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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 blind reviewers. Last 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 of presenting their proposals, and the judges had the unenviable task of selecting a winner and a runner-up based on quality, potential contribution, and innovativeness.
Before I announce the winner and the runner-up, I would like 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:
Tristan Botelho (Yale School of Management)
Christina Fang (NYU Stern School of Business)
Aseem Kaul (University of Minnesota, Carlson School of Management)
Mahka Moeen (UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School)
Lamar Pierce (Washington University at St. Louis, Olin Business School)
Heather Vough (George Mason University)
Maggie Zhou (University of Michigan, Ross School of Business)
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 2022 INFORMS Dissertation Proposal Competition is:
Michael Park (University of Minnesota)
Essays on the Politics of Innovation
The runner-up of the 2022 INFORMS Dissertation Proposal Competition is:
Shirley Tang (Washington University in St Louis)
The Transparency Dilemma: Competition, Innovation, And Organizational Performance with Corporate Transparency
The remaining finalists for the 2022 competition were:
Siyin Chen (University of Toronto)
Art For Whose Sake? Work Product Revision and Occupational Identity Reconstruction in the “Porcelain Capital” of China
Sarah Gordon (University of Michigan)
The Evolution of Misconduct Network Communities: Evidence from the Chicago Police Department and an Online White Supremacy Forum
William Reuben Hurst (University of Michigan)
Combatting Sociopolitical Stigma with Countervailing Claims: Evidence from Charlottesville
Ekin Ilseven (INSEAD)
Investigating Trade-Offs in Achieving Organizational Resilience: A Critical View
Sukhun Kang (London Business School)
Objects May Be Closer Than They Appear: The Role of Public Scientific Maps in Organizational Search
Amisha Miller (Boston University)
Changing the System, Not the Seeker: How Can Investment Organizations Evaluate Novel Ideas without Overlooking the Ideas of Underrepresented Innovators?
Finally, I would like to thank Gautam Ahuja (Editor-in-Chief of Organization Science), Chris Asher (Managing Editor of Organization Science), and Beth West (Senior Community Relations Coordinator) for the tremendous amount of help and support they provided in managing the proposal review and competition process. I am also grateful to the Wharton School’s Center for Human Resources and the Wharton School’s Mack Institute for Innovation Management for generously sponsoring this event.
Sincerely,
Ronnie
INFORMS/Organization Science Dissertation Competition Chair, 2022
On behalf of the organizing committee (Julia DiBenigno, Pete Aceves, and Basima Tewfik).
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Saerom (Ronnie) Lee
Assistant Professor
The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
www.saeromlee.com------------------------------