Smeal College Ph.D. Candidate Wins Grant From Institute For Supply Management
Kusumal Ruamsook has been awarded one of two $10,000 Doctoral Dissertation Grants from the Institute for Supply Management (ISM).
Smeal College Ph.D. Candidate Wins Grant From Institute For Supply Management
UNIVERSITY PARK, PA (June 23, 2004)—Kusumal Ruamsook, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Supply Chain and Information Systems at Penn State's Smeal College of Business, has been awarded one of two $10,000 Doctoral Dissertation Grants from the Institute for Supply Management (ISM). The objective of the ISM grant program is to produce useful research that can be applied to supply management and to develop high-potential academicians who will teach and conduct research in supply management.
Ruamsook's dissertation research is focused on investigating the impact on supply chain performance exerted by procurement from emerging or developing nations. Her research findings will address managerial implications of the prioritization of areas for improvements according to the issues that have crucial negative impacts on an organization's supply chain.
A key criterion for selecting ISM grant recipients is that their dissertations have direct value and implications for the purchasing and supply management function. The program seeks qualified applicants from a diverse population regardless of gender, race, creed, age, ethic origin, sexual orientation or disability. Applicants must be doctoral candidates who are pursuing a Ph.D. or D.B.A. in purchasing, business, logistics, management, economics, industrial engineering or related fields.
Ruamsook holds a M.B.A. from the University of Missouri and a B.A. in marketing from Thailand's Prince of Songkla University.
REPORTERS & EDITORS: For more information, please contact Wyatt DuBois in the Smeal College of Business Media Relations Office at 814-863-3798 or wed112@psu.edu.
Penn State's Smeal College of Business offers highly ranked undergraduate, MBA, executive MBA, Ph.D., and executive education opportunities to more than 5,500 students at all levels. Featuring academic departments of accounting, finance, marketing, insurance and real estate, management, and supply chain and information systems, the college is also home to major research centers such as the Center for Supply Chain Research, the Institute for the Study of Business Markets, the Center for Digital Transformation, the Farrell Center for Corporate Innovation and Entrepreneurship, the Center for Global Business Studies, and the Center for the Management of Technological and Organizational Change.
