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Hi, Could you please post the following announcement on the ENTREP-Listserv?

Thank you very much.

Heather

2007 Finalists for the INFORMS/OS Dissertation Proposal Competition

I am pleased to announce the finalists for the 2007 INFORMS/Organization Science Dissertation Proposal Competition.  The eight finalists were selected from the eighty-two proposals that were submitted this year.  Competition was fierce, with many innovative and high-quality proposals submitted. The eight individuals below will be presenting their dissertation proposals next month in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Seattle</st1:city>, <st1:state w:st="on">WA</st1:state></st1:place> to a distinguished panel of judges who will select the winner and runner-up for this year's competition. If you know any of the finalists, please offer them your heartiest congratulations for a significant accomplishment. The finalists are:

Marla Baskerville, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Tulane</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype></st1:place>

Sexuality as a Double-Edged Sword: The Relationship between

Women's Expressions of Sexuality, Positive Mood, Interpersonal

Relationships with Men, and their Objective Work Outcomes

Y. Sekou Bermiss, Northwestern University

The Emergence & Evolution of Professional Service Industries

J.P. Eggers, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Pennsylvania</st1:placename></st1:place>

Organizational Experience and the Creation of New Products for New Markets

Heidi Gardner, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">London</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Business</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">School</st1:placetype></st1:place>

Expertise Utilization in Project Teams: A Status-Based

Account of Process and Performance

Denisa Mindruta, <st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Illinois</st1:placename> at <st1:city w:st="on">Urbana</st1:city> <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Champaign</st1:city></st1:place>

Markets for Research: A Matching Approach to

University-Firm Research Collaborations

Christopher Rider, <st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">California</st1:placename>, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Berkeley</st1:city></st1:place>

The Economic Value of Social Capital: A Study in

the U.S. Private Equity Fundraising Market.

Mario Schijven, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Tilburg</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype></st1:place>

Towards Unlocking the Full Potential of Acquisitions:

Behavioral and Cognitive Learning Perspectives

Karl Wennberg, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Stockholm</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">School</st1:placetype></st1:place> of Economics

Entrepreneurial Exit: A Longitudinal Study of Boundedly Rational Entrepreneurs

I would also like to thank all of the people who gave of their time and talents to providing reviews of proposals during the first phase of the competition. The competition would be nothing without them, and I am indebted to them for their willingness to provide thoughtful and timely feedback. The individuals who reviewed for this year's competition are:

Nick Argyres, Maura Belliveau, Lyda Bigelow, Mason Carpenter, Olivier Chatain, Wilbur Chung, Russ Coff, Ben Cole, Tina Dacin, Robert David, Jerker Denrell, Jim Detert, Gina Dokko, Janet Dukerich, Tracy Dumas, Gary Dushnitsky, Micki Eisenman, Heather Elms, Laura Erskine, Peer Fiss, Jeff Furman, Brent Goldfarb, Yan Gong, Terri Griffith, Ben Hallen, Don Hambrick, Jared Harris, Michael Heeley, Glenn Hoetker, David Hsu, Jonathan Jaffee, Sanjay Jain, Sharon James, Siegel Jordan, Sarah Kaplan, Riitta Katila, Katherine Kellogg, Katherine Klein, Matt Kraatz, Bruce Lamont, Donald Lange, Mike Lenox, Jeff Macher, Muir Macpherson, Tammy  Madsen, Martine Haas, Kyle Mayer, Bill Mckelvey, Yuri Mishina, Will Mitchell, Celia Moore, Jen Mueller, Greg Northcraft, Ilya Okhmatovskiy, Fernando Olivera, JoAnne Oxley, Susan Perkins, Corey Phelps, Ming Piao, Tim Pollock, Trexler Proffit, Phanish Puranam, Evan Rawley, Rob Salomon, Rachelle Sampson, Myles Shaver, Sigal Barsade, Brian Silverman, Chuck Snow, Steffanie Wilk, Ann Terlaak, Mary Tripsas, Adrian Tschoegl, Nick Turner, Freek Vermuelen, Govert Vroom, Jim Wade, David Waguespack, Gordon Walker, Klaus Weber, David Whetten, Brian Wu, Valery Yakubovich, Emory Yao, Mary Zelmer-Bruhn and Minyuan Zhao

Heather Berry

2007 INFORMS/OS Dissertation Competition Organizer

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