Krannert Graduate School of ManagementRecent Dissertations and Chairs
Below is a list of recent doctoral program graduates, the title of
their dissertations and their dissertation committee chair(s).
For more information, please see the area's doctoral page by
following the links below.
2008 - 2009
Graefe-Anderson, Rachel, “CEO Turnover and Compensation: An Empirical Investigation,” (Chaired by Professor David Denis)
Gupte, Manish, “Peer Appraisals,” (Chaired by Professor Jack Barron)
Lui, Hsin-Tsai, “Earnings Quality and Information Transfers,” (Chaired by Professors Mark Bagnoli and Susan Watts)
McCann, Brian, “Entry Thresholds in the Entrepreneurial Process,” (Chaired by Professor Timothy Folta)
Modak Chowdhury, Subhasish, “Essays on Contest Theory,” (Chaired by Professors Dan Kovenock and Stephen Martin)
Mukherjee, Aditi, “The Dynamics of Knowledge Sharing Behaviors and Knowledge Management Systems,” (Chaired by Professors Jungpil Hahn and Jackie Rees Ulmer)
Park, Do-Yeun, “Determinants of Market Performance for Local Rental Housing Markets: Theory and Evidence,” (Chaired by Professor Stephen Martin)
Price, Curtis, “Essays on Gender in Labor Markets,” (Chaired by Professor Jack Barron)
Rahman, Mohammad Saifur, “A Study of the Effects of Low Search Cost Online: How Product Selection Technology Usage, and Spatiality Drive Consumer Demand,” (Chaired by Professors Prabuddha De and Yu Hu)
Sharp, Barton, “Multilevel Absorptive Capacity and Radical Innovation,” (Chaired by Professor Thomas Brush)
Sheremeta, Roman, “Essays on Experimental Investigation of Lottery Contests,” (Chaired by Professor Tim Cason)
Stepanyan, Gohar, “Do Managers Cut Dividends Because They `Have to’?” (Chaired by Professor John McConnell)
Wang, Ta-Wei (David), “Essays on Information Security from an Economic Perspective,” (Chaired by Professor Jackie Rees Ulmer)
Yan, Xinghao, “Managing Decentralized Supply Chains: Information, Inventory Sharing, and Quality-Based Procurement,” (Chaired by Professors Kwei Tang and Hui Zhao)
Zhang, Chen, “A Network Perspective on Open Source Software Development: Team Formation and Community Participation,” (Chaired by Professors Prabuddha De and Jungpil Hahn)
2007 - 2008
Bull, Rebecca, “Pyschological Contract Under-Fulfillment: Leader-Member Crossover,” (Chaired by Professor Steve Green)
Chatterjee, Sirsha, “Child Labor, Schooling, and International Trade,” (Chaired by Professor David Hummels)
Garrett, James Jr., “Segment Information Production and the Diversification Discount,” (Chaired by David Denis)
Huang, Ping, “New Results on Knapsack Problems,” (Chaired by Professors Kwei Tang and Thomas Morin)
Iyer, Dinesh, “Performance Feedback View of the Timing of Acquisitions, Direction of Diversification, and Firm Performance,” (Chaired by Professors Thomas Brush and Kent Miller)
Macias, Antonio, “Risk Allocation and Flexibility in Acquisitions: The Economic Impact of Material-Adverse-Change (MACs) Clauses,” (Chaired by Professor David Denis)
Mishra, Asima, “Models for Managing Product Upgrade in Closed Loop Supply Chains,” (Chaired by Professors Ananth Iyer and Vinayak Deshpande)
Nguyen, Daniel, “Demand Uncertainty in International Trade,” (Chaired by Professor David Hummels)
Norris, John, “Essays on Operational Efficiency in Service Operations: Applications in Health Care,” (Chaired by Professors Herbert Moskowitz and Suresh Chand)
Pae, Sangshin (Sam), “Essays on Borrowing, Monitoring and the Cost of Debt,” (Chaired by Professors Susan Watts and Mark Bagnoli)
Qiu, Donglei, “Essays on Channel Management in Electronic Markets,” (Chaired by Professors William Robinson and Xin Wang)
Tang, Hongfei, “Family Firms, Requisitions and Divestitures,” (Chaired by Professor John McConnell)
Venkataramani, Vijaya, “When Do Others Matter? The Impact of Dyadic Social Relationships on Fairness Judgements,” (Chaired by Deidra Schleicher)
Viswanath, Kannan, “Stochastic Location – Assignment on the Unit Interval,” (Chaired by Professor James Ward)
Zhang, Jingjing, “Essays on the Effects of Communication on Group Decision Making,” (Chaired by Tim Cason)
2006 - 2007
Ardelean, Adina, “Essays on Product Variety Gains from International Trade,” (Chaired by Professor David Hummels)
Burr, John Francis, “Innovation, Leverage, and Internal Controls,” (Chaired by Professor Thomas Brush)
Cain, Matthew, “The Information Content of Fairness Opinions in Negotiated Mergers,” (Chaired by Professor David Denis)
Deane, Francis Quinn, “The Effects of Consumer and Physician Advertising on Prescription Drug Demand,” (Chaired by Professor Jack Barron)
Diaz, Fernando Rodrigo, “Convertible Debt Under Asymmetric Information and Agency Problems: A Solution to the Convertible Debt Problem,” (Chaired by Professors David Denis and Rodolfo Martell)
Drnevich, Paul Louis, “Resources, Capabilities, and Performance Heterogeneity,” (Chaired by Professor Thomas Brush)
Ghosh, Bikram, “Essays on Cross Selling, Bundling, and Customer Retention,” (Chaired by Professor Subramanian Balachander)
Lehman, David, “ `Going for it’ on Fourth Down: Organization Risk-Taking in the National Football League,” (Chaired by Professor Ranga Ramanujam)
Mailibayeva, Zhanel, “Do Analysts Warn Investors About Future Earnings Decreases? Evidence from their Forecast Revisions and Changes in Recommendations Before a Break in a String of Consecutive Earnings,” (Chaired by Professor Susan Watts)
Ruscitti, Francesco, “Essays on Macroeconomics and Economic Theory,” (Chaired by Charalambos Aliprantis)
Schaur, Georg, “Essays on Firm Responses to Price Volatility and International Specialization,” (Chaired by Professor David Hummels)
Sinapuelas, Ian Clark Sumaylo, “Essays on Me-Too Brands,” (Chaired by Professors William Robinson and Manohar Kalwani)
Straska, Miroslava, “Do Antitakeover Provisions Harm Shareholders?” (Chaired by Professor David Denis)
Waller, H. Gregory, “Investment Opportunities, Investment Efficiencies, and Equity Carveouts,” (Chaired by Professor John McConnell)
Zhai, Xin, “Retailer’s perspective in a Distribution System Under Different Levels of Information Visibility,” (Chaired by Professor Leroy Schwarz)
2005 - 2006
Barkataki, Sharad, “Essays on Sharing Computer Information Resources,” (Chaired by Professor Alok Chaturvedi)
Bezawada, Ramakrishnaiah, “Essays on the Application of Spatial Models to Marketing Problems,” (Chaired by Professor Manohar Kalwani)
Boel, Paola, “Essays on Monetary Economics with Heterogeneous Agents,” (Chaired by Professor Gabriele Camera)
Brencic, Vera, “Essays on Employers Search,” (Chaired by Professor Jack Barron)
Chen, Qiangbing, “Essays on Technology Diffusion,” (Chaired by Professor Stephen Martin)
Choi, Yo Chul, “Essays on Product Quality Differentiation and International Trade,” (Chaired by Professor David Hummels)
Datta, Shakun, “Essays on Priciing in Experimental Duopoly Markets,” (Chaired by Professor Tim Cason)
Gressel, Justin, “In Advertising, A Double Negative Does Not Equal a Positive,” (Chaired by Professor James Oakley)
Gubellini, Stefano, “Two Essays on the Value Premium,” (Chaired by Professors Jack Barron and Michael Cooper)
Guo, Jian, “Covered Call: Is it a Conservative Winning Strategy?” (Chaired by Professor K. Rao Kadiyala)
Henderson, Evalyn, “Evaluating the Organizational Process of Securing Information Assets from the Threat of Cyberattacks or Cyberterrorist Events: An Exploratory Study,” (Chaired by Professors Jackie Rees and Alok Chaturvedi)
Kim, Joung Yeon, “Essays on the Effects of Information Technology on Economic Activity and Business Process Coordination,” (Chaired by Professor Kemal Altinkemer)
Kumar, Chetan, “Essays on Peer-to-Peer Resource Allocation and Caching Mechanisms in Computer Networks,” (Chaired by Professors Prabuddha De and Karthik Kannan)
Levashina, Julia, “Essays on Faking Employment Interview,” (Chaired by Professor Mike Campion)
Mullick, Sandipan, “Essays in Pricing and Applications to Financial Derivatives,” (Chaired by Professor Jason Abrebaya)
Offenberg, David, “Firm Size and the Effectiveness of the Market for Corporate Control,” (Chaired by Professor John McConnell)
Ruth, Derek, “Transaction Costs, Technology, and the Scope of Human Resource Outsourcing Relationships,” (Chaired by Professor Thomas Brush)
Selcuk, Cemil, “Bargaining and Directed Research,” (Chaired by Professor Gabriele Camera)
Suk, InHo, “Consistency in Meeting or Beating Earnings Expectations and Management of Earnings Forecasts,” (Chaired by Professor William Kross)
Tangirala, Subrahmaniam, “Individual, Group and Leader Influences on Employee Communications in High Reliability Contexts,” (Chaired by Professors Brad Alge and Rangaraj Rmanaujam)
Trougakos, John, “The Impact of Employee Emotion Regulation Strategies on Perceptions of Social Competence, LMX Relationships, and Job Performance,” (Chaired by Professor Steve Green)
Xia, Lin, “Quantification of Qualitative Survey Data and Small Open-Economy Inflation Target Models,” (Chaired by Professors Christian Dahl and John Carlson)
Xu, Yanyi, “Base Stock Policies for Periodic Review Inventory Systems,” (Chaired by Professor Maqbool Dada)
Zhou, Zhefang, “Dynamic Pricing and Warranty Policies for Products with Fixed Lifetimes,” (Chaired by Professor Kwei Tang)
2004 - 2005
Baik, Yoon-Suk, “The Impact of Signal-Based Strategic Leadership on Research and Development Search Behavior,” (Chaired by Professor Mark Shanley)
Chatterjee, Priyabroto, “Uncertainty, Risk Aversion and Optimal Licensing Mechanisms,” (Chaired by Professor Dan Kovenock)
Galvani, Valentin, “Options and Market Completeness,” (Chaired by Professor Charalambos Aliprantis)
Hanouna, Paul, “The Evolution of Ownership and Board Structures in Newly Public Corporations,” (Chaired by Professor David Denis)
Kulaksizoglu, Tamer, “Essays in Applied Industrial Organization and Econometrics,” (Chaired by Professor Stephen Martin)
Kwak, Byungjin, “The Nature of Voluntary Disclosure Around CEO Change and Types of CEO Departure and Succession,” (Chaired by Professor Byung Ro)
Li, Jian, “Inventory Models with Multiple Order Opportunities,” (Chaired by Professor Suresh Chand)
Lu, Binling, “Coordination Strategies for Products with Short Life Cycle in a Capacitated Channel,” (Chaired by Professor Robert Plante)
Offenberg, Jennifer, “Essays on Market Pricing,” (Chaired by Professors Jack Barron and Dan Kovenock)
Ozcelik, Yasin, “Essays on the Effects of Information Technology and the Internet Business Environment,” (Chaired by Professor Kemal Altinkemer)
Park, Jinyoung, “The Effect of Directors’ and Officers’ Liability Insurance and Indemnification on Voluntary Disclosure: Evidence From Canadian Firms,” (Chaired by Professor Susan Watts)
Puzzello, Daniela, “Matching and Anonymity,” (Chaired by Professors Charalambos Aliprantis and Gabriele Camera)
Roberson, Brian, “The Colonel Blotto Game with Applications to the Economic, Military and Political Sciences,” (Chaired by Professor Dan Kovenock and James Moore)
Sibilkov, Valeriy, “Two Essays on Corporate Financial Policies,” (Chaired by Professor David Denis)
Vazzana, Daniel, “Theoretical and Empirical Examination of Exclusive Territories in the Malt Beverage Industry,” (Chaired by Professors Jack Barron and John Umbeck)
Wu, Jianghua, “Information Visibility and its Impact in a Supply Chain,” (Chaired by Professor Ananth Iyer)
Yu, Liang, “Essays on Search, Search Engine and Search-Based Advertising,” (Chaired by Professor Alok Chaturvedi)