Georgia Institute of Technology – College of Management
Ph.D. program in Strategic Management, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship now accepting applications
Why at Georgia Tech? GT's Ph.D. program is strongly research oriented, and emphasizes the early involvement of our students in research projects with world-wide leading faculty. The Ph.D. program places significant weight on learning outside the classroom. Given the small size of the program, the tutorial-mentor model is theprimary educational approach employed. Thus, doctoral students experience significant attention and support by a diverse set of world-class faculty.
At Georgia Tech, the study of strategic management is interdisciplinary and integrative, providing focus in the areas of technology and innovation management, entrepreneurship, and international management. The Strategic Management area represents a strong community of active researchers pursuing a wide variety of interests. See http://mgt.gatech.edu/fac_research/acad_areas/stg_mgt.html for more information.
GT Strategy Ph.D. students are successful. They have published in leading academic journals and strategy Ph.D. students have presented research at prestigious conferences held in the U.S. and Europe. They have been included in by-invitation-onlyconferences an. A current student has won a competitive Kauffman Dissertation Fellowship and College of Management Teaching Award. Another student holds one of the coveted GT's Presidential Fellowships. Job placements continue to be strong.
The COM at Georgia Tech is the home of an NSF Integrative Graduate Education and Research Training program, Technological Innovation: Generating Economic Results (TI:GER, see http://tiger.gatech.edu/), as well as a US Department of Education funded Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER, see http://www.ciber.gatech.edu/). The strategy area at Georgia Tech hosts and co-sponsors leading annual research conferences like the Roundtable for Engineering Entrepreneurship Research (REER) and the Atlanta Competitive Advantage Conference (ACAC), which provide an opportunity to mingle with world-wide leading scholars in entrepreneurship and strategy.
How do I finance the program, and how do I apply? If admitted to the program, you will be fully funded to go to school to getyour degree. Your tuition will be waived, and you will receive a generous stipend. Application deadline is December 6th for admission in the following fall semester (August 15th). All relevant financial information, including the application package is online at http://mgt.gatech.edu/programs/phd.html?link=left_info_for The strategy area will consider applicants that took either theGMAT or the GRE.
Contact the strategy Ph.D. coordinator, Professor Danny Breznitz at tbvb@gatech.edu for any remaining questions.
About Georgia Tech: The Georgia Institute of Technology (http://www.gatech.edu) is one of the nation's top research universities, distinguished by its commitment to improving the human condition through advanced science and technology. Georgia Tech's campus occupies 400 acres in the heart of the city of Atlanta, where more than 16,000 undergraduate and graduate students receive a focused, technologically based education. Georgia Tech consistently ranks among U.S. News & World Report's top ten public universities in the United States. In a world that increasingly turns to technology for solutions, Georgia Tech is using innovative teaching and advanced research to define the technological university of the 21st century.
About Atlanta: Atlanta, home to over 4 million people, is the 9th largest metropolitan area in the US, and one of the fastest growing cities. It serves as cultural and economic hub of the southeastern U.S., with world-class shopping, outstanding restaurants, and five professional sports teams. Compared to other large cities, Atlanta offers a lower cost of living and excellent weather. About 120,000 companieshave operations here, and Atlanta is 3rd in the list of cities with the most Fortune 500 Headquarters. Atlanta is home to corporate giants like Home Depot, Coca-Cola, CNN, Newell Rubbermaid, UPS, Georgia-Pacific, Equifax, and Delta Air Lines. Atlanta is one of the top 10 places for business and careers (by Forbes) and one of the top 25 U.S. cities for entrepreneurs (Entrepreneur magazine and Dun & Bradstreet). Atlanta's international airport, the world's busiest, makes Georgia Tech readily accessible to any part of the world – 80% of the U.S. population is within a two-hour flight. Atlanta is also one of the top 5 U.S. cities for singles (by Forbes), one of the top 40 cities for families (by Child.com), and the #1 city for African-Americans (by Black Enterprise magazine). For more information, see www.atlanta.net/movinghere/index.asp.
Henry Sauermann
Assistant Professor of Strategic Management
Georgia Institute of Technology
College of Management
800, W. Peachtree St.
Atlanta, GA 30308
Phone: 404-385-4883
http://mgt.gatech.edu/directory/faculty/sauermann/index.html
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