Recently Completed PhD Theses
Accounting
| Candidate | Thesis Title | Completed | Supervisor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laurence Lock Lee | Corporate Social Capital and Firm Performance in the Global Information Technology Services Sector | 2008 | Professor James Guthrie |
| John Dumay | Intellectual capital in action: Australian studies | 2008 | Professor James Guthrie |
| Linda English | Public Private Partnerships: Modernisation in the Australian Public Sector | 2008 | Professor James Guthrie; Sue Newberry |
| Isabel Gordon | A Comparative Study of Pension Accounting in Australia and the USA: Applying the "Economic Substance Over Legal Form" Principle | 2007 | Professor James Guthrie |
| Robyn Pilcher | Examining the Usefulness of Transport Infrastructure Accounting in Local Authorities | 2006 | Professor Graeme Dean |
| John Staunton | Exiting Intellectual Grooves in the Reporting of Liabilities | 2006 | Professor Graeme Dean |
Business Information Systems
| Candidate | Thesis Title | Completed | Supervisor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Samantha Lee | Advice giving: A theory of advice formulation | 2009 | Professor Marcus O'Connor |
| Jonathan Paul | Tolerance and Escalation of Commitment to Failing Information Systems Projects | 2009 | Professor Marcus O'Connor |
| Rohit Dhawan | Neural networks in time series forecasting | 2008 | Professor Marcus O'Connor |
| Janine Holgate | Governance Arrangements for Enterprise Information Protection: An Australian Critical Infrastructure Perspective | 2008 | Associate Professor Sue Williams; Dr Catherine Hardy |
| Rajat Dhawan | Stochastic approach to system dynamics and its effect on managerial decision making | 2008 | Professor Marcus O'Connor; Dr Mark Borman |
| Gary Oliver | Information Sharing | 2007 | Professor Marcus O'Connor |
Economics
| Candidate | Thesis Title | Completed | Supervisor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mary Manning | The Macroeconomic Pathology of HIV/AIDS in Africa | 2008 | Jeffrey Sheen; Debajyoti Chakrabarty |
| Mohammad Mafizur Rahman | Gravity Models of Bangladesh's Trade and Intra-SAARC Trade Prospects | 2007 | Dilip Dutta |
| Roland Bel | Essays on the theory of the firm | 2007 | Murali Agastya |
| Cengiz Cihan | An Empirical Analysis of Knowledge Production Function: What differs among the OECD countries including Turkey? | 2006 | Dilip Dutta |
Finance
| Candidate | Thesis Title | Completed | Supervisor |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Cummings | Three essays on price formation and liquidity in financial futures markets | 2009 | Alex Frino; Robert G. Elstone |
| Abhishek Das | Essays on Hedge Funds: Performance and Trading Strategies | 2009 | Elvis Jarnecic; Alex Frino |
| Andrew Grant | Statistical and Financial Evaluation of Subjective Probability Forecasts: Empirical Applications in Betting Markets | 2008 | David Johnstone; Alex Frino |
| Kar Mei Tang | An Empirical Analysis of Anonymous Trading in Equity Markets | 2008 | Associate Professor Carole Comerton-Forde; Professor David Johnstone |
| Luke Bortoli | Three essays on the impact of electronic trading in futures markets | 2008 | Alex Frino; Elvis Jarnecic |
| Aelee Jun | Essays on the value of Australian dividends and imputation tax credits | 2008 | Associate Professor Graham Partington; Dr Max Stevenson |
| Kevin Lo | Modelling Order Flow, Price Impact and Market Resiliency in the Australian Stock Market | 2006 | Richard Coggins |
International Business
| Candidate | Thesis Title | Completed | Supervisor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yinghui Liu | Factors Influencing the Location and Control of Foreign MNEs in China: The Case of Liaoning Province | 2009 | Sid Gray; Ben Tipton |
Marketing
| Candidate | Thesis Title | Completed | Supervisor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shuhaida Md Noor | Brand Equity And Self: The Moderating Effect Of Self Relatedness On The Favourability Of Brand Associations And Brand Equity Relationship | 2009 | Associate Professor Elizabeth Cowley |
| Natalina Zlatevska | The Repletion of Self Regulatory Resources: Identifying Individual Differences | 2008 | Associate Professor Elizabeth Cowley; Dr Paul Henry |
| Nicole Hartley | Emotional Intelligence as a predictor of job satisfaction and performance among customer service providers | 2008 | Professor Charles Areni; Dr Leanne Cutcher |
| Christina Anthony | The Lies Consumers Tell | 2008 | Professor Elizabeth Cowley |
| Tanja Schneider | Marketing Food, Marketing Health: Discursive Practices and the Formation of the Healthy Food Consumer in Australia | 2008 | Associate Professor Elizabeth Cowley; Dr Teresa Davis |
Operations Management and Econometrics
| Candidate | Thesis Title | Completed | Supervisor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anastasios Panagiotelis | Bayesian Estimation of Flexible Multivariate Econometric Models | 2009 | Michael Smith; Richard Gerlach |
| Stephanie de Silva | On the Specificity and Performance of Panel Unit Root Tests | 2008 | Andrew Tremayne; Vasilis Sarafidis |
Work and Organisational Studies
| Candidate | Thesis Title | Completed | Supervisor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liway Johnson | Partnership In Performance Management: Strategic Choice And Management/Union Cooperation In The NSW Public Education System Since 2000 | 2009 | Associate Professor John Shields |
| Helen Conomos | Training for Tolerance: An Examination into the Effects of Diversity Training on Social Capital Potential in Five Star Hotels | 2008 | Associate Professor John Shields; Associate Professor Marian Baird |
| Sarah Kim | Integration Capability and Merger Success: The Case of Professional Service Firms | 2008 | Dr Nick Wailes; Dr Leanne Cutcher |
| Anja Kirsch | Union Mergers as a Revitalization Strategy and the Role of Post-merger Integration: The Case of Ver.di in Germany | 2008 | Professor Russell Lansbury; Dr Rae Cooper |