Past 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 |
| Sandra van der Laan | An Inefficient Deregulatory Initiative: The Australian Class Order Deed of Cross Guarantee | Available | 2009 | Prof Graeme Dean; Prof Stewart Jones; Dr Demetris Christodoulou |
| Suzanne Ryan | Academic Business: Tensions between academic values and corporatisation of Australian higher education in graduate schools fo business | Available | 2009 | Prof James Guthrie |
| John Dumay | Intellectual capital in action: Australian studies | Available | 2008 | Prof James Guthrie |
| Linda English | Public Private Partnerships: Modernisation in the Australian Public Sector | Available | 2008 | Prof James Guthrie; Sue Newberry |
| Laurence Lock Lee | Corporate Social Capital and Firm Performance in the Global Information Technology Services Sector | Available | 2008 | Prof James Guthrie |
| Isabel Gordon | A Comparative Study of Pension Accounting in Australia and the USA: Applying the "Economic Substance Over Legal Form" Principle | Available | 2007 | Prof James Guthrie |
| John Staunton | Exiting Intellectual Grooves in the Reporting of Liabilities | Available | 2006 | Prof Graeme Dean |
| Robyn Pilcher | Examining the Usefulness of Transport Infrastructure Accounting in Local Authorities | Available | 2006 | Prof Graeme Dean |
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 |
| Stephanie de Silva | On the Specificity and Performance of Panel Unit Root Tests | Available | 2008 | Andrew Tremayne; Dr Vasilis Sarafidis |
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 |
| Janine Holgate | Governance Arrangements for Enterprise Information Protection: An Australian Critical Infrastructure Perspective | Available | 2008 | Assoc Prof Sue Williams; Dr Catherine Hardy |
| Rajat Dhawan | Stochastic approach to system dynamics and its effect on managerial decision making | Available | 2008 | Prof Marcus O'Connor; Dr Mark Borman |
| Rohit Dhawan | Neural networks in time series forecasting | Available | 2008 | Prof Marcus O'Connor |
| Gary Oliver | Information Sharing | Available | 2007 | Prof Marcus O'Connor |
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 |
| Maria Kim | The dynamic prediction of company failure - the influence of time, the economy and non-linearity | Available | 2011 | Assoc Prof Graham Partington; Prof Stewart Jones |
| Jun George Li | Financial Market Intermediaries and Information Asymmetry in Equity Markets | Available | 2011 | Dr Andrew Lepone |
| Hamish Malloch | The valuation of options on traded accounts: continuous and discrete time models | Available | 2011 | Assoc Prof Peter Buchen |
| Frank Sensenbrenner | Three Essays on Informed Trading | Available | 2011 | Dr Kerry Pattenden |
| Brad Wong | The Interaction between Informed and Uninformed Agents in Securities Markets | Available | 2011 | Prof Alex Frino |
| Huong Dieu Dang | Rating History, Time and The Dynamic Estimation of Rating Migration Hazard | Available | 2010 | Assoc Prof Graham Partington |
| Danika Wright | Heterogeneous asset pricing: An examination of the Australian residential real estate market | Available | 2010 | Dr Maurice Peat |
| Talis Putnins | Closing price manipulation and the integrity of stock exchanges | Available | 2010 | Assoc Prof Carole Comerton-Forde |
| Jennifer Kruk | Execution costs in money and futures markets | Available | 2010 | Prof Alex Frino |
| James Cummings | Three essays on price formation and liquidity in financial futures markets | Available | 2009 | Prof Alex Frino |
| Abhishek Das | Essays on Hedge Funds: Performance and Trading Strategies | Available | 2009 | Dr Elvis Jarnecic; Prof Alex Frino |
| Aelee Jun | Essays on the value of Australian dividends and imputation tax credits | Available | 2008 | Assoc Prof Graham Partington; Dr Max Stevenson |
| Kar Mei Tang | An Empirical Analysis of Anonymous Trading in Equity Markets | Available | 2008 | Assoc Prof Carole Comerton-Forde; Prof David Johnstone |
| Andrew Grant | Statistical and Financial Evaluation of Subjective Probability Forecasts: Empirical Applications in Betting Markets | Available | 2008 | Prof David Johnstone; Prof Alex Frino |
| Luke Bortoli | Three essays on the impact of electronic trading in futures markets | Available | 2008 | Prof Alex Frino; Dr Elvis Jarnecic |
| Kevin Lo | Modelling Order Flow, Price Impact and Market Resiliency in the Australian Stock Market | Available | 2006 | Dr Richard Coggins |
Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies
| Candidate | Thesis Title | Abstract | Completed | Supervisor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Zheng Li | The Role of Alternative Behavioural Theories in Valuing Travel Time Savings and Travel Time Variability | 2012 | Prof David Hensher | |
| Jyotirmoyee Bhattacharjya | Governance In Value Chain Networks: The Interplay Between Strategy, Structure And Boundary Spanning Interactions | 2011 | Prof David Walters | |
| 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 |
| Wafa Dabbas | Modelling vehicle emissions from an urban air-quality perspective:testing vehicle emissions interdependencies | Available | 2010 | Prof Peter Stopher |
| Geoffrey Clifton | The Role of Frequency & Connectivity in Delivering Enhanced Bus Systems in Urban Areas: Developing a Network of Corridor Services | Available | 2010 | Prof David Hensher; Prof John Rose |
| Zheng Li (MPhil) |
Modelling and Forecasting the Demand for Automobile Petrol in Australia, and its Policy Implications | Available | 2008 | Prof John Rose |
| Ju-Miao Melody Hsiao | The Impact of Retailer-Supplier Cooperation and Decision-Making Uncertainty on Supply Chain Performance | Available | 2007 | Prof David Hensher |
| Sean Puckett | Economic Behaviour Of Interdependent Road Freight Stakeholders Under Variable Road User Charges: Advanced Stated Choice Analysis | Available | 2006 | Prof David Hensher |
| Alejandra Efrón | Inter-organisational Relationships in a Cross-Culture Supply Chain Context: International Travelling Exhibitions | Available | 2005 | Prof David Hensher |
| John Rose | Designing Efficient Stated Choice Experiments | 2005 | Prof David Hensher | |
| Baojin Wang | Revealing the Safety of the Road Environment from Driver Responses: Investigation of Driver Behaviour under Specific Road and Traffic Situations | Available | 2001 | Prof David Hensher |
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 |
| Shuhaida Md Noor | Brand Equity And Self: The Moderating Effect Of Self Relatedness On The Favourability Of Brand Associations And Brand Equity Relationship | Available | 2009 | Prof Elizabeth Cowley |
| Tanja Schneider | Marketing Food, Marketing Health: Discursive Practices and the Formation of the Healthy Food Consumer in Australia | Available | 2008 | Prof Elizabeth Cowley; Dr Teresa Davis |
| Natalina Zlatevska | The Repletion of Self Regulatory Resources: Identifying Individual Differences | Available | 2008 | Prof Elizabeth Cowley; Dr Paul Henry |
| Christina Anthony | The Lies Consumers Tell | Available | 2008 | Prof Elizabeth Cowley |
| Nicole Hartley | Emotional Intelligence as a predictor of job satisfaction and performance among customer service providers | Available | 2008 | Prof Charles Areni; Dr Leanne Cutcher |
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 |
| Angie Ng | Comparative Anti-workplace Bullying Public Policy in Australia, Canada and the United States | Available | 2012 | Prof Greg Patmore |
| 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 |
| Helena Liu | Leadership through crisis: The social construction of authenticity among banking CEOs | Available | 2012 | Dr Leanne Cutcher; Prof David Grant |
| Melissa Kerr | New South Wales Public Employment Services 1887-1942 | Available | 2012 | Prof Greg Patmore; Dr Harry Knowles |
| John McGill | The impact of executive coaching on the performance management of international managers in China | Available | 2011 | Prof Richard Hall |
| Brenda Ware | Reframing Job Evaluation: An Investigation of Employee Response to Job Evaluation in Practice | 2011 | Assoc Prof Susan McGrath-Champ; Professor Chris Wright | |
| Sue Williamson | Family Provisions and Equality Bargaining in Australia: Symbolic or Emerging? | Available | 2011 | Dr Marian Baird; Dr Rae Cooper |
| Sarah Kaine | Managing labour in the residential aged care sector | Available | 2010 | Assoc Prof Bradon Ellem; Dr Rae Cooper |
| Debra da Silva | MNC's labour utilisation strategies: Individual and organisational perspectives | Available | 2010 | Prof Russell Lansbury |
| Lynne Keevers | Practising social justice: Community organisations, what matters and what counts | Available | 2010 | Dr Lesley Treleaven |
| John Murray | Great expectations : individuals, work and family | Available | 2010 | Dr Marian Baird |
| Sujatha Rao | Knowledge Management and Contract Professionals: A study of contingent employment and knowledge sharing in organisations | Available | 2010 | Assoc Prof Richard Hall |
| Liway Johnson | Partnership In Performance Management: Strategic Choice And Management/Union Cooperation In The NSW Public Education System Since 2000 | Available | 2009 | Assoc Prof John Shields |
| Helen Conomos | Training for Tolerance: An Examination into the Effects of Diversity Training on Social Capital Potential in Five Star Hotels | Available | 2008 | Assoc Prof John Shields; Assoc Prof Marian Baird |
| Anja Kirsch | Union Mergers as a Revitalization Strategy and the Role of Post-merger Integration: The Case of Ver.di in Germany | Available | 2008 | Prof Russell Lansbury; Dr Rae Cooper |
| Sarah Kim | Integration Capability and Merger Success: The Case of Professional Service Firms | Available | 2008 | Dr Nick Wailes; Dr Leanne Cutcher |