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Commensurately with the increase in our strategy and entrepreneurship faculty, we are growing our Ph.D. program, providing focus in the areas of technology and innovation management, entrepreneurship, and international management.  I would, therefore, very much appreciate you sharing the attached information flyer with any interested students.  Thank you very much for your support.

Kind regards,

Frank

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Strategic Management

The Strategic Management area at Georgia Tech's College of Management (COM)

seeks Qualified Applicants for their Ph.D. program

Have you ever thought about getting a Ph.D.?  A doctoral degree qualifies you to pursue an academic career as a researcher and educator.  An academic career provides not only tremendous intellectual freedom, but makes it possible to work with bright people throughout your life.  You really can make a difference through the scholarly research you create, and the lives you shape through your teaching.  The life style is great, and the pay is good!  Frequently, Ph.D. graduates' starting salary range from $90K to $150K, depending on placement, which is largely determined by performance in the doctoral program.  Moreover, the job market for Strategy Ph.D.s has been strong, and in recent years more positions have been available than candidates pursuing jobs.  Thus, it is not surprising that the position of a university professor is frequently ranked as one of the most desirable jobs in the world.

Why in Strategic Management?   As the integrative discipline in business management, strategy is both interesting and fun.  The unifying element of strategy research is driven by answering the question of why do some firms outperform their competitors? To answer this critical question, researchers draw on different disciplines, such as economics and sociology, to study the critical roles that managers, technologies, and business relationships play in determining why some companies do better than others.

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 the primary 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.

Here is what some current Ph.D. students have to say about Georgia Tech's Ph.D. program in strategic management:

• I wanted to study strategy because I believe differential firm performance is vital to understand in a rapidly changing business environment.  It also brings together my interest in cross disciplinary viewpoints and international perspectives to resolve tangible issues for today's businesses both large and small.
• I selected the Georgia Tech Ph.D. program in Strategic Management over several others because I found good synergy between my research interests and those of the faculty in the program here.  The strategy faculty has a strong commitment to fields such as innovation, high technology, international issues and entrepreneurship.  The multi-disciplinary approach is encouraged through a variety of classroom settings and research activities. 
• The program in strategy is has a strong research emphasis in innovation, which is unique among all the top management Ph.D. programs. After spending a year, I am impressed by the academic atmosphere here: there is around-the-clock hard-work going on in every corner of this brand-new building, but there is fun among us as we enjoy the life, and there is frequent cooperation between faculty from different departments, and there is a culture that encourages students and faculty to work together.
• Many new Ph.D. students are concerned about finding a faculty member whose research interests overlap with their own.  I have found that at Georgia Tech, this concern is mitigated both by the faculty's breadth of research interests and willingness to help young researchers.
• The Georgia Tech Ph.D. program has encouraged my intellectual growth and provided a challenging environment in which to learn how to be a successful faculty member at a top-level research university. 
• There exists a rare balance in the Ph.D. program at Georgia Tech between allowing young researchers the freedom to explore their own interests and giving them the guidance to create exemplary research.
• Faculty are very supportive in developing each student's research ability.
• At the end of my 3^rd year, I am confident I have made a good choice for my doctoral study.  The research active faculty are approachable and willing to work on joint projects with Ph.D. students.  I have already had several opportunities to present papers at academic conferences both domestically and abroad.   

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/).  Additional information about Georgia Tech's COM and its faculty is available at: http://mgt.gatech.edu/  The Strategic Management area represents a strong community of active researchers pursuing a diversity of interests (See http://mgt.gatech.edu/fac_research/acad_areas/stg_mgt.html for more information).  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, we'll pay you to go to school to get your degree!  Your tuition will be waived, and you'll received a stipend, etc.  Application deadline is January 15^th for admission the following fall semester (August 15^th). 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 the GMAT or the GRE.

Contact the strategy Ph.D. coordinator, Professor Frank T. Rothaermel at frank.rothaermel@mgt.gatech.edu for any remaining questions.

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Frank T. Rothaermel [http://mgt.gatech.edu/rothaermel]
Sloan Industry Studies Fellow

Associate Professor of Strategy

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Georgia Institute of Technology
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