This session features the five finalists for the 2024 STR Division Wiley Blackwell Outstanding Dissertation Award. The finalists will present summaries of their dissertations. The finalists are:
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
The winner of the 2024 STR Dissertation Award will be announced during the STR Business meeting, which follows this event in the same room.
