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EMAC/Sheth Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Competition Winners

Archive of EMAC/Sheth Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Competition winners from 2018 to 2020, presented in the updated EMAC visual style.

Winners archive 2018–2020

This page preserves the earlier EMAC/Sheth Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Competition winners before the EMAC-AiMark and EMAC-Enginius winner pages.

Doctoral dissertation excellence

The archive highlights recognised doctoral work in marketing from 2018, 2019 and 2020, including award placement, winner name, institution and dissertation paper title.

2020

2020 Winners

Chi Hoang
1st place

Chi Hoang

Nanyang Technical University

Paper: Resolving Humorous Incongruity in Advertising

Sila Ada
2nd place

Sila Ada

Vienna University of Economics and Business

Paper: Quality issues in online display advertising

Sebastian Schubach
3rd place

Sebastian Schubach

University of Passau

Paper: Online Shopping Behavior and SEA Strategies

2019

2019 Winners

Sara Van Der Maelen
1st place

Sara Van Der Maelen

EDHEC Business School

Paper: The Clash of the Titans: on retailer and manufacturer vulnerability in conflict delistings

Michiel Van Crombrugge
2nd place

Michiel Van Crombrugge

Erasmus University Rotterdam

Paper: The Impact of Adding a Brick-And-Mortar Direct Channel on the Performance of the Online Direct Channel and Indirect Retail Channel

Sally Bitterl
3rd place

Sally Bitterl

Vienna University of Economics and Business

Paper: When Consumers Become Project Backers: The Psychological Consequences of Participation in Crowdfunding

2018

2018 Winners

Niels Holtrop
1st place

Niels Holtrop

Maastricht University

Paper: No Future Without The Past? Predicting Churn In The Face Of Customer Privacy

Andreas U. Lanz
2nd place

Andreas U. Lanz

University of Mannheim

Paper: Climb or Jump – Status Based Seeding in User-Generated Content Networks

Tetyana Kosyakova
3rd place

Tetyana Kosyakova

Frankfurt School of Finance and Management

Paper: Measuring Substitution And Complementarity Among Offers In Menu Based Choice Experiments