Industry Studies

Gail M. Pesyna, Program Director

Industry Studies Best Paper Prize

The Industry Studies program welcomes nominations and self-nominations from Industry Studies Affiliates, Industry Center Directors and faculty, and other scholars for the annual Best Paper Prize.  The goal of the award is to recognize outstanding research in the area of industry studies.  Winning articles can excel in different areas, including value to the industry as well as traditional academic criteria. Preference will be given to those articles where the role of direct observation (or “field research”) is clearly apparent.  To be eligible for the competition, articles must have appeared in or been accepted by a referreed journal in the previous academic year.

Detailed information about the nomination and selection process for the Industry Studies Best Paper Prize is available online.

2006 - 2007 Industry Studies Best Paper Prize

Michael G. Jacobides, London Business School, "Industry change through Vertical Disintegration: How and Why Markets Emerged in Mortgage Banking"

Carrie R. Leana and Frits K. Pil, University of Pittsburgh, "Social Capital and Organizational Performance: Evidence from Urban Public Schools"

Sonali K. Shah, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, "Motivation, Governance, and the Viability of Hybrid Forms in Open Source software Development"

Honorable mentions were awarded to:

Sebastian K. Fixson, University of Michigan, Young Ro, University of Michigan - Dearborn, and Jeffrey K. Liker, University of Michigan, "Modularisation and Outsourcing: Who Drives Whom? A study of generational sequences in the US Automotive cockpit industry"

Stephen H. Lopez, The Ohio State University, "Emotional Labor and Organized Emotional Care"

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