Prior Year Accomplishments
Faculty Accolades and Awards
Faculty at the Marilyn Davies College of Business receive many accolades and awards
related to their services as teachers, researchers, and community leaders in their
fields of study. Here we highlight these accomplishments in the hopes that they may
inspire further achievement.
Research Awards August 2025
Zafor Ahmed. A
Ahmed, Z., Eryilmaz, E., Kumar, V., & Kumar, U. (2025). Control Balancing in Offshore
Information Systems Development: Extended Process Model. Communications of the Association for Information Systems, 56(1), 31
Zafor Ahmed. A
Eryilmaz, E., Thoms, B., & Ahmed, Z. (2024). Theory- Guided Multiclass Text Classification in Online Academic Discussions. Journal of Computer Information Systems, 1-12.
Fatemeh Askarzadeh A*
Askarzadeh, F., Lewellyn, K., Fainshmidt, S., & Judge, W. Q. (2024). Entrepreneurial
Orientation and Underconformity to Female Board Representation Norms. Journal of Management Studies.
Ray Cao, A
Cao, R. Q., Zhou, S. B., & Gu, V. C. (2025). Exploring the relationship between managerial
ability and ESG performance: a stochastic data envelopment analysis approach. Annals of Operations Research, 1-21.
Cao, R. Q., Trimi, S., & Schniederjans, D. G. (2024). Ambidextrous supply chain strategy:
roles and consequences with agile manufacturing and resilience. The International Journal of Logistics Management, 35(6), 1981-2011
Cao, Q. R., Elking, I., Gu, V. C., & Hoffman, J. J. (2024). IS innovativeness and supply chain resilience: the role of analytics capability and supply chain integration. Journal of Enterprise Infromation Management
Julio Canedo Soto A
Graen, G. B., Stone, D. L., Jiang, X., & Canedo, J. C. (2024). Leaders thrive thanks
to sidekicks. Organizational Dynamics, 101061.
Zhimin Yu
Yu, Z. (2023). Cross-Section of Returns, Predictors Credibility, and Method Issues. Journal of Risk and Financial Management, 16(1), 34.
Yu, Z. (2022). Financial Report Readability and Accounting Conservatism. Journal of Risk and Financial Management, 15(10), 454
Richard Conde A
Conde, R., Dinulescu, C., & Pointer, L. (2025). Multi- level leadership interactions in sales:
exploring gender, performance and tenure effects. Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing, 40(4), 1008-1026.
Conde, R., Sumlin, C., & Pointer, L. (2025). The effects of salesperson involvement on training
design: identifying necessary conditions for exceeding sales
quota. Marketing Intelligence & Planning.
Conde, R., Prybutok, V., Thompson, K., & Sumlin, C. (2024). Inside sales managers’ utilization
of cultural controls as part of a sales control portfolio to enhance overall sales
performance. Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing, 39(2), 273-287.
Omprakash Gupta A
Goel, M., Sharma, V., & Gupta, O. (2024). Language and thought: Linguistic relativity
in social marketing communication. International Journal of Consumer Studies, 48(3), e13041.
Cathy Liu A
Cheng, C. A., Guo, P., Liu, C. Z., Zhao, J., & Zhao, S. (2024). Do rating agencies consider the social capital of
the firm in their ratings?. China
Accounting and Finance Review, 26(5), 680-712.
Lucille Pointer A
Conde, R., Sumlin, C., & Pointer, L. (2025). The effects of salesperson involvement on training design: identifying necessary
conditions for exceeding sales quota. Marketing Intelligence & Planning.
Yiding Wang A*
Park, J. E., Wang, Y., Wei, S., & Zhang, J. (2024). Financial Statement Comparability and Managers’ Linguistic
Choices in Conference Calls. European Accounting Review, 1-28.
Chris Zhang A*
Weng, D. H., Chuang, Y. T., Zhang, C., & Church, R. (2023). CEO political liberalism,
stakeholders, and firms’ support for LGBT employees. The Leadership Quarterly, 34(3), 101645.
Steve Zhou A
Cao, R. Q., Zhou, S. B., & Gu, V. C. (2025). Exploring the relationship between managerial ability and
ESG performance: a stochastic data envelopment analysis approach. Annals of Operations Research, 1-21.
Pei, Z., Ghose, S., Yan, R., Zhou, S. B., & Yan, A. (2024). The strategic value of buy online and pick up from store service
to the dual channel coordination. Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, 77, 103648.
Research Awards 2023
Zafor Ahmed
Eryilmaz, E., Thoms, B., & Ahmed, Z. (2024). Theory- Guided Multiclass Text Classification
in Online Academic Discussions. Journal of Computer Information Systems, 1-12.
Ray Cao,
Cao, Q. R., Elking, I., Gu, V. C., & Hoffman, J. J. (2024). IS innovativeness and
supply chain resilience: the role of analytics capability and supply chain integration.
Journal of Enterprise Information Management.
Rupak Rauniar
Journal of Enterprise Information Management
Arpita Shroff
Chatterjee, C., Shroff, A. A., & Sivaramakrishnan, K. (2022). Debt contracting and
the goodwill debate. Journal of Contemporary Accounting & Economics, 18(2), 100316.
Raghu Venugopalan
A* Kanodia, C., & Venugopalan, R. (2023). Decision facilitating information and induced
volatility: A study of tradeoffs in accounting disclosure. The Accounting Review, 98(1), 317-336.
Yiding Wang
Rice, D. B., Taylor, R. M., Wang, Y., Wei, S., & Ge, V. (2022). My company cares about
my success... I think: Clarifying why and when a firm’s ethical reputation impacts
employees’ subjective career success. Journal of Business Ethics, 1-19.
Park, J. E. J., Wang, Y., & Wei, S. (2023). Employees’ perceptions and earnings benchmarks.
Pacific accounting review, 35(2), 199-217.
Anisul Islam
Islam, A. M. (2022). Yuan-Dollar Real Exchange Rate and the US Real Trade Balance
with China: Long-Run Cointegration and Short-Run Dynamic Analysis. The International Trade Journal, 36(1), 43-66.
Lanyi Zhang
Lu, T., Yang, Z., & Zhang, L. Y. (2023). Accounting Bias and Debt Contracting. European Accounting Review, 1–29.
Fall 2022 Marilyn Davies Outstanding Research Awards
Dr. Lucille Pointer is a Professor of Marketing at the Marilyn Davies College of Business. Learn more
about her contribution in the Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing
Kauffman, R., Pointer, L. V.(2021). Impact of digital technology on velocity of B2B buyer-supplier relationship development. Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing, Vol. 37(No. 7), 1515-1529.
Dr. Fatemeh Askarzadeh is an Assistant Professor of Management at the Marilyn Davies College of Business. Learn more about her contribution in Corporate Governance: an International Review
Askarzadeh, F., Lewellyn, K., Islam, H., Moghaddam, K. (2022). The effect of female board representation on the level of ownership in foreign acquisitions. Corporate Governance: an International Review.
Dr. Om Gupta is a Professor of Management at the Marilyn Davies College of Business. Learn more about his contribution in the Annals of Operations Research
Dubey, R., Bryde, D. J., Graham, G., Foropon, C., Kumari, S., Gupta, O. K. (2021). The role of alliance management, big data analytics and information visibility on new-product development capability. Annals of Operations Research, 25.
Dr. Zafor Ahmed is an Assistant Professor of Management Information Systems at the Marilyn Davies College of Business. Learn more about his contribution inInformation & Management
Ahmed, Z., Eryilmaz, E., & Alzahrani, A. I. (2022). IS diffusion: A dynamic control and stakeholder perspective. Information & Management, 59(1), 103572.
Dr. Shuaifu Lin is an Assistant Professor of Management Information Systems at the Marilyn Davies College of Business. Learn more about his contribution in the Journal of Enterprise Information Management
Zhu, Z., Lin, S., Jiang, Y., Liu, Q. (2021). The coordination effect of B2B digital process capabilities on competitive performance: balancing or complementing. Journal of Enterprise Information Management.
Dr. Richard Conde is an Assistant Professor of Marketing at the Marilyn Davies College of Business. Learn more about his contribution in the Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing
Conde, R., Prybutok, V., Thompson, K. (2022). The Moderating Role of Cultural Controls
on the Relationship between Traditional Formal Sales Controls and Inside Salesperson
Performance. Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing.
