Recent Dissertations
The Business Administration Department enjoys a strong reputation in graduate education, which allows it to attract the most talented students to its doctoral program. Our tradition of excellence and our commitment to world-class doctoral education results in a uniquely rich environment for research and learning in the areas of business and administration.
Our department doctoral students over the last 5 years have produced the following dissertations:
Information Systems
Matthew Nelson. The Adoption and Diffusion of Interorganizational System Standards and Process Innovations. Chaired by Michael J. Shaw, 2003.
Hsin-Lu Chang. Assessing and Managing the Value of Supply Chain Collaboration: Developing Strategies for B2B E-Commerce with Web-Based Process Sharing. Chaired by Michael J. Shaw, 2003.
Ravi Sen. Buyer's Choice of Online Search Strategy and It's Implications for E-Markets. Chaired by Michael J. Shaw and Ruth C. King, 2003.
Chandra Subramaniam. Value and Impact of B2B Electronic Commerce on Organizations: The Effects of Process, Organization, and Industry Conditions. Chaired by Michael J. Shaw, 2003.
Gek Tan. The Impact of Demand Information Sharing on Supply Chain Network Structure, Product Structure and Demand Mix. Chaired by Michael J. Shaw, 1999.
International Business
M. Kumar. Acquiring and Exploiting Knowledge: The Two Faces of Diversification. Chaired by Anju Seth, 2002.
Danchi Tan. Managerial Limits to International Expansion by Acquisitions and Greenfields: An Empirical Examination of Japanese Direct Investments in the United States. Chaired by Jean-François Hennart, 2000.
Management Science & Process Management
Larry White. Feedback and Control for Hierarchical Production Planning. Chaired by Charles E. Blair and Wayne Davis, 2002.
Wei-Yu Chiang. Multi-Channel Supply Chain Management in the E-Business Era. Chaired by Dilip Chhajed and James Hess, 2002.
Chialin Chen. Integrating Operations and Environmental Management: Focusing on Product and Process Innovations. Chaired by George E. Monahan, 2000.
Sufeng Ma. Long-Term Agency Relationships and Human Capital Investment. Chaired by Susan I. Cohen, 2000.
Jennjung Wu. Pension Fund Managers, Certified Public Accountants and Actuaries: A Principal-Agent Analysis of Information Provision. Chaired by Susan Cohen, 2000.
Marketing
Junyong Kim. Counterfactual Thinking: An Underlying Mechanism of Post-Consumption Evaluation and Consumer Satisfaction. Chaired by Brian Wansink, 2003.
Martin Nunlee. Reputation As A Control Mechanism For Opportunistic Behavior In Supply Chains. Chaired by William Qualls, 2003.
Jelena Spanjol. Idea Generation In New Product Development: A Cognitive Framework of the Fuzzy Front End. Chaired by William Qualls, 2003.
Lan Xia. A Multi-Method Investigation of Consumer Browsing Behaviors and Unintended Information Acquisition: Three Essays. Chaired by Kent B. Monroe, 2003.
Susan Lloyd. Consumers' Experiences with E-Commerce Technologies: Three Essays. Chaired by Kent B. Monroe, 2002.
Regina McNally. Efficiency Motives and Institutional Considerations In Make-Or-Buy Decisions. Chaired by Abbie Griffin, 2002.
James Harris. Social Status and Product Perceptions: A Social Identity Perspective on Information Processing and Product Evaluations. Chaired by Madhubalan Viswanathan, 2002.
Maria Alexandre. Relationships Between Firms' Sources of Technologies and their Product Market Opportunities. Chaired by Devanathan Sudharshan, 2000.
Thomas Costello. The Role of Affect (Valence and Intensity) in Product Consumption. Chaired by Kent B. Monroe, 2000.
Debra Zahay. Aligning Strategy and Customer Information for Performance in Business Markets. Chaired by Abbie Griffin, 2000.
Organizational Behavior
Yuri Mishina. Governance Choices During Speculative Exuberance. Chaired by Huseyin Leblebici, 2004.
Fabio Fonti. One Relationship is Not Enough: An Initial View of Multiplex Embeddedness. Chaired by Huseyin Leblebici, 2003.
James Moore. The Effect of Governance Form Upon Adaptation During Times of Environmental Turbulence. Chaired by Matthew Kraatz, 2003.
Ya-Chun Yang. Variations and the Evolution of Organizational Forms: Mergers and Acquisitions as Form-Changing Strategies in the Financial Service Industry 1981-2000 . Chaired by Huseyin Leblebici, 2003.
Nora Madjar. The Contributions of Support and Information from Work and Non-Work Others to Employees' Creative Performance. Chaired by Greg R. Oldham, 2002.
Peter Foreman. Managing Identities in Managed Care: Understanding the Pain of Change in Health Care Organizations. Chaired by Michael Pratt, 2001.
Laurel Newman. The Expatriate Adjustment Process: Implications of the Cross-Cultural Context on Learning the Environment Following a Work-Role Transition. Chaired by Huseyin Leblebici, 2000.
Strategic Management
Jongwook Kim. The Determinants of Organizational Form in the Biotechnology Industry: An Integrative Organizational Economics Frameworkk. Chaired by Joseph Mahoney, 2004.
Dingkun Ge. Startup Valuation by Venture Capitalists: A Strategic Management Approach. Chaired by Joseph T. Mahoney, 2003.
Sung Kim. Information Technology and Governance: Substitution and Complementary Effects. Chaired by Joseph T. Mahoney, 2003.
Ayse Costello. Corporate Governance in Multinational Corporations: Aligning the Interests of Subsidiaries and Headquarters. Chaired by Anju Seth, 2002.
Yasemin Kor. Resource Deployment Strategies Following Initial Public Offering: Connecting Resource-Based, Upper Echelons, and Agency Perspectives. Chaired by Joseph T. Mahoney, 2001.
Lucy Ojode. A Resource-Based View of Strategic Alliances: Organizational Capabilities, Governance and Performance. Chaired by Joseph T. Mahoney, 2000.
Stephen Bowden. The Role of Institutional Investors in the Governance of Firms: A Test of Competing Power and Agency Models. Chaired by Anju Seth, 2000.
Kannan Ramanathan. Determinants of Value in Pharmaceutical Innovation: A Property Rights Approach. Chaired by Howard J. Thomas/Anju Seth, 1999.
Gregory Winter. Specifying and Understanding the Dimensions of Core Competencies in the Ethical Pharmaceutical Industry. Chaired by Joseph T. Mahoney and Anju Seth, 1999.
