College of Business Ph.D. Program

www.business.iastate.edu/phd


WELCOME

Thank you for your interest in the doctoral

program at Iowa State University College

of Business. The college is dedicated

to preparing doctoral students with

outstanding research and teaching skills

in one of three areas: marketing/customer

management, supply chain management

and information technology.

Our Ph.D. program is focused sharply on

developing research skills of students.

During the program of study, students learn

the process of advancing knowledge in an

area of their choice. Working on research

projects begins the day the student enters

the program. It is a center piece of every

research seminar that students take in the

college. Financial assistantship is given for

the full 12-month cycle with the idea that

students can work on research full time

during the summer semester. You will find

that working on research with internationally

recognized faculty is a really exciting and

fulfilling process.

A feature that sets the College of Business

apart from other institutions is the unique

collaborative environment between faculty

and students. Each student is assigned to

a faculty of his or her choice who mentors

the student through the program. Faculty

considers the success of students as their

top priority. Students are treated as junior

colleagues and the mentoring process

enhances the ability of students to conduct

high quality research and publish in the top

journals in their field.

We also dedicate ourselves to preparing

well-rounded students that are equally good

in teaching and knowledge dissemination as

they are in research. Students are provided

multiple teaching opportunities during their

program of study. A variety of teaching aids

are made available so that students can

excel in teaching.

In the following pages, you will learn more

about the program and the faculty in the

program. You will also learn the unique

strengths of the school in each major area.

More details of the same are available on the

Ph.D. web site of the college.

I look forward to you joining the ISU College

of Business research community. Please

visit our web site for the application form.

Sincerely,

Dr. Michael Crum

Interim Raisbeck

Endowed Dean

College of Business


THE IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF BUSINESS ADVANTAGE

A strategic goal of the College of Business is to offer a high quality Ph.D.

program that will produce outstanding students who can be placed in

the top schools in the country and the world. With strategic and financial

support from the dean of the college, the research environment in the

college is strong and productive and matches well with any recognized

business program in the country.

At the program level, the ISU Ph.D. program offers the opportunity to

students to obtain specialized knowledge in one of the traditional functional

areas of business such as marketing, management, operations, logistics

and information systems. However, a distinctive feature of the program is

its focus on inter-functional issues. At ISU, the program makes an effort to

bring faculty from multiple functional areas to instruct and interact with

students and provide a more integrated program of study that reflects

business reality.

The college is housed in the Gerdin Business Building. The 111,000 square

foot building is equipped with state-of-the-art technology, including high-

tech laboratories that allow students and faculty to investigate real-world

business situations, like securities trading, market research, and neural

mapping of consumers.

The Ph.D. program is supported by nationally and internationally renowned

departments at Iowa State University in the areas of statistics, mathematics,

economics, psychology, sociology, industrial engineering, computer

science and computer engineering.

Iowa State University does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, age, ethnicity, religion, national origin, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, sex, marital status, disability, or status as a U.S. veteran. Inquiries can be directed to the Interim Assistant Director of Equal Opportunity and Compliance, 3280 Beardshear Hall, (515) 294-7612.


FACULTY

Iowa State’s College of Business has nationally-recognized faculty that are

deeply committed to conducting state-of-the-art research. The faculty body

has a wide range of expertise and interest in each of the three areas of

the Ph.D. program. These capabilities, combined with a solid curriculum,

provide Ph.D. students with an innovative educational experience.

WORKING WITH FACULTY

The business faculty is collegial and utilizes an inclusive approach to

problem solving. From the day a Ph.D. student starts the program, he/ she

will be actively working with faculty. In fact, wherever feasible, faculty

help students prepare for their research career by working with them even

before they officially enter the program.

The first year of the program is utilized to provide exposure to faculty and

their work in the student’s area of interest. Over the next year and after,

students are assigned to a mentor of their choice, with whom they engage

in joint research projects and co-author papers. Many of our students have

published articles in the top journals of their field. The program is uniquely

customized to meet the needs of the individual student.


SPECIALIZATIONS

Customer Management

The Customer Management (CM) major addresses marketing issues

relating to how businesses identify, attract, capture, service and retain

customers. Consistent with its domain, the CM program will focus on

areas such as consumer behavior, marketing strategy, CM strategy and its

implementation, relationship marketing, data mining and warehousing and

CM technologies and tools. The CM major is housed within the marketing

department. Students in the CM major will be recruited by marketing

academic programs at other institutions.

At the individual student level, the objective of the CM major is to develop

customized programs that impart students with the ability to conduct cutting-

edge research in areas of interest to them. The current cohort of students

is conducting research in the following areas: consumer behavior areas

such as violent advertising and its impact on children, affective information

processing, service failure and recovery, sensory research and customer

loyalty; and strategy areas such as innovation, marketing capability and its

impact on firm performance, channel relationships, gray marketing, CRM

implementation and upper echelon impact on firm behavior.

The CM major is truly diversified with students from different parts of the

world, including United States, India, Taiwan, and Korea.

Management of Information Technology

The doctoral program in Management of Information Technology (MIT)

focuses on the field of information systems. The information systems

group in the college will have primary responsibility for this program. PhD

students in the MIT major conduct research in three broad areas:

1. Decision and management science

2. Technology and software systems

3. Organizational and behavioral science

Since the information systems function plays an enabler role within

organizations, the focus of IS research is on how the IS function improves

efficacy of decision making across the enterprise and thus contributes to

superior firm performance.


At the individual student level, the objective of the MIT major is to develop

customized programs that impart students with the ability to conduct

cutting-edge research in areas of interest to them. The current cohort

of students is conducting research in the following areas: computer and

network security, user interface design and usability, systems design

for business infrastructures, computer-mediated deception, knowledge

management and absorptive capacity of firms, technology adoption, virtual

fraud, business intelligence and expert systems.

Supply Chain Management

The doctoral program in Supply Chain Management (SCM) focuses on the

design, development and control of business processes for the conversion

of inputs into outputs and distribution of those outputs. The traditional

focus of SCM was on integration of processes across multiple functions

within the firm—operations management, logistics, and purchasing

primarily, with elements of marketing and information systems included as

well. However, in today’s world, where competition is across supply chain

networks, SCM also involves integrating business processes across firms.

Research in this area therefore involves issues that are interdisciplinary in

nature and cover both intra- and inter-organizational issues.

At the individual student level, the objective of the SCM major is to develop

customized programs that impart students with the ability to conduct

cutting-edge research in areas of interest to them. The current cohort of

students is conducting research in the following areas: green supply chain

management, environmental innovation, sustainability, supplier selection,

managing biodiversity, network flow models, supply chain risk and

mitigation, supply chain agility, supply chain differentiation, and supply

chain interface with other business functions.

The SCM major is truly diversified with students from different parts of the

world, including United States, India, Columbia, China, and Korea.


CORE VALUES

The PhD program is among the first inter-disciplinary programs in business

in the country. The guiding principles of the Ph.D. program are:

• Emphasizescholarlyresearchthatenhancesthecollege’sreputation

• Expect faculty and students to develop strong reputations in both

research and teaching

• Develop educational programs linking theory and research with

practice

• Providestudentswithskillsandexperiencesneededtosucceedina

complex, technology-driven, global society

• Seek a performance-based culture that emphasizes collegiality

and collaboration in fulfilling our research, teaching, and service

responsibilities

• Expecthighintegrityandethicalbehaviorfromourfaculty,staff,and

students


“It is particularly exciting to see the students

rapid evolution from being merely smart to

being truly intellectual.”

Tony Townsend

Associate Professor of Information Systems

College of Business

Iowa State University


APPLYING TO THE PROGRAM

The Iowa State University Business and Technology Ph.D. program looks

for applicants who bring with them not only a high degree of academic

ability and work experience, but also a passion for research.

APPLICATION PROCEDURES

Prospective students can find more information and how to apply online

through the Iowa State University College of Business Ph.D. website at


The application requirements include:

•Application

•Threelettersofrecommendation

•Officialtestscorereports

•Officialtranscripts

•Statementofpurpose

•Resume

We accept scores from either the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) or the

Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT). International applicants

whose native language is not English and who have not received a university

degree in an English-speaking country are also required to submit scores

from the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) or the Test

of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL).

QUALIFICATION

Students must have a 600 minimum on the GMAT and a 100 minimum on

the TOEFL.


KEY DATES

The deadline for submitting the completed application is January 15.

Applicants should take the GRE or GMAT by early November in order for

score reports to reach Iowa State University’s Doctoral office by January

10. Scores are accepted only for GREs or GMATs taken within the last five

years, and IELTS or TOEFLs within the last two years. Students are admitted

only for the fall semester which starts in August.

GRADUATION TIMELINE

The Ph.D. in Business & Technology takes four to five years to complete. It

is important that the student establishes a good research record before he/

she graduates.

FUNDING

The normal funding package for Ph.D. students consists of a full tuition

scholarship and individual health insurance as well as an annual stipend.

Funding is provided for four years, assuming satisfactory academic

progress is being made. Further information about funding and other

program requirements is available on our web site.


“Students who are successful in a Ph.D.

program have intellectual curiosity and a

passion for the creation of new knowledge.

Further, students have to stay motivated

and focused for at least four years, and often

longer—and that requires commitment.

Passion and determination, in addition

to talent and intellect, separate the top

students from the rest.”

Sridhar Ramaswami

Ph.D. Director

College of Business



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Iowa State University is a comprehensive research university of international

stature with nearly 30,000 students from 50 states and 103 other countries. It

was established in 1858. Iowa State University is one of only 60 universities

in the United States that is categorized as a Research Intensive school. Its

primary colleges include engineering, agriculture, liberal arts and business.

Iowa State University has outstanding quality in support areas for business

such as statistics, mathematics, economics, sociology and psychology.

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Contact

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Agarwal, Sanjeev

Professor

Ohio State University

Expertise: International

Marketing and Branding

Brocato, E. Deanne

Assistant Professor

University of Texas at Arlington

Expertise: Attachment, Customer

Influence, Services, Retailing

Childers, Terry

Professor Emeritus

University of Wisconsin

Expertise: Cognitive and affective influences

on consumers, Neuroscience and ERP, and

Consumer well-being and disabilities

Cross, Samantha

Assistant Professor

University of California

Expertise: Family decision making,

immigrant consumption behavior

and consumption networks

Kim, Stephen

Dean’s Faculty Fellow in Marketing

Professor

University of Southern California

Expertise: Marketing channels and

business to business marketing

Laczniak, Russell N.

Chair, Management and Marketing

John and Connie Stafford Fellow in Business

Professor

University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Editor, Journal of Advertising (2004-2007)

Expertise: Consumer’s processing

of advertising information,

Consumer socializations, and

Advertising and Public Policy

Raju, Sekar

Gerald and Margaret Pint Fellowship

Associate Professor

The Ohio State University

Expertise: Brand commitment, Attitude

Strength, Memory, CM, Advertising Effects

Ramaswami, Sridhar

Dean’s Faculty Fellow in Marketing

Professor

University of Texas at Austin

Expertise: CRM, Strategic Management

Smarandescu, Laura

Assistant Professor

University of South Carolina

Expertise: Consumer Judgment

and Decision Making

Walker, Doug

Assistant Professor

University of Houston

Expertise: Consumer Judgment

and Decision Making

Wong, John K.

Associate Professor

University of Alabama

Expertise: International Business

Zhang, Wei

Assistant Professor

Carnegie Mellon University

Expertise: Structural models,

Bayesian Statistics, Salesforce

MARKETING FACULTY

MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS FACULTY

George, Joey

John D. DeVries Endowed Chair in Business

Professor

University of California, Irvine

Expertise: Computer-mediated

deceptive communication, Collaborative

computing, Computer-based monitoring,

and Systems analysis & design

Hu, Qing

Associate Dean of Graduate Programs

Union Pacific Professor in

Information Systems

Professor

University of Miami

Expertise: Information

Security and IT Strategy

Jiang, Zhengrui

Thome Professorship in Business

Associate Professor

University of Texas at Dallas

Expertise: Data quality, Data

integration, diffusion of technological

innovations, Software economics,

and Software project management

Liu, Dengpan

Assistant Professor

University of Texas at Dallas

Expertise: Software reuse, Database

management, Electronic commerce

Mennecke, Brian E.

Associate Professor

Indiana University

Expertise: IT, Social networks, Virtual

worlds, Geographic information systems

(GIS), Mobile commerce, Radio frequency

ID (RFID), Human computer interaction

Nilakanta, Sree

Chair, Department of Supply Chain

and Information Systems

Associate Professor

University of Houston

Expertise: Process business management

Scheibe, Kevin

Associate Professor

Virginia Tech

Expertise: Decision Support Systems (DSS),

IT outsourcing, and Wireless networks

Townsend, Anthony M.

Associate Professor

Virginia Tech

Expertise: Virtual teamwork, Information

technology, Electronic commerce

Zhu, Dan

Associate Professor

Carnegie Mellon University

Expertise: Decision Support Systems,

Data mining, Knowledge Management

Anderson, Marc

Dean’s Fellowship in Management

Associate Professor

University of Minnesota

Expertise: Organizational behavior,

Managerial and organizational

cognition, and Organization theory

Blackburn, Virgina L.

Associate Professor

University of Iowa

Expertise: Competitive strategy

Chacko, Thomas, I.

Professor

Expertise: Human resource management

DeMarie, Samuel M.

Associate Professor

Arizona State University

Expertise: Technology and

strategy, and Virtual teams

Herrmann, Pol

John and Deborah Ganoe Professor

Professor

University of Kansas

Expertise: Technology and

innovation, Management, Strategic

Leadership, International strategy

Johnson, W. Roy

Associate Professor

Bowling Green State University

Expertise: Compensation management,

and Human resource management

McElroy, James C.

Raisbeck Professor

University Professor

Oklahoma State University

Expertise: Organizational behavior

Morrow, Paula C.

Max S. Wortman Jr. Professor

of Management



Expertise: Organizational behavior

Schwab, Andreas


Associate Professor

University of Wisconsin

Expertise: Organizational learning

and Project management

Shrader, Charles B.

Eucher Faculty Fellow in Management


Expertise: Strategy and Business ethics

Summers, James

Assistant Professor

Florida State University

Expertise: Team structure and change,

Social influence processes including

political skill, The nature of work

relationships, and Executive work design

Van Auken, Howard E.

Bob & Kay Smith Fellow

in Entrepreneurship


Expertise: Entrepreneurship and

New venture financing

Werbel, James D.


Professor

Northwestern University

Expertise: Human resource management

White, Robert

Assistant Professor

Arizona State University

Expertise: Corporate governance

MANAGEMENT FACULTY

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT FACULTY

Blackhurst, Jennifer

Walker Professor in Logistics &


Associate Professor

University of Iowa

Expertise: Supply chain collaboration

and risk, Supplier evaluation

Cantor, David

Assistant Professor

University of Maryland

Expertise: Supply chain management,

Supply chain safety, and Behavioral

operations management

Clottey, Toyin

Assistant Professor

The Ohio State University

Expertise: Supply chain management

Crum, Michael

Interim Raisbeck Endowed Dean

Ruan Chair in Supply Chain Management

Professor

Indiana University


Johnson, Danny J.

Associate Dean of Undergraduate Programs

Associate Professor

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Expertise: Quick response manufacturing,

cellular manufacturing, lean manufacturing,

Manufacturing system behavior,

Process analysis and improvement

Kohnke, Emily J.

Assistant Professor

University of Minnesota

Expertise: Supply chain service, Operations,

and Healthcare operations management

Martens, Bobby

Assistant Professor

Purdue University

Expertise: Supply chain, Safety /Food safety

Montabon, Frank L.

Associate Professor

Michigan State University

Expertise: Environmentally responsible

manufacturing and ISO 14000

Ruben, Robert A.

Associate Professor

Indiana University


Suzuki, Yoshinori

Associate Professor

Penn State University

Expertise: Transportation

management, Vehicle routing and

scheduling, and Vehicle re-fueling

Watson, Kevin

Assistant Professor

The University of Georgia

Expertise: Supply chain management,

Process analysis and improvement,

Theory of constraints

Jing Dai


Jing Dai is specializing in supply chain management, and has research interests

in Green Supply Chain Management, Environmental Innovation, Sustainability,

and Supplier Selection. In her third year in the program, she has already published

in the top supply chain journals including Journal of Operations Management,

International Journal of Production Research, Transportation Journal, and

Transportation Planning & Technology.

Jing is working on her dissertation titled “Examining Corporate Environment

Proactivity and Operational Performance” under the supervision of Dr. David

Cantor and Dr. Frank Montabon. She successfully defended her thesis proposal in

June 2012 and is expected to graduate in 2013.

Dai serves as a reviewer for the Journal of Business Logistics and the European

Journal of Operational Research.

Andy Luse

Human Computer Interaction

Andy Luse is specializing in management information systems and has research

interests in computer and network systems security and design, visualization tools

for computer and network security, and advanced statistical modeling. Luse has

worked with several faculty members from across the university including faculty

from business, computer engineering, statistics, psychology, and sociology.

Luse has a number of publications in journals including: AIS Transactions on

Human-computer Interaction, Journal of Information Warfare, Journal of Digital

Forensics, Security, and Law, and IEEE Transactions on Education.

Luse will graduate with his Ph.D. in Management Information Systems in 2012

under the direction of Dr. Brian Mennecke and Dr. Anthony Townsend

PH.D. STUDENTS GRADUATING IN MAY 2013

The Customer Management (CM) major addresses marketing issues relating to

how businesses identify, attract, capture, service and retain customers. Consistent

with its domain, the CM program will focus on areas such as consumer behavior,

marketing strategy, CM strategy and its implementation, relationship marketing,

data mining and warehousing and CM technologies and tools. The CM major is

housed within the marketing department. Students in the CM major will be recruited

by marketing academic programs at other institutions.

At the individual student level, the objective of the CM major is to develop customized

programs that impart students with the ability to conduct cutting-edge research in

areas of interest to them. The current cohort of students is conducting research in

the following areas: consumer behavior areas such as violent advertising and its

impact on children, affective information processing, service failure and recovery,

sensory research and customer loyalty; and strategy areas such as innovation,

marketing capability and its impact on firm performance, channel relationships,

gray marketing, CRM implementation and upper echelon impact on firm behavior.

The CM major is truly diversified with students from different parts of the world,

including United States, India, Taiwan, and Korea.

CUSTOMER MANAGEMENT(MARKETING)

The doctoral program in Management of Information Technology (MIT) focuses on

the field of information systems. The information systems group in the college

will have primary responsibility for this program. PhD students in the MIT major

conduct research in three broad areas:

1. Decision and management science

2. Technology and software systems

3. Organizational and behavioral science

Since the information systems function plays an enabler role within organizations,

the focus of IS research is on how the IS function improves efficacy of decision

making across the enterprise and thus contributes to superior firm performance.

At the individual student level, the objective of the MIT major is to develop customized

programs that impart students with the ability to conduct cutting-edge research in

areas of interest to them. The current cohort of students is conducting research

in the following areas: computer and network security, user interface design

and usability, systems design for business infrastructures, computer-mediated

deception, knowledge management and absorptive capacity of firms, technology

adoption, virtual fraud, business intelligence and expert systems.

MANAGEMENT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

The doctoral program in Supply Chain Management (SCM) focuses on the design,

development and control of business processes for the conversion of inputs into

outputs and distribution of those outputs. The traditional focus of SCM was on

integration of processes across multiple functions within the firm—operations

management, logistics, and purchasing primarily, with elements of marketing and

information systems included as well. However, in today’s world, where competition

is across supply chain networks, SCM also involves integrating business processes

across firms. Research in this area therefore involves issues that are interdisciplinary

in nature and cover both intra- and inter-organizational issues.

At the individual student level, the objective of the SCM major is to develop

customized programs that impart students with the ability to conduct cutting-edge

research in areas of interest to them. The current cohort of students is conducting

research in the following areas: green supply chain management, environmental

innovation, sustainability, supplier selection, managing biodiversity, network

flow models, supply chain risk and mitigation, supply chain agility, supply chain

differentiation, and supply chain interface with other business functions.

The SCM major is truly diversified with students from different parts of the world,

including United States, India, Columbia, China, and Korea.

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT

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