, U. (2014). Managing across Borders—Global Integration and Knowledge Exchange in MNCs. Competition & Change: Change: The Journal of Global Business and Political Economy, 18(3), 265-279, https://doi:10.1179/1024529414Z.00000000060

Park, K.M. (with G.K. Stahl, D.N. Angwin, P. Very et al) (2013). Sociocultural Integration in Mergers and Acquisitions: Unresolved Paradoxes and Directions for Future Research. Thunderbird International Business Review, 55(4): 333-356, https://doi:10.1002/tie.21549

Park, K.M. & Hollinshead, G. (2011). Logics and Limits: Ethical Outsourcing and Offshoring in the Global Financial Services Industry. Competition & Change: The Journal of Global Business and Political Economy, 15(3): 177-195, https://doi:10.1179/102452911X13046725211210

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Books

Park, K.M., & Pinsky, E. (Forthcoming, 2027). Humanitarian Logistics Innovation. First in a contracted three-book series, Forging New Directions in Cyber and Humanitarian Delivery. Palgrave Macmillan | Springer Nature.
Thomas, M., Durand, M., Park, K.M., & Diduc, S. (Eds.). (2025). Mergers, Acquisitions, and Geopolitical Challenges in the Global Market. Routledge | Taylor and Francis. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003581932

Thomas, M., Durand, M., Park, K.M. & Diduc, S. (Eds.) (2025). Mergers, Acquisitions and Geopolitical Challenges in the Global Market. Routledge | Taylor and Francis: Forthcoming 2025.

Meglio, O. & Park, K.M. (2019). Strategic Decisions and Sustainability Choices: Mergers, Acquisitions and Corporate Social Responsibility from a Global Perspective. Palgrave Macmillan, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-05478-6

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Book Chapters

Pattnaik, S., Liew, N., Kures, A.O., Park, K.M., & Pinsky, E. (2026, forthcoming). Comparative Forecasting of Sustainability Pathways: Deep Learning Architectures for Emerging and Advanced Economies. In T. Zlateva & G. Tuparov (Eds.), Computer Science and Education in Computer Science (EAI CSECS 2025). Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering | Springer Nature.
Liew, N., Pattnaik, S., Kures, A.O., Park, K.M., & Pinsky, E. (2026). Machine Learning Innovations in Supply Chain Management: Revolutionizing Predictive Modeling for Efficiency and Growth. In F. Rajagopal, M. Goncalves, & V. Zlatev (Eds.), Next Generation Entrepreneurship: Convergence of Innovation, Technology, and Society. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-98513-3_7

Diduc, S., Park, K.M., Durand, M., & Thomas, M. (2025). Mergers, Acquisitions, and Geopolitical Challenges in the Global Market: Lessons Learned and Perspectives for the Future. In M. Thomas, M. Durand, K.M. Park, & S. Diduc (Eds.), Mergers, Acquisitions, and Geopolitical Challenges in the Global Market (pp. 229–243). Routledge | Taylor & Francis. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003581932-13

Durand, M., Thomas, M., Park, K.M., & Diduc, S. (2025). Mergers, Acquisitions, and Geopolitical Challenges in the Global Market: An Overview of the Current Geopolitical Challenges in the Management of M&As. In M. Thomas, M. Durand, K.M. Park, & S. Diduc (Eds.), Mergers, Acquisitions, and Geopolitical Challenges in the Global Market (pp. 1–17). Routledge | Taylor & Francis. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003581932-1

Park, K.M., Bouckenooghe, D., & Schwarz, G.M. (2025). Language as an Instrument of Leadership, Power, and Politics in International Mergers and Acquisitions: Cross-Border Trends and Geopolitical Implications. In M. Thomas, M. Durand, K.M. Park, & S. Diduc (Eds.), Mergers, Acquisitions, and Geopolitical Challenges in the Global Market (pp. 107–129). Routledge | Taylor & Francis. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003581932-7

Park, K.M., Bouckenooghe, D., & Schwarz, G.M. (2025). The Classic and the Contemporary: Mergers and Acquisitions in the EU Banking Sector Following the Historic Attempted Acquisition of ABN AMRO. In M. Thomas, M. Durand, K.M. Park, & S. Diduc (Eds.), Mergers, Acquisitions, and Geopolitical Challenges in the Global Market (pp. 166–190). Routledge | Taylor & Francis. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003581932-10

Park, K.M., Liew, N., Pattnaik, S., & Pinsky, E. (2025). Future Trends and Predictions: AI Integration and Geopolitical Considerations in International Mergers and Acquisitions. In M. Thomas, M. Durand, K.M. Park, & S. Diduc (Eds.), Mergers, Acquisitions, and Geopolitical Challenges in the Global Market (pp. 209–228). Routledge | Taylor & Francis. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003581932-12

Pattnaik, S., Park, K.M., & Pinsky, E. (2025). The Periodic Table: Chemical Properties and Mendeleev Meet Physical Properties and Machine Learning. In T. Zlateva & G. Tuparov (Eds.), Computer Science and Education in Computer Science (EAI CSECS 2024), LNICST vol. 609. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-84312-9_7

Park, K. M. (2025). Surviving the Maze: Exploring Elite Migrant Experiences of Diversity, Hierarchy and Status in the Global Diaspora. In C. Erbil & M. Ӧzbilgin (Eds.), Research Handbook on Global Diversity Management (pp. 54-68). Edward Elgar. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781035311170.00010.

Pattnaik, S., Park, K.M. & Pinsky, E. (2025). The Periodic Table: Chemical Properties and Mendeleev Meet Physical Properties and Machine Learning EAI CSECS 2024. In: Zlateva, T., Tuparov, G. (Eds) Computer Science & Education in Computer Science. Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecomm Engineering, vol 609. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-84312-9_7

Park, K., Pinsky, E., Pattnaik, S., Subramani, A., Ying, Y. (2024). Innovation and Environmental, Social, and Governance Initiatives in Enterprise Management: A Machine Learning Analysis. In: Rajagopal, Goncalves, M., Zlatev, V. (Eds) Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Technology. Palgrave Studies of Entrepreneurship and Social Challenges in Developing Economies (pp. 201-222). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-65314-8_8

Pattnaik, S., Park, K.M., Pinsky, E. (2024). Startups and Market Meltdowns: Understanding Survival and Success Factors in Entrepreneurial Settings. In Rajagopal, Goncalves, M., Zlatev, V. (Eds) Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Technology: Palgrave Studies of Entrepreneurship and Social Challenges in Developing Economies (pp. 337-352). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-65314-8_15

Park, K.M., Pinsky, E., Kaiser, N., Subramani, A. & Ying, Y. (2023). The Application of Data Analytics for Understanding Patterns of Mergers and Acquisitions and CEO Characteristics in and between Crisis Times. In T. Zlateva & G. Tuparov (Eds.), Computer Science and Education in Computer Science: (pp. 265-280). SpringerNature

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Khan, R., Schena, P., Park, K., & Pinsky, E. (2022). A Clustering Approach to Analyzing NHL Goaltenders’ Performance. In T. Zlateva & R. Goleva (Eds.), Computer Science and Education in Computer Science (pp. 3-10). SpringerNature Switzerland. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-17292-2_1.

Park, K.M. (2020) The New Executive: Interconnected Yet Isolated and Uninformed—Challenges of Leadership in the Digital Pandemic Epoch. In Palgrave Handbook of Management History (edited by Bradley Bowden, Adela MacMurray and A.M. Gould): section on Management in an Age of Crisis: 1110-1146. New York: Palgrave https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62348-1_3-1

Park, K.M. (2019). CSR and M&As in Developed and Developing Economies: Mergers, Acquisitions and Corporate Social Responsibility from a Global Perspective In book: Strategic Decisions and Sustainability Choices: Mergers, Acquisitions and Corporate Social Responsibility from a Global Perspective. New York: Palgrave https://doi:10.1007/978-3-030-05478-6_8

Park, K.M. (2019). CSR in Practice: Agility Logistics and the Development of Global CSR and M&A Programs: In book: Strategic Decisions and Sustainability Choices. In Strategic Decisions and Sustainability Choices: Mergers, Acquisitions and Corporate Social Responsibility from a Global Perspective. New York: Palgrave https://doi:10.1007/978-3-030-05478-6_7

Park, K. M. (2019). CSR, Acquisitions, and Institutional Context: Spanning the Globe In book: Strategic Decisions and Sustainability Choices: Mergers, Acquisitions and Corporate Social Responsibility from a Global Perspective. New York: Palgrave https://doi:10.1007/978-3-030-05478-6_6

Meglio, O. & Park, K.M. (2019). Moving Forward: Scholars as Stakeholders In book: Strategic Decisions and Sustainability Choices: Mergers, Acquisitions and Corporate Social Responsibility from a Global Perspective. New York: Palgrave https://doi:10.1007/978-3-030-05478-6_10

Meglio, O. & Park, K. (2019) Strategic Renewal through Mergers and Acquisitions: The Role of Ambidexterity. In: Tuncdogan, A., Lindgreen, A., van den Bosch, F. A. J. and Volberda, H., eds. Handbook of Strategic Renewal: Core Concepts, Antecedents and Micro-Foundations: pp. 221-237. New York: Routledge https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429057861

Park, K.M. (2016). Leadership, Power and Collaboration in International Mergers and Acquisitions: Conflict and Resolution. In A. Risberg, D. R. King, & O. Meglio (Eds.), The Routledge Companion to Mergers and Acquisitions: 373-412. New York: Routledge https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203761885.ch11

Park, K.M. (2012). Leadership Perspectives on the Global Market for Corporate Control. In N. J. Delener (Ed.), Service Science Research, Strategy and Innovation: Dynamic Knowledge Management Methods: 377-399. Hershey, PA: IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-0077-5.ch022