Marketing PhD Kartik Kalaignanam is the 2006 winner of the Product Development Management Association’s Doctoral Dissertation Competition. The competition aims at fostering academic research on innovation and new product development.
Kalaignanam will present his work at the October PDMA conference and return in 2007 to present his results. He also wins $2,500 and a two-year membership to the PDMA.
Accounting PhD student Kirsten Cook also learned in August that he’s the winner of the Best Paper Award for the 12th Journal of the American Taxation Association Conference in 2006. His paper, “Stock Price Reaction to a Reduction in the Capital Gains Tax Rate: Evidence from the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997,” earned him a $1,000 prize.
