Thesis Titles (from 2007)
Centre for Business Performance
Monica Franco (PhD)
“The performance impact of using measurement diversity in executives' annual incentive systems”
(Supervisor: Prof Mike Bourne)
Pietro Micheli (PhD)
“The drivers and purposes of performance measurement in the public sector
(Supervisor: Dr Mike Kennerley)
Philip Smith (DBA)
"The relationship between management accounting, profitability and operations in an uncertain world: Evidence from literature and practice"
Complex Systems Research Centre
Partha Priya Datta (PhD)
“A complex system, agent-based model for studying and improving the resilience of production and distribution networks”
(Supervisors: Prof Peter Allen and Prof Martin Christopher)
Centre for Research in Economics and Finance
Malcolm Arnold (PhD)
“UK merger regulation: its effects on shareholder value and management motivation for mergers” (Supervisor: Prof David Parker)
Jian Huang (PhD)
“Executive compensation and takeovers: impact of CEO's psychological and biological characteristics on risk-taking and performance”
(Supervisor: Prof Sudi Sudarsanam)
Yassar Nasser (DBA)
"The influence of the banking sector on central bank independence and inflation control"
(Supervisor: Prof Joe Nellis)
Binsheng Qian
“What drives European spinoff value effects? Impact of corporate governance, information asymmetry and investor irrationality on firm”
(Supervisor: Prof Sudi Sudarsanam)
General Management Development
Martin Clarke (PhD)
“The role of voluntarism in stimulating organisation democracy”
(Supervisor: Dr David Butcher)
Information Systems Research Centre
Eduardo Redondo (PhD)
“A study of electronic inter-firm trading in the European paper industry: combining the information systems and relationship”
(Supervisors: Prof John Ward, Prof Elizabeth Daniel)
Operations Management
Zissis Anagnostopoulos (MPhil)
“Product support and the new product development process”
(Supervisors: Prof Keith Goffin, Dr Marek Szwejczewski)
Bob Lillis (PhD)
“An investigation to determine the strategic contribution of operations in services” (Supervisor: Prof Keith Goffin)
Leadership and Organisation Development
Javier Marcos Cuevas (PhD)
“Learning and knowledge processes in an academic-management consulting research programme: the case of the MC centre”
(Supervisor: Dr David Denyer)
Jelena Petrovic (PhD)
“Balancing the multiplicity of different interested joint venture (IJV) partners’ agendas: IJV directors’ contribution to board effectiveness”
(Prof Andrew Kakabadse)
International Centre for Programme Management
Jonathan Lupson (PhD)
“An interpretive study of British civil servants’ conceptions of accountability”
(Supervisor: Dr David Partington)
Strategic Management
Andreas Birnik (PhD)
“Cross-border integration in the multinational corporation: the subsidiary management perspective”
(Supervisor: Prof Cliff Bowman)
Alesia Slocum (DBA)
"Understanding the process of strategic change from a structurational and cognitive perspective: Case study of a new technology"
(Supervisors: Prof Susan Vinnicombe/Prof Julia Balogun)
Gilly Filsner (PhD)
“Sustainability of industry clusters: new member creation in motorsport valley”
(Supervisor: Prof Mark Jenkins)
Narendra Laljani (DBA)
“The dimensions, Development and deployment of strategic leader capability”
(Supervisor: Prof Cliff Bowman)
Centre for Strategic Marketing and Sales
Colin Gruar (DBA)
The strategic management of stakeholder relationships in a not for profit (NFP) organization
(Supervisor: Prof Simon Knox)
Andrew Wood (DBA)
"The role of personal values as antecedent to management behaviour and performance in tenanted pub retail business in a UK regional brewer"
(Supervisors: Prof Hugh Wilson/Prof Moira Clark)
Supply Chain Research Centre
Peter Baker (PhD)
“The role, design and operation of distribution centres in agile supply chains”
(Supervisor: Prof Martin Christopher)
Alice Maynard (DBA)
“The economical appraisal of transport projects: The incorporation of disabled access”
(Supervisor: Dr John Towriss)
Charles Stephens (PhD)
“Enablers and inhibitors to horizontal collaboration between competitors: an investigation in UK retail supply chains”
(Supervisor: Dr Paul Chapman)
International Centre for Women Leaders
Rohayu Abdul-Ghani (PhD)
“The influence of work-family conflict on international adjustment of international postgraduate students with families in the UK”
(Supervisor: Prof Susan Vinnicombe)
James Collins (PhD)
“An exploration of chief executives’ conceptions of successful leadership in the Scottish public sector“
(Supervisor: Dr Val Singh)