I am pleased to announce this year's finalists in the INFORMS/Organization
Science Dissertation Proposal Competition. We received sixty-seven proposals
this year, from which the eight finalists were chosen. Thus, the acceptance
rate was about twelve percent. The competition was extremely fierce, with
many innovative and high-quality proposals submitted. The eight individuals
below will be presenting their dissertation proposals later this month in
Washington, DC to a distinguished panel of judges who will select the winner
and runner-up. If you know any of the finalists, please offer them your
heartiest congratulations for a significant accomplishment. The finalists are:
Catherine Long Anderson
University of Maryland
Routine and mindful behavior in achieving IT infrastructure reliability
Marlys K. Christianson
University of Michigan
Updating in the emergency department: How healthcare providers revisit and
potentially revise their understanding of a patient's changing medical
condition
Colin M. Fisher
Harvard University
The timing and type of team coaching interventions
Spencer Harrison
Arizona State University
A research agenda for curiosity in organizations
Benjamin Herndon
University of Texas - Austin
Exploring the antecedents and consequences of task knowledge sharing
Justin I. Miller
New York University
The emergence of hedge funds: An organizational approach
Rachael Shwom
Michigan State University
Interorganizational struggles over energy efficiency policy: A dynamic
network analysis from 1973 to 2006
H. Colleen Stuart
University of Toronto
Team membership change: A network perspective
I would also like to thank the scholars who generously provided reviews of
the candidate proposals. The competition would be nothing without them, and
I am grateful to them for their willingness to provide thoughtful and timely
feedback. The individuals who reviewed for this year's competition are:
Emily Amanatullah, Caroline Bartel, Y. Sekou Bermiss, Heather Berry, Joe
Broschak, Stuart Bunderson, Ethan Burris, Olivier Chatain , Ben Cole, Matt
Cronin, Tina Dacin, Robert David, Jerker Denrell, Jim Detert, Gina Dokko,
Deborah Dougherty, Tracy Dumas, Gary Dushnitsky, Jamie Eggers, Laura
Erskine, Heidi Gardner, Yan Gong, Melissa Graebner, Martine Haas, Ben
Hallen, Jared Harris, Michael Heeley, Koen Heimeriks, Sanjay Jain, Jon
Cummings, Sarah Kaplan, Riitta Katila, Katherine Kellogg, Andrew King,
Donald Lange, Brandon Lee, Jeff Loewenstein, Tammy Madsen, Ann Majchrzek,
Paul Martorana, Kyle Mayer, Denisa Mindruta, Celia Moore, Elena Obukhova,
Gerardo Okhuysen, Corey Phelps, Ming Piao, Tim Pollock, Evan Rawley, Claus
Rerup, Chris Rider, Nancy Rothbard, Marc-David Seidel, Wesley Sine, Scott
Sonenshein, Huseyin Tanriverdi, Melissa Thomas-Hunt, Mary Tripsas, Wenpin
Tsai, Tim Vogus, Klaus Weber, Karl Wennberg, Judith White, Jennifer Whitson,
Amy Wrzesniewski, Mary Zellmer-Bruhn, Minyuan Zhao,
Kyle Lewis
2008 INFORMS/OS Dissertation Competition Chair