Yen Tran is the WINNER of the Academy of Management Best Paper based on a Dissertation Award, ODC division, Chicago 2009. She is also 2009 Nominee for the William H. Newman Award, the cross-divisional best paper award based on dissertation for the whole Academy of Management. Her paper is also selected for the Best Paper Proceedings of the Conference.

Yen Tran’s paper “Ambidextrous Organizational Design: A Process Perspective” results from her recently completed PhD work at CBS and Stanford University, which deals with how Danish fashion firms organize for stylistic innovation in turbulent environment. In 2007, Yen represented CBS to receive Tuborg Foundation Economic prize (TUBORGFONDETS ERHVERVSØKONOMISKE PRIS) to do her last year of PhD research in Stanford University, USA. For more information about the paper, please visit 2009 Academy of Management’s Annual Meeting Program.