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Dissertations from 2023

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Essays on the Impacts of Climate Risk on Corporations, Li Ai

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Three Essays on Board-Level Sustainability Committees, Fadimbe O. Baro

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Application of Business Analytics Approaches to Address Climate-Change-Related Challenges, Donald J. Jenkins

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Simulation Modeling for Robust and Just Public Policy Decision-Making, Jack Mitcham

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A Transdisciplinary Approach to the Wicked Problem of Urban Mobility System Design, Tristan J. D. Stull

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Three Essays on Corporate Bond Offerings, Hurong Sun

Dissertations from 2022

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Exploring Relations of Work, Organization, and Technology in Contemporary Society, Sunyu Chai

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Three Essays on Classification Shifting, Sunil Kumar

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Dismantling Power and Patriarchy: Reconceptualizing Entrepreneurship through Feminist Research Methods, Heatherjean MacNeil

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Essays on Shareholder Litigation, Prianka M. Musa

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Navigating Change: Three Case Studies of Corporate Decision Making, Honggang Qiu

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Three Essays on Corporate Governance, Executive Compensation, and Corporate Social Responsibility, Hong Zhou

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Investment and Management Decisions and Strategies in Volatile Environments, Xiaochen Zhu

Dissertations from 2021

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The Influence of Social Interactions on Behavior and Decision-Making in Supply Chains and E-Commerce, Mohsen Ahmadian

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Non-Governmental Organizations and Rural Development in Andhra: Challenging or Reinforcing Social Hierarchies?, Anusha Chaitanya

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Essays on the Cost of Bank Loans, Corporate Voluntary Disclosure, CEO Compensation and Financial Market Frictions, Mengyi Gu

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Return Predictability and Market Sentiment: Evidence from Deep Learning, Usama A. Khan

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The Interplay Between Financial Reporting and Information Environment, Junwoo Kim

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The Impact of Business Environment on Firm Behavior and Performance: Evidence from Corporate and Systemwide Events, Yuechan Lu

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Social Media Text Analytics: An Application to Prescription Opioids-Related Conversations, Maryam Rahafrooz

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Essays on Government Ownership, Xiaochuan Tong

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Three Essays on Developing Entrepreneurship Support Infrastructures for Social Ventures in Emerging Economies, Stanislav Y. Vavilov

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Applications of Cliques in Networks Analytics, Haonan Zhong

Dissertations from 2020

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Firm Networks, Priya Garg

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Painting the World Crimson: The Global Spread of Graduate Management Education as Facilitated by Harvard Business School, Keshav Krishnamurty

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Three Essays on Social Media Analytics and Big Data: An Empirical Investigation of Communities and Organizations, Carol A. Lee

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Identifying Critical Components and Key Communities in Complex Networks, Farzaneh Nasirian

Dissertations from 2019

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Teaching for Transformation: Enabling the Exploration of Disorienting Dilemma in the Classroom, Lisa DeAngelis

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Three Essays on Chief Financial Officers, Accounting Backgrounds, and Financial Reporting and Valuation, Li Gao

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Three Essays on Corporate Information Environment, Corporate Social Performance, and Corporate Financial Outcomes, Rongbing Liu

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Exit, Voice, and Entrepreneurship: The Impact of Identity Concerns on Underrepresented Minorities, Georgianna D. Melendez

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Constructing and Contesting Urban Risk Regimes in Climate Adaptation: The Role of Climate Forecasts, Finance, and Equity, Nichole K. Wissman-Weber

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Three Essays on Corporate Finance, Bo Xu

Dissertations from 2018

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Managing Social Business Hybrids in Global Contexts: The Case of Impact Sourcing Service Providers, Chacko George Kannothra

Dissertations from 2017

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Managerialism, Mission, & Values: Micromechanisms of Nonprofit Institutionalization, Erynn Elizabeth Beaton

Dissertations from 2016

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Positioning the Beneficiary: The Role of Entwinement in Social Enterprise Impact and Performance Management, Elena Dowin Kennedy

Dissertations from 2015

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Problematizing Mainstream Graduate Management Education: Intersectional Critical Discourse Analysis of Harvard Business Publishing / Harvard Business School Cases, Michelle A. Kweder