ALMA MATER STUDIORUM UNIVERSITà di bologna DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT. Management. PhD Programme

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1 ALMA MATER STUDIORUM UNIVERSITà di bologna DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT Management PhD Programme

2 The PhD Programme in Management of the University of Bologna offers a challenging and highly rewarding experience to students looking for: outstanding training in management disciplines; interaction with a renowned international Faculty; full immersion in an eclectic, active and multidisciplinary research environment, the University of Bologna, which offers education programmes to students from all around the globe; placement services to prepare PhD candidates for the job market and open up academic career opportunities. An added value of this PhD Programme is the opportunity to live for four years in Bologna, a city with a rich culture and heritage located in the region of Emilia Romagna, which qualifies among the ten most attractive regions in Europe, based on its economic potential, human resources, cost effectiveness, quality of life, infrastructure and business friendliness (European cities and regions of the future, 2014).

3 PhD Programme in Management FACULTY RESEARCH AREAS Corporate Finance Entrepreneurship Financial Accounting and Accountability Financial Institution Management Management Accounting Management of Arts Organization Management of Technology and Innovation Marketing Organization Studies Strategic Management Technology and Innovation Management The PhD Programme in Management of the is a 4-year full-time programme offered in English. The PhD Programme aims to train research candidates who aim to become leading scholars in management disciplines at top rated universities. The PhD Programme offers specializations in two tracks: General Management Banking and Finance The PhD Programme offers candidates a broad and inter-disciplinary education in the fields of business, management and finance research. It provides them with strong theoretical foundations in social science disciplines and a thorough knowledge of research methods applied to management and financial problems. The requirements that Doctoral candidates are expected to meet include: a) to attend core and elective courses and pass the related exams; b) to attend Department lunch seminars; c) to develop a literature review paper by the end of the first year; and d) to work out a detailed prospectus of their research thesis (proposal) by the end of the second year and get it approved. Moreover, it is expected that Doctoral candidates will present their research outcomes at research seminars and international conferences. After the approval of the proposal, PhD candidates are encouraged to spend a period as visiting scholars in a foreign university, to be agreed on with their main thesis advisor and the coordinator. From the very beginning, each Doctoral candidate will be assigned an academic mentor (a Faculty member) whose role is to provide research guidance. A tutor will also be available to all Doctoral candidates to provide more general assistance and support on organizational issues. Over the last six years the PhD programme has already attracted students from various countries in the world. Most of our Doctoral graduates have gained post-doc and tenured positions in top universities worldwide (see the box below for a partial list) and have received best paper awards at several conferences, including Academy of Management, DRUID, Strategic Management Society, QUIS Symposium, EMAC Doctoral Dissertation, Fisher IMS and AMA SERVING Doctoral Consortium, etc. Their research outcomes have been published in top international Journals including: Administrative Science Quarterly, Journal of Business Venturing, Journal of Marketing, Journal of Consumer Research, Journal of Banking and Finance, Management Science, Organization Science, Psychological Science, Research Policy and many others. The PhD benefits from close relations with the Business School (BBS), that offers Doctoral candidates the opportunity to: be part of an international community of post graduate and executive masters students; get in contact with research and innovation oriented firms; and attend seminars held by international managers and entrepreneurs. The PhD Programme in Management prepares candidates for research and teaching careers at leading academic institutions, as well as at private and public research institutions. The PhD Programme offers placement services: specific seminars are devoted to preparing candidates for the job market, in order to open up academic career opportunities for them. Placement of our PhD graduates Bocconi University Cass Business School, City University London Cambridge University HEC Paris HEC Lausanne Imperial College, London INSEAD ISG Paris Maastricht University SPRU, University of Sussex Stockholm University University of Illinois, Chicago University of Indonesia University of Michigan University of Pennsylvania

4 PROGRAMME STRUCTURE Core courses for both tracks Econometrics Introduction to Statistics Research Methods Strategic Management Track in General Management Core courses Innovation Management Marketing Organizational Behavior Qualitative Research Methods Quantitative Research Methods Consumer Behaviour Elective courses* Arts, History and Management Management Accounting Research Methods: Meta-Analytic Procedures Social Network Analysis Technology Management and Entrepreneurship Track in Banking and Finance Core courses Corporate Finance I Corporate Finance II Financial Accounting Foundations of Banking Liquidity Management Elective courses* Three elective courses will be selected from other PhD and Master programmes of the University of Bologna or from Summer Schools offered by our University or other universities. * Upon approval of the PhD Programme Committee, other elective courses can be taken from other PhD and Master programmes of the or from Summer Schools offered by our University or other universities. The PhD Team FACULTY MEMBERS Rosa Grimaldi Prof. Rosa Grimaldi PhD Director rosa.grimaldi@unibo.it Prof. Sara Valentini PhD Deputy Director s.valentini@unibo.it Prof. Simone Ferriani PhD Job Market Officer simone.ferriani@unibo.it Doctor Ruslan Galiakhmetov PhD Tutor ruslan.galiakhmetov2@unibo.it Banking Giuseppe Torluccio Corporate finance Emanuele Bajo Stefano Mengoli Innovation and Entrepreneurship Riccardo Fini Paola Giuri Rosa Grimaldi Federico Munari Maurizio Sobrero Salvatore Torrisi Laura Toschi Marketing Fabio Ancarani Gian Luca Marzocchi Elisa Montaguti Chiara Orsingher Daniele Scarpi Sara Valentini Marco Visentin Alessandra Zammit Research Methods Fabiola Bertolotti Marco Corsino Elisa Mattarelli Gabriele Pizzi Maurizio Sobrero Maria Rita Tagliaventi Organizational Behavior Francesco Barbini Richard Bagozzi Massimo Bergami Guido Fioretti Gabriele Morandin Strategy Cristina Boari Raffaele Corrado Simone Ferriani Alessandro Grandi Alessandro Narduzzo Vincenza Odorici Manuela Presutti Luca Zan Prominent scholars visit the Department of Management every year to give seminars and to meet with our PhD candidates. Visiting scholars who have taught within the PhD Programme in previous years include: Ashish Arora (Duke University), Richard Bagozzi (University of Michigan), Janet Bercovitz (University of Illinois), Tom Elfring (VU Asterdam University), Timothy Folta (University of Coonecticut), Alberto Galasso (Rotman Business School), Raghu Garud (Pennsylvania State University), Bronwyn Hall (University of California, Berkeley), Paul Matthyssens (University of Antwerp), Richard Priem (TCU), Einar Rasmussen (University of Nordland), David Stark (Columbia University).

5 WHAT ACADEMICS SAY ABOUT US Rodolphe Durand is the GDF-Suez Professor of Strategy at HEC-Paris where he chaired the Strategy and Business Policy Department. Having known Bologna PhD programme through the Medici Summer School collaboration for 7 years, I wish to emphasize the quality of its graduates and the international quality of its curriculum. Raghu Garud is Alvin H. Clemens Professor of Management and Organization and the Research Director of the Farrell Centre for Corporate Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Pennsylvania State University. This PhD programme at the, is an intellectually robust and vibrant programme that can serve as a launching pad for all scholars interested in pursuing a PhD in Management. I have had the privilege of interacting with many Faculty members at the over an extended period of time, and have found them to be generous and caring. The Department is well connected with a number of leading universities all over the world, giving the faculty the reach to create interesting research and visiting opportunities for PhD candidates. Iam MacMillan is Dhirubhai Ambani Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Management Department, University of Pennsylvania. The programme has been designed to attract very high quality scholars and to provide them with world-class research and teaching skills. This will be done via a training programme that blends culture and the humanities with scientific research excellence, located at the oldest university in the western world and delivered by an outstanding international faculty. Mike Wright is professor of Professor of Entrepreneurship at Imperial College London, recently ranked #1 worldwide for publications in academic entrepreneurship. An international Faculty and a vibrant research environment, offering a mix of culture, heritage with room for change and innovation. I have been interacting with some of the Faculty members, and appreciate their enthusiasm and passion for outstanding research. Paola Aversa former PhD student and now Lecturer in Strategy at Cass Business School, London. The PhD programme in management at the gave me a solid preparation and access to a relevant network of contacts to progress my career in the international academia. It provided me with confidence in establishing research collaborations with top-scholars in my field, in obtaining good results in the job market, particularly in getting a Post-Doc Fellowships at the Wharton School (University of Pennsylvania), an EU Marie-Curie Fellowship, and ultimately a full-time Assistant Professorship at Cass Business School, City University London. Last but not least, as doctoral student at the Department of Management I have always benefitted from the international reputation of the, conveying the idea of research excellence and outstanding academic training. Federica Angeli former PhD student and now Assistant Professor in Health Organization, Maastricht University The PhD programme in Management at the has given me the opportunity to grow into a free-minded, enthusiastic, multidisciplinary researcher. Excellent supervision, outstanding coursework, world-renowned faculty and rich international contacts are the hallmarks of the programme, along with a fertile, inspiring, research-oriented environment. Proactiveness and entrepreneurial scientific research are nurtured, on the basis of a solid methodological preparation.

6 GRANTS, INFORMATION, CONTACT GRANTS All admitted candidates will receive a financial support package which includes a grant of approximately 13,650 Euros (yearly) to cover living expenses during the 4 years of the degree. On top of this, PhD candidates will receive up to 4,200 Euros to cover research expenses as well as a grant increment (up to 2,050 Euros) if they spend a visiting period at a prestigious international university. The PhD in Management offers up to 4 fully funded grants. IMPORTANT DATES Application opening date: April 28 th 2015 Application closing date: May 29 th 2015 CONTACTS AND INFORMATION ARIC Settore Dottorato: udottricerca@unibo.it ALMA MATER STUDIORUM UNIVERSITà di bologna THE UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA Born in 1088, and considered to be the oldest university in the Western world, the has been student-centred, attracting prominent figures from science and the arts. Today it is a leader in Europe and famous for its beauty and integration with the city. Its teaching catalogue is diversified and tailored to the needs of present-day society: over 200 degree programmes, over 70 professional masters a 45 PhD programmes, 41 specialisation courses, all among its 33 Departments, 11 Schools and over 81,000 students. A further 5,000 are candidates for its PhDs and 3 rd cycle programmes. Bologna has always favoured a multi-disciplinary, cross-cultural approach; it invests in international, multicultural training, research and services. It has formed knowledge alliances with industry and public/private organizations, and is a hub of international networks. Besides the five campuses (Bologna, Cesena, Forlì, Ravenna, Rimini), there is an overseas branch (Buenos Aires) coordinating activities with Latin America. Beyond its close European links, Alma Mater enjoys multiple international connections with North America, Africa, Asia and Australia. It is a public, independent and pluralistic institution. ALMA MATER STUDIORUM UNIVERSITà di bologna DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT The Department of Management was founded in With its 4 different divisions in Bologna, Forlì and Rimini, the Department counts over 100 professors, researchers and research assistants in 9 research areas. The Department has distinctive competences in the study of entrepreneurship, SMEs, industrial clusters and networks of firms, consumer behavior, distribution channel management, innovation management, academic spin-offs and technology transfer. It runs several international degree programmes in English: Bachelor in Business and Economics (CLABE), Master in Business Administration (CLAMDA), Master in Innovation and Organization of Culture and the Arts (GIOCA), and Master in Service Management (SEM). BOLOGNA BUSINESS SCHOOL BBS is the Business School of the. BBS ranks among the most innovative business schools in Europe and is one of the most reputable institutions in Italy. Interdisciplinary outlook, industry integration and internationalization are the key pillars of the school s philosophy, which aims to provide students with the appropriate skills in order to face an ever changing and complex economic landscape with confidence, knowledge and motivation to succeed. BBS offers 35 graduate programmes to more than 600 students each year, taught by 300 faculty members. With 7,000 alumni from 80 countries, as well as 500 companies in its network, BBS has been delivering cutting-edge, top-quality education programmes for more than fifteen years.