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2024 STR OUTSTANDING DISSERTATION AWARD

The STR Division will offer the Outstanding Dissertation Award in Strategic Management again in 2024. Any doctoral dissertation may be entered that satisfies the following criteria:

1. The dissertation addresses topics in the area of business policy and strategic management.
2. The dissertation was completed between January 27, 2023 and January 26, 2024, where the completion date is when the degree is completed and awarded.
3. The dissertation was not previously submitted for consideration for this award. A dissertation may be submitted to STR and other divisions simultaneously if it fits within each division's domain statement. The STR domain statement can be found at https://str.aom.org/home  (under About).

Interested recent graduates should submit their applications by email to Deepak Somaya, STR Division Chair Elect (dsomayaaom@gmail.com) with the subject line heading "STR Division Outstanding Dissertation Award submission." Please regard the nomination as accepted when you receive a confirmation email response (and kindly check your Junk folder / Spam filter for this email). The application should include the following Word documents as attachments:

1. A one-page abstract of the dissertation.
2. A ten-page double-spaced summary of the dissertation.
3. A separate cover page listing your name, the dissertation's title, the completion date, the name of the university granting your degree, your current university affiliation and any intervening affiliation (such as a post-doc or visiting position), and a complete list of dissertation committee members (advisor, other committee members, any "defense opponent" etc.) and their affiliations.

In order to facilitate compliance with the STR conflict of interest policy and the blind review process, please remove any author-identifying information from your abstract and dissertation summary.

Initial submissions must be received by Friday, January 26, 2024. Submissions are by email only, and will not be accepted by fax or regular mail. Members of the STR Research Committee will evaluate the dissertation summaries and invite a subset of entrants to submit their complete dissertations in March 2024 for further evaluation.

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Deepak Somaya
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Champaign IL
(217) 333-6873
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