Ph.D. in Management
Rome, Italy
PhD
DURATION
4 years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Key Summary
About: The Ph.D. in Management at Luiss – Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali Guido Carli is a doctoral programme at an independent university created from the Roman institution Pro Deo in 1974–78. The faculty focuses on empirical contexts from aerospace, creative and telecommunications industries to the health service and public sector. Luiss faculty has published papers.
Career Outcomes: Graduates enter roles like university lecturer, researcher, policy analyst, management consultant, health services manager, public sector leader, innovation strategist. The Ph.D. equips you for organizational research, strategic management, corporate R&D, think-tanks and applied economics; keywords: doctoral research, management science, strategy, empirical methods.
The Luiss Ph.D. Program in Management is a disciplined – but not disciplinary – learning path for high potential doctoral candidates. It offers concentrations in strategy, organization, innovation and entrepreneurship, marketing, accounting, and corporate finance. Primary areas of faculty research include business model innovation; corporate governance; finance for innovation; project-based organizing, technology transfer, and IPR management, international management; new venture formation, growth, and corporate entrepreneurship; organizational learning and adaptation; public management and accounting; social capital and innovation; and word-of-mouth-led innovation.
Faculty focuses on diverse empirical contexts ranging from the aerospace, creative, and telecommunications industries to the health service and the public sector. Luiss faculty has published papers in Administrative Science Quarterly, Industrial and Corporate Change, Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of International Management, Journal of Marketing Research, Organization Science, Psychological Science, Research Policy, and Strategic Management Journal.
The Ph.D. program is comprised of four years of full-time study. The overall path consists of research and teaching training, a visiting period abroad, and dissertation preparation.
The first two years are dedicated to coursework. Year 1 consists of disciplinary courses in management and research methods. Year 2 is dedicated to courses on a chosen field of specialization, concluding with the development of a research proposal.
Years 3 and 4 are devoted to research and to dissertation preparation, culminating in the submission and defense of the thesis. Along the entire learning path, students are also exposed to seminars and workshops on publication strategies and approaches to the international job market.
The Ph.D. training courses are also open to students enrolled in Ph.D. programs of other universities, upon payment of a fee.
The chosen students, for the six positions with University scholarship and one position with University scholarship for international candidates, will benefit from a financial support package which includes a tuition waiver and a stipend of €16,243.00 and € 22,171.88gross per year respectively, to cover living expenses for the duration of the four-year degree program. These students will also have access to funding for research trips, in addition to a grant increment if they spend a visiting period at a prestigious international university.
