Overview
Drawing upon research and scholarship, the University of Leeds provides students an exceptional educational experience in International Business, offering skills and capabilities for competing in the global economy.
The research and teaching add continuous and sustainable value to business and society.
Research proposals
The International Business Department within Leeds University Business School is interested in receiving proposals in the following areas of research:- The Global Factory in the World Economy - tests of the conceptual structure.
- Foreign direct investment in China - strategies and impact.
- Foreign direct investment in India - opportunities and constraints.
- Testing international business theory to explain patterns of outward foreign direct investment from emerging countries.
- The internationalisation of developing country firms, especially Chinese and Indian multinational enterprises (MNEs).
- Issues of economic development and the role of the private sector in reducing poverty.
Programme Structure
Expertise of research area- acquisition
- business
- culture
- development
- evolution
- foreign direct investment
- globalisation
- international
- multinational
- strategy
Key information
Start dates & application deadlines
- StartingApplication deadline not specified.
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Disciplines
Business Administration Business Intelligence & Analytics International Business View 24 other PhDs in International Business in United KingdomAcademic requirements
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Other requirements
General requirements
Candidates should ideally have a first-class or at least a good upper second-class undergraduate degree.
Candidates should hold a British Masters degree (or equivalent degree from an overseas university) or an equivalent professional qualification:
- with a minimum average score of 60 percent (or equivalent); and
- in an appropriate academic discipline. Appropriate academic disciplines include those directly related to the subject specialisms of the Business School (accounting and finance, economics, international business, management, marketing and work and employment relations) or providing skill sets which are particularly relevant to the PhD research project (for example, social research methods, linguistics, mathematics, statistics, psychology, etc.)
Tuition Fee
Living costs for Leeds
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Funding
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