Dear Faculty,
We are seeking high quality applicants for our doctoral program.
Ph.D. PROGRAM IN STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Jesse</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">H.</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Jones</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Graduate</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">School</st1:placetype></st1:place> of Business
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Rice</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype></st1:place>
The Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business at <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Rice</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype></st1:place> is seeking candidates for its Ph.D. program in Strategic Management, with admittance to the program starting in the Fall of 2016. We are actively recruiting highly qualified applicants.
What is our goal?
The main goal of our doctoral program is to train students to do high-quality research in the field and to prepare them for careers as professors of strategic management at top academic research institutions. The academic job market for Ph.D.s in strategic management has been strong, the pay is good and the work is rewarding.
Who are the faculty?
- A strong faculty group with a great record of publishing in premier strategic management journals
The Strategy and Environment (SE) Group in the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Jones</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">School</st1:placetype></st1:place> consists of a very strong group of active researchers in the field of strategic management. The SE faculty currently include four Full Professors (Bob Hoskisson, Duane Windsor, Yan (Anthea) Zhang, and Haiyang Li), three Associate Professors (Prashant Kale, Balaji Koka, and Doug Schuler), and one Assistant Professor (Anastasiya Zavyalova). This group has a strong record of publishing in premier strategic management journals such as <st1:placetype w:st="on">Academy</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Management Journal</st1:placename>, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">Academy</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Management Review</st1:placename></st1:place>, Strategic Management Journal, Organization Science, and Journal of International Business Studies. See http://business.rice.edu/Strategy_Environment.aspx for more information (click on the Faculty or Management Brochure tabs to get more information on the faculty).
- Faculty have extensive experience in working with doctoral students
Virtually all of the SE faculty have served and worked with doctoral students in a range of capacities. For instance, faculty members have guided doctoral programs at <st1:placename w:st="on">Texas</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">A&M</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype>, <st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Oklahoma</st1:placename>, and <st1:placename w:st="on">Arizona</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">State</st1:placetype> <st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype> as well as served as external committee members for Ph.D. students at such institutions as <st1:placename w:st="on">Rice</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype>, the <st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Texas</st1:placename>, <st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Colorado</st1:placename>, <st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Missouri</st1:placename>, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Ivey</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Business</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">School</st1:placetype></st1:place>, among others. The faculty group also has rather extensive experience coauthoring papers with doctoral students at a number of institutions.
How unique is this program?
- Our Ph.D. program is strongly research oriented. Students are provided opportunities to be fully engaged in research projects from the beginning of their program. The structure of our program is focused not only on formal seminars but also the craft of scholarship through apprentice style–working relationships, including required first and second year papers.
- While the SE group has the breadth to train Ph.D. students in all areas of strategic management, we especially focus on corporate strategy and governance, executive leadership, alliance and merger strategies, entrepreneurship, emerging markets, and corporate social responsibility.
How to Apply? Any Financial Support?
- We will begin accepting applications for Fall 2016 admissions with the online application now available. . The application deadline is January 15th 2016 for admission to the program in the Fall of 2016. For detailed information about the application process, please visit the following website: http://business.rice.edu/PhD.aspx.
- All applicants to the strategy area will need to submit their score on the Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT) exam.
- If admitted to the program, you will be fully funded while in the program! Your tuition will be waived, and you'll receive a generous stipend, for at least five years.
- Feel free to contact the strategy Ph.D. coordinator, Professor Robert E. Hoskisson, at robert.hoskisson@rice.edu for any remaining questions.
More about the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Jones</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">School</st1:placetype></st1:place>: The Jones School is committed to our mission of providing a superior business education to students through a focus on thought leadership, innovation, and ethics. Named in honor of the late Jesse Holman Jones, a prominent <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Houston</st1:city></st1:place> business and civic leader, the school received its initial funding in 1974 through a major gift from the Houston Endowment Inc., a philanthropic foundation established by Jones and his wife, Mary Gibbs Jones. Our current MBA programs continue to earn media recognition and accolades. Recently, the Financial Times ranked the Rice MBA Full-Time program 9th worldwide for 'Best in Finance' and 'Best in Accounting'. The business school's Intellectual Capital placed 10th in Business Week's latest Full Time MBA ranking and in the top 25 overall. Also, for the last three years the Princeton Review and Entrepreneur recognized the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Jones</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">School</st1:placetype></st1:place> as a top 10 entrepreneurial graduate school. For more information about the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Jones</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">School</st1:placetype></st1:place>, please visit www.business.rice.edu.
About <st1:placename w:st="on">Rice</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype>: Founded in 1912, <st1:placename w:st="on">Rice</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype> is a private research university located in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Houston</st1:city>, <st1:state w:st="on">Texas</st1:state>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">United States</st1:country-region></st1:place>. Its campus is located near the Houston Museum District and adjacent to the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Texas</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Medical</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Center</st1:placetype></st1:place>. Rice University is consistently ranked one of America's best teaching and research universities because of its size (3,279 undergraduates and 2,277 graduate students), selectivity (12 applicants for each place in the freshman class), resources (an undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1 and an endowment of $681,034 per FTE student), and collaborative culture (which crosses disciplines, integrates teaching and research, and intermingles undergraduate and graduate work). For more information about Rice see www.rice.edu.
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