2024 STR Outstanding Dissertation Award Finalists!
This year we received 33 dissertations for consideration for the 2024 STR Division 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 highly competitive. Please join me in congratulating the five finalists for the 2024 STR Outstanding Dissertation Award:
Sukhun Kang (PhD from London Business School), Assistant Professor at University of California, Santa Barbara. Dissertation Title: "Essays on Innovation Commercialization", Dissertation Chair: Gary Dushnitsky
Amisha Miller (PhD from Boston University (Questrom)), Assistant Professor at New York University (Stern). Dissertation Title: "Changing the System, Not the Seeker: How Do Investment Organizations' Evaluation Practices Shape the Demographic Diversity of Innovators Funded?", Dissertation Chair: Siobhan O'Mahony
Michael Park (PhD from University of Minnesota (Carlson)), Assistant Professor at INSEAD. Dissertation Title: "Essays on the Politics of Innovation", Dissertation Co-Chairs: Aks Zaheer and Russell Funk
Xiaoli (Shirley) Tang (PhD from Washington University (Olin)), Assistant Professor at Bocconi University. Dissertation Title: "The Transparency Dilemma: Competition, Innovation, and Organizational Performance with Corporate Transparency", Dissertation Co-Chairs: Nicholas S. Argyres and Lamar Pierce
Daniel H. Wilde (PhD from University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)), Assistant Professor at Indiana University (Kelley). Dissertation Title: "Cognitive Microfoundations of Industry Foresight and Strategic Commitments: Evidence Within the Global Automotive Industry", Dissertation Chair: Rahul Kapoor
Each finalist will present a summary of their dissertation at the AOM annual conference STR Dissertation Award Finalists session in the late afternoon on Monday, August 12th (and the 2024 winner will be announced during the STR Business meeting, which immediately follows this session). Please join us and celebrate the 2024 dissertation award finalists.
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Deepak Somaya
STR Division Chair-Elect
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