Prof Daphne Demetry’s paper wins 2022 Ralph Gomory Best Industry Studies Paper Award

Congratulations to Daphne Demetry, Assistant Professor of Strategy & Organization, whose paper "The New Food Truck In Town: Geographic Communities and Authenticity-Based Entrepreneurship" won the 2022 Ralph Gomory Best Industry Studies Paper Award by the Industry Studies Association (ISA).

Professor Daphne Demetry’s paper published in Organization Science, 32(1), January-February 2021: pp. 133-155, with co-author Todd Schifeling, was chosen by the Industry Studies Association (ISA) as the Winner of the 2022 Ralph Gomory Best Industry Studies Paper Award. The ISA Award Winners were announced on June 24th, 2022, during the ISA Annual Conference, held this year at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.

The Ralph Gomory Best Industry Studies Paper Award was established by the Industry Studies Association and named for Ralph Gomory, who as President of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, initiated and steadfastly supported the Industry Studies Program. With this award, the Association seeks to showcase excellent industry studies research published in the preceding year in a selection of eight top academic journals. Through this award, the ISA hopes to encourage more researchers to submit their industry studies research to a set of leading scholarly journals, while sensitizing editors to the value of research that explores the industry context deeply. As part of its mission, the ISA seeks to promote excellent industry studies research that builds relationships with practitioners to gain access to primary data, brings the contextual knowledge gathered in the field to bear on the formation of research questions, and research design, and uses that knowledge to guide data analysis, interpretations, and conclusions.