Current PhD Candidates

Punit Arora, a Chartered Financial Analyst and formerly a high-ranking officer in the Indian Administration (1997-2006), brings 12 years of professional experience to the academic research. He researches various aspects of business sustainability: economic, environment, stakeholders, government, and social. His dissertation includes three studies on what makes firms vulnerable to failure and what gives them a better chance at successful reemergence from bankruptcy.

His professional recognitions from the Indian Government include Esprit de Corps Medal (1997), Special Duty Medals (2002, 2003), Internal Security Service Medal (2004), and Election Commission Commendation (2005), and from Harvard University an invitational membership to its Global Network of Government Innovators (2008). He is also a consultant on strategic management for the United Nations, World Bank, and Swedish International Development Agency.

Selected Research:
"Corporate Sustainability Antecedents: Governance, Board Monitoring and Environmental Regulation," Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, 2009, with Lebron, M.

“Organization Slack and Attainment Discrepancy as Antecedents of Corporate Social Performance,” Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings, 2008.

"Employment Relations as the Key to Understanding the Corporate Social Performance- Financial Performance Link," IDEA Encyclopedia, 2008.

"Developing Cities as Economic Clusters: Role of Choice and Intervention," World Conference on the Development of Cities: Democratic Innovation and Social Transformation for Inclusive Cities in the 21st Century, Porto Alegro, Brazil, February 2008, with Dharwadkar, R.

"Administrative Reforms in India: Need for a Systems Approach," International Public Management Review, Dec 2006. Updated version reprinted in Mathur, R.R. (ed.) Glimpses of Civil Service Reforms. Hyderabad, India: ICFAI University Press, 2009.

Dwayne is currently interested in leveraging General Systems Theory and Quantitative Modeling to better understand risk associated with Supply Chain Networks and diffusion of Strategic SCM coordination initiatives. Dwayne’s professional experience includes business process demand and capacity management, strategic performance monitoring, and web application design and development.

Select Publications/Proceedings:
“A QFD Framework for Developing Campus Wide Entrepreneurship Programs,” (forthcoming). With Benjamin, C.O. & Bradford, A. International Journal of Business Strategy.

“Strategies for Campus-wide Entrepreneurship Programs,” with Benjamin, C.O., Hicks, A. Proc., 13th International Conference on Industry, Engineering & Management Systems (IEMS), Cocoa Beach, FL March 12-14, 2007.

Taewan Kim's research interests include quantitative marketing models in pricing, bundling, innovation, marketing metrics, and new product development.

Selected Working Papers:
"Product Concept Demonstrations in Trade Shows and Firm Value: A Case of Auto Shows"

Greg Laurence’s research interests include issues related to international and organizational culture, personalization of work and workspace, third culture development and culture change in organizations, privacy in organizations, job design, and cross-cultural conflict. His professional experience includes positions as membership manager for the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan and in the area of international development as assistant manager for Overseas Business Development with PADECO Co., Ltd. of Tokyo, Japan, where clients included the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank, and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.

“I Am Similar to and Different from You: How Workspace Personalization Signals Identity.”– Presented at the 2009 Academy of Management Meeting, Chicago, IL, with Byron, K.

“Counterfactual Thinking and Entrepreneurial Self Efficacy: A Contingency Model.” Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research 2008, with Arora, P. and Haynie, J. M.

Invited Presenter. “The Nature of Workplace Privacy in the United States and Japan.” – Ritsumeikan University College of Business Administration, Kusatsu, Japan, 2008.

“Counterfactual Thinking and Entrepreneurial Self Efficacy: A Contingency Model,” Presented at the Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference, 2008, Chapel Hill, NC., with Arora, P., and Haynie, J. M.
 
"Immigrant Song Redux: Disadvantage, Cultural Cross-vergence, and Impacts on Immigrant Entrepreneurship,” Presented at the Academy of Management Annual Conference, 2008, Anaheim, CA.

“Workspace Personalization, Perceived Privacy, and Employee Outcomes: An Extension and Test of Theory” to be presented at the Southern Management Association Annual Conference, 2008, St. Petersburg, FL.,(also to be published in the Proceedings of the Southern Management Association Annual Conference, 2008).

Frank Mullins's research interests are in the areas of strategic human resource management, corporate governance, and workplace civility. Prior to joining the PhD program, he worked in human resource management for the IBM Corporation in the areas of staffing, compensation, employee relations, and corporate training and development.

Select Research:
"It’s a Matter of Respect: A Model of the Dimensions, Process, and Consequences of Workplace Civility" (with Byron, K., & Fried, Y.) Presented at the annual meeting of the Academy of Management, 2009, Chicago, IL.

"Longitudinal Examination of Corporate Boards and ‘Commitment’ Human Resource Practices" (with Arora, P.) Presented at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, 2009, Toronto, ON, Canada.

"It’s a Matter of Respect: A Model of Workplace Civility" (with Byron, K., & Fried, Y.) Presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Industrial & Organizational Psychology, 2009, New Orleans, LA.

"Corporate Governance and Development-Oriented Human Resource Management: The Implications of Governance Mechanisms’ Valuation Potential and Temporal Orientation" (with Dharwadkar, R., & Brandes, P.) Presented at the annual meeting of the Academy of Management, 2008, Anaheim, CA.

Pattit, J.M., and T.M. Alessandri. "Linking Behavioral Theory with External Reference Points: Competitive Context and R&D Investment." To be presented at the 2008 Academy of Management Meeting, Business Policy & Strategy Division, Anaheim, CA.

Pattit, J.M., and C.A. Maritan. “The Influence of Capabilities Gaps, Exchange Hazards, and Complex Knowledge on R&D Sourcing.” Presented at the 2007 Strategic Management Society Annual International Conference, San Diego, CA.

Pattit, J.M., and T.M. Alessandri, “A Holistic Model of the Drivers of Innovation and R&D Investment.” Presented at the 2007 Academy of Management Meeting, Technology & Innovation Management Division, Philadelphia, PA.

Pattit, J.M., S.P. Raj, and D.L. Wilemon, “Integrating Internal and External R&D: What Can We Learn From the History of Industrial R&D?” Presented at the 2006 Academy of Management Meeting, Management History Division, Atlanta, GA.

Pattit, J.M., S.P. Raj, and D.L. Wilemon, “Transaction Costs, Absorptive Capacity and R&D Sourcing as Emerging Determinants of New Product Development Success.” Presented at the 2005 PDMA International Conference Research Forum, San Diego, CA.

Pattit, J.M., & D.L. Wilemon. 2005. “Creating High-Performing Software Development Teams,” R&D Management, Vol. 35(4), pp. 375-393.

Adam Wang's areas of expertise include asset pricing with heterogeneous agents, intertemporal arbitrage model, and anomalies in financial markets.

Working Papers:
New Information, Trading Volume, Quantity and Asset Price: Intelligent Arbitrage Pricing Theory (i-APT)