Management and Economics Free University of Bozen-Bolzano

Overview

Topic-specific individual tutoring and mentoring, as well as funding for research stays abroad are special components of the PhD Management and Economics from Free University of Bozen-Bolzano.

Course structure

• The first year of the programme is devoted to imparting basic knowledge of methods and theories in the field of management and economics to develop a common skillset among Phd students regardless to their background. Students are encouraged to explore different research approaches and questions before specializing.
• By the end of the second year, the programme provides students with necessary skills, competencies, and tools to successfully conduct theory-based empirical research in different fields and with opportunities to build their own scientific network through attending international conferences and summer schools, and visiting other universities.
• Although we encourage PhD students to start writing scientific papers from the beginning, the second half of the programme is primarily dedicated to completing a dissertation through writing high quality research papers targeted for publication in renowned peer-reviewed journals.

International Research Collaborations

Not only that our faculty members have close networks within their specific research area of the scientific community, which cannot been exhaustively listed here, we are proud to have won the following internationally reputed colleagues for the PhD committee:

• Prof. Pierpaolo Andriani, PhD Kedge Business School, France
• Prof. Timothy Devinney, PhD Alliance Manchester Business School, UK

• Assoc. Prof. Fabrizio Ferri, PhD Columbia Business School, USA

• Prof. Uwe Sunde, PhD LMU Munich, Germany

Among others our faculty members have established partnerships with colleagues, research groups, and institutes for instance from: Bocconi University, Centre for Family Business at Lancaster University, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, Institut d’Economia de Barcelona (IEB), IZA - Institute of Labor Economics (Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit), George Washington University, Imperial College Business School, Lee Kong Chian School of Business – Singapore Management University, Monash University, NYU – Stern Business School, Princeton University, TU München, University of Warwick, WU Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien.

These and many more contacts will provide our PhD students with many opportunities to pursue their research interests, to develop and maintain important own networks, and experience the life of a young scholar on a truly international level. Last but not least it will help them tremendously with starting a successful academic career.

Visiting PhD students and sabbatical stay