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:

Admission to Doctoral Studies of Economics and Social Sciences at AAU
Confirmation of supervision by a member of the doctoral programme

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.

Admission procedure

Applicants send:

letter of motivation
CV
documents (certificates incl. evaluation results / grades and evidence of skills in one or more of the research fields of the doctoral program)
envisaged topic of doctoral thesis / envisaged dissertation topic
master thesis (pdf)
reviews of master thesis

to the contact address below.

The decision about admission (after a hearing) will be taken jointly by the faculty members of the doctoral programme.

Deadlines

There are no formal deadlines. Applications can be filed any time.

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

Core faculty members (potential supervisors)

Prof. Dr. Dieter Bögenhold ( Department of Sociology, AAU)
Prof. Dr. Robert Breitenecker (Department of Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship, AAU)
o. Univ.-Prof. Dr. Werner Drobesch (Department of History)
Prof.ⁱⁿ Dr.ⁱⁿ Rita Faullant (Department of Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship, AAU)
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Reinhard Neck (Department of Economics, AAU)
Prof. Dr. Erich Schwarz (Department of Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship, AAU)
Prof.ⁱⁿ Dr.ⁱⁿ Nina Hampl (Department of Operations, Energy, and Environmental Management, AAU)

Additional faculty members (potential supervisors)

Prof. Dr. Gerald Reiner (Department of Operations, Energy, and Environmental Management, AAU)
Prof. Dr. Paul Schweinzer (Department of Economics, AAU)

Speaker

Univ.-Prof. Dr. Dieter Bögenhold
E: Dieter [dot] Boegenhold [at] aau [dot] at
T: +43 463 2700 3401

Contact

Kornelia Kanyo, Bakk.rer.soc.oec.
E: kornelia [dot] kanyo [at] aau [dot] at
T: +43 463 2700 3400