Academic Year 2023-2024
Subject area Legal, Politological, Economic and Statistical Sciences
Cycle 39
Coordinator Prof. Riccardo Fini
Language English
Duration 4 years

Application deadline: Aug 22, 2023 at 11:59 PM (Expired)

Second PhD Call for Applications, with scholarships funded by NRRP and other funds

Enrolment: From Sep 15, 2023 to Sep 21, 2023

Doctoral programme start date: Nov 01, 2023

39 PNRR PhD Call for Applications

Application deadline: Jun 20, 2023 at 11:59 PM (Expired)

PhD Call for Applications, with scholarships funded by NRRP and other funds

Enrolment: From Jul 26, 2023 to Aug 03, 2023

Doctoral programme start date: Nov 01, 2023

39 PNRR PhD Call for Applications
Operating centre
Bologna
Main Department
Department of Management - DiSA
Research topics

The PhD programme in Management covers several fundamental research domains: strategy, organizational behavior, marketing, innovation management and entrepreneurship, finance and financial intermediaries. The 4-year program offers specialization in two major areas: Management and Accounting, Banking & Finance. Besides a series of common courses, students take specialized courses from one of the two areas.

 

Job opportunities and potential areas of employment
In line with the placement performance of past PhD alumni, we expect that our future PhD students will mostly find an occupation in universities and public research centers, in Italy and abroad. Only a minority of our students will probably enter the business sector, especially in services and finance. Several alumni have become leading scholars and serve as post-doc or as faculty at top-rated universities abroad such as City University London, Cambridge University, Case Western Reserve University, HEC Paris, HEC Lausanne, IESEG Paris, Imperial College London, INSEAD, ISG Paris, Università Catolica de Lisboa, University of Illinois at Chicago and University of Lugano.
Admission Board

Call for further PhD Positions
Appointed by Rectoral Decree n. 1066/2023 Prot. n. 0226313 of 04/08/2023

Surname and Name University / Institution Role email
Dosi Clio Università di Bologna Member clio.dosi@unibo.it
Ingrosso Piero Coopfond Member  
Vignoli Matteo Università di Bologna Member m.vignoli@unibo.it
Coco Nunzia Università di Bologna Substitute nunzia.coco@unibo.it
Grandi Alessandro Università di Bologna Substitute alessandro.grandi@unibo.it
Villani Elisa Università di Bologna Substitute e.villani@unibo.it

* The following shall take part in the work of the Examination Board as expert members for positions linked to specific research topics:

  • Piero Ingrosso - Coop Alleanza 3.0 LEGACOOP

Call for applications
Appointed by Rectoral Decree n. 709/2023 Prot. n. 149534 of 02/06/2023

Surname and Name University / Institution Role email
Bedendo Mascia Università di Bologna Member mascia.bedendo@unibo.it
Fini Riccardo Università di Bologna Member riccardo.fini@unibo.it
Morandin Gabriele Università di Bologna Member gabriele.morandin@unibo.it
Villani Elisa Università di Bologna Member e.villani@unibo.it
Barbi Massimiliano Università di Bologna Substitute massimiliano.barbi@unibo.it
Montaguti Elisa Università di Bologna Substitute elisa.montaguti@unibo.it
Orsingher Chiara Università di Bologna Substitute chiara.orsingher@unibo.it
Russo Marcello Università di Bologna Substitute marcello.russo2@unibo.it
Learning outcomes

The PhD in Management offers to students a broad and inter-disciplinary education in the fields of business and finance studies and management research. It provides candidates with strong theoretical foundations in social science disciplines and a deep knowledge of research methods applied to management, accounting, banking and financial problems. It offers specialisations in two major areas: General management and Accounting, Banking & Finance. Doctoral students are expected to have full-time status, attend core and elective courses, participate in research projects conducted by faculty members, present their works at international conferences, and publish in international journals. The program offers the  opportunity to acquire knowledge and advanced research methodologies in the scientific areas described before. It requires the production of an original research contribution. PhD students acquire competencies that can be used both in the academic and business sectors.

Activities to be carried out by Doctoral candidates

During their first year, students of both tracks attend two compulsory courses: Research methods and Econometrics. The compulsory courses for first-year candidates in Management are: Introduction to statistics, Strategic management, Quantitative Res. Methods, Consumer Behavior, Organizational Behavior, Qualitative methods, and Economics of Innovation. The compulsory courses for candidates in Accounting, Banking & Finance are: Microeconomics and 3 courses among: Accounting, Seminars in Corporate Finance 1 and 2, Seminars in Banking, Intertemporal Asset Pricing, Corporate Governance, and Behavioral Economics. During the second year, candidates in Management attend 3 courses among: Arts, History and Management, Consumer Behavior/Marketing Strategy, Technology Entrepreneurship and Research in Strategic Operations. Candidates in Accounting, Banking & Finance must attend 2 compulsory courses: Econometrics 3 and Advanced Micro Panel Models, and 2 courses from the list of courses described in the first year. In addition, all candidates take the seminar "The Art of Managing the Peer Review Process". During the second year, the students attend two types of "lunch seminars" (at least 22 compulsory). The first type is called "My cup of tea". During these seminars, one member of the Faculty of the Department meets all the PhD students to present his/her research field. The second type is the "research seminars" featuring international scholars that give a talk on their research. Finally, students, in collaboration with Bologna Business School, participate in the training on writing case studies and, guided by a professor of the school, draft a case study. Over the last years, the course offering in the various areas characterising the doctorate has been enhanced by involving 6 renowned professors affiliated with London School of Economics (UK), Trinity College Dublin (IE), Syracuse University (USA), Cass Business School (UK), Michigan Ross (USA) and Grenoble (FR).

Research training activities compliant with the Doctoral programme's learning outcomes

During the first three semesters PhD candidates learn the analytical tools for theoretical and empirical research in various sectors of economics and management. They will also attend summer schools and methodological seminars at the Department, other research centers of the University of Bologna or other universities. All the courses require the preparation of research notes. At the end of the first year research all candidates prepare a research paper under the supervision of a faculty.
During the third semester of the II year candidates prepare their thesis proposal which is presented at a department seminar. The thesis will be supervised by one main advisor. All PhD students normally are involved in research projects carried out by the Department and have to joint the 'lunch seminar' organized monthly by the Department. The University takes care of delivering basic courses (students are invited to attend) on 'research management and how to participate to EU projects and being aware of other research collaborations opportunities', 'Intellectual Property Management' and 'Entrepreneurship'. On top of basic courses, more advanced courses on these topics can be attended. The PhD coordinator suggests attendance to specific events (conferences, workshops, schools), based on the research projects of individual students.

 

Internationalization features

The entire PhD program is thought in english. Specifically:

  • all courses are held in English;
  • our students are immersed in an international research environment, wherein several seminars, summer schools and workshops are organized with the participation of internationally renowned scholars;
  • the calls for applications are regularly published on the websites of international associations and job market platforms specialized in management and economics (e.g., INOMICS, EIASM, SSRN, AKADEUS, Academy of Management);
  • over the last 10 years (cycles 29-38), our program has attracted 22 international students (corresponding to the 36% of the enrolled ones) from various countries including: Brazil; Russia; Turkey; Serbia; Ukraine; Albania; Indonesia; China; Romania; Lithuania; Pakistan; India; Iran; Tunisia; Iceland; Nigeria; Philippines; Portugal;
  • various foreign PhD students have also spent research periods at our Department (e.g., from Brasil, China, Germany, Spain and Norway) or have attended our PhD under international mobility programs (e.g., Alban, Erasmus Mundus, World Bank).
Expected research results and products

Presentation of papers to national and international workshops, conferences and seminars during the PhD studies and submission of articles for publication in  (mostly international) scientific journals during the PhD studies and immediately after graduation. Final thesis in the form of a monograph or a collection of three papers.