Research concentrations
London Business School offers seven PhD research concentrations. Interactions within and across the subject areas provide a rich environment for innovative, collaborative and multi-disciplinary research.
Accounting
"The close connection with researchers from top business schools all over the world stimulates the creation of research ideas."
- Susanna Li , year of entry 2005
The faculty's contemporary teaching and research topics include:
- valuation of tangible assets
- corporate disclosure policies
- corporate governance
- security analysis
- implications of financial reporting for capital markets
- mergers and acquisitions
- regulation of accounting standards
- international accounting
- performance measurement.
Economics
The faculty is renowned for both high-calibre research and its application to the problems faced by business audiences and public policy makers.
The programme combines both theoretical and empirical research and within the group there are a range of programmes, initiatives and research centres. This includes the Global Communications Consortium (GCC), a unique academic and business research programme analysing key issues facing communications providers today.
Finance
The Finance faculty's teaching and research topics include:
- asset pricing
- capital markets
- corporate finance
- corporate governance
- corporate restructuring
- derivatives
- equity and bond markets
- financial institutions
- financial regulation
- investment management
- international finance
- market microstructure
- asymmetric information
- behavioural finance.
Management Science and Operations
Research activities place an emphasis on analysing decision making problems across all functional aspects of management, with a focus on the areas of:
- operations research
- statistics and forecasting
- optimisation
- strategic modelling
- computational economics
- Meet the Management Science and Operations faculty
- Current students
- Research examples
- PHD programme details
- How to apply
Marketing
"I found a Marketing department that ranks among the strongest in the world, both academically and professionally. I know I can approach any member of faculty to discuss an idea or to ask for career advice.
"From the first day, they made clear I was more than just a new student: I was one of them, a junior colleague whose objectives and efforts were integrated to those of the whole department."
Hernan Bruno, Marketing PhD2002
The Marketing doctoral program enhances both the quality of research carried out by our Marketing Faculty as well as its external research reputation.
Organisational Behaviour
The PhD programme in Organisational Behaviour is designed to train students to become outstanding and creative scholars in the field. During the programme, you will learn to conduct original empirical research, tutor and teach, and socialise yourself in the traditions of the field.
Our programme has two broad phases. The first two years focus on coursework (12 courses over two years). In years three and four, the focus is on conducting original research.
Strategy and Entrepreneurship (SE)
"The faculty provide tremendous freedom to ensure that it is your research project and not someone else's. I was looking for an intellectually stimulating environment to develop my research skills and definitely found it here!"
Bart Vanneste, Strategy and Entrepreneurship, PhD2004 cohort
This is a programme for committed, top-class thinkers interested in how organisations can create value through superior competitive performance. The focus is on research with practical, managerial relevance, addressing the fundamental questions about organisations and business.
You have the freedom to choose whatever you find interesting in the broad areas of strategy and international management and the programme draws students from all backgrounds, including sociology, economics, psychology, business and engineering.
SE has strong links to other areas in the school - Organisational Behaviour, Management Science and Operations, and Economics, as well as links to other academic institutions.
For more information, contact:
Vaishali Jagjivan
PhD Programme Administrator
Research and Faculty Office
Tel: +44 (0)20 7000 8968
Fax: +44 (0)20 7000 8951
Email: PhD-Info@london.edu
