Research Fests


Every couple of years the PhD Program Office organizes an all-day doctoral student research “fest” which provides a forum for our students to showcase their work and share their current research endeavors with other UC Irvine doctoral students, faculty, PhD alumni, and members of the outside community.  The fest consists of a collegial, walk-around style inclusive of posters sessions.

The success of this event was attributed to the enthusiastic involvement of our PhD Student participants!  Our next scheduled fest is set for 2010.  

The 2008 Research Fest presenters consisted of:


  Name Area Topic of Paper
1 Balkanska, Daniela Finance "Disposition Effect and Heterogeneous Beliefs"
2 Beck, Joseph Strategy "Strategic and Environmental Complexity and the Decision to Divest"
3 Chen, Steven Marketing "Worlds of Design: Design Values, Design Orientation and Problem Solving"
4 Cross, Samantha Marketing "The Creolization of Family and Society: When Tradition Meets Innovation"
5 Dibble, Rebekah Organization & Management "Adjusting to Environmental Adversity by Establishing Institutional Relationships"
6 Feng, Tianjun Operations & Decision Technologies “The Impact of Modular Assembly on Supply Chain Efficiency" 
7 Liu, Shaoxuan Operations & Decision Technologies "The Effect of Supply Reliability in a Retail Setting with Joint Marketing and Inventory Decisions"
8 MacCrory, Frank Information Systems "Strategies for Managing the Onshore Workforce in Offshore Environments"
9 Nye, Zachary Finance "Improved Volatility Forecasting Using Predetermined Macroeconomic Announcement Dates"
10 Pirouz, Dante Marketing "Neural Response to Addictive Advertising Cues:  A Pilot fMRI Study"
11 Ramaprasad, Rottner, and Davis (Multiple Areas) "Balancing Economic and Environmental Sustainability in Rural India" 
12 Ramaprasad, Jui Operations & Decision Technologies "Consumer Blogging, Music Sampling and Sales: Understanding Music Consumption in Light of the Long Tail"
13 Rao, Alaka Organization & Management "Global Outstanding Relationships: Testing the Effects of Market versus Cultural Congruence on Outsourcing Performance"
14 Ravindran, Kiron Information Systems "Asset Specificity in Information Technology Outsourcing: The Role of Contracts in Mitigating Ex-Post Opportunishm"
15 Rottner, Renee Organization & Management "Managing Uncertainty Over Time in a Multi-Decade NASA Project"
16 San Jose, Kristen Marketing "Politically Correct Luxury: Emerging Trend in the Luxury Market"
17 Simon, Jay Operations & Decision Technologies "Cross-Disciplinary Analyses Using Multi-Attribute Utility Theory"
18 Sottile, Pedro Finance "On the Political Determinants of the Argentinean Sovereign Risk: Evidence from Cointegration"
19 Wang, Liangyan Marketing "Experiments to Address Controversies Regarding Reference Group Messages in Entertainment Education Programs"
20 Washburn, Mark Strategy "Comparing Models of Social and Self Referent Aspirations"
21 Zhou, Zhizhong Information Systems "Lock-in Customers and Lock-out Competitors- Does it Benefit Proprietary Software Providers?"