Forty dissertations were submitted for consideration for the 2020 STR Division Wiley Blackwell Outstanding Dissertation Award. Congratulations to the five finalists:
- Ankur Chavda (chavda@hec.fr), MIT Ph.D., HEC Assistant Professor, Dissertation title: "Essays on the production of innovation"; Dissertation Chair: Scott Stern.
- Andrea Contigiani (contigiani.1@osu.edu), U. Penn Ph.D., Ohio State U. Assistant Professor, Dissertation title: "Experimentation in early-stage ventures"; Dissertation Chair: Dan Levinthal
- Trey Cummings (scummingsiii@tulane.edu), Washington U. Ph.D., Johns Hopkins U. Assistant Professor, Dissertation title: "Microfoundations of innovation in organizations"; Dissertation Chair: Anne Marie Knott.
- Daniel J Kim (jdkim@wharton.upenn.edu), MIT Ph.D., U. Penn Assistant Professor, Dissertation title: "Entrepreneurial organization and human capital"; Dissertation Chair: Pierre Azoulay.
- Marco Testoni (m.testoni@tilburguuniversity.edu), UCLA Ph.D., Tilburg U. Assistant Professor, Dissertation title: "Essays on the geographical, product, and technological dimensions of the market for corporate control"; Dissertation Chair: Marvin Lieberman.
- Timothy B Folta (STR Division Chair-Elect)
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Tim Folta
STR Division Chair-Elect
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