University-industry collaboration & degree mobility

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1 University-industry collaboration & degree mobility Case: Business and management Maj-Britt Hedvall EDAMBA & Hanken School of Economics Hanken Svenska handelshögskolan / Hanken School of Economics

2 Outline of the presentation Short presentation of» EDAMBA» Hanken School of Economics and the Doctoral programme Question 1» Is university-industry collaboration embedded in doctoral education in business schools? Question 2» Do international students have the same possibilities to participate in and benefit from university-industry collaboration as domestic students?» Do the stakeholders in university-industry collaboration take into account new dimensions international students can bring into the collaboration?

3 EDAMBA» European Doctoral Programmes Association in Management and Business Administration» Founded 20 years ago by research-intensive business schools with structured doctoral programmes» Membership by application only» Today 60+ member universities / business schools in Europe and outside Europe» Main activities» Member conferences and meetings» Annual Summer School for doctoral students on methods, methodology and theory of science» Annual Supervisor Workshop for young faculty and post-docs» Annual Thesis Competition» Student and faculty exchange; visiting professors on doctoral courses» Benchmarking activities & peer development aid

4 Hanken in a nutshell» An autonomous university, stand alone, multilingual, non-profit business school founded in 1909» As of 2010, only stand alone university-level business school in Finland» Research-based business school with approximately 2000 students and a core faculty of approximately 100» Internationally accredited since 2000 (EQUIS and AMBA)» Internationalisation permeates all the educational activities simultaneously safeguarding Hanken s statutory responsibility for educating business graduates that are fluent in Swedish

5 Hanken in a nutshell» International atmosphere at the campuses: Of the universities in Finland, Hanken has the highest percentage of international degree students enrolled if the very small art academies are excluded» Clear focus of areas of strength in research and education» Finance and statistics» Intellectual property law» Management and organisation» Relationship marketing and service management» Provider of executive education targeting internationally operating companies with a clear presence in the Nordic countries, Russia and the Baltic states» Executive education mainly through a jointly owned company with Stockholm School of Economics Hanken-SSE Executive Education

6 Hanken in a nutshell» Programmes offered» An Integrated BSc and MSc degree programme in Swedish (3 + 2 year)» MSc degree programs in English (2 year)» MSc degree programs in Swedish (2 year)» PhD program with all courses in English (4 year)» Executive MBA program in English (2 year, part-time)» Executive education programs (in-house and open programs) in English, Finnish and Swedish in large extent in co-operation with Stockholm School of Economics; Sweden

7 Hanken in a nutshell» Very close links with the corporate world through, for example» Joint research projects & projects funded by the corporate world» Partnership programmes with companies & consultancy» Corporate representatives in the School s governance» Chairs and doctoral students funded by the corporate world» Executive education (open and in-house programmes)» Executive MBA programme» Active Alumni Network with activities in Finland and abroad» Continuous activities aimed at and dialogue with the corporate world (dissemination of research results & dialogue on current topics which could develop into joint research projects in the form of seminars and meetings)» Co-supervisors from the corporate world» Corporate world representatives take part in the educational activities

8 Hanken PhD Programme» One core programme with 10 majors; the core of the programme is in the School s four areas of strength in research» 4-year programme; course-programme 1st year» Intake approximately 20 students annually» Approximately 15 doctoral degrees annually» Some 70 + full-time students (and 40 + part-time students)» Supervisory committees» Active participation in national researcher schools and international networks; some of the courses jointly organised with partners in Finland and abroad» Students funded for stays abroad, conferences, tutorials and courses» One of out of three students international

9 Is university-industry collaboration embedded in doctoral education in business schools?

10 Characteristics of PhD Education in Management and Business Studies» The students research problems deal with questions of relevance to the corporate world» Almost without exception, the data comes from the corporate world or from stakeholders close to the corporate world» Through the business schools close connections with the corporate world, the students come into contact with industry, NGOs (also the public sector) when taking part in the School s activities aimed at the corporate world» This does not necessarily imply that all students when graduating have the necessary skills, competences and prerequisites for a successful career in the corporate world

11 Prerequisites for direct corporate inputs in doctoral education» The Programme must have a clearly defined strategy and policy with regard to collaboration with the corporate word (e.g. with regard to Intellectual Property Rights) and vice versa» The strategy and policy should be clearly articulated to the students» The senior faculty and supervisors should co-operate with the corporate word through e.g. joint research, executive education or consultancy beyond the university/business activities within the doctoral programme

12 Hanken examples of doctoral education / industry collaboration Type of collaboration Industry funding for senior researchers projects. Students involved in or employed by the project; Industry funds doctoral students Industry provides data for the student s project Doctoral students participate in the School s executive education programmes, partnership programmes and other activities aimed at the corporate world Agreements between the School and employers of students studying part-time on time allocation and funding Comment Common, structured, longterm Common; both adhoc and long-term and structured Common (input dependent on the qualification of the student) Structured and longterm with a some of the School s partner companies

13 Hanken examples of doctoral education / industry collaboration Type of collaboration Supervisors from the corporate word Lecturers from industry in doctoral courses Assigned mentors from industry for developing future career ladders in the corporate world for the students Placements in industry during doctoral studies Practise-oriented cases from industry included in doctoral courses (systematic training of identifying and creating an interesting research question with a contribution to the state-of-the-art of the chosen scholarly field) Comment Ad-hoc, mainly Hanken Alumni No, not considered necessary Implemented for MSc students, considered for PhD students No, not considered necessary Ad-hoc; In planning to systematize in co-operation with the corporate world and partner universities abroad

14 First employment of PhD graduates Hanken PhD s First employment Percentage Corporate word 38 University sector 57 Not known 5 N=61 18 % abroad The Finnish Doctoral Programme in Business Studies First employment Percentage Corporate word & public sector 21 University sector 78 Maternity leave 1 N=67 12 % abroad

15 First employment of PhD graduates Participants in the EDAMBA Thesis Competition First employment Percentage Same university as doctorate 62 Other university in same country as doctorate 16 Other university in Europe 12 N=57 Other university outside Europe 5 Corporate world 5

16 Interesting questions answers? 1. Do international students have the same possibilities to participate in and benefit from university-industry collaboration as domestic students? (especially non- European students) 2. Do the stakeholders in university-industry collaboration take into account new dimensions international students can bring into the collaboration? (especially non-european students) 3. Are graduates with a non-european background employed by the academia / corporate world in the same extent as domestic / European students?