PhD Scholarships in Economics, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark

PhD scholarship – Department of International Economics and Management – Copenhagen Business School

The Department of International Economics and Management, Copenhagen Business School invites applications for a vacant PhD scholarship within the research areas of the department:

- Corporate Governance
- International Business
- Emerging Markets

Please visit the department’s profile at www.cbs.dk/int and please consult the general information on the CBS PhD Programme.

After consulting the relevant CBS websites and if there are specific questions on the position, you may contact Head of Department, Niels Mygind, nm.int[ at ]cbs.dk

General information:
CBS offers high scholarships and accepts only top applicants. To be awarded the scholarship, one must be enrolled as a PhD student. To be considered for enrolment, the candidate should have a basic training at the Masters level, and must be fluent in Danish and/or English. Enrolment in the PhD programme furthermore depends on the acceptance of the application, which must include a short project description, usually pre-pared in co-operation with the Department. This research proposal should contain a presentation of the in-tended research question, including the theory and methodology expected to be used. Indicative examples of research themes could be:

- The determinants and effects of board composition
- Private equity ownership: causes and consequences
- Causes of the current financial crises: leverage, board failure and compensation bias
- Managing innovation in Multinational Companies,
- Outward FDI from emerging markets
- The role of emerging markets in the global financial crisis

In addition to the research proposal, the application must include a completed compulsory form, copies of a 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).

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