Tradition of Success
The demand for faculty at business schools has never been greater. Graduates of the HBS Doctoral Programs have gone on to become prominent scholars in a wide range of disciplines at many of the world’s most prestigious institutions.
Placement decisions, like doctoral studies, are uniquely individualized. Factors like departmental fit, location preferences, dual career choices, and family needs shape these decisions. We celebrate when students secure a position that brings them joy!
Students are supported throughout their job search by their faculty advisors and experienced coaches. HBS coaches teach students writing, presentation, and slide design skills. Faculty advisors are there every step of the way to help students navigate the complex job market. HBS students can also access resources throughout the university including the FAS Mignone Center for Career Success and HBS Career and Professional Development.
Every year, the HBS Doctoral Programs produces an impressive list of students who are preparing to enter the job market. Find an outstanding candidate to fill a faculty position at your school.
Graduates of the HBS Doctoral Programs have gone on to become prominent scholars in a wide range of disciplines at many of the world's most prestigious institutions.
Placement, 2019-2024
2024
Yaxuan Chen
Accounting & Management, 2024
| Placement: | Cornell University, S.C. Johnson College of Business, Accounting Department |
| Dissertation: | Leveraging Culture in Management Control Systems: Evidence From the Field |
| Advisors: | Dennis Campbell (Chair), Susanna Gallani, Jonas Heese, and Wei Cai |
Botir Kobilov
Accounting & Management, 2024
| Placement: | University of Texas at Dallas, Naveen Jindal School of Management, Accounting Department |
| Dissertation: | Technology and Crowdsourced Information: Implications for Capital Markets and Regulatory Enforcement |
| Advisors: | Charles C.Y. Wang (Chair), Jonas Heese, and Joseph Pacelli |
2022
Wilbur Chen
Accounting & Management, 2022
| Placement: | Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) |
| Dissertation: | Equity Market Views and Digital Technology Investment in Non-IT Firms |
| Advisors: | Suraj Srinivasan (Chair), Paul M. Healy, Charles C.Y. Wang, and Shane M. Greenstein |
Hashim Zaman
Accounting & Management, 2022
| Placement: | Harvard University, Laboratory for Innovation Sciences at Harvard (LISH), Post-Doctoral Fellow |
| Dissertation: | Top-Down Sabotage in Organizations |
| Advisors: | V.G. Narayanan (Co-Chair), Tatiana Sandino (Co-Chair), Susanna Gallani, and Karim R. Lakhani |
2021
Patrick Ferguson
Accounting & Management, 2021
| Placement: | University of Melbourne, Melbourne Business School |
| Dissertation: | Contests for Consumption: Empirical evidence from professional sports on contest theory” |
| Advisors: | Dennis Campbell (Co-Chair), Karim R. Lakhani (Co-Chair), and Srikant M. Datar |
Alexandra Scherf
Accounting & Management, 2021
| Placement: | London School of Economics and Political Science |
| Dissertation: | Essays on Enforcement and Disclosure |
| Advisors: | Eugene F. Soltes (Co-Chair), Suraj Srinivasan (Co-Chair), and Charles C.Y. Wang |
2020
Wei Cai
Accounting & Management, 2020
| Placement: | Columbia Business School, Accounting Department |
| Dissertation: | Shaping Organizational Outcomes through Management Control Systems: Evidence from the Field |
| Advisors: | Dennis Campbell (Chair), Tatiana Sandino, and Susanna Gallani |
Jihwon Park
Accounting & Management, 2020
| Placement: | CUNY, Baruch College, Zicklin School of Business |
| Dissertation: | Does Compliance Training Decrease Corporate Misconduct? Evidence from Field Data |
| Advisors: | Eugene F. Soltes (Chair), Krishna G. Palepu, and Aiyesha Dey |
2019
Jody Grewal
Accounting & Management, 2019
| Placement: | University of Toronto, Rotman School of Management, Accounting Department and University of Toronto, Mississauga, Department of Management (cross-appointment) |
| Dissertation: | Management and Disclosure of Corporate Sustainability Performance |
| Advisors: | Paul M. Healy (Co-Chair), George Serafeim (Co-Chair), Srikant M. Datar, Krishna G. Palepu, and Edward Riedl |
Matthew Shaffer
Accounting & Management, 2019
| Placement: | University of Southern California, Leventhal School of Accounting |
| Dissertation: | Truth and Bias in M&A Target Fairness Valuations: Appraising the Appraisals |
| Advisors: | Suraj Srinivasan, John Coates, and Charles C.Y. Wang |
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2024
Martin Aragoneses
Business Economics, 2024
| Placement: | INSEAD, Department of Finance |
| Dissertation: | The Firm Life Cycle and Macroeconomic Dynamics |
| Advisors: | Ludwing Straub, Xavier Gabaix, and Gabriel Chodorow-Reich |
Michael Blank
Business Economics, 2024
| Placement: | Stanford University, Graduate School of Business, Finance Academic Area |
| Dissertation: | Essays in Financial and Labor Markets |
| Advisors: | Gabriel Chodorow-Reich, Jeremy Stein, Samuel G. Hanson, and Adi Sunderam |
Jiafeng (Kevin) Chen
Business Economics, 2024
| Placement: | Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), Post-Doctoral Fellow (2024-2025) Stanford University, Economics Department (2025-) |
| Dissertation: | Essays in Econometrics |
| Advisors: | Isaiah Andrews (Chair), Elie Tamer, Jesse M. Shapiro, and Edward Glaeser |
Angela Ma
Business Economics, 2024
| Placement: | Boston College, Carroll School of Management, Finance Department |
| Dissertation: | Essays in Financial Economics |
| Advisors: | Jeremy Stein (Chair), Adi Sunderam, Robin Greenwood, Emily Williams, and Edward Glaeser |
Kunal Sangani
Business Economics, 2024
| Placement: | Northwestern University, Economics Department |
| Dissertation: | Prices: Determinants and Macroeconomic Implications |
| Advisors: | Gabriel Chodorow-Reich, Andrei Shleifer, Ludwig Straub, and David Baqaee |
Hanbin Yang
Business Economics, 2024
| Placement: | London Business School, Finance Department |
| Dissertation: | Essays in Finance and Industrial Organization |
| Advisors: | John Campbell, Ariel Pakes, Robin Lee, Mark L. Egan, and Adi Sunderam |
2023
John Conlon
Business Economics, 2023
| Placement: | Stanford University, Department of Economics, Post-Doctoral Fellow (2023-2024), Carnegie Mellon University, Department of Social and Decision Sciences, Assistant Professor (2024) |
| Dissertation: | Essays in Behavioral Economics |
| Advisors: | Andrei Shleifer, Lawrence Katz, Gautam Rao, and Katherine B. Coffman |
Spencer Yongwook Kwon
Business Economics, 2023
| Placement: | Brown University, Department of Economics |
| Dissertation: | Essays in Expectations and Asset Prices |
| Advisors: | Andrei Shleifer, Samuel G. Hanson, Adi Sunderam, and Joshua R. Schwartzstein |
Robert Minton
Business Economics, 2023
| Placement: | Federal Reserve Board of Governors, Economist |
| Dissertation: | How the Price System Works: Evidence from Supply Chains and Price Controls |
| Advisors: | Xavier Gabaix, Edward Glaeser, Andrei Shleifer, and Ludwig Straub |
Erica Moszkowski
Business Economics, 2023
| Placement: | Federal Reserve Board of Governors, Economist |
| Dissertation: | How the Price System Works: Evidence from Supply Chains and Price Controls |
| Advisors: | Edward Glaeser, Ariel Pakes, Myrto Kalouptsidi, Robin Lee, and N/A |
Daniel Ramos
Business Economics, 2023
| Placement: | John Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies |
| Dissertation: | Essays in Spatial Economics and Development |
| Advisors: | Pol Antras, Edward Glaeser, and Gabriel Kriendler |
Sagar Saxena
Business Economics, 2023
| Placement: | Yale University, Department of Economics, Post-Doctoral Fellow (2023-2024); University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School, Business Economics and Public Policy Department, Assistant Professor (2024) |
| Dissertation: | Essays on State Interventions and Market Outcomes in Developing Economies |
| Advisors: | Ariel Pakes (Chair), Emily Breza, Edward Glaeser, Myrto Kalouptsidi, and Gautam Rao |
Ran Zhuo
Business Economics, 2023
| Placement: | University of Michigan, Ross School of Business, Post-Doctoral Fellow (2023-2024); Assistant Professor (2024) |
| Dissertation: | Three Essays on Economics of Innovation, Technology, and Policy |
| Advisors: | Shane M. Greenstein, Myrto Kalouptsidi, Robin Lee, Ariel Pakes, and Elie Tamer |
2022
Francesca Bastianello
Business Economics, 2022
| Placement: | The University of Chicago, Booth School of Business |
| Dissertation: | Expectations in Finance and Macroeconomics: micro-foundations and macro implications |
| Advisors: | John Campbell, Andrei Shleifer, Jeremy Stein, and Samuel G. Hanson |
Talia B. Gillis
Business Economics, 2022
| Placement: | Columbia Law School, Associate Professor of Law |
| Dissertation: | Essays in Household Finance and Consumer Protection |
| Advisors: | John Beshears (Chair), David Laibson, Brigitte Madrian , and Gautam Rao |
Matthew Lilley
Business Economics, 2022
| Placement: | Australian National University |
| Dissertation: | Essays in Applied Microeconomics |
| Advisors: | David Laibson (Chair), Andrei Shleifer, Edward Glaeser, and Gabriel Kreindler |
Frank Pinter
Business Economics, 2022
| Placement: | Federal Trade Commission, Economist |
| Dissertation: | Essays in Industrial Organization and Environmental Policy |
| Advisors: | Ariel Pakes, Robin Lee, and Dennis A. Yao |
Ron Yang
Business Economics, 2022
| Placement: | Stanford University, Graduate School of Business, Postdoctoral Scholar (2022-2023); University of British Columbia, Sauder School of Business, Assistant Professor (2023-) |
| Dissertation: | Essays in Industrial Organization |
| Advisors: | Mark L. Egan, Edward Glaeser, Myrto Kalouptsidi, Robin Lee, and Ariel Pakes |
David Zhang
Business Economics, 2022
| Placement: | Rice University, Jones Graduate School of Business |
| Dissertation: | Essays on the US Mortgage Market |
| Advisors: | John Campbell (Chair), Adi Sunderam, Edward Glaeser, Robin Lee, and Ariel Pakes |
2021
Andreas Schaab
Business Economics, 2021
| Placement: | Columbia University Business School, Post-Doctoral fellow (2021-2022); Toulouse School of Economics, Assistant Professor (2022) |
| Dissertation: | Essays in Macroeconomics |
| Advisors: | Xavier Gabaix, Matteo Maggiori, and Ludwig Straub |
Gregor Schubert
Business Economics, 2021
| Placement: | University of California-Los Angeles, Anderson School of Management |
| Dissertation: | Essays in Housing and Regional Economics |
| Advisors: | Jeremy Stein, Lawrence Katz, Edward Glaeser, and Adi Sunderam |
Karen Shen
Business Economics, 2021
| Placement: | Research Improving People’s Lives (RIPL), Economist (2021-2022); Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Assistant Professor (2022) |
| Dissertation: | Essays in Public and Health Economics |
| Advisors: | Leemore S. Dafny, David Cutler, and Edward Glaeser |
2020
Edoardo Maria Acabbi
Business Economics, 2020
| Placement: | University Carlos III of Madrid |
| Dissertation: | Essays in macroeconomics, corporate finance and labor economics |
| Advisors: | Gabriel Chodorow-Reich, Jeremy Stein, Emmanuel Farhi, and Samuel G. Hanson |
Xiang Ding
Business Economics, 2020
| Placement: | Georgetown University, Walsh School of Foreign Service |
| Dissertation: | Essays on Firms, Production, and Trade |
| Advisors: | Pol Antràs, Elhanan Helpman, Marc Melitz, and Emmanuel Farhi |
Ravi Jagadeesan
Business Economics, 2020
| Placement: | Stanford University, Department of Economics, Post-Doctoral Fellow (2020-2022); Assistant Professor (2022-) |
| Dissertation: | Market Design for Matching and Auctions |
| Advisors: | Scott Duke Kominers, Emmanuel Farhi, Jerry R. Green, Stefanie Stantcheva, and Alexander Teytelboym |
Michael Thaler
Business Economics, 2020
| Placement: | Princeton University, Economics Department, Post-doctoral fellow (2020-2022); University College London, Assistant Professor (2022) |
| Dissertation: | Essays on Belief Formation and Political Polarization |
| Advisors: | Matthew Rabin, Alberto Alesina, David Laibson, Christine L. Exley, and Roland Benabou |
2019
Christopher Anderson
Business Economics, 2019
| Placement: | Federal Reserve Board of Governors, Economist |
| Dissertation: | Essays in Financial Economics |
| Advisors: | John Campbell, Matteo Maggiori, and Malcolm P. Baker |
Vitaly Bord
Business Economics, 2019
| Placement: | Harvard Business School, Post-Doctoral fellow (2018-2019), Federal Reserve Board of Governors, Economist (2019) |
| Dissertation: | Essays in Financial Intermediation |
| Advisors: | David S. Scharfstein, Victoria Ivashina, and Adi Sunderam |
Oren Danieli
Business Economics, 2019
| Placement: | Tel-Aviv University, School of Economics |
| Dissertation: | Essays on Income Inequality |
| Advisors: | Lawrence Katz, Roland Fryer, and Chiara Farronato |
Yizhou Jin
Business Economics, 2019
| Placement: | UC Berkeley, Economics Department & Haas School of Business, Post-doctoral Fellow (2019-2022); University of Toronto, Rotman School of Management and Economics Department (2022) |
| Dissertation: | Essays on Industrial Organization and the Digital Economy |
| Advisors: | Ariel Pakes, Leemore S. Dafny, Nathan Hendren, Robin Lee, and Dennis A. Yao |
Weiling Liu
Business Economics, 2019
| Placement: | Northeastern University, Finance Department |
| Dissertation: | Essays on Financial Intermediaries and Market Frictions |
| Advisors: | John Campbell (Co-chair), Robin Greenwood (Co-Chair), Lauren H. Cohen, and Adi Sunderam |
Janelle Schlossberger
Business Economics, 2019
| Placement: | Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Institute for Data, Systems and Society, Post-Doctoral fellow |
| Dissertation: | Mapping Networks to Probability Distributions in the Economy |
| Advisors: | Emmanuel Farhi, Xavier Gabaix, David Laibson, and Tomasz Strzalecki. |
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2021
Emilie Aguirre
Health Policy (Management), 2021
| Placement: | Duke University, School of Law |
| Dissertation: | Pairing Purpose with Profit |
| Advisors: | Julie Battilana (Chair), Dutch Leonard, and A.J. Casey |
A Jay Holmgren
Health Policy (Management), 2021
| Placement: | University of California-San Francisco, School of Medicine |
| Dissertation: | Implementation and Management of Information Technology in Health Care Delivery |
| Advisors: | Robert S. Huckman, David Bates, David Cutler, and Julia Adler-Milstein |
Olivia Jung
Health Policy (Management), 2021
| Placement: | Emory University, Rollins School of Public Health |
| Dissertation: | Crowdsourcing and Engaging Employees in Innovation: Three Field Studies |
| Advisors: | Amy C. Edmondson (Chair), Karim R. Lakhani, Michaela Kerrissey, and Jay W. Lorsch |
Michael Anne Kyle
Health Policy (Management), 2021
| Placement: | Harvard Medical School, Post-Doctoral fellow (2021-2024); University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine, Assistant Professor (2024-) |
| Dissertation: | The Patient Role in Health Care Service Delivery |
| Advisors: | Michael Chernew, Robert S. Huckman, and Jay W. Lorsch |
2020
Lauren Taylor
Health Policy (Management), 2020
| Placement: | New York University, School of Medicine |
| Dissertation: | Ethical and Strategic Issues in Non-Profit Resource Management |
| Advisors: | David M. Cutler (Chair), Nien-he Hsieh, Christopher Winship, and Margaret E. Kruk |
2019
Philip Saynisch
Health Policy (Management), 2019
| Placement: | Phyllis Torda Memorial Post-Doctoral Fellow at the National Committee for Quality Assurance, 2019 |
| Dissertation: | Unpacking Dimensions of Performance in Healthcare Delivery |
| Advisors: | Robert S. Huckman, Guy David, and Ariel D. Stern |
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2023
Laura Weimer
Management, 2023
| Placement: | United States Military Academy at West Point (2024-) |
| Dissertation: | The dynamic nature of leader identity development |
| Advisors: | Joshua D. Margolis (Co-Chair), Ting Zhang (Co-Chair), Ethan S. Bernstein, and Lakshmi Ramarajan |
2022
Yusaku Takeda
Management, 2022
| Placement: | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Gies College of Business |
| Dissertation: | Flexibility in Incumbent Organizations |
| Advisors: | Ryan L. Raffaelli (Chair), Michael L. Tushman, and Mary Ann Glynn |
2021
Michael Christensen
Management, 2021
| Placement: | University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School of Business, Lecturer |
| Dissertation: | Antecedents, Process, and Consequences: Strategic Choice in Organization |
| Advisors: | Ranjay Gulati (Chair), Jan W. Rivkin, and N/A |
2019
Michael Y. Lee
Management, 2019
| Placement: | INSEAD, Organizational Behavior Area |
| Dissertation: | Self-Managing Organizations: Exploring the Dynamics and Consequences of Radically Decentralizing Authority |
| Advisors: | Amy C. Edmondson (Chair), Leslie A. Perlow, and Teresa M. Amabile |
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2024
Jimin Nam
Marketing, 2024
| Placement: | Ohio State University, Max M. Fisher College of Business, Department of Marketing and Logistics |
| Dissertation: | Communicating with consumers: How firms’ responses to societal change influence consumer behavior |
| Advisors: | Michael I. Norton, Leslie K. John, and N/A |
2023
Emily Prinsloo
Marketing, 2023
| Placement: | Rice University, Jones Graduate School of Business |
| Dissertation: | Three Essays on Cost-benefit Trade-offs in Individual and Organizational Decision-Making |
| Advisors: | Michael I. Norton, Leslie K. John, N/A, and Joachim Vosgerau |
2022
Serena Hagerty
Marketing, 2022
| Placement: | University of Virginia, Darden School of Business |
| Dissertation: | Who deserves what? How beliefs about fairness and inequality influence social judgment |
| Advisors: | Michael I. Norton (Chair), Kate Barasz, and Debora Thompson |
Byungyeon Kim
Marketing, 2022
| Placement: | University of Minnesota, Carlson School of Management |
| Dissertation: | Essays on Sales Management |
| Advisors: | Doug Chung, Sunil Gupta, and Elie Ofek |
2021
Ximena Garcia-Rada
Marketing, 2021
| Placement: | Texas A&M University, Mays Business School |
| Dissertation: | Consumer Behavior in Close Relationships |
| Advisors: | Michael I. Norton (Chair), Leslie K. John, Ryan W. Buell, Rebecca Ratner, and John T. Gourville |
2020
Dafna Goor
Marketing, 2020
| Placement: | London Business School |
| Dissertation: | Branding in the New World: How Accessible Information, Social Media, and Changing Values Impact Symbolic Consumption |
| Advisors: | Anat Keinan (Co-Chair), Michael I. Norton (Co-Chair), Carey Morewedge, and John T. Gourville |
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2024
Hanne Collins
Organizational Behavior, 2024
| Placement: | University of California, Los Angeles, Anderson School of Management, Management and Organizations Department |
| Dissertation: | From Conversation to Connection: The Pragmatics of Conversational Listening |
| Advisors: | Michael I. Norton, Alison Wood Brooks, Leslie K. John, and Julia Minson |
Julie Yen
Organizational Behavior, 2024
| Placement: | Boston University, Questrom School of Business, Management and Organizations |
| Dissertation: | Workers and the Pursuit of Social Objectives in Organizations |
| Advisors: | Julie Battilana (Chair), Lakshmi Ramarajan, and Daniel Schneider |
2023
Nicole Abi-Esber
Organizational Behavior, 2023
| Placement: | London School of Economics and Political Science, Organisational Behaviour, Assistant Professor |
| Dissertation: | Conversational Cues, Interpersonal Judgements, and the Decision to Speak |
| Advisors: | Alison Wood Brooks (Chair), Francesca Gino, Lindred Greer, and Ethan Burris |
Evan DeFilippis
Organizational Behavior, 2023
| Placement: | Harvard University, Department of Psychology, Greene Lab, Post-Doctoral Fellow |
| Dissertation: | Defusing Political Animosity with a Cooperative Quiz Game |
| Advisors: | Joshua Greene (Chair), Mina Cikara, and Jeffrey T. Polzer |
Jeff Steiner
Organizational Behavior, 2023
| Placement: | New York University, Stern School of Business, Assistant Adjunct Professor |
| Dissertation: | Blurred Lines: On Issues of Personal Well-Being in Professional Life |
| Advisors: | Lakshmi Ramarajan (Co-Chair), Francesca Gino (Co-Chair), and Teresa M. Amabile |
Elliot Stoller
Organizational Behavior, 2023
| Placement: | University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill, School of Government |
| Dissertation: | Centralized Management in Democratic Governance – Essays on Organizing a System of Executive Branch Bureaucracies |
| Advisors: | Julie Battilana (Chair), Bart Bonikowski, and Daniel Carpenter |
2022
Hayley Blunden
Organizational Behavior, 2022
| Placement: | American University, Kogod School of Business |
| Dissertation: | Barriers and Bridges to Developmental Information Transfer |
| Advisors: | Francesca Gino (Chair), Alison Wood Brooks, and Leslie K. John |
Ahmmad Brown
Organizational Behavior, 2022
| Placement: | Northwestern University, School of Education and Social Policy |
| Dissertation: | Three papers on Black student well-being in HWCUs: Social capital, belonging and identity |
| Advisors: | Frank Dobbin(Co-chair), Lakshmi Ramarajan (Co-Chair), and Alexandra C. Feldberg |
Ariella Kristal
Organizational Behavior, 2022
| Placement: | Columbia Business School, Post-Doctoral fellow (2022-2024) |
| Dissertation: | Essays on Precommitment |
| Advisors: | Ashley V. Whillans (Co-Chair), Julian J. Zlatev (Co-Chair), Max H. Bazerman, Iris Bohnet, and David Laibson |
2021
Lumumba Seegars
Organizational Behavior, 2021
| Placement: | Harvard Business School |
| Dissertation: | Sanctioned Radicals: A comparative study of gender and race employee resource groups in tech |
| Advisors: | Robin J. Ely (Chair), Lakshmi Ramarajan, and Michele Lamont |
2020
Yanhua Bird
Organizational Behavior, 2020
| Placement: | Boston University, Questrom School of Management |
| Dissertation: | Social Evaluation Dynamics in Global Platform Markets |
| Advisors: | Julie Battilana (Chair), Ya-Wen Lei, Christopher Marquis, and Michael W. Toffel |
Leroy Gonsalves
Organizational Behavior, 2020
| Placement: | Boston University, Questrom School of Business |
| Dissertation: | Contentious Practices and Reputational Threat |
| Advisors: | Julie Battilana (Co-Chair), Frank Dobbin (Co-chair), Alexandra Killewald, and Andras Tilcsik |
Karen Huang
Organizational Behavior, 2020
| Placement: | Georgetown University, McCourt School of Public Policy |
| Dissertation: | Veil-of-Ignorance Reasoning and Justification of Moral Judgments |
| Advisors: | Alison Wood Brooks, Max H. Bazerman, Joshua D. Greene, and Michael I. Norton |
Jeffrey Lees
Organizational Behavior, 2020
| Placement: | Clemson University |
| Dissertation: | The Consequences of Inaccurate Group Meta-Perception |
| Advisors: | Francesca Gino, Mina Cikara, and Adam Waytz |
2019
Alicia DeSantola
Organizational Behavior, 2019
| Placement: | University of Washington, Foster School of Business, Department of Management and Organization |
| Dissertation: | The Dynamics of New Venture Development: Scaling and Entrepreneurial Teams |
| Advisors: | Ranjay Gulati (Chair), N/A, Rory McDonald, and Frank Dobbin |
Stefan Dimitriadis
Organizational Behavior, 2019
| Placement: | University of Toronto, Rotman School of Management |
| Dissertation: | Entrepreneurship and the institutional environment of developing markets: Three studies about entrepreneurship in Togo |
| Advisors: | Julie Battilana, Metin Sengul, Rembrand M. Koning, and Peter Marsden |
Alexandra Feldberg
Organizational Behavior, 2019
| Placement: | Harvard Business School |
| Dissertation: | Butchers, Bakers, and Barcharts: Gender and Knowledge in a Grocery Chain |
| Advisors: | Kathleen L. McGinn, Michael L. Tushman, Frank Dobbin, and Peter Marsden |
Catarina Fernandes
Organizational Behavior, 2019
| Placement: | Emory University, Goizueta Business School |
| Dissertation: | The Dynamic Nature of Status Across Groups: Status Spillovers, Variance, and Disagreements |
| Advisors: | Jeffrey T. Polzer, Lakshmi Ramarajan, Alison Wood Brooks, and Sujin Jang |
Elizabeth Hansen
Organizational Behavior, 2019
| Placement: | Harvard Kennedy School, The Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics, and Public Policy, Research Fellow |
| Dissertation: | Institutional Leadership, Innovation, and Organizational Change during Technical Transitions: A Study of Digital Transformation in Public Radio |
| Advisors: | Michael L. Tushman (Chair), Julie Battilana, Leslie A. Perlow, and Christopher Winship |
Martha Jeong
Organizational Behavior, 2019
| Placement: | Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (HKUST), Management Department |
| Dissertation: | “What you heard vs. what I said: Mis-predicted consequences in goal driven interactions” |
| Advisors: | Francesca Gino, Julia Minson, Leslie K. John, and Laura Huang |
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2024
Innessa Colaiacovo
Strategy, 2024
| Placement: | University of Oregon, Charles H. Lundquist College of Business, Management Department |
| Dissertation: | Essays on Entrepreneurship and Labor Markets |
| Advisors: | Rembrand M. Koning (Chair), William R. Kerr, and Shane M. Greenstein |
Laura Katsnelson
Strategy, 2024
| Placement: | Senior Regional Economist, Department of Economic Research, Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development, Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
| Dissertation: | Essays on Stakeholder Welfare & Equality |
| Advisors: | N/A, Felix Oberholzer-Gee, and Rebecca A. Karp |
2023
Nataliya Langburd Wright
Strategy, 2023
| Placement: | Columbia Business School, Management Division |
| Dissertation: | Where Growth Strategy Matters: Evidence from a Global Startup Field Study |
| Advisors: | Tarun Khanna (Chair), Shane M. Greenstein, Laura Huang, and Rembrand M. Koning |
2022
F. Christopher Eaglin
Strategy, 2022
| Placement: | Duke University, Fuqua School of Business, Post-Doctoral Fellow (2022-2023); Assistant Professor (2023-) |
| Dissertation: | Into the Unknown: Exploring Entrepreneurship and Firm Performance in the Minibus Taxi Industry in South Africa |
| Advisors: | Tarun Khanna (Chair), Dennis A. Yao, N/A, and Frank Nagle |
2021
Young Hou
Strategy, 2021
| Placement: | University of Virginia, Darden School of Business, Strategy, Ethics & Entrepreneurship Area |
| Dissertation: | The Interplay of Firm Positioning and Firm Resources |
| Advisors: | Dennis A. Yao (Chair), Juan Alcacer, and Jan W. Rivkin |
2020
Hyunjin Kim
Strategy, 2020
| Placement: | INSEAD |
| Dissertation: | Field Experiments on the Barriers Firms Face in Realizing Gains from Data |
| Advisors: | Dennis A. Yao (Chair), Rebecca M. Henderson, Michael Luca, and Amanda Pallais |
2019
J. Yo-Jud Cheng
Strategy, 2019
| Placement: | University of Virginia, Darden School of Business, Strategy, Ethics & Entrepreneurship Area |
| Dissertation: | Decisions and Dynamics in the Upper Echelons: Implications for Firm Governance, Strategy, and Performance |
| Advisors: | Boris Groysberg (Chair), Jan W. Rivkin, and Paul M. Healy |
Do Yoon Kim
Strategy, 2019
| Placement: | Boston College, Carroll School of Management, Information Systems Department |
| Dissertation: | Knowledge flows across firm boundaries: Strategic implications of openness |
| Advisors: | Shane M. Greenstein, Carliss Y. Baldwin, Dennis A. Yao, and Prithwiraj Choudhury |
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2024
Maya Balakrishnan
Technology & Operations Management, 2024
| Placement: | University of Texas at Dallas, Naveen Jindal School of Management, Operations Management Area |
| Dissertation: | Designing Operations to Inspire Trust |
| Advisors: | Kris Johnson Ferreira (Chair), Ryan W. Buell, and Jordan Tong |
Caleb Kwon
Technology & Operations Management, 2024
| Placement: | University of Texas at Austin, McCombs School of Business, Information, Risk and Operations Management Department |
| Dissertation: | Essays on Labor Productivity in Retail Stores |
| Advisors: | Ananth Raman (Chair), Antonio Moreno, and Jorge Tamayo |
Daniel Yue
Technology & Operations Management, 2024
| Placement: | Georgia Institute of Technology, Scheller College of Business, Information Technology Management Department |
| Dissertation: | Essays on Open Science and Open Software in Firm Innovation |
| Advisors: | Shane M. Greenstein (Chair), Karim R. Lakhani, and Frank Nagle |
2023
Ryan Allen
Technology & Operations Management, 2023
| Placement: | University of Washington, Foster School of Business |
| Dissertation: | Essays on Data-Driven Product Innovation in Organizations |
| Advisors: | Rory McDonald, Prithwiraj Choudhury, and Gary P. Pisano |
2022
Tommy Pan Fang
Technology & Operations Management, 2022
| Placement: | Rice University, Jones Graduate School of Business |
| Dissertation: | Technological Coordination of Platform Ecosystems |
| Advisors: | Feng Zhu, Andy Wu, and Shane M. Greenstein |
2020
Grace Gu
Technology & Operations Management, 2020
| Placement: | Boston College, Carroll School of Management |
| Dissertation: | Essays on Value Creation, Disintermediation, and Platform-Based Strategies |
| Advisors: | Feng Zhu, Shane M. Greenstein, and Marco Iansiti |
Raha Imanirad
Technology & Operations Management, 2020
| Placement: | York University, Schulich School of Business |
| Dissertation: | Essays on Emergency Department Physician Performance |
| Advisors: | Ananth Raman, Ryan W. Buell, and Soroush Saghafian |
Michelle Shell
Technology & Operations Management, 2020
| Placement: | Boston University, Questrom School of Business |
| Dissertation: | Emotion-sourced Variation in Service Operations |
| Advisors: | Ryan W. Buell, Frances X. Frei, and Alison Wood Brooks |
2019
Ohchan Kwon
Technology & Operations Management, 2019
| Placement: | Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), Department of Information Systems, Business Statistics and Operations Management |
| Dissertation: | Essays on Entrepreneurship and Human Capital in Knowledge-Intensive Industries |
| Advisors: | Shane M. Greenstein, Prithwiraj Choudhury, and Feng Zhu |
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