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, 2017-2022
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 |
2017
Akash Chattopadhyay
Accounting & Management, 2017
| Placement: | University of Toronto, Rotman School of Management, Accounting Department |
| Dissertation: | Essays on the Role of Accounting Information in Governance and Valuation |
| Advisors: | Paul M. Healy (Chair), Ian Gow, Suraj Srinivasan , and Charles C.Y. Wang |
Henry Eyring
Accounting & Management, 2017
| Placement: | London School of Economics, Accounting Department |
| Dissertation: | Private and Public Performance Reports as Drivers of Performance and Determinants of Performance Measure Information Content |
| Advisors: | Dennis Campbell (Chair), V.G. Narayanan , Srikant M. Datar , and Ananth Raman |
Rajesh Vijayaraghavan
Accounting & Management, 2017
| Placement: | University of British Columbia, Sauder School of Business |
| Dissertation: | Essays in Bank Accounting and Regulation |
| Advisors: | Paul M. Healy (Co-Chair), V.G. Narayanan (Co-Chair), Ian Gow, and David S. Scharfstein |
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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 Christine L. Exley |
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 |
2017
Diana Moreira
Business Economics, 2017
| Placement: | University of California, Davis, Department of Economics |
| Dissertation: | On Government Effectiveness: Organizational and Governance Limitations on the Delivery of Education |
| Advisors: | Lawrence Katz (Chair), Roland Fryer, Edward Glaeser, and Gautam Rao |
Mingzhu Tai
Business Economics, 2017
| Placement: | University of Hong Kong, School of Business |
| Dissertation: | Essays in Consumer and Small Business Finance |
| Advisors: | David S. Scharfstein (Chair), J.Campbell, D.Laibson, and Adi Sunderam |
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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 |
2017
Hummy Song
Health Policy (Management), 2017
| Placement: | University of Pennsylvania, The Wharton School, Operations, Information and Decisions Department |
| Dissertation: | Drivers of Physician Productivity and Performance: The Role of Queuing Systems, Relative Performance Feedback, and Cohort Turnover |
| Advisors: | Robert S. Huckman (Co-Chair), A. Tucker (Co-Chair), Ryan W. Buell , and S.Singer |
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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 |
2017
Michele Rigolizzo
Management, 2017
| Placement: | Montclair State University, Management Department |
| Dissertation: | Individual Self-Directed Learning Behaviors: A Measure, Model, and Field Experiment Examining How Working Adults Learn |
| Advisors: | Teresa M. Amabile (Chair), Amy C. Edmondson , and Ethan S. Bernstein |
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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 |
2017
Tami Kim
Marketing, 2017
| Placement: | University of Virginia, Darden School of Business |
| Dissertation: | Implicit Contracts and Consumer Behavior |
| Advisors: | Michael I. Norton (Chair), Leslie K. John , John T. Gourville , and Ryan W. Buell |
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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 |
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), Laura Huang , 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 Laura Huang |
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 |
2017
Andrew Brodsky
Organizational Behavior, 2017
| Placement: | University of Texas at Austin, McCombs School of Business |
| Dissertation: | The Astute Communicator: Strategic Choices and Consequences of Goal-Oriented Workplace Communication |
| Advisors: | Teresa M. Amabile (Chair), Joshua D. Margolis , A. Grant, and Francesca Gino |
Curtis Chan
Organizational Behavior, 2017
| Placement: | Boston College, Management and Organization Department |
| Dissertation: | Organizational Culture Gone Awry: The Double-Edged Sword of Ambiguity |
| Advisors: | M.Anteby (Co-Chair), Leslie A. Perlow , and F. Dobbin and C. Winship |
Ryann Manning
Organizational Behavior, 2017
| Placement: | University of Toronto, Rotman School of Management |
| Dissertation: | Organizing for Resilience: Mobilization by Sierra Leonean Diaspora Communities in Response to the 2014-2015 Ebola Crisis |
| Advisors: | M.Lamont (Co-chair), Kathleen L. McGinn (Co-Chair), Julie Battilana , and J.Viterna |
Ovul Sezer
Organizational Behavior, 2017
| Placement: | University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School, Organizational Behavior Department |
| Dissertation: | Misguided Self-Presentation: “The Ironic Consequences of Humblebragging, Backhanded Compliments and Namedropping |
| Advisors: | Max H. Bazerman (Co-Chair), Francesca Gino (Co-Chair), Michael I. Norton , and Alison Wood Brooks |
Elizabeth Baily Wolf
Organizational Behavior, 2017
| Placement: | INSEAD, Organizational Behavior Department |
| Dissertation: | Emotion as Performance Feedback: (Mis)Inferring Work Quality from Evaluators’ Affect |
| Advisors: | Robin J. Ely (Co-Chair), Amy Cuddy (Co-chair), Alison Wood Brooks , and Michael I. Norton |
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2022
F. Christopher Eaglin
Strategy, 2022
| Placement: | Duke University, Fuqua School of Business |
| 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 |
2017
Jin Hyung Kim
Strategy, 2017
| Placement: | George Washington University, International Business Department |
| Dissertation: | Essays in Nonmarket Strategy |
| Advisors: | J.Siegel (Co-Chair), Dennis A. Yao (Co-Chair), and S.Hiatt |
Nishani Siriwardane
Strategy, 2017
| Placement: | NEOMA Business School, People and Organizations Department |
| Dissertation: | Three Essays Exploring How Deeply Embedded Norms Shape the Experience of Individuals and Organizations During Times of Transition |
| Advisors: | J.Siegel (Chair), M.Anteby, Julie Battilana , and Ethan S. Bernstein |
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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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