It's a slow process post-graduation for all of the steps to complete but today I was finally notified that ProQuest officially published my dissertation. Carle, H. D. (2026). Internationalization of Digital Platform Firms: An Exploration of Resource Orchestration, Platform Accessibility, and Cultural Distance (Publication No. 32575232) [Doctoral dissertation, University of North Carolina at Greensboro]. PQDT Open. https://www.proquest.com/docview/3344339956 What … Continue reading ProQuest is finally live!
Category: PhD
Finally Ph-inished!
This weekend wrapped up whirlwind several months with a graduation party to celebrate 7 years of work to finally finish my Ph.D.! I started this journey back in 2019 when I was a full time lecturer at a university. I never imagined this journey would continue through a divorce, multiple back surgeries, a global pandemic, … Continue reading Finally Ph-inished!
Importing and fixing missing data in R Studio
In importing my data into R I had some issues with cleaning my data file. Namely, I had cells with missing data but I did not want to manually recode each row with an "NA" statement. So I found a solution...
What’s the going rate for a PhD stipend?
Many universities offer both a tuition waiver and a stipend to PhD students. Here are some resources to research how much you might be paid as a PhD student.
Learning R
I spent the last 3 days learning R, at the most recent set of CARMA short courses. Here is what I've learned...
Visual tools in your PhD
This is an excellent post about how to organize the writing and analysis process. Great tips!
AACSB blog – Transitioning from a 20 year corporate career to higher education
AACSB, the premier accrediting organization for business schools, has allowed me to share my career journey. Today they have published my article "My Path to PhD: Transitions From a 20-Year Corporate Career to Higher Education." I've done my best in this article to go through my search process and things I found that would be important to become EMPLOYABLE as a professor at the end of the program. It is very easy to be duped by non-accredited programs who may have very interesting degree options, but at the end of the day will not result in your being an employable professor at an AACSB-accredited business school.
Beginning the journey to PhD
This past week I began a new journey - a path to becoming what one might call an "official" academic as a PhD student. This is a journey that crept up on me quickly. When I completed my MBA in 2007, my business school tried to "upsell" us on a doctoral program. I thought then, … Continue reading Beginning the journey to PhD