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Awards: AIB/Sheth Dissertation Proposal Award

Sponsored by the Madhuri and Jagdish N. Sheth Foundation, the Sheth/AIB Award for the Best Doctoral Dissertation Proposal is selected during the AIB Doctoral Consortium and the winner(s) receives a plaque and a cash award to assist his/her dissertation research. The Sheth Foundation began sponsoring the Doctoral Consortium and the Award in 2008. From 2005-2007, both the consortium and the award were sponsored by the Society for the Advancement of Management Studies (SAMS).

2009
Co-Winners:

  1. Prithwiraj Choudhury (Harvard University)
    Dissertation: Innovation in Emerging Markets: Role of Individuals within Multinationals, Government Laboratories and Domestic Firms
  2. Luis Dau (University of South Carolina)
    Dissertation: Profiting from Globalization: Structural Reforms, Firm Internationalization Strategy, and Firm Profitability in Developing Countries
  3. Jeannette Mena (Michigan State University)
    Dissertation: A Strategic Marketing Examination of Multiple Stakeholders, Satisfaction, and Marketing Performance of Multinational Corporations Embedded in Multi-Entity Supply Chains in the Global Marketplace

2008
Winner: Andrea Martinez-Noya (Universidad de Oviedo)
Dissertation: R&D Services Outsourcing: Evidence from European and US firms

2007
Winner: Gundula Lücke (University of South Carolina)
Dissertation: Development of Biculturalism in Cross-Cultural Managers in Multinational Corporations: A Cultural Participation Approach

2006
Winners: Ajai Gaur (National University of Singapore) and Raveendra Chittoor (Indian Institute of Management-Calcutta)

2005
Winner: Catherine Thomas (Harvard University)
Dissertation: Why do multinationals do different things in different countries? An empirical investigation of the laundry detergent industry in Western Europe

Runners-Up: James Costantini, In Hyeock (Ian) Lee, and Weiting Zheng