Current PhD Candidates

Punit Arora, a Chartered Financial Analyst and a high-ranking officer in the Indian Administration (1997-2005), brings twelve years of professional experience to the academic research. His research interests mirror his experiences with the government, business, and development organizations. He is fascinated by various facets of private sector development including strategy, governance, new venture creation, public-private partnerships, and clusters of economic growth.

His professional recognitions from the Indian Government include Esprit de Corps Medal (1997), Special Duty Medals (2002, 2003), Internal Security Service Medal (2004), and Election Commission Commendation (2005), and from Harvard University an invitational membership to its Global Network of Government Innovators (2008). He is also a consultant on strategic management for the United Nations.

Selected Research:
“Organization Slack and Attainment Discrepancy as Antecedents of Corporate Social Performance,” Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings, 2008.

"Developing Cities as Economic Clusters: Role of Choice and Intervention" (with Dharwadkar, R.), World Conference on the Development of Cities: Democratic Innovation and Social Transformation for Inclusive Cities in the 21st Century, Porto Alegro, Brazil, February 2008.

"Counterfactual Thinking and Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy: A Contingency Model," Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, 2007.

"Administrative Reforms in India: Need for a Systems Approach," International Public Management Review, Dec 2006. Updated version invited for inclusion in Mathur, R.R. (ed.) Civil Service Reforms. Hyderabad, India: ICFAI University Press, 2008.

Dwayne is currently interested in leveraging General Systems Theory and Quantitative Modeling to better understand risk associated with Supply Chain Networks and diffusion of Strategic SCM coordination initiatives. Dwayne’s professional experience includes business process demand and capacity management, strategic performance monitoring, and web application design and development.

Select Publications/Proceedings:
“A QFD Framework for Developing Campus Wide Entrepreneurship Programs,” (forthcoming). With Benjamin, C.O. & Bradford, A. International Journal of Business Strategy.

“Strategies for Campus-wide Entrepreneurship Programs,” with Benjamin, C.O., Hicks, A. Proc., 13th International Conference on Industry, Engineering & Management Systems (IEMS), Cocoa Beach, FL March 12-14, 2007.

Jim Goldstein’s research interests include risk management within information technology investments. He is currently working in the area of operational risk in proposed information systems, and the use of real options theory in controlling IT risk.

Select Publications:
"An Integrative Economic Optimization Model to IS Development Risk Management," (August 2006). With Benaroch, M. Proceedings of the Twelfth America’s Conference on Information Systems.

"Project Milestones for Managing Risk in Software Development Outsourcing: A Real Options Perspective," (August 2006). With Benaroch, M. Proceedings of the Twelfth America’s Conference on Information Systems.

“Counterfactual Thinking and Entrepreneurial Self Efficacy: A Contingency Model,” Presented at the Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference, 2008, Chapel Hill, NC., with Arora, P., and Haynie, J. M.
 
"Immigrant Song Redux: Disadvantage, Cultural Cross-vergence, and Impacts on Immigrant Entrepreneurship,” to be presented at the Academy of Management Annual Conference, 2008, Anaheim, CA.

“Workspace Personalization, Perceived Privacy, and Employee Outcomes: An Extension and Test of Theory” to be presented at the Southern Management Association Annual Conference, 2008, St. Petersburg, FL.,(also to be published in the Proceedings of the Southern Management Association Annual Conference, 2008).

Pattit, J.M., and T.M. Alessandri. "Linking Behavioral Theory with External Reference Points: Competitive Context and R&D Investment." To be presented at the 2008 Academy of Management Meeting, Business Policy & Strategy Division, Anaheim, CA.

Pattit, J.M., and C.A. Maritan. “The Influence of Capabilities Gaps, Exchange Hazards, and Complex Knowledge on R&D Sourcing.” Presented at the 2007 Strategic Management Society Annual International Conference, San Diego, CA.

Pattit, J.M., and T.M. Alessandri, “A Holistic Model of the Drivers of Innovation and R&D Investment.” Presented at the 2007 Academy of Management Meeting, Technology & Innovation Management Division, Philadelphia, PA.

Pattit, J.M., S.P. Raj, and D.L. Wilemon, “Integrating Internal and External R&D: What Can We Learn From the History of Industrial R&D?” Presented at the 2006 Academy of Management Meeting, Management History Division, Atlanta, GA.

Pattit, J.M., S.P. Raj, and D.L. Wilemon, “Transaction Costs, Absorptive Capacity and R&D Sourcing as Emerging Determinants of New Product Development Success.” Presented at the 2005 PDMA International Conference Research Forum, San Diego, CA.

Pattit, J.M., & D.L. Wilemon. 2005. “Creating High-Performing Software Development Teams,” R&D Management, Vol. 35(4), pp. 375-393.

Ryan Raffety’s primary research interest is organizational theory with emphases in business sustainability and corporate governance. His professional experience includes regional management for a banking software company as well as IT consulting in Europe, Latin America, and the Caribbean.

Adam Wang's areas of expertise include asset pricing with heterogeneous agents, intertemporal arbitrage model, and anomalies in financial markets.

Working Papers:
New Information, Trading Volume, Quantity and Asset Price: Intelligent Arbitrage Pricing Theory (i-APT)