Strategic Management

Student Profiles

Chiekwe Anyansi-Archibong (PhD 1985) Professor of Management, North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University
Initial Placement: North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University
Dissertation: "Evolution of Firms: Strategy and Structure of Enterprise in a Third World Country," Chairperson: Marilyn Taylor

Chih-Cheng Li (PhD 1991) Assistant Director of International Affairs, Securities and Exchange Commission, Taipei, Taiwan
Initial Placement: Ministry of Finance, Taiwan
Dissertation: "The Protection of Intellectual Property Rights as a Strategic Component of Taiwan's Economic Policy," Chairpersons: John Garland and Clyde Stoltenberg

George Puia (PhD 1993)
Initial Placement: University of Tampa, Florida
Dissertation: "The Effects of Corporate Restructuring on the Adoption of Innovations: An Analysis of Division-Level Management Buyouts," Chairperson: Marilyn Taylor

Krishnan Ramaya (PhD 1993)
Initial Placement: University of Missouri, Kansas City
Dissertation: "The Valuation of International Cooperative Arrangements: An Investigation of Value Creation in Functionally Distinct Value-Added Activities of U.S. Multinationals," Chairpersons: Deepak Datta and V.K. Narayanan

Xiaohua Yang (PhD 1996), Assistant Professor of International Business, School of Business, Bond University
Initial Placement: Univeristy of Redlands, California
Dissertation: "An Empirical Investigation of R&D Strategic Alliances in the Competitive Global Environment," Chairpersons: Marilyn L. Taylor and Clyde Stoltenberg

Pol Herrman (PhD 1999), Iowa State University
Initial Placement: Iowa State University
Dissertation: "The Influence of CEO and TMT Characteristics on International Diversification", Chairperson: Deepak Datta

Sucheta Nadkarni (PhD 2000) Assistant Professor, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
Initial Placement: University of Nebraska, Lincoln
Dissertation: "Industry Clockspeed and Evolution of Cognitive Frames," Chairperson: V.K. Narayanan

Benedict Kemmerer (PhD, 2003) Consultant, Bain & Company, Munich, Germany
Initial Placement: Bain & Company
Dissertation: “Individual Cognition and the Resource-Based View: Investigating the Way Entrepreneurs Conceptualize, Categorize, and Judge Resources” Chairpersons: Deepak Datta & VK Narayanan

Martina Musteen(PhD, 2006)  
Initial Placement: San Diego State University 
Dissertation: “The Role of International Networks And Foreign Market Knowledge In The Internationalization Of Czech Entrepreneurial Ventures,” Co-Chairpersons: Vince Barker & Deepak Datta

Xin Liang (PhD 2007)
Initial Placement: University of Minnesota, Duluth
Dissertation: "Strategic Mindsets in Turnaround Attempts: Antecedents, Decision Making, and Influences," Chairperson: Vince Barker

Patrick McClelland (PhD 2008)
Initial Placement: University of Delaware
Dissertation: "Top Management Group Disparities and Subsequent Firm Performance: The Effect of Powerful CEOs," Chairperson: Vince Barker