Bonwoo Koo

Bon Koo is an Associate Professor in the Department of Management Sciences at the University of Waterloo.

His principal areas of research include the economics of R&D and intellectual property rights, management of technology, science and technology policy, and the economics of biotechnology.

Dr. Koo is affiliated with the International Science & Technology Practice & Policy (InSTePP) at the University of Minnesota. He has published several reports, journals, and articles on topics such as intellectual property rights policies, R&D and innovation, technology standards, conservation of genetic resources and biotechnology.

• Technology management and innovation
• Economics of intellectual property rights
• Licensing and contracts in technology
• open source innovation
• Economics of biotechnology
• Innovation and Entrepreneurship
• R&D and Innovation Incentive
• Intellectual Property Rights
• Licensing and Contracts
• Green Technology

• 1998, Doctorate, Agricultural and resource economics, University of California, Berkeley
• 1996, Master's, Agricultural and resource economics, University of California, Berkeley
• 1991, Master's, Economics, Yonsei University
• 1989, Bachelor's, Economics, Yonsei University

• MSCI 261 - Eng. Econ: Fin Mgt for Eng's
  • Taught in 2017, 2019, 2020
• MSCI 607 - Applied Economics for Mgmt
  • Taught in 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021

• Cozzarin, Brian Weonseek Kim Bonwoo Koo, Does Organizational Innovation Moderate Technical Innovation Directly or Indirectly?, Economics of Innovation and New Technology
• Kim, Teakdong and Koo, Bonwoo and Park, Minsoo, Role of financial regulation and innovation in the financial crisis, Journal of Financial stability, 9(4), 2013, 662 - 672
• Pardey, Philip and Koo, Bonwoo and Drew, Jennifer and Horwich, Jeffrey and Nottenburg, Carol, The evolving landscape of plant varietal rights in the United States, 1930-2008, Nature biotechnology, 31(1), 2013, 25 - 29
• Pardey, Philip G., Bonwoo Koo, Jennifer Drew, Jeff Horwich and Carol Nottenburg (2013). "Plant Varietal Rights in the United States, 1930 - 2008." Nature Biotechnology, January (Accepted in 2012)
• Cozzarin, Brian, William Lee and Bonwoo Koo (2013), "Sony's Redemption: The Blu-ray vs. HD-DVD Standards War," Forthcoming, Prometheus. (Accepted in 2012)
• Kim, Weonseek and Bonwoo Koo (2012), "A Patent System with a Contingent Delegation Fee under Asymmetric Information." B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy, 12(1), Article 21, pp.16. (Accepted in 2012)
• Narayanan, Meyyappan, Bonwoo Koo and Brian Cozzarin (2012), "Fear of Fraud and Internet Purchasing." Applied Economics Letters, 19, 1-5. (Accepted in 2011)
• Koo, Bonwoo and Mantin, Benny and O'Connor, Peter, Online distribution of airline tickets: Should airlines adopt a single or a multi-channel approach?, Tourism Management, 32(1), 2011, 69 - 74
• Koo, Bonwoo and Wright, Brian D, Dynamic effects of patent policy on sequential innovation, Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, 19(2), 2010, 489 - 512
• Koo, Bonwoo and Brian D. Wright (2010), "Dynamic Effect of Patent Policy on Sequential Innovation." Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, 19(2), 489-512. (Accepted in 2010)

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• Has Approved Doctoral Dissertation Supervisor (ADDS) status