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<a href=\"#\">Meet the Students<\/a> &nbsp;\/&nbsp; <a href=\"#\">Conference Trips<\/a> &nbsp;\/&nbsp; Hu Ruey Heng Arthur \n<\/div>\n \n<div class=\"wrap\">\n \n  <div class=\"article-head\">\n    <p class=\"dept\">Department of Strategy and Policy <\/p>\n    <h1> \u201cNuisance Outliers or Novel Anomalies: An Inductive Study of Deviance and Grant Mills\u201d<\/h1>\n    <p class=\"dek\">A short report from Hu Ruey Heng Arthur upon presenting his research paper at the Consortium on Competitiveness and Cooperation (CCC).<\/p>\n    <p class=\"meta\"> Consortium on Competitiveness and Cooperation (CCC) conference 2026<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n \n  <figure class=\"hero-photo\">\n    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\" http:\/\/bschool.nus.edu.sg\/phd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2026\/09\/Arthur-Hu-CCC_GroupPhoto-scaled.jpg\">\n    <figcaption>Consortium on Competitiveness and Cooperation (CCC) Conference 2026.<\/figcaption>\n  <\/figure>\n \n  <div class=\"article-body\">\n \n    <p> I had the privilege of presenting my paper, titled <strong>\u201cNuisance Outliers or Novel Anomalies: An Inductive Study of Deviance and Grant Mills\u201d<\/strong> at the recent CCC conference. The paper tackles a gap in grant-related research which has frequently dismissed firms with outsized grant acquisitions. Our research uncovered both fascinating phenomena such as the existence of grant brokers, who insert themselves into grant ecosystems as unsanctioned agents, and surfaced potential contributions to principal-agent theory.<\/p>\n   <\/div>\n \n  <figure class=\"hero-photo\">\n    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\" http:\/\/bschool.nus.edu.sg\/phd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2026\/09\/Arthur-Hu-CCC_Presentation-scaled.jpg\">\n    <figcaption>Arthur presenting his paper \u201cNuisance Outliers or Novel Anomalies: An Inductive Study of Deviance and Grant Mills\u201d.<\/figcaption>\n  <\/figure>\n \n  <div class=\"article-body\">\n\n<p> With many respected senior academics amongst the attending audience, the conference turned out to be one of the most productive visits I have experienced. Both quality of feedback and networking opportunities were more than ample. Of note, I had the opportunity to meet and chat with some of my personal \u201cheroes\u201d in academia including <strong>Profs. Sarah Kaplan from the University of Toronto and Mary Tripsas from UC Santa Barbara<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n    <p> Beyond that, I also connected with fellow students with very similar research interests, and potential papers are already in discussion. Overall, this is perhaps the most fruitful conference I have attended since the start of my academic journey.<\/p>\n \n  <\/div>\n\n<div class=\"article-body\">\n <\/div>\n \n  <div class=\"stops\">\n    <h2>Conference Details<\/h2>\n    <ol>\n      <li><b> Consortium on Competitiveness and Cooperation (CCC) conference<\/b><span> Milan, Italy&nbsp;\u00b7&nbsp; 4 \u2013 6 June 2026<\/span><\/li>    <\/ol>\n  <\/div>\n \n<\/div>\n \n<footer><div class=\"wrap\">\n  NUS Business School, National University of Singapore &nbsp;\u00b7&nbsp; PhD Programme, Department of Strategy and Policy\n<\/div><\/footer>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hu Ruey Heng Arthur \u2014\u201cNuisance Outliers or Novel Anomalies: An Inductive Study of Deviance and Grant Mills\u201d PhD &nbsp;\/&nbsp; Meet the Students &nbsp;\/&nbsp; Conference Trips &nbsp;\/&nbsp; Hu Ruey Heng Arthur Department of Strategy and Policy \u201cNuisance Outliers or Novel Anomalies: An Inductive Study of Deviance and Grant Mills\u201d A short report from Hu Ruey Heng [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":766,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3221","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>&quot;Nuisance Outliers or Novel Anomalies: An Inductive Study of Deviance and Grant Mills&quot;. - PhD<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/bschool.nus.edu.sg\/phd\/nuisance-outliers-or-novel-anomalies-an-inductive-study-of-deviance-and-grant-mills\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"&quot;Nuisance Outliers or Novel Anomalies: An Inductive Study of Deviance and Grant Mills&quot;. - PhD\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Hu Ruey Heng Arthur \u2014\u201cNuisance Outliers or Novel Anomalies: An Inductive Study of Deviance and Grant Mills\u201d PhD &nbsp;\/&nbsp; 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