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The Department of Management at the Isenberg School of Management is actively seeking exceptional students for its Ph.D. program in Strategic Management. Our Ph.D. program is a full-time, on-campus program designed for individuals who have both the intellectual and analytical capacity for advanced study, who enjoy collaborative research as well as independent thinking. Our aim is to develop world-class scholars who will pursue academic careers and contribute to the advancement of knowledge through leading-edge research, changing the way people think about strategy.

If you know of any students who may have an interest in pursuing an advanced degree in strategic management, could you please be so kind as to forward this to them.

PROGRAM OVERVIEW

The Ph.D. in Strategic Management at the Isenberg School offers a sequence of strategy seminars in each semester of course work to equip students with current thinking and research in the field. These seminars address a variety of topics central to the discipline, such as competitive advantage, diversification, corporate governance, the innovation process, and strategic decision-making. To complement this knowledge, students take additional required courses in related fields such as organization studies, research methods, and industrial organization economics. The result is exceptional preparation for conducting path-breaking research. Students admitted to the program will receive a stipend and full tuition waiver.

FACULTY

The Isenberg faculty strives to create positive mentorship relationships with students and expects students to engage in collaborative research with faculty members to facilitate the well-rounded development of research and teaching skills. Their research has been published in top scholarly journals in the management field. They also serve on the editorial boards of quality academic journals, and play influential leadership roles in the various divisions of the Academy of Management.

ABOUT AMHERST

UMass Amherst, the flagship campus of the University of Massachusetts system, sits on nearly 1,450 acres in the scenic Pioneer Valley of Western Massachusetts, 90 miles from Boston and 175 miles from New York City.  The Town of Amherst gracefully combines colonial charm with the vigor of one of New England's major educational centers, The Five College Consortium: Smith, Hampshire, Amherst, and Mount Holyoke Colleges and The University of Massachusetts Amherst.  This area of Western Massachusetts offers an exhilarating degree of social, cultural and recreational diversity.

If any of your students are interested in our program, please have them contact the Program Coordinator, Dr. Bruce Skaggs, for more information.

The Department of Management at the Isenberg School of Management is actively seeking exceptional students for its Ph.D. program in Strategic Management. Our Ph.D. program is a full-time, on-campus program designed for individuals who have both the intellectual and analytical capacity for advanced study, who enjoy collaborative research as well as independent thinking. Our aim is to develop world-class scholars who will pursue academic careers and contribute to the advancement of knowledge through leading-edge research, changing the way people think about strategy.

If you know of any students who may have an interest in pursuing an advanced degree in strategic management, could you please be so kind as to forward this to them.

PROGRAM OVERVIEW

The Ph.D. in Strategic Management at the Isenberg School offers a sequence of strategy seminars in each semester of course work to equip students with current thinking and research in the field. These seminars address a variety of topics central to the discipline, such as competitive advantage, diversification, corporate governance, the innovation process, and strategic decision-making. To complement this knowledge, students take additional required courses in related fields such as organization studies, research methods, and industrial organization economics. The result is exceptional preparation for conducting path-breaking research. Students admitted to the program will receive a stipend and full tuition waiver.

FACULTY

The Isenberg faculty strives to create positive mentorship relationships with students and expects students to engage in collaborative research with faculty members to facilitate the well-rounded development of research and teaching skills. Their research has been published in top scholarly journals in the management field. They also serve on the editorial boards of quality academic journals, and play influential leadership roles in the various divisions of the Academy of Management.

ABOUT AMHERST

UMass Amherst, the flagship campus of the University of Massachusetts system, sits on nearly 1,450 acres in the scenic Pioneer Valley of Western Massachusetts, 90 miles from Boston and 175 miles from New York City.  The Town of Amherst gracefully combines colonial charm with the vigor of one of New England's major educational centers, The Five College Consortium: Smith, Hampshire, Amherst, and Mount Holyoke Colleges and The University of Massachusetts Amherst.  This area of Western Massachusetts offers an exhilarating degree of social, cultural and recreational diversity.

If any of your students are interested in our program, please have them contact the Program Coordinator, Dr. Bruce Skaggs, for more information.