Strategy and Entrepreneurship PhD programme

As a PhD student in Strategy and Entrepreneurship you are encouraged to:

• Conduct research that focuses on understanding how organisations create and sustain superior competitive performance, and on the processes by which economic value is created and distributed in markets
• Draw on interdisciplinary concepts and theories from economics, sociology and psychology
• Address a wide variety of topics that have direct or indirect implications for organisational effectiveness
• Commit to conducting rigorous research, but also to addressing questions that have significant implications for firms and markets

You can specialise in the following areas:

• Competitive strategy
• Corporate strategy
• Strategy and organisation
• Technological change and innovation
• Entrepreneurship
• International management
• Structure of market competition
• Corporate social responsibility / sustainability

Develop the theoretical knowledge and methodological skills needed to become a successful researcher. Compulsory courses include:

• Microeconomics
• Basic Readings in Business
• Research Design
• Strategy Content and Strategy Process
• Further requirements depending on the area of specialisation.

Student progress is assessed through coursework, field examinations at the end of the first and second year, and a compulsory second year research paper and presentation to the department.