This year, the PDMA Dissertation Proposal Competition received strong submissions from doctoral students around the world. It is my pleasure to announce the winners:

Winner:

Peng Zhang, University of Georgia. Advisors: Sundar Bharadwaj and Anindita Chakravarty
Pre-release New Product Sales Forecast Using Customers’ Dynamic Knowledge Collaborative Activities

Runners Up (alphabetical order):

Gergana Romanova, University of Copenhagen. Advisor: Marcel Bogers
Openness as an Organizing Principle in University-Industry Relations: A Practice Perspective on Collaborative Research Projects

Sunny Mosangzi Xu, University of Copenhagen. Advisor: Marcel Bogers
Lost in Between: Boundaries in the Making and Remaking – a Study of Innovation Processes in University-Industry Interaction

A big thanks to all reviewers – this competition would not be possible without your efforts!

The finalists will be invited to present their work at PDMA’s Research Forum (Nov. 2-3 in Orlando). See you there!

Michael A. Stanko, PhD
Chair, 2019 PDMA Dissertation Proposal Competition

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