Ph.D. Presentations and Publications

In addition to supporting Wharton Ph.D. candidates through our Fund for Doctoral Research, Penn Lauder CIBER also makes grants available to Wharton doctoral candidates to present their research on international business at leading conferences across the country and throughout the world.

Those interested in applying for funding should submit to the CIBER coordinator a three-to-five-page outline of their projects, including a proposed budget (awards average $2,000). The annual deadline for summer funding is usually in March, although the committee occasionally makes exceptions on a case-by-case basis.

Among past recipients,

• Wharton Finance doctoral candidate Jing Hua Yuan presented his co-authored paper (with Wharton Finance Professor Chris Geczy), "Who Are the Beneficiaries When Insiders Trade? An Examination of Piggybacking in the Brokerage Industry," at the European Finance Conference in Moscow in 2005.
• Wharton Management doctoral candidate Lakshmi Ramarajan presented her paper, "From Practice to Theory: Identifying the 'Theories of Practice' and the Role of the Firm in a Sexual Violence Program in Sierra Leone," at the International Association of Conflict Management in Seville, Spain, in 2005.
• Wharton Management doctoral graduate Dovev Lavie (Ph.D. '04) presented his research on "The Evolution and Strategy of Interconnected Firms: A Study of the Unisys Alliance Network"< at the International Academy of Management in New Orleans, LA, in 2004. Dr. Lavie is now Assistant Professor of Management at the McCombs School of Business, University of Texas, Austin.
• Wharton Statistics doctoral candidate Xinyi Xu chaired a session on "Bayesian Design and Analysis for Biomedical Data" at the Joint Statistical Meeting in Toronto in 2004.
• Wharton Management doctoral graduate Sheen Levine (Ph.D. '04) presented his research on "Knowledge, Networks, and Cooperation: A Cross-Cultural Perspective" at the Sunbelt Social Network Conference in Portoroz, Slovenia, in 2004. Dr. Levine is currently a lecturer at Singapore Management University.