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SMA Dissertation Proposal

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Society for Marketing Advances Doctoral Dissertation Research Proposal Award; Deadline 3 Aug

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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:

  1. The dissertation must focus on some aspect of marketing or buyer behavior.
  2. 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.
  3. The dissertation may be in any state of development but must not have been defended (i.e., final defense) prior to August 3, 2007.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. Entries should be submitted electronically in Microsoft Word or as Adobe Acrobat files to Nicole Ponder at nponder@cobilan.msstate.edu no later than August 3, 2007.

Contact Nicole Ponder for questions about the SMA Doctoral Dissertation Competition.

CONTACT INFORMATION:

Nicole Ponder
SMA VP Research/Publications
Department of Marketing, Quantitative Analysis, and Business Law
College of Business and Industry
Box 9582
Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, MS 39762
Phone: +1 662.325.1998