DOCTORAL PROGRAM IN ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT CALL FOR APPLICATIONS

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1 DOCTORAL PROGRAM IN ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT CALL FOR APPLICATIONS Art. 1 (Doctoral Program in Economics and Management) 1. Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, from now on School, announces for the Academic Year a public competition for ten posts to participate in the Doctoral Program in Economics and Management. 2. For the participation in the program the School contributes to funding up to a maximum of 6 posts, with contributions whose amount is defined in Article Further funding can be provided by the University of Trento and the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore of Piacenza in the framework of active collaborations. 4. The Evaluating Commission can also propose the admission of eligible candidates without funding, until a maximum number of three posts in addition to the overall number defined above in point 1. The admission is decided by the Executive Board od the School that will define the modality to benefit from the services of the School. Art. 2 (Doctoral Program in Economics and Management Aims) 1. The aim of the program, in line with the standards of excellence pursued by the School, is to provide a training path oriented both at high qualification research activity and at qualified positions in the private and public management, to be achieved with a specific educational program and accomplished by the realization of an original research project which will end up in a written dissertation to pass the final exam of the doctoral program. 2. The program is a three-year program of advanced teaching and supervised research offered by an international Faculty composed of both internal Faculty of the School and a large group of Visiting Scholars. 3. The Program, offered jointly with the University of Trento, and cosponsored by University Cattolica del Sacro Cuore of Piacenza, is part of a European network - involving the University of Strasbourg, Sussex, Aalborg, Manchester, Paris XIII, Madrid (Carlos III), Oslo and, in Italy, the University of Trento (with which this program has also a consortium agreement), supporting inter-european exchanges of research students and faculty. 4. At the end of the program and after passing a specific exam, the School awards the student with the 'Diploma di Perfezionamento', that under the Art.2, Law 14 of February 1987, n.41 is in all respects equivalent to a 'Dottorato di Ricerca', in English a 'Ph.D.'(Philosophy Doctor) Art. 3 (Course Program) The course program is articulated as follows: I - Propedeutics

2 Mathematics for Social Sciences Statistics and Probability II - Compulsory Modules: Microeconomics Macroeconomics and Growth Theories History of Socio-Economics and Organizational Thought Econometrics Decision Theory Industrial Organization Behavioral Theories of Organizations Business Management and Strategy Economics and Management of Innovation III - Advanced Compulsory and Optional Modules include: Technology, Firms and Industrial Change Organization Theory (Advanced) Evolutionary Theories of Production, Innovation and Industrial Dynamics Topics in Management (Advanced) Science, Technology and Growth Economics & Management of Entrepreneurship and ICTs Macroeconomics and Growth Theories (Advanced) Topics of Advanced Microeconomics Time-Series Analysis Topics of Applied Econometrics and Applied Industrial Organization Public Goods and Externalities The Economics of Increasing Returns Statistical Methods for Business Analysis Financial Analysis Experimental Economics (Introduction) (Not all optional modules are offered each year) 1. Admission to research work is conditional on the successful completion of the course work. 2. At the beginning of the second year of the program, short intensive modules in a few selected areas are offered, either at the School or at partner institutions, in order to introduce the students to the state-of-theart of international research. 3. Teaching modules are complemented by research seminars throughout the year. 4. On the ground of their choices among optional modules and of the research topics, candidates may opt either for training paths finalized mainly to scientific research or aimed also at the acquisition of skills for the management of corporate and public organizations. 5. All teaching is in English. Art. 4 (Admission) 1. Applicants, with no restriction on nationality, must hold an Italian laurea or any equivalent foreign degree (M.A and M.Sc. in the Anglo-Saxon system, DEA in France, etc..). 2. Applicants that plan to be awarded such a degree not later than 31 st of July 2003, will be accepted for the evaluation on reserve and they will be asked to communicate it to the School (also by fax at the number or registered mail attaching a copy of the identity card) by the 31 st of July,.

3 The evaluation of the equivalence of the degree mentioned in comma 1 is attibuted, for the sole purposes of the competition, by the Evaluating Commission of art.7. Art. 5 (Admission to the IInd Year) Application for admission to the Second year of the Doctoral Program is allowed for candidates that have completed the First Year of a doctoral program at another national or international Institution. Candidates should enclose in their applications the documentation specified in art.6, with special reference to comma 6 in point f). Applications to the Second year are evaluated both with respect to the academic training already completed by the applicant and to the relevance of the research project for the main research activities of the Faculty of the Doctoral Program itself. The Evaluating Commission, mentioned in art.7, has the option to indicate to those candidates admitted to the Second Year, mandatory or optional modules to be taken in addition to the requirements for all years after the first. Candidates admitted to the Second Year normally receive no funding. The admission is decided by the Executive Board of the School after proposal of the Evaluating Commission. The Board will also define the modality for benefiting of the services of the School. Art. 6 (Application) 1. Applications must peremptorily reach the School no later than the 3 rd of June 2003 at: Scuola Superiore Sant Anna Divisione Formazione Universitaria e alla Ricerca Doctoral Program in E&M Piazza Martiri della Libertà PISA 2. Delay in the presentation or in the arrival of the application, whatever the reason, even if the application was sent before the deadline, will entail unacceptability of the application. The application must be written on unstamped paper, in Italian or in English, following the format in Attachment A (Allegato A), specifying the year of the program to which the candidate is applying. 3. Candidates must indicate in the application: a) the family name and the name; the place and date of birth, the nationality; b) that they hold the academic degree specified in art. 4, with indication of the degree program, of the University or Academic Institution that has granted it, of the graduation date and of the grade, whether applicable (candidates specified in art.4, comma 2, must indicate in their application, the graduation date, the type of degree and the University or Academic Institution that will grant it); c) whether they intend to benefit from the funding specified in art. 10; d) the domicile or the address to which communications related to the competition should be sent, with the commitment of informing the School of any change in residence;

4 e) that they are responsible for the truth of the declarations in the application and they are aware of the penal sanctions of art. 76, D.P.R. n.445 of for false declarations. The omission of even only one of the above declarations causes the exclusion of the candidate from the competition. 4. The application must be accompanied by: a) the academic record with the full list of courses and grades; b) a complete curriculum vitae, covering scientific training, professional experiences, publications and all other information that might help in the evaluation of the candidate; c) the graduation thesis whenever required in the education system of origin and other publications (works written in languages other than Italian, English, or French must be accompanied by a summary in one of the above languages); d) two recommendation letters offering a comparative evaluation of the learning achievements, research potential, maturity, and professional inclinations of the candidate and assessing whether the knowledge of the English language by the candidate is adequate to attend a post-graduate course. Recommendation letters must be either included in the application within sealed envelops or sent separately to the School (a standard facsimile of recommendation letter is available on the doctoral web page at the address or will be mailed upon request); Letters should be sealed and can be enclosed in the application or sent separately under the condition that they are delivered to the School before the deadline- to the address in comma 1 of current art. 6, with the indication of the candidate's name on the envelope; e) a research project (not exceeding 5 typed pages). 5. The candidate might opt to change her/his research topics during the postgraduate program. However, the research project offers an indication of the research interests and is an important element for the evaluation of the potential of the candidate. Only in case of admission to the Second year: indication of the doctoral program of origin, the list of passed exams with the obtained grades; only for candidates holding a degree obtained in a country outside the European Union: a copy of the degree certificate or of the equivalent title, translated and legalised by Italian representatives abroad under laws in force for admission of foreign students to Italian Universities. 6. Failure to present the above titles before the deadline of 3rd June 2003 will determine the exclusion of the candidate from the competition. Art. 7 (Evaluating Commission) 1. The Evaluating Commission, nominated by decree of the Director of the School, has a maximum of 100 points for the evaluation of titles. Candidates that obtain less than 70/100 in the evaluation of titles will be excluded from the general ranking in merit. 2. The Evaluating Commission preliminarily establishes the criteria to partition the maximal scores to attribute to the different categories of titles and then examines the applications and on the basis of the grades reported for the degree and in the single exams, the time needed to obtain the degree, the title, the curriculum, the research project and any

5 other enclosed information, evaluates the research and professional potential of the candidates, relating it to the availability of adequate resources for research supervision in the areas proposed by the candidates themselves. In case it is not possible to infer the grades obtained in the degree and/or in the single exams, the Commission will make use of the principle of corresponding qualitative evaluation. 3. For those candidates who have not yet obtained their degree on the deadline of the announcement, the Commission will consider, as an alternative to the non available degree grade, the mean of passed exams. 4. For those candidates that compete for admission to the Second Year, the Commission will evaluate, in addition to the criteria in point 1, also the relevance of the academic training already completed and of the research project presented, to the research areas of interest to the Program. 5. The School will communicate the exits of evaluation to the winners and admitted candidates only no later than the 3 rd of July Winners are asked to communicate their acceptance to the School non later than the 10 th of July In case of lack of any response within the above deadline the candidate will be excluded by the list of winners. 7. The School will send in due time to the winners of the competition the list of documents to be presented before the starting date of the course. 8. The general ranking in merit will be posted in the 'Albo' (Official Board) of the School after winners are appointed and will also be available on the School web site no later than 7th July The ranking mentioned in the previous comma will contain explicit indication of those candidates included in the list with reservation under comma 2 of art. 4. In that case, they must, under penalty of loss of the same list, communicate to the School the specified information, before the mandatory deadline of 31st July The judgement of the Commission is inappellable. Art. 8 (Student s Duties) 1. The program will start on 15th September The students are obliged to pursue the educational and scientific activities scheduled by the program, in line with the dispositions contained in the regulation of the program. 3. Passing the exams at the end of the classes is a condition for the admission to the following years. 4. The research activity of each student is supervised by a Committee including the main supervisor- composed of both internal and associated faculty. 5. At the end of the research activity the students have to pass a final exam to obtain the 'Diploma di perfezionamento', in all respects equivalent to the 'Dottorato di Ricerca', in English Ph.D. (Philosophy Doctor). The exam consists in the discussion of a written dissertation presenting the results of an original and scientifically relevant research project, adequate in standard to publication on the best international journals in the field. Art. 9 (Master of Philosophy M. Phil.) 1. Students that successfully complete the mandatory classes can obtain a certificate, assimilated to the foreign title M.Phil. (Master of Philosophy), under art. 6 of the Charter of the School.

6 Art. 10 (Services and Grant) 1. All the students that benefit from the funding assigned by the School or by other partner institutions, during the stay at the School, benefit for free of the canteen services until the end of the three year period of program. 2. The School provides the insurance coverage against accidents occurring to the students during institutional activities. 3. The students of the program also receive an annual contribution of ,30 (including the contribution for housing). 4. The funding specified in the previous comma can not be cumulated with other grants and is subject to fiscal aims under laws in force for scholarships assigned by Universities and by Regions. 5. The students must inform the competent organs of the School whether they are engaged in work or research activities and whether they receive an income on those activities, if the total annual remuneration exceeds Euro The Council of the Academic Class of Social Sciences, after the proposal of the Coordinator of the Doctoral Program, decides on the compatibility of the work and research activities with the full time engagement in the Doctoral Program. Moreover, in that circumstance, the Class Council, after the proposal of the Coordinator, decides on a possible redefinition of the contributions assigned to the student. Art. 11 (Stays abroad) 1. The School, thanks to national and international relations with universities, scientific institutions, research laboratories or public and private institutions, encourages the students to spend visiting periods in other institutions, even foreign ones, and to participate in Summer Schools and similar training and scientific activities, and in conferences under the valid regulations. 2. To that purpose, the students can benefit, in addition to the funding for the participation in the Program, from extra funding for stays abroad to be assigned on the ground of what regulations specify. Art. 12 (Drawing of the documentation) 1. Before and no later than 31 October 2003, candidates that wish to draw the documentation sent for the application can do so in person, or ask that the documentation be sent to their address (they are responsible for delivery costs). After the above date the School is not responsible anymore for keeping and returning the mentioned documentation.