SMA Dissertation Proposal Award
Introduction
Announcing the 2006 Society for Marketing Advances' Dissertation Research Proposal Award; Deadline 1 Jun 2006
Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2006 15:48:17 -0500
From: "Baker, Thomas" <bakert@uncw.edu>
The Society for Marketing Advances will once again sponsor a Doctoral Dissertation Research Proposal Award at its annual conference. The recipient of the award will be recognized at the annual conference with a plaque indicating the quality of the research and a $500 cash prize. Doctoral students are encouraged to submit a proposal. Also, please pass word of this competition on to others who you believe would be interested. All proposals will undergo a blind review process.
Rules for submitting a proposal are as follows:
- The dissertation must focus on some aspect of marketing or buyer behavior.
- Example topics may include, but are not limited to: marketing management, international, supply chain, services, technology, retailing, advertising, integrated marketing communications, merchandising, internet marketing, product development, and marketing research models and methods.
- The dissertation may be in any state of development but must not have been defended (i.e., final defense) prior to June 1, 2006.
- Each entry should be in the form of a dissertation proposal that describes the nature, scope, methodology, and contribution of the research. Proposals must be no longer than ten (10) full, double-spaced pages including appendices, models, figures, tables, illustrations, and notes. The text should be set at a 12-point Times New Roman font or equivalent. Each proposal should include a title page listing the author’s name, institutional affiliation, postal mail address, e-mail address, telephone and fax numbers, and name of sponsoring faculty member.
- A letter of recommendation from a sponsoring faculty member is encouraged but not required. The sponsoring faculty member does not have to be a member of Society for Marketing Advances.
- Entries should be submitted electronically in Microsoft Word or as Adobe Acrobat files to Tom Baker at bakertom09@msn.com no later than June 1, 2006.
Contact Tom for questions about the SMA Doctoral Dissertation Competition.
Tom Baker
SMA VP Research/Publications
University of North Carolina at Wilmington
Department of Management and Marketing
Cameron School of Business
University of North Carolina Wilmington
Wilmington, NC 2840
Phone: 910.962.3031