Mortal and Janz Secure Best Paper Awards

For release: September 15, 2010

Each year, the FCBE presents 'best paper' awards in empirical and conceptual categories. The awards are adjudicated by the College's Graduate Studies Doctoral Sub-Committee. In addition to plaques, award winners receive $500 for 1st place and $250 for 2nd place.

Empirical Category

1st Place, Alexander Butler, Larry Fauver, and SANDRA MORTAL, FIR. "Corruption, Political Connections and Municipal Finance," Review of Financial Studies, Vol. 22, Issue 7, 2009, 2673-2705.

2nd Place, Kent D. Miller, FRANCES FABIAN, MGMT, and Shu-Jou Lin. "Strategies for Online Communities," Strategic Management Journal, Vol. 30, Issue 3, 2009, 305-322.

Conceptual/Theoretical Category

1st Place, BRIAN JANZ, MIS, and Pattarawan Prasarnphanich. "Freedom to Cooperate: Gaining Clarity Into Knowledge Integration in Information Systems Development Teams," IEEE's Transactions on Engineering Management, Vol. 56, Issue 4, 2009, 621-635.

2nd Place, ROBIN POSTON, MIS, WILLIAM J. KETTINGER, MIS, and JUDY SIMON, MIS "Managing The Vendor Set: Achieving Best Pricing and Quality Service in IT Outsourcing," MIS Quarterly Executive, 8(2), June 2009, 1-14.