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Dissertations from 2024
Unraveling Collective Anomalies in Data-Driven Systems: Manifestation, Detection, and Enhancement Implications, Mohammad Bakhsh
Digital Wellbeing: Gendered Disinformation and Social Implications, Hyein Jeong
Unveiling Factors Impacting Social Media Reshare in Racism Discourse, Yoongi Kim
Navigating Institutional Dynamics for Sustainable Investment: Analyzing Entrepreneurial Efforts, National Path Dependencies, and Rationalization Processes, Steve Michael Loren
Three Essays on the Outcomes of Formalizing Purpose in Organizational Structures and Practices, Aynur Nabiyeva
Breaking Barriers: Exploring the Intersectionality of Minority Status, Migration Fear, and Diversity, Alptug Yunus Yorulmaz
Dissertations from 2023
Essays on the Impacts of Climate Risk on Corporations, Li Ai
Three Essays on Board-Level Sustainability Committees, Fadimbe O. Baro
Application of Business Analytics Approaches to Address Climate-Change-Related Challenges, Donald J. Jenkins
Simulation Modeling for Robust and Just Public Policy Decision-Making, Jack Mitcham
A Transdisciplinary Approach to the Wicked Problem of Urban Mobility System Design, Tristan J. D. Stull
Three Essays on Corporate Bond Offerings, Hurong Sun
Dissertations from 2022
Exploring Relations of Work, Organization, and Technology in Contemporary Society, Sunyu Chai
Three Essays on Classification Shifting, Sunil Kumar
Dismantling Power and Patriarchy: Reconceptualizing Entrepreneurship through Feminist Research Methods, Heatherjean MacNeil
Essays on Shareholder Litigation, Prianka M. Musa
Navigating Change: Three Case Studies of Corporate Decision Making, Honggang Qiu
Three Essays on Corporate Governance, Executive Compensation, and Corporate Social Responsibility, Hong Zhou
Investment and Management Decisions and Strategies in Volatile Environments, Xiaochen Zhu
Dissertations from 2021
The Influence of Social Interactions on Behavior and Decision-Making in Supply Chains and E-Commerce, Mohsen Ahmadian
Non-Governmental Organizations and Rural Development in Andhra: Challenging or Reinforcing Social Hierarchies?, Anusha Chaitanya
Return Predictability and Market Sentiment: Evidence from Deep Learning, Usama A. Khan
The Interplay Between Financial Reporting and Information Environment, Junwoo Kim
Social Media Text Analytics: An Application to Prescription Opioids-Related Conversations, Maryam Rahafrooz
Essays on Government Ownership, Xiaochuan Tong
Three Essays on Developing Entrepreneurship Support Infrastructures for Social Ventures in Emerging Economies, Stanislav Y. Vavilov
Applications of Cliques in Networks Analytics, Haonan Zhong
Dissertations from 2020
Firm Networks, Priya Garg
Painting the World Crimson: The Global Spread of Graduate Management Education as Facilitated by Harvard Business School, Keshav Krishnamurty
Three Essays on Social Media Analytics and Big Data: An Empirical Investigation of Communities and Organizations, Carol A. Lee
Identifying Critical Components and Key Communities in Complex Networks, Farzaneh Nasirian
Dissertations from 2019
Teaching for Transformation: Enabling the Exploration of Disorienting Dilemma in the Classroom, Lisa DeAngelis
Three Essays on Corporate Information Environment, Corporate Social Performance, and Corporate Financial Outcomes, Rongbing Liu
Exit, Voice, and Entrepreneurship: The Impact of Identity Concerns on Underrepresented Minorities, Georgianna D. Melendez
Constructing and Contesting Urban Risk Regimes in Climate Adaptation: The Role of Climate Forecasts, Finance, and Equity, Nichole K. Wissman-Weber
Three Essays on Corporate Finance, Bo Xu
Dissertations from 2018
Managing Social Business Hybrids in Global Contexts: The Case of Impact Sourcing Service Providers, Chacko George Kannothra
Dissertations from 2017
Managerialism, Mission, & Values: Micromechanisms of Nonprofit Institutionalization, Erynn Elizabeth Beaton
Dissertations from 2016
Positioning the Beneficiary: The Role of Entwinement in Social Enterprise Impact and Performance Management, Elena Dowin Kennedy
Dissertations from 2015
Problematizing Mainstream Graduate Management Education: Intersectional Critical Discourse Analysis of Harvard Business Publishing / Harvard Business School Cases, Michelle A. Kweder