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2012 BPS Division Outstanding Dissertation Award
The BPS Division will sponsor the Wiley Blackwell Outstanding Dissertation Award in Business Policy and Strategy again in 2012. Any doctoral dissertation may be entered that satisfies the following criteria: (1) The dissertation addresses topics in the area of business policy and strategic management. (2) The dissertation was completed between February 1, 2011 and January 31, 2012, where the completion date is when the degree is completed and awarded. (3) The dissertation was not previously submitted for consideration for this award. A dissertation may be submitted to BPS and other divisions simultaneously if it fits within each division's domain statement. The BPS domain statement and those of other divisions can be found at www.aomonline.org.
Interested persons should submit electronically (via email) the following Word documents as attachments to Jeffrey Reuer (jreuer@purdue.edu):
1. A one-page abstract of the dissertation
2. A ten-page, double-spaced summary of the dissertation
A BPS Division committee will evaluate these dissertation summaries and invite a subset of entrants to submit their complete dissertations in March 2012 for further evaluation.
Submissions must be received by Monday February 13, 2012. Submissions will not be accepted by fax or regular mail. In order to facilitate compliance with the BPS conflict of interest policy and the blind review process, please remove any author identifying information from your dissertation summary. In addition, please indicate in the body of your email your current university affiliation, the name of the university granting your degree, a list of your dissertation committee members, and the affiliations of any external dissertation committee members.