Best Dissertation Award

2024 Winner(s)

Winning material: Innovation Management on Online Platforms

Purpose of the Award

Relevant dissertation topics in the domain of technology management may reflect, but are not limited to, research in science and engineering based organizations; industrial research and development (R&D) laboratories; research units in universities, teaching hospitals, etc.; organizational processes by which technically-oriented activities are integrated into other company goals; innovation processes, and the development of technological innovations for competitive markets. Dissertations may also focus on such topics as the characteristics and behavior of scientist, engineers, and other technical professionals; the flow of technical knowledge; the diffusion of innovations, technological forecasts and policies; and the behavior and management of project teams.

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Past Awardees

2024
Winner(s)
Sıdıka Tunç Candoğan, UCL School of Management
Runner-Up
Rafael Escamilla, Kühne Logistics University
Finalist
Hossein Nikpayam, ESMT Berlin / Frankfurt School of Finance & Management
Jiatao Ding, INSEAD
Swanand Kulkarni, Dartmouth College
2023
Winner(s)
Abhishek Deshmane, IESE Business School
Runner-Up
Tobias Lieberum, Technical University of Munich
Finalist
Ran Zhuo, University of Michigan
Shubhobrata Palit, Esade Business School
Zenan Zhou, Arizona State University
2022
Winner(s)
Philippe Blaettchen, Bayes Business School, City University of London (PhD from INSEAD)
Runner-Up
Neda Mirzaeian , University of Texas at Dallas, Naveen Jindal (PhD from Carnegie Mellon University, Tepper)
2021
Winner(s)
Zhaohui (Zoey) Jiang, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan
Second Place
2020
Winner(s)
Antoine Feylessoufi, Cambridge Judge Business School, University of Cambridge
Second Place
Joey van Angeren, School of Business and Economics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
2019
First Place
Daniel Blaseg, ESADE Ramon Llull University
Second Place
Evgeny Kagan, Johns Hopkins University
2018
First Place
Tristan Botelho, MIT, Sloan School of Management
Second Place
Cédric Gutierrez Moreno, Bocconi University
Third Place
Konstantinos I. Stouras, University College Dublin
Lakshminarayana Nittala, University of Dayton
Philipp Cornelius, Erasmus University
2017
First Place
Tugce Martagan, Eindhoven University of Technology
Second Place
Runner-Up
Bo Cowgill, Columbia University
2016
First Place
Ersin Korpeoglu, Carnegie Mellon University
Runner-Up
Frank Nagle, Harvard Business School
Finalist
Daniel Armanios, Stanford University
Haibo Liu, INSEAD
Joost Rietveld, City University, London
2015
First Place
Alessio Cozzolino, Bocconi University
Department of Management and Technology
Runner-Up
Russell James Funk, University of Michigan
Ross School of Business
Finalist
Catherine Magelssen, Rutgers Business School
Hila Lifshitz-Assaf, Harvard Business School
2014
Runner-Up
Andrew G. Earle, University of Oregon
2013
First Place
Ayfer Ali, Harvard University
Runner-Up
Phillip C. Anderson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2012
First Place
Zhijian Cui, INSEAD
Runner-Up
Vivek Tandon, University of Michigan
2011
First Place
Claudio Wolter, Carnegie Mellon University
Runner-Up
Jianxi Luo, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2009
First Place
Brian Fifarek, Carnegie Mellon University
Runner-Up