Dissertations
A dissertation is the culmination of a student’s training and doctoral experience. It should be a major piece of original research that highlights a student's ability to conduct independent research of the highest quality in a scholarly area. A listing of previous and current dissertations follow.
Current Dissertation Proposals
Dissertation: How Have U.S. Accounting Standard-Setters Influenced the Accounting Profession?
Student: Paul Madsen
Committee: Greg Waymire (Chair), Kristy Towry and Peter Demerjian
Dissertation: From Compassion to Client Satisfaction: Examing the Relationship Between Routines that Facilitate Compassion and Quality of Service
Student: Laura McClelland
Committee: Robert Drazin (Chair), Rob Kazanjian, Monica Worline, Susan Bauer-Wu
Dissertation: Two Essays in Financial Economics
Student: Yue Tang
Committee: Narasimhan Jegadeesh(Chair), Tarun Chorida, Clifton Green, and Jay Shanken
Dissertation: Three Essays in Financial Economics
Student: Qing Tong
Committee: Jay Shanken and Tarun Chorida (Co-Chairs), Jeff Busse and Clifton Green
Dissertation: Who Paid the Highest Price for Higher Quality?: The Delisting Decisions of European Companies and the Mandatory Introduction of IFRS
Student: Maria Vulcheva
Committee: Grace Pownall (Chair), Greg Waymire, and Xue Wang
Dissertation: Essays on Business to Business Marketing, Network & Firm Value
Student: Guiyang Xiong
Committee: Sundar Bharadwaj (Chair), Rajendra Srivastava, and Ryan Hamilton
Dissertation: Essays on Brand Architecture and Individual Brand Performance
Student: Vijay Viswanathan
Committee Doug Bowman (Chair); Sandy Jap, Manish Tripathi & Sriram Venkataraman
Dissertation: Who You Know: Preexisting Contacts and their Influence on Newcomers' Networks
Student: Adina Sterling
Committee: Peter Roberts and Jill Perry-Smith (Co-chairs), Chris Rider
Dissertation: Communication Repertories: Individual Factors, Communication Norms, and Classification Schemes
Student: Joycelyn Streator
Committee: Elliot Bendoly and Benn Konsynski (Co-chairs); George Easton, Stephen Nowicki
