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Congratulations to the STR 2021 Wiley Blackwell Outstanding Dissertation Award Finalists!

  • 1.  Congratulations to the STR 2021 Wiley Blackwell Outstanding Dissertation Award Finalists!

    Posted 06-14-2021 14:44
    Edited by Heather Berry 06-15-2021 10:09

    2021 STR Outstanding Dissertation Award Finalists

    Thirty dissertations were submitted to be considered for the 2021 STR Division Wiley Blackwell Outstanding Dissertation Award.  The overall quality of the dissertations was very high, making the selection of this year's finalists by the STR Research Committee very competitive.  Please join me in congratulating the five finalists for the 2021 STR Wiley Blackwell Outstanding Dissertation Award:

    Stephen Downing (National Chiao Tung University PhD), Assistant Professor at the University of Missouri
    Dissertation Title:  "Competitive Myopia:  Redressing Blind Spots in Interindustry Competition," Dissertation Chair: Jin-Su Kang 

    Harshvardhan J. Ketkar (University of Michigan PhD), Assistant Professor at Bocconi
    Dissertation Title:  "Essays on Organizing Human Capital, Automation and Innovation," Dissertation Co-Chairs: Seth Carnahan and Felipe Csaszar

    Hyunjin Kim
    (Harvard Business School PhD), Assistant Professor at INSEAD
    Dissertation Title:  "Field Experiments on the Barriers Firms Face in Realizing Gains From Data," Dissertation Chair:  Dennis Yao

    Arianna Marchetti
    (INSEAD PhD), Assistant Professor at London Business School
    Dissertation Title: "Organizational Culture and Firm Performance," Dissertation Co-Chairs: Phanish Puranam and Ithai Stern

    Almantas Palubinskas
    (Syracuse University PhD), Postdoctoral Researcher at Emlyon Business School
    Dissertation Title: "Entrepreneurial Firms and Nonmarket Strategy:  Lessons from the Drone Industry," Dissertation Chair: Maria Minniti

    Each finalist will present a summary of his or her dissertation at the August annual conference on Tuesday, August 3rd from 8:30-10:00am ET (and the 2021 winner will be announced during the STR Business meeting - which follows this event). 



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    Heather Berry
    STR Division Chair Elect
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