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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.

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Placement, 2018-2023

Accounting & Management

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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Business Economics

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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Health Policy (Management)

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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Management

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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Marketing

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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Organizational Behavior

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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Strategy

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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Technology & Operations Management

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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