Tradition of Success
With the expanding role of business in global society and the increasing sophistication of the practice of management, the demand for faculty at business schools has never been greater.
Graduates of the HBS Doctoral Programs have gone on to become prominent scholars in a wide range of disciplines at many of the world's most prestigious institutions.
Every year, the HBS Doctoral Programs produces an impressive list of students who are preparing to enter the job market. Find an outstanding candidate to fill a faculty position at your school.
Graduates of the HBS Doctoral Programs have gone on to become prominent scholars in a wide range of disciplines at many of the world's most prestigious institutions.
Placement, 2018-2023
2022

Wilbur Chen
Accounting & Management, 2022
Placement: | Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) |
Dissertation: | Equity Market Views and Digital Technology Investment in Non-IT Firms |
Advisors: | Suraj Srinivasan (Chair), Paul M. Healy , Charles C.Y. Wang , and Shane M. Greenstein |

Hashim Zaman
Accounting & Management, 2022
Placement: | Harvard University, Laboratory for Innovation Sciences at Harvard (LISH), Post-Doctoral Fellow |
Dissertation: | Top-Down Sabotage in Organizations |
Advisors: | V.G. Narayanan (Co-Chair), Tatiana Sandino (Co-Chair), Susanna Gallani , and Karim R. Lakhani |
2021

Patrick Ferguson
Accounting & Management, 2021
Placement: | University of Melbourne, Melbourne Business School |
Dissertation: | Contests for Consumption: Empirical evidence from professional sports on contest theory” |
Advisors: | Dennis Campbell (Co-Chair), Karim R. Lakhani (Co-Chair), and Srikant M. Datar |

Alexandra Scherf
Accounting & Management, 2021
Placement: | London School of Economics and Political Science |
Dissertation: | Essays on Enforcement and Disclosure |
Advisors: | Eugene F. Soltes (Co-Chair), Suraj Srinivasan (Co-Chair), and Charles C.Y. Wang |
2020

Wei Cai
Accounting & Management, 2020
Placement: | Columbia Business School, Accounting Department |
Dissertation: | Shaping Organizational Outcomes through Management Control Systems: Evidence from the Field |
Advisors: | Dennis Campbell (Chair), Tatiana Sandino, and Susanna Gallani |

Jihwon Park
Accounting & Management, 2020
Placement: | CUNY, Baruch College, Zicklin School of Business |
Dissertation: | Does Compliance Training Decrease Corporate Misconduct? Evidence from Field Data |
Advisors: | Eugene F. Soltes (Chair), Krishna G. Palepu, and Aiyesha Dey |
2019

Jody Grewal
Accounting & Management, 2019
Placement: | University of Toronto, Rotman School, Management Department |
Dissertation: | Management and Disclosure of Corporate Sustainability Performance |
Advisors: | Paul M. Healy (Co-Chair), George Serafeim (Co-Chair), Srikant M. Datar , Krishna G. Palepu , and Edward Riedl |

Matthew Shaffer
Accounting & Management, 2019
Placement: | University of Southern California, Leventhal School of Accounting |
Dissertation: | Truth and Bias in M&A Target Fairness Valuations: Appraising the Appraisals |
Advisors: | Suraj Srinivasan , John Coates, and Charles C.Y. Wang |
2018
Carolyn Deller
Accounting & Management, 2018
Placement: | University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School, Accounting Department |
Dissertation: | Identifying, Measuring and Communicating Employee Fit Through Formal Control Mechanisms: Evidence from the Field |
Advisors: | Dennis Campbell (Co-Chair), Tatiana Sandino (Co-Chair), Robert Simons , and Eugene F. Soltes |

Andrew Jing Liu
Accounting & Management, 2018
Placement: | University of Connecticut, School of Business, Accounting Department |
Dissertation: | Accuracy, Timeliness and Managers’ Discretion of Fair Value Pricing: Evidence from the Banking Industry |
Advisors: | Dennis Campbell (Chair), Adi Sunderam , and Edward Riedl |

Jee Eun Shin
Accounting & Management, 2018
Placement: | University of Toronto, Rotman School of Management, Accounting Department |
Dissertation: | Overcoming Limits in the Design of Formal Management Control Systems: Evidence from the Field |
Advisors: | Dennis Campbell (Chair), Srikant M. Datar , Brian J. Hall , and Paul M. Healy |

Aaron Yoon
Accounting & Management, 2018
Placement: | Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management, Accounting Department |
Dissertation: | Essays on the Role of Accounting Information and Governance in Emerging Institutions |
Advisors: | Paul M. Healy (Co-Chair), Krishna G. Palepu (Co-Chair), George Serafeim , and Rodrigo Verdi |
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2023

John Conlon
Business Economics, 2023
Placement: | Stanford University, Department of Economics, Post-Doctoral Fellow (2023-2024), Carnegie Mellon University, Department of Social and Decision Sciences, Assistant Professor (2024) |
Dissertation: | Essays in Behavioral Economics |
Advisors: | Andrei Shleifer, Lawrence Katz, Gautam Rao, and Katherine B. Coffman |

Spencer Yongwook Kwon
Business Economics, 2023
Placement: | Brown University, Department of Economics |
Dissertation: | Essays in Expectations and Asset Prices |
Advisors: | Andrei Shleifer , Samuel G. Hanson , Adi Sunderam , and Joshua R. Schwartzstein |

Robert Minton
Business Economics, 2023
Placement: | Federal Reserve Board of Governors, Economist |
Dissertation: | How the Price System Works: Evidence from Supply Chains and Price Controls |
Advisors: | Xavier Gabaix, Edward Glaeser, Andrei Shleifer, and Ludwig Straub |

Erica Moszkowski
Business Economics, 2023
Placement: | Federal Reserve Board of Governors, Economist |
Dissertation: | How the Price System Works: Evidence from Supply Chains and Price Controls |
Advisors: | Edward Glaeser, Ariel Pakes, Myrto Kalouptsidi, Robin Lee, and Michael Luca |

Daniel Ramos
Business Economics, 2023
Placement: | John Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies |
Dissertation: | Essays in Spatial Economics and Development |
Advisors: | Pol Antras, Edward Glaeser, and Gabriel Kriendler |

Sagar Saxena
Business Economics, 2023
Placement: | Yale University, Department of Economics, Post-doctoral Fellow (2023-2024); University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School, Business Economics and Public Policy Department, Assistant Professor (2024) |
Dissertation: | Essays on State Interventions and Market Outcomes in Developing Economies |
Advisors: | Ariel Pakes (Chair), Emily Breza, Edward Glaeser, Myrto Kalouptsidi, and Gautam Rao |

Ran Zhuo
Business Economics, 2023
Placement: | University of Michigan, Ross School of Business, Post-Doctoral Fellow (2023-2024); Assistant Professor (2024) |
Dissertation: | Three Essays on Economics of Innovation, Technology, and Policy |
Advisors: | Shane M. Greenstein , Myrto Kalouptsidi, Robin Lee, Ariel Pakes, and Elie Tamer |
2022

Francesca Bastianello
Business Economics, 2022
Placement: | The University of Chicago, Booth School of Business |
Dissertation: | Expectations in Finance and Macroeconomics: micro-foundations and macro implications |
Advisors: | John Campbell, Andrei Shleifer, Jeremy Stein, and Samuel G. Hanson |

Talia B. Gillis
Business Economics, 2022
Placement: | Columbia Law School, Associate Professor of Law |
Dissertation: | Essays in Household Finance and Consumer Protection |
Advisors: | John Beshears (Chair), David Laibson, Brigitte Madrian , and Gautam Rao |

Matthew Lilley
Business Economics, 2022
Placement: | Australian National University |
Dissertation: | Essays in Applied Microeconomics |
Advisors: | David Laibson (Chair), Andrei Shleifer, Edward Glaeser, and Gabriel Kreindler |

Frank Pinter
Business Economics, 2022
Placement: | Federal Trade Commission |
Dissertation: | Essays in Industrial Organization and Environmental Policy |
Advisors: | Ariel Pakes, Robin Lee, and Dennis A. Yao |

Ron Yang
Business Economics, 2022
Placement: | Stanford University, Graduate School of Business, Postdoctoral Scholar |
Dissertation: | Essays in Industrial Organization |
Advisors: | Mark L. Egan , Edward Glaeser, Myrto Kalouptsidi, Robin Lee, and Ariel Pakes |

David Zhang
Business Economics, 2022
Placement: | Rice University, Jones Graduate School of Business |
Dissertation: | Essays on the US Mortgage Market |
Advisors: | John Campbell (Chair), Adi Sunderam , Edward Glaeser, Robin Lee, and Ariel Pakes |
2021

Andreas Schaab
Business Economics, 2021
Placement: | Columbia University Business School, Post-doctoral fellow (2021-2022); Toulouse School of Economics, Assistant Professor (2022) |
Dissertation: | Essays in Macroeconomics |
Advisors: | Xavier Gabaix, Matteo Maggiori, and Ludwig Straub |

Gregor Schubert
Business Economics, 2021
Placement: | University of California-Los Angeles, Anderson School of Management |
Dissertation: | Essays in Housing and Regional Economics |
Advisors: | Jeremy Stein, Lawrence Katz, Edward Glaeser, and Adi Sunderam |

Karen Shen
Business Economics, 2021
Placement: | Research Improving People’s Lives (RIPL), Economist (2021-2022); Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Assistant Professor (2022) |
Dissertation: | Essays in Public and Health Economics |
Advisors: | Leemore S. Dafny , David Cutler, and Edward Glaeser |
2020

Edoardo Maria Acabbi
Business Economics, 2020
Placement: | University Carlos III of Madrid |
Dissertation: | Essays in macroeconomics, corporate finance and labor economics |
Advisors: | Gabriel Chodorow-Reich, Jeremy Stein, Emmanuel Farhi, and Samuel G. Hanson |

Xiang Ding
Business Economics, 2020
Placement: | Georgetown University, Walsh School of Foreign Service |
Dissertation: | Essays on Firms, Production, and Trade |
Advisors: | Pol Antràs, Elhanan Helpman, Marc Melitz, and Emmanuel Farhi |

Ravi Jagadeesan
Business Economics, 2020
Placement: | Stanford University, Department of Economics, Postdoctoral Fellow (2020-2022); Assistant Professor (2022-) |
Dissertation: | Market Design for Matching and Auctions |
Advisors: | Scott Duke Kominers , Emmanuel Farhi, Jerry R. Green , Stefanie Stantcheva, and Alexander Teytelboym |

Michael Thaler
Business Economics, 2020
Placement: | Princeton University, Economics Department, Post-doctoral fellow (2020-2022); University College London, Assistant Professor (2022) |
Dissertation: | Essays on Belief Formation and Political Polarization |
Advisors: | Matthew Rabin, Alberto Alesina, David Laibson, and Christine L. Exley |

Michael Thaler
Business Economics, 2020
Placement: | Princeton University, Postdoctoral Fellow (2020-2022); University College London, Assistant Professor (2022) |
Dissertation: | Essays on Belief Formation and Political Polarization |
Advisors: | Leeat Yariv, Matthew Rabin, Roland Benabou, and N/A |
2019

Christopher Anderson
Business Economics, 2019
Placement: | Federal Reserve Board of Governors |
Dissertation: | Essays in Financial Economics |
Advisors: | John Campbell, Matteo Maggiori, and Malcolm P. Baker |

Vitaly Bord
Business Economics, 2019
Placement: | Harvard Business School, Postdoctoral fellow (2018-2019), Federal Reserve Board of Governors, Economist (2019) |
Dissertation: | Essays in Financial Intermediation |
Advisors: | David S. Scharfstein , Victoria Ivashina , and Adi Sunderam |

Oren Danieli
Business Economics, 2019
Placement: | Tel-Aviv University, School of Economics |
Dissertation: | Essays on Income Inequality |
Advisors: | Lawrence Katz, Roland Fryer, and Chiara Farronato |

Yizhou Jin
Business Economics, 2019
Placement: | UC Berkeley, Economics Department & Haas School of Business, Post-doctoral Fellow (2019-2022); University of Toronto, Rotman School of Management and Economics Department (2022) |
Dissertation: | Essays on Industrial Organization and the Digital Economy |
Advisors: | Ariel Pakes, Leemore S. Dafny , Nathan Hendren, Robin Lee, and Dennis A. Yao |

Weiling Liu
Business Economics, 2019
Placement: | Northeastern University, Finance Department |
Dissertation: | Essays on Financial Intermediaries and Market Frictions |
Advisors: | John Campbell (Co-chair), Robin Greenwood (Co-Chair), Lauren H. Cohen , and Adi Sunderam |

Janelle Schlossberger
Business Economics, 2019
Placement: | Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Institute for Data, Systems and Society |
Dissertation: | Mapping Networks to Probability Distributions in the Economy |
Advisors: | Emmanuel Farhi, Xavier Gabaix, David Laibson, and Tomasz Strzalecki. |
2018

William Diamond
Business Economics, 2018
Placement: | University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School, Finance Department |
Dissertation: | Essays on Financial Intermediation and Econometrics |
Advisors: | David S. Scharfstein (Chair), Jeremy Stein, Samuel G. Hanson , and Adi Sunderam |

Anastassia Fedyk
Business Economics, 2018
Placement: | University of Berkeley, Haas School of Business, Finance Department |
Dissertation: | Essays on Information in Financial Markets |
Advisors: | David Laibson (Co-chair), Andrei Shleifer (Co-chair), John Campbell, and N/A |

Yueran Ma
Business Economics, 2018
Placement: | University of Chicago, Booth School of Business, Finance Department |
Dissertation: | Empirical Analyses in Finance and Macroeconomics |
Advisors: | Andrei Shleifer, Edward Glaeser, Samuel G. Hanson , and Alp Simsek |

Neil Thakral
Business Economics, 2018
Placement: | Brown University, Economics Department |
Dissertation: | Essays on Economic Behavior and Design |
Advisors: | Lawrence Katz, Scott Duke Kominers , Matthew Rabin , and Andrei Shleifer |
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2021

Emilie Aguirre
Health Policy (Management), 2021
Placement: | Duke University School of Law |
Dissertation: | Pairing Purpose with Profit |
Advisors: | Julie Battilana (Chair), Dutch Leonard , and A.J. Casey |

A Jay Holmgren
Health Policy (Management), 2021
Placement: | University of California-San Francisco, School of Medicine |
Dissertation: | Implementation and Management of Information Technology in Health Care Delivery |
Advisors: | Robert S. Huckman , D. Bates, D. Cutler, and J. Adler-Milstein |

Olivia Jung
Health Policy (Management), 2021
Placement: | Emory University, Rollins School of Public Health |
Dissertation: | Crowdsourcing and Engaging Employees in Innovation: Three Field Studies |
Advisors: | Amy C. Edmondson (Chair), Karim R. Lakhani , M. Kerrissey, and Jay W. Lorsch |

Michael Anne Kyle
Health Policy (Management), 2021
Placement: | Harvard Medical School |
Dissertation: | The Patient Role in Health Care Service Delivery |
Advisors: | Michael Chernew, Robert S. Huckman , and Jay W. Lorsch |
2020

Lauren Taylor
Health Policy (Management), 2020
Placement: | New York University, School of Medicine |
Dissertation: | Ethical and Strategic Issues in Non-Profit Resource Management |
Advisors: | David M. Cutler (Chair), Nien-he Hsieh, Christopher Winship, and Margaret E. Kruk |
2019

Philip Saynisch
Health Policy (Management), 2019
Placement: | Phyllis Torda Memorial Postdoctoral Fellow at the National Committee for Quality Assurance, 2019 |
Dissertation: | Unpacking Dimensions of Performance in Healthcare Delivery |
Advisors: | Robert S. Huckman, Guy David, and Ariel D. Stern |
2018

Michaela Kerrissey
Health Policy (Management), 2018
Placement: | Harvard Chan School of Public Health |
Dissertation: | Integrating across boundaries: Behaviors, processes and structures that enable integrated services |
Advisors: | Amy C. Edmondson (Chair), S.Singer, Tsedal Neeley , and J.Clark |
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2023

Laura Weimer
Management, 2023
Placement: | United States Military Academy, West Point |
Dissertation: | The dynamic nature of leader identity development |
Advisors: | Joshua D. Margolis (Co-Chair), Ting Zhang (Co-Chair), Ethan S. Bernstein , and Lakshmi Ramarajan |
2022

Yusaku Takeda
Management, 2022
Placement: | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Gies College of Business |
Dissertation: | Flexibility in Incumbent Organizations |
Advisors: | Ryan L. Raffaelli (Chair), Michael L. Tushman , and Mary Ann Glynn |
2021

Michael Christensen
Management, 2021
Placement: | University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School of Business, Lecturer |
Dissertation: | Antecedents, Process, and Consequences: Strategic Choice in Organization |
Advisors: | Ranjay Gulati (Chair), Jan W. Rivkin , and Rory M. McDonald |
2019

Michael Y. Lee
Management, 2019
Placement: | INSEAD, Organizational Behavior Area |
Dissertation: | Self-Managing Organizations: Exploring the Dynamics and Consequences of Radically Decentralizing Authority |
Advisors: | Amy C. Edmondson (Chair), Leslie A. Perlow , and Teresa M. Amabile |
2018

Johnathan Cromwell
Management, 2018
Placement: | University of San Francisco |
Dissertation: | Dynamic Problem Solving for Breakthrough Innovation: The Case of a Social Robot |
Advisors: | Teresa M. Amabile (Co-Chair), H.Gardner (Co-Chair), Michael L. Tushman , and S. Harrison |

Paul Green
Management, 2018
Placement: | University of Texas at Austin, McCombs School of Business |
Dissertation: | The Ties that Bind Us: The motivational potential of close relationships at work |
Advisors: | Francesca Gino , B.Staats, Amy C. Edmondson , and Kathleen L. McGinn |
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2023

Emily Prinsloo
Marketing, 2023
Placement: | Rice University, Jones Graduate School of Business |
Dissertation: | Three Essays on Cost-benefit Trade-offs in Individual and Organizational Decision-Making |
Advisors: | Michael I. Norton , Leslie K. John , Elizabeth A. Keenan , and Joachim Vosgerau |
2022

Serena Hagerty
Marketing, 2022
Placement: | University of Virginia, Darden School of Business |
Dissertation: | Who deserves what? How beliefs about fairness and inequality influence social judgment |
Advisors: | Michael I. Norton (Chair), Kate Barasz, and Debora Thompson |

Byungyeon Kim
Marketing, 2022
Placement: | University of Minnesota, Carlson School of Management |
Dissertation: | Essays on Sales Management |
Advisors: | N/A, Sunil Gupta , and Elie Ofek |
2021

Ximena Garcia-Rada
Marketing, 2021
Placement: | Texas A&M University, Mays Business School |
Dissertation: | Consumer Behavior in Close Relationships |
Advisors: | Michael I. Norton (Chair), Leslie K. John , Ryan W. Buell , Rebecca Ratner, and John T. Gourville |
2020

Dafna Goor
Marketing, 2020
Placement: | London Business School |
Dissertation: | Branding in the New World: How Accessible Information, Social Media, and Changing Values Impact Symbolic Consumption |
Advisors: | Anat Keinan (Co-Chair), Michael I. Norton (Co-Chair), Carey Morewedge, and John T. Gourville |
2018

Grant Donnelly
Marketing, 2018
Placement: | The Ohio State University, Fisher School of Business |
Dissertation: | Essays on Enhancing Consumer Welfare |
Advisors: | Michael I. Norton (Chair), Leslie K. John , and Cait Lamberton |
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2023

Nicole Abi-Esber
Organizational Behavior, 2023
Placement: | London School of Economics and Political Science, Organisational Behaviour, Assistant Professor |
Dissertation: | Conversational Cues, Interpersonal Judgements, and the Decision to Speak |
Advisors: | Alison Wood Brooks (Chair), Francesca Gino , Lindred Greer, and Ethan Burris |

Evan DeFilippis
Organizational Behavior, 2023
Placement: | Harvard University, Department of Psychology, Greene Lab, Post-doctoral Fellow |
Dissertation: | Defusing Political Animosity with a Cooperative Quiz Game |
Advisors: | Joshua Greene (Chair), Mina Cikara, and Jeffrey T. Polzer |

Jeff Steiner
Organizational Behavior, 2023
Placement: | New York University, Stern School of Business, Assistant Adjunct Professor |
Dissertation: | Blurred Lines: On Issues of Personal Well-Being in Professional Life |
Advisors: | Lakshmi Ramarajan (Co-Chair), Francesca Gino (Co-Chair), and Teresa M. Amabile |

Elliot Stoller
Organizational Behavior, 2023
Placement: | University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill, School of Government |
Dissertation: | Centralized Management in Democratic Governance – Essays on Organizing a System of Executive Branch Bureaucracies |
Advisors: | Julie Battilana (Chair), Bart Bonikowski, and Daniel Carpenter |
2022

Hayley Blunden
Organizational Behavior, 2022
Placement: | American University, Kogod School of Business |
Dissertation: | Barriers and Bridges to Developmental Information Transfer |

Ahmmad Brown
Organizational Behavior, 2022
Placement: | Northwestern University, School of Education and Social Policy |
Dissertation: | Three papers on Black student well-being in HWCUs: Social capital, belonging and identity |
Advisors: | Frank Dobbin, Lakshmi Ramarajan (Co-Chair), and Alexandra C. Feldberg |

Ariella Kristal
Organizational Behavior, 2022
Placement: | Columbia Business School, Post-doctoral Fellow (2022-2024) |
Dissertation: | Essays on Precommitment |
Advisors: | Ashley V. Whillans (Co-Chair), Julian J. Zlatev (Co-Chair), Max H. Bazerman , Iris Bohnet, and David Laibson |
2021

Lumumba Seegars
Organizational Behavior, 2021
Placement: | Harvard Business School |
Dissertation: | Sanctioned Radicals: A comparative study of gender and race employee resource groups in tech |
Advisors: | Robin J. Ely (Chair), Lakshmi Ramarajan , and Michele Lamont |
2020

Yanhua Bird
Organizational Behavior, 2020
Placement: | Boston University, Questrom School of Management |
Dissertation: | Social Evaluation Dynamics in Global Platform Markets |
Advisors: | Julie Battilana (Chair), Ya-Wen Lei, Christopher Marquis, and Michael W. Toffel |

Leroy Gonsalves
Organizational Behavior, 2020
Placement: | Boston University, Questrom School of Business |
Dissertation: | Contentious Practices and Reputational Threat |
Advisors: | Julie Battilana (Co-Chair), Frank Dobbin (Co-chair), Alexandra Killewald, and Andras Tilcsik |

Karen Huang
Organizational Behavior, 2020
Placement: | Georgetown University, McCourt School of Public Policy |
Dissertation: | Veil-of-Ignorance Reasoning and Justification of Moral Judgments |
Advisors: | Alison Wood Brooks, Max H. Bazerman, Joshua D. Greene, and Michael I. Norton |

Jeffrey Lees
Organizational Behavior, 2020
Placement: | Clemson University |
Dissertation: | The Consequences of Inaccurate Group Meta-Perception |
Advisors: | Francesca Gino, Mina Cikara, and Adam Waytz |
2019

Alicia DeSantola
Organizational Behavior, 2019
Placement: | University of Washington, Foster School of Business, Department of Management and Organization |
Dissertation: | The Dynamics of New Venture Development: Scaling and Entrepreneurial Teams |
Advisors: | Ranjay Gulati (Chair), N/A, Rory M. McDonald , and F.Dobbin |

Stefan Dimitriadis
Organizational Behavior, 2019
Placement: | University of Toronto, Rotman School of Management |
Dissertation: | Entrepreneurship and the institutional environment of developing markets: Three studies about entrepreneurship in Togo |
Advisors: | Julie Battilana , M.Sengul, Rembrand M. Koning , and P.Marsden |

Alexandra Feldberg
Organizational Behavior, 2019
Placement: | Harvard Business School |
Dissertation: | Butchers, Bakers, and Barcharts: Gender and Knowledge in a Grocery Chain |
Advisors: | Kathleen L. McGinn , Michael L. Tushman , F.Dobbin, and P.Marsden |

Catarina Fernandes
Organizational Behavior, 2019
Placement: | Emory University, Goizueta Business School |
Dissertation: | The Dynamic Nature of Status Across Groups: Status Spillovers, Variance, and Disagreements |
Advisors: | Jeffrey T. Polzer , Lakshmi Ramarajan , Alison Wood Brooks , and S.Jang |

Elizabeth Hansen
Organizational Behavior, 2019
Placement: | Harvard Kennedy School, The Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics, and Public Policy, Research Fellow |
Dissertation: | Institutional Leadership, Innovation, and Organizational Change during Technical Transitions: A Study of Digital Transformation in Public Radio |
Advisors: | Michael L. Tushman (Chair), Julie Battilana , Leslie A. Perlow , and C.Winship |

Martha Jeong
Organizational Behavior, 2019
Placement: | Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (HKUST), Management Department |
Dissertation: | “What you heard vs. what I said: Mis-predicted consequences in goal driven interactions” |
Advisors: | Francesca Gino , J.Minson, Leslie K. John , and N/A |
2018

Rachel Arnett
Organizational Behavior, 2018
Placement: | University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School |
Dissertation: | Cultivating Inclusion: Navigating Diversity through Expressing and Concealing Social Identity Differences in Interpersonal Interactions |
Advisors: | Robin J. Ely (Chair), Kathleen L. McGinn , Lakshmi Ramarajan , J. Sidanius, and Francesca Gino |

Erin Frey
Organizational Behavior, 2018
Placement: | University of Virginia, Darden School of Business, Post-doctoral Fellow (2018-2021), University of Southern California, Marshall School of Business , Assistant Professor (2021) |
Dissertation: | Repair, Restoration, and Reintegration Following Work-Related Failures |
Advisors: | Joshua D. Margolis , Ryan L. Raffaelli , and Michael Pratt |
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2023

Nataliya Langburd Wright
Strategy, 2023
Placement: | Columbia Business School, Management Division |
Advisors: | Tarun Khanna (Chair), Shane M. Greenstein , N/A, and Rembrand M. Koning |
2022

F. Christopher Eaglin
Strategy, 2022
Placement: | Duke University, Fuqua School of Business, Post Doctoral Fellow |
Dissertation: | Into the Unknown: Exploring Entrepreneurship and Firm Performance in the Minibus Taxi Industry in South Africa |
Advisors: | Tarun Khanna (Chair), Dennis A. Yao , Michael Luca , and Frank Nagle |
2021

Young Hou
Strategy, 2021
Placement: | University of Virginia, Darden School of Business |
Dissertation: | The Interplay of Firm Positioning and Firm Resources |
Advisors: | Dennis A. Yao (Chair), Juan Alcacer , and Jan W. Rivkin |
2020

Hyunjin Kim
Strategy, 2020
Placement: | INSEAD |
Dissertation: | Field Experiments on the Barriers Firms Face in Realizing Gains from Data |
Advisors: | Dennis A. Yao (Chair), Rebecca M. Henderson, Michael Luca, and Amanda Pallais |
2019

J. Yo-Jud Cheng
Strategy, 2019
Placement: | University of Virginia, Darden School of Business, Strategy, Ethics & Entrepreneurship Area |
Dissertation: | Decisions and Dynamics in the Upper Echelons: Implications for Firm Governance, Strategy, and Performance |
Advisors: | Boris Groysberg (Chair), Jan W. Rivkin , and Paul M. Healy |

Do Yoon Kim
Strategy, 2019
Placement: | Boston College, Carroll School of Management, Information Systems Department |
Dissertation: | Knowledge flows across firm boundaries: Strategic implications of openness |
Advisors: | Shane M. Greenstein , Carliss Y. Baldwin , Dennis A. Yao , and Prithwiraj Choudhury |
2018

Jasmina Chauvin
Strategy, 2018
Placement: | Georgetown University, McDonough School of Business |
Dissertation: | Essays on Strategy, Geography and Firm Performance |
Advisors: | Juan Alcacer (Chair), Laura Alfaro , and William R. Kerr |

Cheng Gao
Strategy, 2018
Placement: | University of Michigan, Ross School of Business, Strategy Area |
Dissertation: | Strategy and Entrepreneurship in Nascent Industries |
Advisors: | Rory M. McDonald (Chair), Jan W. Rivkin , and Michael L. Tushman |

Christopher Poliquin
Strategy, 2018
Placement: | University of California at Los Angeles, Anderson School of Management, Strategy Department |
Dissertation: | Essays in Strategy and Microeconomics |
Advisors: | Shane M. Greenstein (Chair), Michael Luca , and Raffaella Sadun |

Mike Teodorescu
Strategy, 2018
Placement: | Boston College, Carroll School of Management, Department of Information Sciences |
Dissertation: | Knowledge Flows and IP Within and Across Firms – Economics and Machine Learning Approaches |
Advisors: | Tarun Khanna (Co-Chair), Shane M. Greenstein (Co-Chair), William R. Kerr , and N.Thompson |
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2023

Ryan Allen
Technology & Operations Management, 2023
Placement: | University of Washington, Foster School of Business |
Dissertation: | Essays on Data-Driven Product Innovation in Organizations |
Advisors: | Rory M. McDonald , Prithwiraj Choudhury , and Gary P. Pisano |
2022

Tommy Pan Fang
Technology & Operations Management, 2022
Placement: | Rice University, Jones Graduate School of Business |
Dissertation: | Technological Coordination of Platform Ecosystems |
Advisors: | Feng Zhu , Andy Wu , and Shane M. Greenstein |
2020

Grace Gu
Technology & Operations Management, 2020
Placement: | Boston College, Carroll School of Management |
Dissertation: | Essays on Value Creation, Disintermediation, and Platform-Based Strategies |
Advisors: | Feng Zhu, Shane M. Greenstein, and Marco Iansiti |

Raha Imanirad
Technology & Operations Management, 2020
Placement: | York University, Schulich School of Business |
Dissertation: | Essays on Emergency Department Physician Performance |
Advisors: | Ananth Raman , Ryan W. Buell , and Soroush Saghafian |

Michelle Shell
Technology & Operations Management, 2020
Placement: | Boston University, Questrom School of Business |
Dissertation: | Emotion-sourced Variation in Service Operations |
Advisors: | Ryan W. Buell , Frances X. Frei , and Alison Wood Brooks |
2019

Ohchan Kwon
Technology & Operations Management, 2019
Placement: | Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), Department of Information Systems, Business Statistics and Operations Management |
Dissertation: | Essays on Entrepreneurship and Human Capital in Knowledge-Intensive Industries |
Advisors: | Shane M. Greenstein , Prithwiraj Choudhury , and Feng Zhu |
2018

Karthik Balasubramanian
Technology & Operations Management, 2018
Placement: | Howard University, School of Business |
Dissertation: | Mobile Money Agent Competition, Inventory Management and Pooling |

Maria Ibanez
Technology & Operations Management, 2018
Placement: | Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management |
Dissertation: | Behavioral drivers of process deviations and the effects on productivity and quality: Evidence from the field |
Advisors: | Ananth Raman (Chair), Michael W. Toffel , Robert S. Huckman , and B. Staats |
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