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Grenoble Ecole de Management
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| Application Deadline: | May 1st 2011 for a start of the program on September 19th 2011 | ||
| Annual Tuition Fee: | ≈ € 9,000 - | ||
| Location: | Grenoble / France / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 60 months | Start Date: | September |
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Location of Grenoble Ecole de Management
The principal goal of this program is to educate scholars who will become faculty members in leading international business schools or universities.
It is focused on quality (max. 3 students recruited per year, per concentration) and ensures the research production of students through high-quality supervision and training.
It is a 4 to 5-year program: the first two years consist of courses, seminars plus joint research projects with faculty members and ends with a comprehensive examination. The remaining 2 or 3 years are devoted to dissertation work.
The production and co-production of rigorous, high impact research is one of the requirements of the program, making Ph.D graduates highly attractive on the academic job market.
Four concentrations are proposed to prospective students: 1) Marketing, 2) Organizational Theory and Human Resources Management 3) Strategy and Management of Innovation and 4) Finance.
The context
AACSB forecasts a severe shortage of professors holding a Ph.D in business administration by 2012: The principal goal of this program is thus to produce scholars who will become faculty members in leading international business schools or universities.
Why Choose the Grenoble Ecole de Management Ph.D program?
- Grenoble Ecole de Management is one of the few business schools to hold the three accreditations distinguishing the best business schools in the world. Leading business schools or universities worldwide only recruit faculty holding a Ph.D from an AACSB-accredited institution.
- 15 years experience in Doctoral education with 2 DBA programs, one of which is AMBA-accredited.
- Experimental laboratory to conduct experiments (14 isolated cubicles, subject pool)
- Academic ranking: The national magazine le Point 2010 placed Grenoble Ecole de Management in 7th position nationally and in 3rd position ahead of other recognized Grandes Ecoles such as ESCP Europe or EM Lyon Business School for research activities based mainly on academic publications (CNRS ranking).
- High pedagogical quality: Pedagogical innovation and quality has always been part of our culture. This is for instance illustrated by the publication of a book entitled "Faire de la Recherche en Sciences de Gestion" (Doing Academic Research in Management Sciences - Pearson Education) co edited and co written by Grenoble Ecole de Management Faculty.
The financial aid available during studies (tuition waiver and research assistantship).
Contents
Program and modules
This training consists of two phases:
- Years 1 & 2 are devoted to courses, seminars and joint research projects with faculty members.
- The following years (2 or 3 years depending on advancement), are devoted to dissertation work.
Concentrations
- Strategy and Management of Innovation
- Organizational Theory and Human Resources Management
- Marketing
- Finance
Phase 1: Training in research During phase 1, students receive a thorough and sophisticated training in the latest methods of inquiry and state-of-the-art knowledge. The program is taught entirely in English.
1. Training in the chosen field: Depending on the student´s background, the student may be required to follow some courses (180h of courses maximum) from the Master of Sciences in Marketing or the Master of Sciences in Innovation and Technology Management programs. The specific choice of courses will be made on an individual basis. Possible courses include marketing management, management of innovation, brand management, etc...
2. Training in research: The Ph.D student will have to take at least 300h of advanced PhD seminars over the first two years period.
All students will have to take seminars to the most commonly used methodologies in business administration research (minimum of 200h). The goal is to provide the students with a library of different methods. Depending on the chosen concentration, students will then have to choose the methodologies they want to deepen.
- Methodological seminars:
- Year 1 (110h) :
o Overview of Research Methodologies
o Introduction to Statistical Methods in Research
o Scale Development (theory of measurement)
o Qualitative Research Methods
o Regression Analysis
o Experimental Design and Analysis
- Year 1 (110h) :
- Year 2 (108h) :
o Descriptive Multivariate Statistical Techniques
o Structural Equation Modelling
o Decision Models
o Meta-analysis
o Network Analysis
o Database Management
- Year 2 (108h) :
Besides methodological seminar, students will have to take at least 100h of seminars on advanced questions in the chosen concentration (marketing, strategy...).
- Introductory seminars (for all concentrations):
- Year 1 (36h) :
- Introduction to Marketing thoughts
- Introduction to Finance thoughts
- Introduction to Organizational Theory thoughts
- Introduction to Strategic Management thoughts
- Year 1 (36h) :
Advanced Marketing seminars (Marketing concentration):
- Perspectives in Consumer Behavior
- Perspectives in Marketing Strategy
- Consumer information processing
- Theories of social psychology
Advanced Strategic Management seminars (Strategy and Management of Innovation concentration):
- Strategic Management of Innovation
- Managing Research and Development
- Innovation when Climate Changes
- Recent contributions and Research Avenues in Strategic Management
- Advanced Organization Studies seminars (Organizational Theory and Human Resources Management concentration):
- Advanced Contributions in Human Resources Management
- Advanced contributions in Organization Theory
- Neo-Institutionalism Theory : Recent Contributions and Research Avenues
- Power and organisation
- Advanced Finance seminars (Finance concentration):
- Theory of the firm in finance
- Advanced contributions in corporate finance
- Modern portfolio theory
- Modern options theory
- Financial markets
- Specialized subjects: Micro-finance, Islamic finance, Private equity,...
3. Practical Training in Research: Immediately after their arrival in the program, students are invited to integrate at least one research project of their choice.
During this research project they will have to perform several tasks such as: literature review, data collection supervision, settings of the experimental procedure, writing of a specific part of an article.
Students will also have to participate in internal research workshops (one day per month).
In order to move on to phase 2, the student will have to:
- Validate all the courses and seminars he/she took and maintain a cumulative GPA of 13/20.
- Write a first year paper (empirical papers are favored)
- Co-publish at least one article in an international conference (e.g. AMA, AoM, ACR, EMAC, AFM, SMS, EGOS, AIMS...)
- Take and pass a comprehensive exam (the second year paper). This paper is to be an integrative review of an important area of research in the concentration of the student. The paper will be similar to a paper in Psychological Bulletin, Journal of Economic Literature or Academy of Management Review.
- Present a detailed research project for his/her dissertation
In order to assure students are progressing adequately, a formal review of the student's progress is undertaken annually. The student has to provide an annual report discussing each year accomplishments, shortcomings, areas of interest and how the student would like to be positioned.
Phase 2: Dissertation work
This stage is devoted to the dissertation work of the student. The student will have to choose his/her Ph.D supervisor and two committee members that will provide guidance on specific topics (e.g. econometrics, neural networks...).
The committee members may be faculty not belonging to Grenoble Ecole de Management. The student has the possibility to defend his/her Ph.D on the basis of his/her publications.
The doctoral dissertation is designed to demonstrate that the candidate is capable of conducting significant independent scholarly research. The dissertation is expected to be of such scope, magnitude, and originality as to indicate that the student has acquired a command of the area being investigated and that s/he has the ability to contribute new knowledge or outlook to the field.
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Register Now!Requirements
- Bachelor´s degree or higher (a Master degree is a plus). European students can apply after their Bachelor or after their first year of Master.
- Applicants holding a Master in Research are welcome to apply and, depending on their past training, may gain exemption from certain courses.
- Admission depends on the student's:
- Past grades.
- GMAT (preferred) or GRE scores (TAGE-MAGE scores may be considered for French students). While the GMAT or GRE may not be perfect indicators of a student's ability to successfully complete a doctoral program, it does provide some general screening information. A GMAT of over 600 is preferred.
- TOEFL or TOEIC scores.
- Recommendations from faculty. Letters of recommendation should clearly address the applicant's motivation, dedication and ability to undertake and successfully complete doctoral work.
- Other factors such as work and research experience.
Prior coursework in business administration is not mandatory for this program. Courses in related disciplines such as economics, mathematics, engineering, statistics or psychology provide the student with the background necessary for integrating and understanding the concepts taught in the Ph.D program.
If selected, the student will be invited for an interview and a visit of Grenoble Ecole de Management facilities.
Additional Requirements
| Minimal degree required: | Bachelor's degree |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
Accreditation
This program is accredited by: EQUIS (European Quality Improvement System), AACSB (The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business) and AMBA (The Association of MBAs)
Funding details
Grenoble Ecole de Management offers tuition fees waiver plus a teaching or research assistantship with a living allowance. Financial aid is provided according to merit and is conditional upon students´ progress and performance.
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