Ph.D in Business Administration
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Practical Information
Program duration
4 to 5 years FULL TIME (Phase 1: 2 years) (Phase 2: 2 to 3 years)
Entry requirements
Bachelor (Master degree is a plus) GMAT or GRE or TAGE MAGE test + English test (TOEFL or TOEIC) required
Degree level
PhD
Full program fees
€ 9000 (year 1 and 2) € 3000 (from the third year) Financial aid available
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Objectives
“The PhD program at Grenoble Ecole de Management aims at educating scholars who will become faculty members in leading international business schools or universities. It is a 4-year full-time program, designed to ensure that students are involved very early on in research and develop a solid publication record during their PhD studies.
We believe that the following characteristics make our program special and will help our graduates get attractive academic positions in leading international business schools:
- We offer an extensive training in up-to-date methods and theories. We believe that the PhD is the time to acquire the methodological tools and theoretical perspectives that will serve as a basis for a successful academic career. Formal training is completed by regular research seminars, in which leading experts from GEM or other universities present and discuss their latest research results.
- We believe in quality not quantity. Our program is small, ensuring that doctoral students receive high quality supervision.
- Our program is very hands-on. From Day 1, PhD students are part of a specific research group and start working on research projects with faculty. At the end of their first year, they write their first paper and typically present it at leading conferences, sometimes even publish it in a journal.
- Our program focuses on international publications. Doctoral theses at GEM follow the so-called “3-paper” model. A dissertation therefore consists of 3 independent but related academic papers, which are typically submitted (possibly even already published), in leading academic journals. This ensures that students are best prepared for their future career as academics.
- We support our PhD students’ research: we have an experimental lab with 14 isolated cubicles, a subject pool, a well-functioning library, and a generous support of PhD student attendance of conferences and doctoral consortia. Our doctoral students are normally fully funded, either from GEM (tuition waiver and assistantship) or externally.
- Our program is inherently international. The program is entirely in English, faculty and PhD students come from every continent. We have contacts with many universities and research institutes worldwide and PhD students can benefit from these contacts through common projects and interventions done by visiting professors. We encourage our PhD students to spend time as visiting PhDs in partner institutions. Finally, our PhD students have the opportunity to teach in English in our international undergraduate and graduate programs.
- Our faculty is very successful academically and exceptionallydynamic. The quality of our work and the academic level of the faculty are reflected in the accreditations we hold (AACSB, EQUIS, AMBA). Just as importantly, people at GEM do not rest on their laurels; they are always looking for the next challenge and trying to get better. An innovation culture permeates the entire school, not only our research topics.
- GEM has excellent contacts to industry, especially high tech industries. We are part of GIANT one of the most ambitious scientific projects in Europe. This gives us access to exciting projects in areas such as nanotechnologies, bio technologies, and alternative energies. Companies and consumers face new challenges in these areas, requiring new methods of study and new theories, and our research can help shaping the future.
- Grenoble is a wonderful place to live and study. It is not only a University town, but also a scientific and industrial town – people choose to stay to work there after their studies. There is a large and very active international community. The town is literally at the foot of the French Alps, offering countless possibilities for outdoor activities. It is also a few hours away from Geneva, Italy, Paris, or the Mediterranean, with easy train connections in all directions.
While it is difficult to put it in words, I hope to have given you a better feeling about what makes our PhD program special. Please also take a look at what our own PhD students say about the program.”
 Corinne Faure, PhD
Director of the PhD program
Professor of Marketing
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Program and modules
This training consists of two phases:
- Phase 1: Years 1 & 2 are devoted to courses, seminars and joint research projects with faculty members.
- Phase 2: Years 3 & 4 are devoted to dissertation work.
Concentrations
The GEM faculty has developed expertise and constituted research teams in the following areas:
The two concentrations “Strategy, Management of Technology and Innovation” and “Organization Theory, human relation and Society” are structured within MOTI, a group of about 40 scholars who are sharing seminars and common expertise.
Phase 1: Training in research
During phase 1, students receive a thorough and sophisticated training in the latest methods of inquiry and state-of-the-art knowledge. The program is taught entirely in English.
1. Training in the chosen field:
Students lacking a business background may be required to follow some courses from the Master of Sciences in Marketing or the Master of Sciences in Innovation and Technology Management programs. The specific choice of courses will be made on an individual basis. Possible courses include marketing management, management of innovation, brand management, etc…
2. Training in research:
PhD students have to take at least 300 hours of advanced PhD seminars over the first two-year period. All students have to take seminars on the most commonly used methodologies in business administration research (minimum of 200h). The goal is to provide students with a toolkit of different methods. Depending on the chosen concentration, students can then choose the methodologies they want to deepen.
Methodological seminars:
Year 1 (110h) :
- Overview of Research Methodologies
- Introduction to Statistical Methods in Research
- Scale Development (theory of measurement)
- Qualitative Research Methods
- Regression Analysis
- Experimental Design and Analysis
Year 2 (108h) :
- Descriptive Multivariate Statistical Techniques
- Structural Equation Modelling
- Decision Models
- Meta-analysis
- Network Analysis
- Database Management
Besides methodological seminar, students will have to take at least 100h of seminars on advanced questions in the chosen concentration (marketing, strategy…).
- Introductory seminars (for all concentrations):
- Year 1 (36h) :
- Introduction to Marketing thoughts
- Introduction to Finance thoughts
- Introduction to Organizational Theory thoughts
- Introduction to Strategic Management thoughts
- Examples of Advanced Marketing seminars (Marketing concentration):
- Perspectives in Consumer Behavior
- Perspectives in Marketing Strategy
- Consumer information processing
- Theories of social psychology
- Examples of Advanced Strategic Management seminars (Strategy, Management of Technology and Innovation concentration):
- Strategic Management of Innovation
- Managing Research and Development
- Innovation when Climate Changes
- Recent contributions and Research Avenues in Strategic Management
3. Practical Training in Research:
Immediately after their arrival in the program, students are integrated in a research team and start working on (at least one) research project. Within these projects they may have to perform several tasks such as: literature review, conceptual and theoretical developments, data collection supervision, design of the experimental procedure, writing of a specific part of an article…
Students also have to participate in internal research workshops. These workshops, typically organized on a weekly or bi-weekly basis by the Departments, consist of internal or invited research presentations and readings seminars. Students are also regularly asked to present their research at these workshops.
In order to move on to phase 2, the student will have to:
- Validate all the courses and seminars he/she took and maintain a cumulative GPA of 13/20.
- Write a first year paper (empirical papers are favored)
- Co-author at least one article in an international conference (e.g. AMA, AoM, ACR, EMAC, AFM, SMS, EGOS, AIMS…)
- Take and pass a comprehensive exam (the second year paper). This paper is to be an integrative review of an important area of research in the concentration of the student. The paper will be similar to a paper in Psychological Bulletin, Journal of Economic Literature or Academy of Management Review.
- Present a detailed research project for his/her dissertation
In order to ensure that students are progressing adequately, a formal review of student progress is undertaken annually.
Phase 2: Dissertation work
This stage is devoted to the dissertation work of the student. The student will have to choose his/her Ph.D supervisor and two committee members that will provide guidance on specific topics (e.g. econometrics, neural networks…).
The committee members may be faculty not belonging to Grenoble Ecole de Management. The student has the possibility to defend his/her Ph.D on the basis of his/her publications.
The doctoral dissertation is designed to demonstrate that the candidate is capable of conducting significant independent scholarly research. The dissertation is expected to be of such scope, magnitude, and originality as to indicate that the student has acquired a command of the area being investigated and that s/he has the ability to contribute new knowledge or outlook to the field.
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Careers
The co-production of rigorous, high-impact research makes graduates from this program highly attractive on the academic job market.
Below are examples of recent publications by our PhD students:
Journal articles
- Daudigeos T., Boutinot B. & S. Jaumier (in press), Taking Stock of Institutional Complexity: Anchoring a Pool of Institutional Logics into the Inter-institutional System with a Descendant Hierarchical Analysis, Research in the Sociology of Organizations.
- Pitesa, M., Thau, S. (forthcoming), Compliant sinners, obstinate saints: How power and self-focus determine the effectiveness of (un)ethical social influences. Academy of Management Journal.
Book chapters
- Jaumier S. & V. Javicoli (2013), La coopérative et ses engagements : de la responsabilité au militantisme, in V. Joannidès (Ed), L’entreprise coopérative : le management de demain ?, Ellipses, Paris.
- Jaumier S., Joannidès V. & F. Moulin (2012), Traduire, transmettre, coopérer : Mais qu’est-ce qui intéresse vraiment le monde coopératif ?, in M. J. Brassard & E. Molina (Eds), L’étonnant pouvoir des coopératives, pp. 233-248, SIC, Québec.
- Pitesa, M. (2012), Employee surveillance and the modern workplace. In: O'Sullivan, P., Esposito, M., Smith, M. (Eds.), Business Ethics: A Critical Approach: Integrating Ethics Across the Business World. London, England: Routledge.
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Admission
- Bachelor’s degree or higher (a Master degree is a plus). European students can apply after their Bachelor or after their first year of Master.
- Applicants holding a Master in Research are welcome to apply and, depending on their past training, may gain exemption from certain courses.
- Admission depends on the student's:
o Past grades.
o GMAT or GRE scores (TAGE-MAGE scores may be considered for French students). While the GMAT or GRE may not be perfect indicators of a student's ability to successfully complete a doctoral program, it does provide some general screening information. A GMAT of over 600 is preferred (test taken less than five years ago).
o TOEFL or TOEIC scores (test taken less than five years ago).
o Recommendations from faculty. Letters of recommendation should clearly address the applicant's motivation, dedication and ability to undertake and successfully complete doctoral work.
o Other factors such as work and research experience.
Prior coursework in business administration is not mandatory for this program. Courses in related disciplines such as economics, mathematics, engineering, statistics or psychology provide the student with the background necessary for integrating and understanding the concepts taught in the Ph.D program.
Timing
There will be two recruitment sessions in 2013 for a start of the PhD program on September 16th 2013:
1st session application deadline is January 15th 2013.
2nd session application deadline is April 26th 2013.
Your online application must be complete and validated to be examined at one of the recruitment sessions. Late applications may be considered if any openings remain.
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Application
To register, please fill in the online application form, and ask your referees to send the reference form to:
Ms. Nadège Friess
Ph.D Admissions - Grenoble Ecole de Management
12 rue Pierre Sémard
38003 Grenoble Cedex 01 - France
Tuition fees and financial aid
The tuition fees are 9,000 Euros per year for the first 2 years and 3,000 Euros per year from the third year.
Grenoble Ecole de Management offers tuition fees waiver plus a teaching or research assistantship with a living allowance. Financial aid is provided according to merit and is conditional upon students’ progress and performance.
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