It is my great pleasure to announce the results of this year's INFORMS/Organization Science Dissertation Proposal Competition. The eight finalists were selected out of more than 100 submissions based on evaluations by anonymous reviewers. This past weekend during the INFORMS Annual Conference, these finalists presented their dissertation proposals to a distinguished panel of judges. All of the finalists did an outstanding job presenting their proposals, and the judges had the unenviable task of selecting a winner and a runner-up based on the quality, potential contribution, and innovativeness of the dissertation proposal.
I want to extend my sincere appreciation to the panel of judges. Each judge generously volunteered their time for the competition and provided the finalists with insightful and constructive feedback on their dissertations. This year's panel of judges included:
Julia DiBenigno (Yale School of Management)
Crystal Farh (University of Washington, Foster School of Business)
Nicholas Hays (Michigan State University, Eli Broad College of Business)
Laura Kray (UC Berkeley, Haas School of Business)
Emily Cox Pahnke (University of Washington, Foster School of Business)
Marc-David Seidel (University of British Columbia, Sauder School of Business)
David Tan (Johns Hopkins University, Carey Business School)
Basima Tewfik (MIT Sloan School of Management)
Peter Younkin (University of Oregon, Lundquist College of Business)
I would also like to express my gratitude to the W. Edwards Deming Center at Columbia Business School for generously sponsoring this event.
Without further ado, please see the results below. If you know the winner, the runner-up, and/or the finalists, please congratulate them for this significant accomplishment!
The winner of the 2024 INFORMS Dissertation Proposal Competition is:
Susie Choe (University of Michigan, Ross School of Business)
Identity-Based Competition: How Identity Shapes Producers' Market Positioning and Stratification Processes
The runner-up of the 2024 INFORMS Dissertation Proposal Competition is:
Nick Otis (UC Berkeley, Haas School of Business)
Essays on Entrepreneurship, Artificial Intelligence, and Firm Performance
The remaining finalists for the 2024 competition were:
Farzam Boroomand, University of Minnesota, Carlson School of Management
Finding Inclusive Solutions to Grand Challenges: Evidence from US Public Education
Cynthia Feng, HEC Paris
The Paradox of Multicultural Experiences: Exploring the Social Impact with Home Country Compatriots
Oguz Gencay, University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of Business
Jazzing Through Task Uncertainty: The Improvisation Mindset as an Intervention
Piyush Gulati, INSEAD
The Interplay of Structure, Skills, and Digital Technologies in Decentralizing Firms
Milton (Ming) Wang, Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management
Lessons from the Future and Hopes for the Past: Prospective Organizing of Risks in Contemporary Organizations
Shun Yiu, University of Pennsylvania, The Wharton School
Algorithmic Governance: How Decentralization of Decision Rights Erodes Platform Participation
Congratulations again to all of the finalists!
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Rebecca Ponce de Leon
INFORMS/Organization Science Dissertation Competition Chair, 2024
On behalf of the organizing committee (Summer Jackson, Ronnie Lee, and Basima Tewfik)
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