The University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business congratulates the 13 doctoral candidates who graduated with their PhDs on May 20, 2013. Smith’s PhD program was recently ranked 17th in the world by Financial Times (January 2013).
Abrar Al Hasan
Information Systems
Dissertation Title: Information Transparency and User Behavior in Emerging Online Marketplaces: Empirical Studies of Social Media and Open Innovation Markets
Seth Carnahan
Strategic Management
Dissertation Title: Employee Departure from Organizations: Three Empirical Essays Examining Causes and Consequences
Yu-Jen Chen
Marketing
Dissertation Title: Investigations of Factors that Affect Consumers’ Online Word of Mouth Behavior
Robert Felix
Accounting aand Information Assurance
Dissertation Title: Financial Reporting: A Look at Different Settings
Brad Greenwood
Information Systems
Dissertation Title: Pokes, Prods, and Pushes: Information Availability and Decision Making in Ambiguous Environments
Qiang Li
Strategic Management
Dissertation Title: Antecedents and Consequences of Insiders’ Equity Share and Selling IPO: Three Essays
James Edward Matherly III
Marketing
Dissertation Title: Observer Interpretation of Signaling in Consumer Decision Making
Mahka Moeen
Strategic Management
Dissertation Title: Reconfiguration Strategies for Entrepreneurial Entry and Incubation of Nascent Industries
Ali Pilehvar
Operations Management/Management Science
Dissertation Title: Essays on Studying the Sellers and Buyers Challenges in Business-to-Business Auctions.
Yixin Qiu
Information Systems
Dissertation Title: Institutional Logics, Indie Software Developers and Platform Governance
Onur Tosun
Finance
Dissertation Title: Essays on Executive Compensation, Capital Structure and Corporate Governance
Shun Ye
Information Systems
Dissertation Title: Reciprocity in Online Markets: Empirical Studies of Auction and Barter Markets
Dobin Yim
Information Systems
Dissertation Title: Online Networks and Pro-Social Behaviors: Empirical Studies of Charitable Donations and Environmental Sustainability
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The Robert H. Smith School of Business is an internationally recognized leader in management education and research. One of 12 colleges and schools at the University of Maryland, College Park, the Smith School offers undergraduate, full-time and flex MBA, executive MBA, online MBA, business master’s, PhD and executive education programs, as well as outreach services to the corporate community. The school offers its degree, custom and certification programs in learning locations in North America and Asia.