Ph.D. Student Research

IMS Ph.D. students routinely present their research at leading national and international conferences such as the Academy of Management and the Academy of International Business. Before they graduate, some Ph.D. students have already published their work in leading journals, often in collaboration with faculty and recent graduates. Examples include:

* Bold typeface indicates UT Dallas faculty members.

2010

Alakent, E. (Ph.D., 2007) and S.-H. Lee, "Do Institutionalized Traditions Matter During Crisis? Employee Downsizing in Korean Manufacturing Organizations," Journal of Management Studies (in press).

Ismail, K. (Ph.D., 2006) and D. Ford, "Organizational Leadership in Central Asia and the Caucasus: Research Considerations and Directions," Asia Pacific Journal of Management (in press).

Lee, S.-H., K. Oh (Ph.D., 2008), and L. Eden, "Why Do Firms Bribe? Insights from Residual Control Theory," Management International Review (in press).

Yang, H. (Ph.D., 2005), Z. Lin, and Y. Lin, "A Multi-level Framework of Firm Boundaries: Firm Characteristics, Dyadic Differences, and Network Attributes," Strategic Management Journal (in press).

Peng, M.W. and H. Chen (3rd year, 2009-10), "Strategic Responses to Domestic and Foreign Institutional Pressures in the Chinese Toy Industry," International Studies of Management and Organization (in press).

Peng, M.W., Y. Yamakawa (Ph.D., 2009), and S.-H. Lee, "Bankruptcy Laws and Entrepreneur-Friendliness," Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice (in press).

Pinkham, B. (Ph.D., 2nd year, 2009-10), J. C. Picken, and G. Dess. "Creating Value in the Modern Organization: The Role of Leveraging Technology," Organizational Dynamics (in press).

Qian, G., T. Khoury (Ph.D., 2008), M.W. Peng, and Z. Qian, "The Performance Implications of Intra- and Inter-Regional Geographic Diversification," Strategic Management Journal (in press).

2009

Lin, Z., M.W. Peng, H. Yang (Ph.D., 2005), and S.L. Sun (4th year, 2009-10), "How Do Networks and Learning Drive M&As? An Institutional Comparison between China and the United States," Strategic Management Journal, 30 (10): 1113-1132.

Lin, Z., H. Yang (Ph.D., 2005), and B. Arya (Ph.D., 2006), "Alliance Partners and Firm Performance: Resource Complementarity and Status Association," Strategic Management Journal, 30 (5): 921-940.

Ozer, M. (Ph.D., 2006), and S.-H. Lee, "When Do Firms Prefer Individual Action to Collective Action in the Pursuit of Corporate Political Strategy? A New Perspective on Industry Concentration," Business and Politics, 11 (1): 1-21.

Peng, M.W. and E. Pleggenkuhle-Miles (4th year, 2009-10), "Current Debates in Global Strategy," International Journal of Management Reviews, 11 (1): 51-68.

Peng, M.W. and M. Quan (3rd year, 2009-10), "A Micro-Macro Link During Institutional Transitions," in K. Keister (ed.), Work and Organizations in China (Research in the Sociology of Work series, vol. 19), Oxford, UK: Emerald.

Peng, M.W., S.L. Sun (4th year, 2009-10), B. Pinkham (2nd year, 2009-10), and H. Chen (3rd year, 2009-10), "The Institution-Based View as a Third Leg for a Strategy Tripod," Academy of Management Executive, 23 (4) 63-81.

Pleggenkuhle-Miles, E. (4th year, 2009-10) and M. W. Peng, "Embracing Debates to Advance Global Strategy Research," in D. Bergh and D. Ketchen (eds.), Research Methodology in Strategy and Management, Oxford, UK: Emerald.

2008

Li, L. (Ph.D., 2003), Z. Lin, and B. Arya (Ph.D., 2006), "The Turtle-Hare Story Revisited: Social Capital and Resource Accumulation for Firms from Emerging Economies," Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 25 (2): 251-275.

Lin, Z., J. Kitts, H. Yang (Ph.D., 2006), and R. Harrison, "Elucidating Strategic Network Dynamics through Computational Modeling," Computational and Mathematical Organization Theory, 14 (3): 251-275.

Mudambi, R., M.W. Peng, and D. Weng (1st year, 2007-08), "Research Rankings of Asia Pacific Business Schools: Global versus Local Knowledge Strategies," Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 25 (2): 171-188.

Peng, M.W. and T. Khoury (3rd year, 2006-07), "An institution-Based View of International Business Strategy," in A. Rugman (ed.), Oxford Handbook of International Business, New York and Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press (forthcoming)

Peng, M.W. E. Pleggenkuhle-Miles (1st year, 2006-07), "Debates in Global Strategy," International Journal of Management Reviews (forthcoming)

Richard, O.C., B.P.S. Murthi, and K. Ismail (Ph.D., 2006), "Does Race Matter for Firm Performance? Investigating Non-Linear Relationships," Strategic Management Journal 28 (2): 1213-1233.

Yamakawa, Y. (2nd year, 2006-07), M.W. Peng and D. Deeds, "What Drives New Ventures to Internationalize From Emerging to Developed Economies?" Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 32 (2): 59-82.

2007

Lin, Z., H. Yang (Ph.D., 2005) and I. Demirkan (Ph.D., 2007), "The Performance Consequences of Ambidexterity in Strategic Alliance Formations: Empirical Investigation and Computational Theorizing," Management Science, 53 (10): 1645-1658

Demirkan, I. (Ph.D., 2007) and D. Deeds, "Research Collaboration Networks and Innovation Output," Academy of Management Best Papers Proceedings

Ismail, K. (Ph.D., 2006) and D. Ford, "Networking as Organizational Response to Institutional Upheaval: Evidence From Post-Soviet Countries of Central Eurasian Region," Academy of Management Best Papers Proceedings

Lee, S.H. and K. Oh (3rd year, 2006-07), "Corruption in Asia: Arbitrariness and Pervasiveness," Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 24 (1): 97-114

Pleggenkuhle-Miles, E. (1st year, 2006-07), R. Aroul (1st year, 2006-07), S.L. Sun (1st year, 2006-07) and Y.S. Su. 2007, "The Adolescence of Asia Pacific Management Research," Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 24 (4): 467-490 (other contributors include G. Hofstede, C.M. Lau, K. Meyer and A. Rugman)

Sun, S.L. (1st year, 2006-07), M.W. Peng and W. Tan, "Competing on Scale or Scope? Lessons From Chinese Firms," Internationalization in I. Alon and J. McIntyre (eds.), The Globalization of Chinese Enterprises, London: Palgrave McMillan (forthcoming)

2006

Arya, B. (Ph.D., 2006) and J.E. Salk, "Cross-Sector Alliance Learning and Effectiveness of Voluntary Codes of Corporate Social Responsibility," Business Ethics Quarterly, 16 (2): 211-234

Ford, D. and K. Ismail (Ph.D., 2006), "The Cultural Convergence and Divergence Debate: An Examination of Perceptions of Effective Leadership for U.S. and Post-Soviet Central Eurasian Managers," Journal of International Management, 12 (2): 158-180

Lin, Z., X. Zhao (Ph.D., 2006), K. Ismail (Ph.D., 2006) and K. Carley, "Organizational Design and Restructuring in Response to Crises: Computational Modeling and Real World Cases," Organization Science, 17 (5): 598-618

Richard, O.C., D. Ford and K. Ismail (Ph.D., 2006), "Exploring the Performance Effects of Visible Attribute Diversity: The Moderating Role of Span of Control and Organizational Life Cycle," International Journal of Human Resource Management, 17 (12): 2091-2109

2005

Lin, Z., H. Yang (Ph.D., 2005), B. Arya (Ph.D., 2006), Z. Huang and D. Li. 2005, "Structural Versus Individual Perspectives on the Dynamics of Group Performance: Theoretical Exploration and Empirical Investigation," Journal of Management, 31 (3): 354-381

Salk, J.E. and B. Arya (Ph.D., 2006), "Social Performance Learning in Multinational Corporations: Multicultural Teams, Their Social Capital and Use of Cross–Sector Alliances," Advances in International Management, 18: 189-207