Copenhagen Business School PhD Scholarship In International Business.

Copenhagen Business School and the Department of International Economics and Management are inviting applicants to apply for fully funded PhD scholarship within the field of International Business. The ambition of the Department is to be in the international frontline in the following research areas: to publish research results in leading international journals; to have an excellent research environment; to seek synergy between research and teaching, and to have a strong partnership with the business community. Copenhagen Business School (CBS) is a public university situated in Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark. With over 21,000 students, 630 full-time faculty members, 200 PhD and 680 administrative staff CBS is a unique business-oriented university that offers Bachelor, Masters, MBA/EMBA, PhD and Executive programmes delivered in English and Danish. Academic staff are internationally-recognised experts in classical business disciplines as well as in philosophy, history, psychology, sociology, law, political science, information systems, culture and languages.



The core research areas of the Department of International Economics and Management are:
1. International Business 2. Emerging Markets 3. Asia Studies and 4. Corporate Governance.

Examples of possible research areas this specific scholarship might cover:

• Internationalization of Multinational Enterprises from Emerging Markets
• Outward Foreign Direct Investment to/from Emerging Markets
• Offshoring and managing R&D and innovation in Emerging Markets
• Upgrading of Emerging Market firms in global value chains
• Technological change, industry dynamics and global interaction in Asian Markets
• Regional clusters, innovation systems, and economic development in Asia.

Scholarship Requirements
The Department will give priority to applicants with high grades from their universities. Applicants must:

• have a minimum grade of a weighted grade point average of at least 8.2 on the Danish 7-point grading scale (Grade B/GPA 3.0) or 9 on the 13-point scale for the entire program (i.e. for both the Bachelor's and Master's studies), and at least the grade of 10 for any final thesis or examination project.
• have basic training at the Masters level (similar to the 3 + 2 Bologna process).
• have educational background in Social Sciences.
• have successfully completed Master’s degree before commencing PhD at CBS.
• be fluent in English
• be highly skilled in the methods that connects to the project proposal, i.e., qualitative and quantitative methods respectively. In case of the latter, CBS expect experience with a statistical software package (such as Stata, SAS or R) and interest to apply micro-econometric estimation techniques.

Other Requirements
Application must include a 5 page project description. This research proposal should contain a presentation of an original research question, a description of the initial theoretical framework and methodology, a presentation of the suggested empirical material as well as a work-plan.
In addition to the research proposal, the application must include copies of the
Bachelor degree certificate and grades as well as Master’s degree certificate or other
certificates of a corresponding level, brief curriculum vitae (CV), a list of papers and
publications, and one copy of a selected written work (e.g. Master’s thesis).

General information
A PhD scholarship runs for a period of 3 years, and includes teaching obligations equivalent of ½ year’s work (840 work hours). The scholarships are fully salaried positions, according to the national Danish collective agreement. The scholarship includes the tuition fees, office space, travel grants plus a salary, currently starting with approximately DKK 23,770 (approximately 3,160 euro) per month up to DKK 28,964 (approximately 3,860 euro) depending on seniority, plus a pension contribution totalling 17,1 % of 85 per cent of the base salary.

Recruitment procedure
The Recruitment Committee will shortlist minimum two applicants; when possible five or more applicants will be shortlisted. The shortlisted applicants will be assessed by the Assessment Committee. All applicants will be notified of their status in the recruitment process shortly after the application deadline. Shortlisted candidates will be invited to an interview shortly after the application deadline.

Applicants selected for assessment will be notified about the composition of the Assessment Committee and later in the process about the result of the assessment.

Once the recruitment process is completed each applicant will be notified of the outcome of their application.

Apply now!

Deadline: April 1, 2018.

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