PhD Candidate Kudos

The Smith School would like to offer congratulations to the following Smith PhD Candidates

Nerissa Brown, Accounting and Information Assurance
Best Paper Presentation Award
“Herd Behavior in the Voluntary Disclosure of Capital Expenditure Forecasts”
Center for Corporate Reporting and Governance Conference
Costa Mesa, CA, September 2004

April Knill, Finance
Best Dissertation in International Finance Award
“Can Foreign Portfolio Investment Bridge the Smaller Firm Financing Gap Around the World?”
Co-sponsored by Indiana University and the Financial Management Association
Financial Management Association (FMA) Convention
New Orleans, LA, October 2004

Jason Kuruzovich, Decision and Information Technologies
Best Paper Award - Second Place
“Satisfied and Productive or Isolated and Unmotivated? The Role of Technology in Telecommuting Success,” based on work with V. Venkatesh
Global Technology and Management Consortium (GTMC) 2004 Doctoral Consortium, Seoul, South Korea, June 2004

Sophia Marinova, Management and Organization (Organizational Behavior)
Best Paper Award
“Justice climate as a missing link for the relationship between high Investment HRM systems and OCBs.” With R. Takeuchi, S. Marinova, D. Lepak, & H. Moon. 
Academy of Management (AMA) Meeting
New Orleans, LA, August 2004.

Holly Slay, Management and Organization (Organizational Behavior)
2004 Best Symposium - Careers Division Award; Best Reviewer - Careers Division Award
“Pursuing Protean and Boundaryless Careers: Identity, Networks and Career Transitions”
Academy of Management (AMA) Meeting
New Orleans, LA, August 2004

Debora Viana Thompson, Marketing
Winner, Marketing Science Institute's Alden G. Clayton Doctoral Dissertation Proposal Competition
“Feature Fatigue: When Product Capabilities Become Too Much of a Good Thing.” 
With R. Hamilton and R. Rust.
Marketing Science Institute, 2004