Recently Completed PhD Theses
Accounting
| Candidate | Thesis Title | Abstract | Completed | Supervisor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ronia Ram | Development of the International Financial Reporting Standard for Small and Medium-sized Entities | Available | 2012 | Prof Sue Newberry |
| Matthew Egan | Water management and accounting change: a study of food and beverage producing organisations | Available | 2012 | Assoc Prof Geoff Frost |
| Henry Leung | Security Analysts? Earnings Forecasts: Distributions Normality and a Comparative Analysis of Fitted Distribution Types in the Development of a Surrogate Consensus | Available | 2011 | Assoc Prof Philip Lee |
| James Gifford | Effective shareholder engagement | Available | 2010 | Prof Stewart Jones |
| Subhash Abhayawabsa | Sell-side analysts' use and communication of intellectual capital information | Available | 2010 | Prof James Guthrie |
Business Analytics
| Candidate | Thesis Title | Abstract | Completed | Supervisor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nuttanan Wichitaksorn | Bayesian Analysis of Financial Time Series Models and Limited Dependent Variable Models using Symmetric and Asymmetric Distributions | 2013 | Dr Boris Choy; Assoc Prof Richard Gerlach | |
| Brent Hudson | Modelling the Covariance Dynamics of Multivariate Financial Time Series | Available | 2012 | Assoc Prof Richard Gerlach |
| San-Nah Sze | A study on multi-trip vehicle routing problem with time windows and meal break considerations | Available | 2011 | Dr Ada Ng |
| Qian Chen | Bayesian Methods for Estimation, Inference and Forecasting of Flexible Models for Value-at-Risk and Tail Conditional Expectations | Available | 2011 | Assoc Prof Richard Gerlach |
| Anastasios Panagiotelis | Bayesian Estimation of Flexible Multivariate Econometric Models | Available | 2009 | Prof Michael Smith; Assoc Prof Richard Gerlach |
Business Information Systems
| Candidate | Thesis Title | Abstract | Completed | Supervisor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Scifleet | Making Sense of Digital Documentary Practice: A common denominator for discourse | 2010 | Prof Susan P. Williams | |
| Samantha Lee | Advice giving: A theory of advice formulation | Available | 2009 | Prof Marcus O'Connor |
| Jonathan Paul | Tolerance and Escalation of Commitment to Failing Information Systems Projects | Available | 2009 | Prof Marcus O'Connor |
| Rohit Dhawan | Neural networks in time series forecasting | Available | 2008 | Prof Marcus O'Connor |
| Rajat Dhawan | Stochastic approach to system dynamics and its effect on managerial decision making | Available | 2008 | Prof Marcus O'Connor; Dr Mark Borman |
Finance
| Candidate | Thesis Title | Abstract | Completed | Supervisor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craig Mellare | Three Essays on Pricing and Market Behaviour around Corporate Acts and Information Releases | Available | 2013 | Prof Alex Frino |
| Min Zhu | Return predictability and its implications for portfolio selection | Available | 2012 | Dr Maxwell Stevenson |
| Richard Philip | Doubling Times in Finance | Available | 2012 | Assoc Prof Graham |
| Hamish Malloch | The valuation of options on traded accounts: continuous and discrete time models | Available | 2011 | Assoc Prof Peter Buchen |
| Brad Wong | The Interaction between Informed and Uninformed Agents in Securities Markets | Available | 2011 | Prof Alex Frino |
Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies
| Candidate | Thesis Title | Abstract | Completed | Supervisor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Collins | Attribute nonattendance in discrete choice models: measurement of bias, and a model for the inference of both nonattendance and taste heterogeneity | Available | 2012 | Prof David Hensher |
| Alejandro Tirachini | Multimodal pricing and the optimal design of bus services: new elements and extensions | Available | 2012 | Prof David Hensher |
| Demi Chung | Contractual Approach to Optimising Risk Sharing: A Quantitative Study of the Multidimensional Nature of Risk in Private Provision of Road Infrastructure | Available | 2012 | Prof David Hensher |
| Zheng Li | The Role of Alternative Behavioural Theories in Valuing Travel Time Savings and Travel Time Variability | 2012 | Prof David Hensher | |
| Simon Fifer | Hypothetical Bias in Stated Preference Experiments: Is it a Problem? And if so, how do we deal with it? | Available | 2011 | Assoc Prof Stephen Greaves; Prof John Rose |
International Business
| Candidate | Thesis Title | Abstract | Completed | Supervisor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Imstepf | Exploring the black box of early-stage entrepreneurial planning: Hermeneutical insights from case research | Available | 2012 | Prof Richard Dunford |
| Yinghui Liu | Factors Influencing the Location and Control of Foreign MNEs in China: The Case of Liaoning Province | Available | 2009 | Prof Sid Gray; Prof Ben Tipton |
Marketing
| Candidate | Thesis Title | Abstract | Completed | Supervisor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fabien Held | Modelling the Evolution of Business Relationships and Networks as Complex Adaptive Systems | Available | 2013 | Prof Ian Wilkinson |
| En Li | Attitudes Embodied in Eye Movements: The Reading Direction Effect | 2011 | Prof Donnel Briley | |
| Marjan Jalali | Attenuating Consumer Reactance to Threatening Messages: The Moderating Role of Construal Level | Available | 2011 | Prof Donnel Briley |
| Alex Li | To stop or not to stop? - Investigating the differential effects of two self-control stategies on self-regulatory resource depletion | Available | 2010 | Prof Elizabeth Cowley |
| Sean McNally | Determination of interaction effects in expectations for post-event information on memory for items in a service encounter | Available | 2010 | Prof Elizabeth Cowley |
Work and Organisational Studies
| Candidate | Thesis Title | Abstract | Completed | Supervisor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peggy Trompf | Another brick in the wall:responses of the State to workplace fatalities in the New South Wales construction industry | Available | 2013 | Dr Mark Westcott |
| Gillian Considine | Neo-liberal reforms in NSW public secondary education: What has happened to teachers' work? | Available | 2012 | Prof Richard Hall; Dr Ian Watson; Assoc Prof John Buchanan |
| Lisa Dancaster | State and Employer Involvement in Work-Care Integration in South Africa | Available | 2012 | Dr Marian Baird |
| Melissa Kerr | New South Wales Public Employment Services 1887-1942 | Available | 2012 | Prof Greg Patmore; Dr Harry Knowles |
| Helena Liu | Leadership through crisis: The social construction of authenticity among banking CEOs | Available | 2012 | Dr Leanne Cutcher; Prof David Grant |