SMS Best Conference Paper Prize

Winner:

"Real Options Reasoning and a New Look at the R&D Strategy of Pharmaceutical Firms"
Rita Gunther McGrath, Columbia University
Atul Nerkar, Columbia University

Honorable Mention:

"Designing Incentive Systems that Shape Competitive Interaction"
Javier Gimeno, INSEAD
Jay Dial, Case Western Reserve University
Metin Sengul, INSEAD

"Achieving Competitive Advantage by Leveraging Star Knowledge Workers: Performance Drivers of Ranked Analysts"
Boris Groysberg, Harvard University

"Governance and International Diversification: The Moderating Effects of Board of Directors, Technological Opportunity, and Firm Innovation"
Laszlo Tihanyi, University of Oklahoma
Robert Hoskisson, University of Oklahoma
Richard Johnson, University of Missouri-Columbia

"Internal Markets: Emerging Governance Structures for Innovation"
Liisa Välikangas, Strategos Institute
Gary Hamel, London Business School

"Incumbent's Adaptation and Capability Building on the Internet: Empirical Tests of Innovativeness in the United States Banking Industry"
Carmen Weigelt, Duke University

Booz Allen Hamilton/SMS PhD Fellowship

Fellows:

"An Empirical Study of Alliance Value Creation in e-Businesses"
Sendil Ethiraj, University of Pennsylvania

"Achieving Competitive Advantage by Leveraging Star Knowledge Workers: Performance Drivers of Ranked Analysts"
Boris Groysberg, Harvard University

"From Disparity to Synthesis: How do Inter-sectoral Alliances between Corporations and Environmental Non-profit Organizations Work?"
Ted London, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

"Divisionalization: Strategic Effects of Organzational Structure"
Metin Sengul, INSEAD

Firm Risk Management Policies: Financial Hedging and Corporate Diversification"
Heli Wang, Ohio State University

Runners-up:

"Choosing the Right Alliance Portfolio: Knowledge Transfer and Network Profile"
Jonghoon Bae, INSEAD

"Controversial Innovations, Social Barriers to Imitation, and Competitive Advantage: Profiting from Innovations in the Service Industry"
Stefan Jonsson, Stockholm School of Economics

"Sub-additivity and Super-additivity in Strategic Investments: A Real Options Model"
Roberto Santiago Vassolo, Purdue University

"Investor Certification of Venture Capital Investments: Does Top-end Backing Lead to Improved Value Creation?"
Tuukka Seppo, Helsinki University of Technology

"Managing Interdependence: An Agent-based Model of Adaptation in Centralized and Decentralized Systems"
Charles Williams, University of Michigan