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NEW PH.D. PROGRAM IN STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT

Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business

Rice University

The Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business at Rice University is proud to announce the launch of its Ph.D. program in Strategic Management, with admittance to the program starting in the Fall of 2011. We are actively recruiting highly qualified applicants. The Ph.D. program in strategic management complements previously launched programs in Marketing and Finance. A Ph.D. program in Accounting is also being launched in the fall of 2011.

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 Jones School consists of a very strong group of active researchers in the field of strategic management. The SE faculty currently include four Full Professors (Bill Glick, Bob Hoskisson, Gerry Sanders, Duane Windsor), five Associate Professors (Prashant Kale, Balaji Koka, Haiyang Li, Doug Schuler, Anthea Yan Zhang), and one Assistant Professor (Margaret Cording).  This group has a strong record of publishing in premier strategic management journals such as Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, 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 Texas A&M University, University of Oklahoma, and Arizona State University as well as served as external committee members for PhD students at such institutions as Rice University, the University of Texas, University of Colorado, University of Missouri, Ivey Business School, 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 2011 admissions; the online application will become available in September 2010. The application deadline is January 14^th 2011 for admission to the program in the Fall of 2011. For detailed information about application, 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 four 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 Jones School: 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 Houston 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 7th worldwide for 'Best in Finance' and 20th worldwide for research productivity. The same survey assessing Executive MBA programs placed Rice 4th worldwide for 'Top Salaries in Finance'. Also, the Princeton Review and Entrepreneur recognized the Jones School as a top entrepreneurial graduate school, placing it 5^th in the nation. For more information about the Jones School, please visit www.business.rice.edu.

About Rice University: Founded in 1912, Rice University is a private research university located in Houston, Texas, United States. Its campus is located near the Houston Museum District and adjacent to the Texas Medical Center. 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.

About Houston: Houston, home to over 2 million people, is the 4^th largest city in the US.  Many Americans think of Houston as a hot, sprawling, soulless metropolis where the oil industry is king. But Houston is one of the most art-dense and opportunity-rich cities in the nation. Houston boasts more Fortune 500 headquarters than any other U.S. city except New York. Companies with a major presence in Houston include: Exxon Mobil, Wal-Mart, Continental Airlines, Memorial Hermann Healthcare System, Shell Oil Co., BP, Chevron, AT&T, Hewlett-Packard, Baker Hughes, National Oilwell Varco, Administaff, Kroger Co., H-E-B, Baylor College of Medicine, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Halliburton, JP Morgan Chase, and Dow Chemical. Also foreign governments have established 90 consular offices in metropolitan Houston, ranking third behind New York and Los Angeles. Houston's overall after-taxes living cost is 12 percent below the national average, aided by housing costs 26 percent below the average. There's no state income tax. According to Kiplinger's Personal Finance, Houston was ranked No.1 Best City to live, work and play in 2008. See http://www.visithoustontexas.com/ for more information.

Robert E. Hoskisson

George R. Brown Professor of Strategic Management

Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business

Rice University

6100 Main Street, MS-531

Houston, Texas 77005

Phone: 713-348-2059

Fax: 713-348-6296

E-Mail: robert.hoskisson@rice.edu