Thematic doctoral programme Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Economic Development

Profile

The doctoral programme builds upon the already successfully established AAU research initiative „Entrepreneurship“ and explicitly extends its focus to areas of „Innovation“ and „Economic Development“. Through the participation of scholars from the fields of business administration, economics, sociology and humanities, it is possible to discuss entrepreneurship, innovation and economic development from different perspectives.

Aims

The overall aim is to qualify young researchers scientifically and methodically for:

international academic careers (incl. presentations of research findings at academic conferences and first publications in high ranked scientific journals)
leading positions in politics and in public sector or management of private organisations
entrepreneurship (e.g. business start-ups, business succession, corporate entrepreneurship)

Fact Box

Academic degree: Dr. rer.soc.oec

Duration of studies: 3 years

Language of instruction: English

Admission requirements:

expiring

Range of courses

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Research areas

Possible research areas in the fields of entrepreneurship, innovation and economic development are:

Entrepreneurship
- topics along the entrepreneurial process (from opportunity identification to opportunity exploration)
- special topics like „female“, „ethnic“, „social“ and „technological“ entrepreneurship.
Innovation
- technological- and business model innovations at company level
- macro-economic questions relevant to innovation (e.g. economic development, fragmented research systems and markets, insufficient support mechanisms).
Economic Development
- entrepreneurship and its impact on innovation and job creation
- entrepreneurship and its impact on transition economies or developing countries.

Graduation requirements

Basic module (minimum of 16 ECTS credits):

central courses (on compulsory literature as well as theories and methods in innovation and entrepreneurship) which have to be taken by all doctoral students
doctoral colloquium to enhance discussion and exchange among doctoral students and supervisors

Methods module (minimum of 20 ECTS credits):

courses to expand methods competence
additional in-depth methods courses can be chosen from CESEENet programme, EDEN seminars or VHB courses

Elective module (minimum of 12 ECTS credits):

individual choice of thematic courses

Thesis:

preferably cumulative, written in English

Potential supervisors

Faculty members (potential supervisors)

Prof. David Audretsch, Ph.D. (Department of Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship)
Assoc. Prof. MMag. Dr. Rita Faullant (M/O/T School of Management, Organizational Development and Technology)
Priv.-Doz. Mag. Dr. Dietfried Globocnik (Department of Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship)
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Max-Peter Menzel (Department of Geography and Regional Studies)
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Erich Schwarz (Department of Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship)
Assoc. Prof. Mag. Dr. Martina Ukowitz (Human Resource Management, Leadership and Organizational Behavior)

Speaker

Univ.-Prof. Dr. Erich Schwarz
E: Erich [dot] Schwarz [at] aau [dot] at

T: +43 463 2700 4051

Contact

Nina Hofbauer, BA

E: Nina [dot] Hofbauer [at] aau [dot] at

T: +43 463 2700 4050