In fulfillment of our mission to foster the next generation of business scholars, AIB has funded an annual award to recognize excellence among young scholars in the proposal phase of their dissertation research. Candidates for this award are selected from among participants in AIB’s annual Doctoral Consortium.
Selection Process
The winner of the AIB Award for the Best Doctoral Dissertation Proposal is selected from among the participants in the Doctoral Consortium at the AIB Annual Conference. The winner is recognized at the conference award ceremony with a plaque and a scholarship award to assist their dissertation research.
Past Winners
2022
Winner(s): Jukyeong (Judy) Han
Affiliation: University of Kansas
Dissertation: When Should Startups Pursue Rapid Growth?
2021
Winner(s): Jan Schmitt
Affiliation: WU Vienna
Dissertation: Headquarters on the Move: The Phenomenon of Multinational Corporations’ Headquarters Relocating Across Borders
2020
Winner(s): Brian Chindondondo (1); Vera Kunczer (2)
Affiliation: (1) University of Pretoria; (2) WU Vienna
Dissertation: Revisiting Spillovers Through the Lens of Resource Dependence Theory: The Role of Access Relationships in Low Income Countries (1);
Political Dynamics and Anti-foreignism: Multinational Investments Under Political Disorder (2)
2019
Winner(s): Tuuli Hakkarainen
Affiliation: Aalto Business School
Dissertation: Sharing Expertise Across Geographical and Cognitive Boundaries
2018
Winner(s): Min Jung Kim
Affiliation: University of Minnesota
Dissertation: The Temporal Dynamics of Industry Clusters and Firm Innovation
2017
Winner(s): Federica Nieri
Affiliation: University of Pisa
Dissertation: Corporate Social Irresponsibility by Emerging Market Corporations: Unveiling and Theorizing the Causes of their Involvement in Irresponsible Events
2016
Winner(s): Caroline Witte
Affiliation: Erasmus Research Institute for Management (ERIM) & Tinbergen Institute (TI)
Dissertation: Self-interest Fueling Peace? Multinational Enterprises in Politically Violent Regions
2015
Winner(s): Abby Jingzi Zhou
Affiliation: University of Nottingham Ningbo China
Dissertation: Enhancing Cross-Border Knowledge Transfer Between Multinational Corporations and Their Foreign Subsidiaries in Emerging Economies
2014
Winner(s): Jenny Hillemann
Affiliation: Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Dissertation: Regional integration and the death of distance
2013
Winner(s): Michael A. Sartor
Affiliation: Richard Ivey School of Business
Dissertation: Host market corruption and multinational enterprise strategy: Implications for subsidiary survival
2012
Winner(s): Bi-Juan Zhong
Affiliation: Ohio State University
Dissertation: Top Management Team Identification, Knowledge Creation, and International Join Venture Performance: The Role of National Diversity
2011
Winner(s): Matthew Smith
Affiliation: Rutgers University
Dissertation: Doing It Under The Table: Hidden Sales In India’s Manufacturing Sector
2010
Winner(s): Dong Liu
Affiliation: University of Washington at Seattle
2009
Winner(s): Prithwiraj Choudhury
Affiliation: Harvard University
Dissertation: Innovation in Emerging Markets: Role of Individuals within Multinationals, Government Laboratories and Domestic Firms
Winner(s): Luis Dau
Affiliation: University of South Carolina
Dissertation: Profiting from Globalization: Structural Reforms, Firm Internationalization Strategy, and Firm Profitability in Developing Countries
Winner(s): Jeannette Mena
Affiliation: 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(s): Andrea Martinez-Noya
Affiliation: Universidad de Oviedo
Dissertation: R&D Services Outsourcing: Evidence from European and US firms
2007
Winner(s): Gundula Lücke
Affiliation: University of South Carolina
Dissertation: Development of Biculturalism in Cross-Cultural Managers in Multinational Corporations: A Cultural Participation Approach
2006
Winner(s): Raveendra Chittoor
Affiliation: Indian Institute of Management-Calcutta
Winner(s): Ajai Gaur
Affiliation: National University of Singapore
2005
Winner(s): Catherine Thomas
Dissertation: Why do multinationals do different things in different countries? An empirical investigation of the laundry detergent industry in Western Europe