I am pleased to announce this year's finalists in the INFORMS/Organization Science Dissertation Proposal Competition. We received sixty-seven proposals this year, from which the eight finalists were chosen. Thus, the acceptance rate was about twelve percent. The competition was extremely fierce, with many innovative and high-quality proposals submitted. The eight individuals below will be presenting their dissertation proposals next month in Pittsburgh, PA to a distinguished panel of judges who will select the winner and runner-up. If you know any of the finalists, please offer them your heartiest congratulations for a significant accomplishment. The finalists are:
Michael Ashworth
Carnegie-Mellon University
The Effects of Social and Knowledge Networks on Group Performance
and Learning From Experience
Benjamin Cole
University of Michigan
Assessing the Efficacy and Value of Regulatory Action: Sanctions, Signals and Status
Laura Erskine
University of Southern California
Examining the Boundaries of Leadership: A Multidimensional Understanding of Relational Distance in Organizations
Yan Gong
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Dancing Around Improvisation: Advisor Network and Improvisation
Migration in New Firms
Ben Hallen
Stanford University
The Formation of Inter-Organizational Partnerships: How Entrepreneurs Successfully Receive Investments from Venture Capitalists and Corporate Investors
Celia Moore
University of Toronto
Moral Disengagement in Processes of Organizational Corruption: The Relationship Between the Propensity to Morally Disengage, Unethical Decision Making, and Organizational Advancement
Mike Pfarrer
University of Maryland
Information in the Marketplace: Three Essays on Firm Strategies,
Media Influences and Stakeholder Evaluations
Brian Wu
University of Pennsylvania
Capacity-Constrained Capabilities, Market Maturity and Corporate Diversification: Theory and Evidence from the Cardiovascular Medical Device Industry, 1976-2004
I would also like to thank all of the people who gave of their time and talents to provide reviews during the first phase of the competition. The competition would be nothing without them, and I am indebted to them for their willingness to provide thoughtful and timely feedback. The individuals who reviewed for this year's competition are:
Paul Adler, Ruth Aguilera, Juan Alcacer, Nick Argyres, Heather Berry, Lyda Bigelow, Kim Boal, Brian Boyd, Joe Broschak, Stuart Bunderson, Ethan Burris, Mason Carpenter, Jerker Denrell, Jim Detert, Deborah Dougherty, Sendil Ethiraj, Peer Fiss, Jeff Furman, Raghu Garud, Elizabeth Goodrick, Henrich Greve, Terri Griffith, Don Hambrick, Michael Heeley, Pamela Hinds, Glenn Hoetker, Jonathan Jaffee, Sanjay Jain, Sarah Kaplan, Riitta Katila, Andrew King, Bruce Lamont, Peggy Lee, Michael Leiblein, Mike Lenox, Mike Lounsbury, Tammy Madsen, Pat Maggitti, Sally Maitlis, Luis Martins, Sharon Matusik, Kyle Mayer, Anita McGahan, Yuri Mishina, Will Mitchell, Henry Moon, Greg Northcraft, Fernando Olivera, JoAnne Oxley, Anne Parmigiani, Hans Pennings, Corey Phelps, Phanish Puranam, Jeff Reuer, Frank Schultz, Marc-David Seidel, Myles Shaver, Dara Szyliowicz, Nick Turner, Paul Tesluk, Jim Wade, Klaus Weber, David Whetten, Beiqing Yao, Minyuan Zhao
Tim Pollock
2006 INFORMS/OS Dissertation Competition Organizer
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Tim Pollock
Associate Professor of Management
Smeal College of Business
The Pennsylvania State University
417 Business Building
University Park, PA 16802
Phone: 814-863-0740
Fax: 814-863-7261
E-Mail: tpollock@psu.edu
http://www.personal.psu.edu/txp14
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