Recent Academic Placement of our Ph.D. Graduates
All students who completed their Ph.D. in 1999 or later and who accepted faculty positions at universities are listed below. Over 90% of our graduates accepted academic positions during this period.
Accounting
Daniel Aobdia
Year of Graduation: 2012
First academic placement: Northwestern University
Dissertation Title: “Sharing Suppliers and Information Spillovers: The Case of the Auditor”
Dissertation Chairman: Professor Hughes
Elizabeth Gutierrez
Year of Graduation: 2012
First academic placement: Florida International University
Dissertation Title: “Evidence on the Role of Accounting Conservatism in Debt Contracting”
Dissertation Chairman: Professor Aboody
Ruihao Ke
Year of Graduation: 2012
Firs academic placement: Southern Methodist University
Dissertation Title: “Predicting Financial Distress: The Role of Earnings Quality”
Dissertation Chairman: Professor Trueman
Tsahi Versano
Year of Graduation: 2011
First academic placement: Yale University
Dissertation Title: "Discretionary Disclosure in Agencies"
Dissertation Chairman: Professor Trueman
Mingshan Zhang
Year of Graduation: 2005
First academic placement: Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
Dissertation Title: "Three Essays in Accounting"
Dissertation Chairman: Professor Hughes
Decisions, Operations, and Technology Management
Foad Iravani
Year of Graduation: 2012
First academic placement: University of Washington
Dissertation Title: “Essays on Supply Chains Facing Competition from Gray Markets”
Dissertation Chairman: Professor Ahmadi
Dimitrios Andritsos
Year of Graduation: 2011
First academic placement: HEC, Paris
Dissertation Title: Interdisciplinary Studies in Operations Management: Applications in Healthcare and Marketing
Dissertation Chairman: Professor Tang
Onesun Steve Yoo
Year of Graduation: 2010
First academic placement: University College London, United Kingdom
Dissertation Title: Time Allocation Strategies for Entrepreneurial Operations Management
Dissertation Chairman: Professor Corbett
Suresh Muthulingam
Year of Graduation: 2009
First academic placement: Cornell University
Dissertation Title: "Environmental Issues in Operations Management"
Dissertation Chairman: Professor Corbett
Soo-Haeng Cho
Year of Graduation: 2008
First academic placement: Carnegie Mellon University
Dissertation Title: "Asymmetric Optimal Policies in Multi-Dimensional Operational Decisions"
Dissertation Chairman: Professor McCardle
Sarang Deo
Year of Graduation: 2007
First academic placement: Kellogg, Northwestern University
Dissertation Title: "Three Essays in Health Care Operations Management"
Dissertation Chairman: Professor Corbett
Rui Yin
Year of Graduation: 2007
First academic placement: Arizona State University
Dissertation Title: "Pricing and Production for the Supply Chain Management"
Dissertation Chairman: Professor Tang
Murat Bayiz
Year of Graduation: 2005
First academic placement: University of Southern California
Dissertation Title: "Coordination and Incentive Contracts in Stochastic Project Management"
Dissertation Chairman: Professor Corbett
Barbara Somlo
Year of Graduation: 2005
First academic placement: Ohio State University
Dissertation Title: "Distribution Planning for the Motion Picture Industry: Models, Applications and Analysis"
Dissertation Chairman: Professor Ahmadi
Deming Zhou
Year of Graduation: 2005
First academic placement: Chinese Hong Kong University
Dissertation Title: "Three Essays on Supply Chain Competition with Different Network Structures"
Dissertation Chairman: Professor Karmarkar
Aydin Alptekinoglu
Year of Graduation: 2004
First academic placement: University of Florida
Dissertation Title: "Essays on Operations-Marketing Strategy"
Dissertation Chairmen: Professors Corbett and Tang
Thanos Papadimitriou
Year of Graduation: 2004
First academic placement: Bocconi University, Italy
Dissertation Title: "Efficient Data Inventory Management"
Dissertation Chairman: Professor Mamer
Thomas Romer
Year of Graduation: 2000
First academic placement: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Dissertation Title: "Managing Product Development Processes"
Dissertation Chairman: Professor Ahmadi
Laura Melody Williams
Year of Graduation: 2000
First academic placement: U.S. Naval Post Graduate School
Dissertation Title: "Decision Support for Large-Scale Construction Projects in the Public Sector"
Dissertation Chairman: Professor Karmarkar
Finance
Saurabh Ahluwalia
Year of Graduation: 2012
First academic placement: University of New Mexico
Dissertation Title: “Three Essays in Empirical Finance”
Dissertation Chairman: Professor Bernardo
Priyank Gandhi
Year of Graduation: 2012
First academic placement: Notre Dame University
Dissertation Title: “Systemic Risks, Financial Intermediaries and Asset Markets”
Dissertation Chairman: Professor Longstaff
Michael Nowotny
Year of Graduation: 2011
First academic placement: Boston University
Dissertation Title: "Asset Pricing with Heterogeneous Agents and Disaster Risk"
Dissertation Chairman: Professor Grinblatt
Konark Saxena
Year of Graduation: 2011
First academic placement: University of New South Wales
Dissertation Title: "Essays in Empirical Finance"
Dissertation Chairman: Professor Chowdhry and Professor Roll
Alberto Plazzi
Year of Graduation: 2010
First academic placement: Swiss Institute of Finance, Switzerland
Dissertation Title: "Essays in International Trade and Globalization"
Dissertation Chairman: Professor Torous
Albert Sheen
Year of Graduation: 2009
First academic placement: Harvard Business School
Dissertation Title: "Essays in Empirical Corporate Finance"
Dissertation Chairman: Professor Bernardo
Cesare Fracassi
Year of Graduation: 2009
First academic placement: University of Texas at Austin
Dissertation Title: "Social Networks and Finance"
Dissertation Chairmen: Professors Grinblatt and Tate
Ehud Peleg
Year of Graduation: 2008
First academic placement: USC Marshall School
Dissertation Title: "Three Essays on Asset Pricing, Portfolio Choice and Behavioral Finance"
Dissertation Chairmen: Professors Benartzi and Subrahmanyam
Yuzhao Zhang
Year of Graduation: 2008
First academic placement: Temple University
Dissertation Title: "Essays on Return Predictability and Volatility Estimation"
Dissertation Chairman: Professor Roll
Yi Zhou
Year of Graduation: 2008
First academic placement: University of Oklahoma
Dissertation Title: "Leverage, Asset Pricing and Its Implications"
Dissertation Chairman: Professor Geske
Brett Myers
Year of Graduation: 2007
First academic placement: Purdue University
Dissertation Title: "Effects of the Political Process on Financial Topics"
Disseration Chairman: Professor Garmaise
Juhani Linnainmaa
Year of Graduation: 2006
First academic placement: University of Chicago
Dissertation Title: "Essays on Learning and Investment Behavior"
Dissertation Chairman: Professor Grinblatt
Alessio Saretto
Year of Graduation: 2006
First academic placement: Purdue University
Dissertation Title: "Three Essays in Empirical Asset Pricing"
Dissertation Chairman: Professor Roll
Selale Tuzel
Year of Graduation: 2005
First academic placement: University of Southern California
Dissertation Title: "Three Essays in Asset Pricing"
Dissertation Chariman: Professor Grinblatt
Laura Frieder
Year of Graduation: 2004
First academic placement: Purdue University
Dissertation Title: "An Investigation of the Trading Patterns and Heuristics of Stockholders"
Dissertation Chairmen: Professors Roll and Subrahmanyam
Martin Dierker
Year of Graduation: 2003
First academic placement: University of Houston, Bauer College of Business
Dissertation Title: "The Link Between Information Efficiency and Economic Efficiency: Studies of Corporate Disclosure Policy and Private Information Acquisition"
Dissertation Chairman: Professor Subrahmanyam
Justin Sai Pang Chan
Year of Graduation: 2003
First academic placement: Singapore Management University
Dissertation Title: "Essays on Liquidity, Stock Returns and Behavioral Finance"
Dissertation Chairman: Professor Subrahmanyam
Ashley Wenqing Wang
Year of Graduation: 2003
First academic placement: University of California, Irvine, Graduate School of Management
Dissertation Title: "Three Essays on Empirical Asset Pricing"
Dissertation Chairmen: Professors Longstaff and Brennan
Shingo Goto
Year of Graduation: 2002
First academic placement: University of South Carolina
Dissertation Title: "Prices and Stock Returns"
Dissertation Chairman: Professor Torous
Amit Goyal
Year of Graduation: 2002
First academic placement: Emory University
Dissertation Title: "Three Essays on the Predictability of Stock Returns "
Dissertation Chairman: Professor Roll
Bing Han
Year of Graduation: 2002
First academic placement: Ohio State University
Dissertation Title: "Towards a Better Understanding of Stocks, Interest Rate Derivatives and Real Estate Investment Trusts: Three Essays in Financial Economics"
Dissertation Chairmen: Professors Grinblatt and Longstaff
Jiang Luo
Year of Graduation: 2001
First academic placement: Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Dissertation Title: "Three Essays in Finance"
Dissertation Chairman: Professor Brennan
Shu Yan
Year of Graduation: 2001
First academic placement: University of Arizona
Dissertation Title: "Three Essays on Stock Market Volatility and Stock Return Predictability"
Dissertation Chairman: Professor Roll
Felipe Aguerrevere
Year of Graduation: 2000
First academic placement: University of Alberta, Canada
Dissertation Title: "Essays on Real Options"
Dissertation Chairman: Professor Schwartz
Augusto Castillo
Year of Graduation: 2000
First academic placement: Catolica University, Chile
Dissertation Title: "Essays on Event Studies and on Numerical Methods"
Dissertation Chairman: Professor Brennan
Pansy Lin
Year of Graduation: 2000
First academic placement: University of Washington
Dissertation Title: "Equity Pricing in International Markets: Three Empirical Essays"
Dissertation Chairman: Professor Roll
David Wessels
Year of Graduation: 2000
First academic placement: Emory University
Dissertation Title: "Organizational Structure, Agency Theory, and Capital Allocation"
Dissertation Chairman: Professor Welch
Yihong Xia
Year of Graduation: 2000
First academic placement: Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Dissertation Title: "The Effect of Learning and Predictability on Optimal Dynamic Portfolio Strategies and Asset Prices"
Dissertation Chairman: Professor Brennan
Tyrone Callahan
Year of Graduation: 1999
First academic placement: University of Texas at Austin
Dissertation Title: "Essays on the Role of Investor Beliefs in Financial Markets"
Dissertation Chairman: Professor Bernardo
Ravi Jain
Year of Graduation: 1999
First academic placement: University of Southern California
Dissertation Title: "Essays on Agency Costs, Dividend Policy, and Corporate Ownership Structure"
Dissertation Chairman: Professor Chowdhry
Global Economics and Management
Mitsuru Igami
Year of Graduation: 2012
First academic placement: Yale University
Dissertation Title: “ Three Essays on Creative Destruction”
Dissertation Chairman: Professor Leamer
Bernardo Morais
Year of Graduation: 2011
First academic placement: Federal Reserve Board
Dissertation Title: "Uncertainty and the Relative Price of Investment Goods"
Dissertation Chairman: Professor Wacziarg
Daniel A. Dias
Year of Graduation: 2010
First academic placement: University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Dissertation Title: "Essays in International Trade and Globalization"
Dissertation Chairmen: Professors Leamer and Wacziarg
Christine Richmond
Year of Graduation: 2010
First academic placement: World Bank
Dissertation Title: "Essays on Firm Performance and Dynamics in Developing Countries"
Dissertation Chairman: Professor Edwards
Brian Kelleher Richter
Year of Graduation: 2010
First academic placement: University of Western Ontario, Canada
Dissertation Title: "Essays in Political Economy and Finance"
Dissertation Chairman: Professors Leamer and Wacziarg
Roberto Jaime Alvaraez Espinoza
Year of Graduation: 2006
First academic placement: Universidad de Chile
Dissertation Title: "Three Essays on Export Transitions"
Dissertation Chairman: Professor Edwards
Juan Jauregui
Year of Graduation: 2006
First academic placement: IAE - Universidad Austral, Argentina
Dissertation Title: "Three Essays on External Sector Crises"
Dissertation Chairman: Professor Edwards
Marc Junkunc
Year of Graduation: 2004
First academic placement: The University of Miami
Dissertation Title: "Toward a Greater Economic Understanding of Entrepreneurial Activity: Examining the Nature and Importance of Specialized Knowledge"
Dissertation Chairmen: Professors Osborne and Leamer
Wenjin Kang
Year of Graduation: 2004
First academic placement: National University of Singapore
Dissertation Title: "Towards a Better Understanding of Liquidity, Trading Behavior, and Stock Returns: Three Essays in Market Microstructure"
Dissertation Chairman: Professor Subrahmanyam
Anusha Chari
Year of Graduation: 2000
First academic placement: University of Chicago
Dissertation Title: "Essays in International Finance"
Dissertation Chairman: Professor Darby
Rajesh Chakrabarti
Year of Graduation: 1999
First academic placement: University of Alberta, Canada
Dissertation Title: "Essays on Information and Linkages in Financial Markets"
Dissertation Chairman: Professor Roll
Andrey Dimitrov Pavlov
Year of Graduation: 1999
First academic placement: Concordia University, Canada
Dissertation Title: "Implications of Spatial Modeling to Issues in Financial Economics and Real Estate"
Dissertation Chairman: Professor Leamer
Peter Schott
Year of Graduation: 1999
First academic placement: Yale University
Dissertation Title: "Three Essays on Factor Endowments, the Distribution of Production, and Trade"
Dissertation Chairman: Professor Leamer
International Business and Comparative Management
William Tracy
Year of Graduation: 2008
First academic placement: Rensselaer Polytechnic University
Dissertation Title: "Three Essays on Firm Learning"
Dissertation Chairman: Professor McKelvey
Sahn-Wook Huh
Year of Graduation: 2004
First academic placement: Brock University, Canada.
Disseration Title: "Essays on Financial Markets and Trading Behavior"
Dissertation Chairman: Professor Subrahmanyam
Tatsuo Ushijima
Year of Graduation: 2003
First academic placement: Aoyama Gakuin University, Japan, Graduate School of International Management
Dissertation Title: "Evolution of Multinationality and the Value of the Firm"
Dissertation Chairman:
Heather Berry
Year of Graduation: 2001
First academic placement: Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Dissertation Title: "The Exploitation and Development of Intangible Assets by Multinational Assets"
Dissertation Chairman and Chairwoman: Professor de la Torre and Professor Sakakibara
Javier Gomez Biscarri
Year of Graduation: 2000
First academic placement: University of Navarra, Spain
Dissertation Title: "Interest Rates and the Transition to a Monetary Union"
Dissertation Chairmen: Professors Edwards and Leamer
Petra Christmann
Year of Graduation: 1999
First academic placement: Darden School, University of Virginia
Dissertation Title: "Environmental Strategies of Multinational Companies"
Dissertation Chairmen: Professors de la Torre and Yip
Information Systems
Ping Wang
Year of Graduation: 2005
First academic placement: University of Maryland
Dissertation Title: "Fashion in Information Technology"
Dissertation Chairwoman and Chairman: Professor Zucker and Professor Swanson
David R. Firth
Year of Graduation: 2003
First academic placement: University of Montana, School of Business Administration
Dissertation Title: "The Supply of Information into, The Search for Information Within, and The Use of Information from IT-Based Organizational Memory Systems"
Dissertation Chairman: Professor Swanson
Enrique Dans
Year of Graduation: 2000
First academic placement: Instituto de Empressa, Spain
Dissertation Title: "Three Essays on IT Innovation and Productivity"
Dissertation Chairman: Professor Swanson
Sabine Gabriele Hirt
Year of Graduation: 1999
First academic placement: City University of Hong Kong
Dissertation Title: "Dynamics of Media Choice Behavior in Multinational Organizations"
Dissertation Chairman: Professor Swanson
Makoto Nakayama
Year of Graduation: 1999
First academic placement: De Paul University
Dissertation Title: "Information Technology Impact on Interorganizational Relationships in Marketing Channels"
Dissertation Chairman: Professor Swanson
Management and Organizations
Angélica Gutiérrez
Year of Graduation: 2012
First academic placement: University of Michigan (post doc)
Dissertation Title: “The Effect of Social Dominance Orientation on Reactions to University and Employment Recruitment and Selection Policies”
Dissertation Chairman: Professor Unzueta
Nicholas Hays
Year of Graduation: 2012
First academic placement: New York University (post doc)
Dissertation Title: “Social Climbing: A Contextual Approach to Understanding the Effects of Social Hierarchy on Individual Cognition and Behavior”
Dissertation Chairmen: Professors Bendersky and Goldstein
Ming-Hong Tsai
Year of Graduation: 2012
First academic placement: Singapore Management University
Dissertation Title: “Information Sharing Within Groups”
Dissertation Chairman: Professor Shih
Alice Wieland
Year of Graduation: 2012
First academic placement: University of Nevada, Reno
Dissertation Title: “Gender and Decision-Making: Competitive, Risky and Entrepreneurial Decisions: Three Essays Related to How Sex and Gender Influence Decisions in Different Contexts”
Dissertation Chairman: Professor McKelvey
Rangapriya Narasimhan
Year of Graduation: 2011
First academic placement: University of San Diego
Dissertation Title: "Understanding Intrapreneurs and the Mechanics of Opportunity Exploitation"
Dissertation Chairman: Professor Lawrence and Professor Flamholtz
Neha Parikh Shah
Year of Graduation: 2010
First academic placement: Rutgers University
Dissertation Title: "The Individual Effect of Multiplex Relationships in Workplace Social Networks"
Dissertation Chairwoman: Professor Lawrence
Vicki Scherwin
Year of Graduation: 2009
First academic placement: Long Beach State University
Dissertation Title: "The Overlooked Dimension of Leadership: Follower Self-Interest"
Dissertation Chairman: Professor Culbert
Hilla Dotan
Year of Graduation: 2007
First academic placement: Tel-Aviv University, Israel
Dissertation Title: "Friendship Ties at Work: Origins, Evolution and Consequences for Managerial Effectiveness"
Dissertation Chairman: Professor Lewin
Emily Mung-Lam Nason
Year of Graduation: 2008
First academic placement: Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Dissertation Title: "Uncertainty and Fairness Judgments: The Role of Information Ambiguity"
Dissertation Chairman: Professor Jacoby
Elissa Beth Grossman
Year of Graduation: 2005
First academic placement: University of Southern California
Dissertation Title: "New Venture Creation and Network Tie Formation: A Longitudinal Study of Nascent Entrepreneurs' Efforts in Business-Building"
Dissertation Chairman: Professor Lewin
Wei Hua
Year of Graduation: 2005
First academic placement: Singapore Management University
Dissertation Title: "The Role of Social Context: Putting Similarity Effects on Organizational Attachment in Perspective"
Dissertation Chairwoman and Chairman:: Professor Lawrence and Professor Lewin
Jean-Francois Axel Hugues Coget
Year of Graduation: 2004
First academic placement: HEC School of Management, Paris, France
Dissertation Title: "Leadership in Motion: An Investigation into the Psychological Processes that Drive Behavior when Leaders Respond to "Real-Time" Operational Challenges"
Dissertation Chairman: Professor Culbert
Lisa A. Barron
Year of Graduation: 1999
First academic placement: University of California, Irvine
Dissertation Title: "Talk that Pays: Differences in Salary Negotiators' Beliefs and Behaviors"
Dissertation Chairman: Professor Gersick
Marketing
Hyewook Jeong
Year of Graduation: 2011
First academic placement: Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea
Dissertation Title: "The Indecisive Consumer: Coping with Negative Emotion by Seeking Variety"
Dissertation Chairman: Professor Drolet
Min Ha Hwang
Year of Graduation: 2010
First academic placement: McGill University, Canada
Dissertation Title:
Dissertation Chairmen: Professors Bronnenberg and Thomadsenbr
Claudia Townsend
Year of Graduation: 2010
First academic placement: University of Miami
Dissertation Title: "The Impact of Product Aesthetics in Consumer Choice"
Dissertation Chairman: Professor Sood
Hyun Sang Shin
Year of Graduation: 2008
First academic placement: Long Island University
Dissertation Title: "Strategic and Financial Implications of New Product Quality in High-Tech Industries"
Dissertation Chairman: Professor Hanssens
Oliver Rutz
Year of Graduation: 2007
First academic placement: Yale University
Dissertation Title: "Three Essays on Paid Search Advertising"
Dissertation Chairman: Professor Bucklin
Michael Trusov
Year of Graduation: 2007
First academic placement: University of Maryland
Dissertation Title: "Three Essays on Internet Marketing"
Dissertation Chairman: Professor Bucklin
Paulo Albuquerque
Year of Graduation: 2006
First academic placement: University of Rochester
Dissertation Title: "Using Multi-Market Information to Improve Understanding of Firm and Consumer Behavior"
Dissertation Chairman: Professor Bronnenberg
Garrett Sonnier
Year of Graduation: 2006
First academic placement: University of Texas, Austin
Dissertation Title: "Bayesian Analysis of Consumer Willingness-to-Pay"
Dissertation Chairman: Professor Ainslie
Amit Joshi
Year of Graduation: 2005
First academic placement: University of Central Florida
Dissertation Title: "The Direct, Indirect and Feedback Effects of Marketing Actions"
Dissertation Chairman: Professor Hanssens
Yi Cathy Chen
Year of Graduation: 2004
First academic placement: Singapore Management University
Dissertation Chairwoman and Chairman: Professors Scott and Zhang
Andres Terech
Year of Graduation: 2004
First academic placement: IAE/Universidad Austral, Argentina
Dissertation Title: "Three Essays on Consideration Sets"
Dissertation Chairman: Professor Bucklin
Shijin Yoo
Year of Graduation: 2004
First academic placement: Singapore Management University
Dissertation Title:" Essays on Customer Equity and Product Marketing"
Dissertation Chairman: Professor Hanssens
Julian Villanueva
Year of Graduation: 2003
First academic placement: IESE Business School, Spain
Dissertation Title: "Acquisition Channels and Price Discrimination in a Customer Equity Framework"
Dissertation Chairman: Professor Hannsens
Caterina Sismeiro Ribeiro
Year of Graduation: 2002
First academic placement: University of Southern California
Dissertation Title: "Modeling Browsing and Purchase on the Internet Using Click Stream Data"
Dissertation Chairman: Professor Bucklin
Loraine Lau
Year of Graduation: 2001
First academic placement: University of Minnesota
Dissertation Title: "Understanding Consumers' Evaluations of Mixed Affective Experiences"
Dissertation Chairmen and Chairwoman: Professors Aaker and Scott
Koen Pauwels
Year of Graduation: 2001
First academic placement: Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College
Dissertation Title: "Long-Term Marketing Effectiveness in Mature, Emerging and Changing Markets"
Dissertation Chairman: Professor Hanssens
Tirthankar Roy
Year of Graduation: 1999
First academic placement: University of Michigan
Dissertation Title: "An Analysis of Fidelity Programs"
Dissertation Chairmen: Professors Bikhchandani and Morrison
Patricia Anne Williams
Year of Graduation: 1999
First academic placement: New York University
Dissertation Title: "The Impact of Emotional Advertising Appeals on Consumer Implicit and Explicit Memory"
Dissertation Chairwoman: Professor Scott
Strategy and Policy
David Bardolet
Year of Graduation: 2008
First academic placement: Bocconi University
Dissertation Title: "New Perspectives on Capital Allocation"
Dissertation Chairman: Professor Fox
Marco Huesch
Year of Graduation: 2008
First academic placement: Duke University
Dissertation Title: "Three Essays in Healthcare Economics"
Dissertation Chairmen: Professors McKelvey and Zame
Hyok-Jon Dharma Kwon
Year of Graduation: 2008
First academic placement: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Dissertation Title: "The Impact of Uncertainty on Operational Decisions"
Dissertation Chairman: Professor Lippman
Gabriel Natividad
Year of Graduation: 2008
First academic placement: NYU, Stern School
Dissertation Title: "Essays in Corporate Finance and Strategy"
Dissertation Chairmen: Professors Bernardo and Lieberman
Natarajan Balasubramanian
Year of Graduation: 2007
First academic placement: Florida International University
Dissertation Title: "Essays on Learning and Innovation"
Dissertation Chairman: Professor Lieberman
Jeongsik Lee
Year of Graduation: 2007
First academic placement: Georgia Institute of Technology
Dissertation Title: "Essays on the Economics of Exchange Networks"
Dissertation Chairman: Professor John de Figueiredo
Rongrong Ren
Year of Graduation: 2005
First academic placement: Purdue University
Dissertation Title: "Learning by Firms and Technological Innovation"
Dissertation Chairman: Professor Olav Sorenson
Jina Kang
Year of Graduation: 2002
First academic placement: California State University, Fullerton
Dissertation Title: "The Knowledge Advantage: Tracing and Testing the Impact of Knowledge Characteristics and Relationship Ties on Project Performance"
Dissertation Chairman: Professor Goodman
Belen Villalonga
Year of Graduation: 2001
First academic placement: Harvard Business School
Dissertation Title: " 'Chop Shop' Valuation Models and the Diversification Discount "
Dissertation Chairmen: Professors Roll and Rumelt
Panayiota Konstantina Kiousis
Year of Graduation: 2000
First academic placement: Ohio State University
Dissertation Title: "Knowledge, Incentives, and Growth"
Dissertation Chairmen: Professors McKelvey and Zame
Manel Baucells
Year of Graduation: 1999
First academic placement: University of Navarra, Spain
Dissertation Title: "Essays in Cooperative Game Theory"
Dissertation Chairmen: Professors Lippman and Shapley