ISMS Doctoral Dissertation Proposal Competition

2011 Winner: Navdeep Sahni, University of Chicago
Winning material: Effect of Temporal Spacing between Advertising Exposures: Evidence from an Online Field Experiment
2011 Winner: ; Doug J. Chung, Yale University
Winning material: Do Bonuses Enhance Sales Productivity? A Dynamic Structural Analysis of Bonus-Based Compensation Plans
2011 Winner: ; Jason M.T. Roos, Duke University
Winning material: Hyper-media Search and Consumption

Purpose of the Award

The INFORMS Society for Marketing Science (ISMS) is pleased to announce its Inaugural ISMS 2010 Competition. This dissertation proposal competition will be held annually and will recognize the best doctoral dissertation proposals on important marketing issues and subjects! Through this Call for Dissertation Proposals, we seek proposals relevant to marketing science, theory, and practice.

Past Awardees

2011 Winner Navdeep Sahni, University of Chicago
Doug J. Chung, Yale University
Jason M.T. Roos, Duke University
2010 Winner Mazakazu Ishihara, University of Toronto
Baojun Jiang, Carnegie Mellon University
Pranav Jindal, University of Chicago
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Committee

V. Kumar (VK), Committee Chair
Richard and Susan Lenny Distinguished Chair Professor of Marketing,
Executive Director, Center for Excellence in Brand & Customer Management,
Director of the Ph.D. Program in Marketing
J. Mack Robinson College of Business
Georgia State University
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Email: vk@gsu.edu

Vithala Rao, Cornell University
Karsten Hansen, University of California- San Diego
Venkatesh Shankar, Texas A&M University

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