Nottingham University Business School Doctoral Brochure

Nottingham University Business School Doctoral and MRes programmes www.nottingham.ac.uk/business/phd

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Welcome

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Why Nottingham?

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Our research

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Leading research expertise

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Our divisional priority research areas – Accounting – Economics and Finance – Management – Marketing – Operations Management and Information Systems – Entrepreneurship and Innovation – International Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility

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Our doctoral programme

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MRes Business and Management

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Jubilee Campus

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City life

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Join the network

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Fees and funding

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Your career, your way

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How to apply

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Get in touch

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Contents

James Bailey is studying for a PhD in Marketing.

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Welcome to the Nottingham University Business School doctoral and MRes programmes

We are delighted you are considering applying to the doctoral or MRes degree programmes at Nottingham University Business School.

Nottingham University Business School is one of an elite global group of EQUIS-accredited business schools and is among the UK’s leading centres for management education.

Research is central to all activities in the Business School, and our research degree programmes are an integral part of our strategy for research excellence.

We are recognised as one of the top schools in the world for the quality of our teaching and research in finance, entrepreneurship, and sustainability. We take seriously our responsibility to educate future business leaders to take a broader ethical and societal perspective on business practices and finance and we integrate these issues into our doctoral programmes.

Our success in the most recent Research Assessment Exercise (RAE), in which 70% of our research activity was rated either internationally excellent or world leading, strongly indicates the quality of our research environment. We feel that a vibrant doctoral and MRes community enhances our research culture, and provides the lifeblood of the school.

You will study in a world-class research institution and we aim to develop well-rounded management researchers. You will receive research training and supervision from internationally recognised scholars across a wide range of disciplines.

The completion of an MRes degree will not only equip you with the skills for doctoral research, but also enhance your labour market prospects. Similarly, a doctoral degree will provide you with the necessary skills for a successful career not only in academia, but also in commerce, industry or the public sector. Graduates from our programmes are now working in prestigious research universities, multi-national corporations, governments, and public sectors worldwide.

We hope that you will join us at Nottingham.

Professor Heidi Winklhofer Doctoral Programmes Director

The Business School has excellent links with business and industry, and receives substantial research funding from the commercial sector as well as research councils. We are proud of our reputation for internationally excellent research and our high standard of research activity informs the content and design of all our programmes, ensuring that relevant academic theory is combined with good business practice.

We continue to pioneer entrepreneurship education, as we believe it is vital to equip our students with enhanced creativity and effective problem-solving abilities. The school is now a focus of entrepreneurial activity that unites numerous external organisations in collaborative teaching, research, and thought leadership globally.

Our faculty’s strong links with a large number of key businesses mean you will benefit from their business experience as well as the innovative research at our leading centres and institutes, from promoting entrepreneurial start-up businesses to developing supply chain solutions with RollsRoyce, or collaborating with banks and financial services providers with our Financial Services Research Forum.

Our goal is to inspire and challenge you intellectually and prepare you for success in your chosen career. Thank you for considering us at this key point in your personal and professional development.

Professor Martin Binks Dean, Nottingham University Business School

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With campuses in Nottingham, China, and Malaysia, The University of Nottingham is a truly international university.

Why Nottingham?

Students work in the Business School North atrium.

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With over 42,000 students from more than 150 countries, two overseas campuses and strong relationships with institutions around the world, Nottingham will help you develop your international perspective and connect you to a global network of leaders, academics, and fellow research students.

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This high standard of research activity informs the content and design of all our PhD and MRes programmes, ensuring that we combine relevant academic theory with good business practice.

The Nottingham PhD rates among the UK’s top programmes while the Business School is one of just a few in the UK to achieve both EQUIS and AMBA accreditations. We are recognised as one of the world’s top business schools for integrating sustainability issues into all our programmes.

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Nottingham University Business School is a world leader in business and management research and is actively involved in a diverse range of projects at Nottingham, China, and Malaysia.

Our research

PhD student Sarah Glozer studies on Jubilee Campus.

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We have close links with a number of commercial, industrial, and public concerns, which facilitate data collection and fundraising for new research projects. Recently, research sponsorship for projects and students has come from the ESRC, EPSRC, the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, the European Union, British Council India, the Association of British Insurers, Barclays Life, and the Geneva Association.

Other sources of external funding include Aviva, which has endowed a Chair in Insurance Studies in the school, and the Boots Company (Alliance Boots), which sponsors a Chair in Accounting and Finance. We have a number of interdisciplinary links with schools across the University, including the School of Contemporary Chinese Studies, which promotes interdisciplinary research and teaching on China.

Further research links exist with the schools of Economics, Geography, History, Politics, and the Faculty of Engineering.

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Leading research expertise Our research team is made up of pioneering and award-winning professionals.

Professor Paul Fenn

Professor Ruth McDonald

Professor Fenn is Aviva Professor of Insurance Studies and Head of the Economics and Finance Division. He is a leading expert in the economics of the legal services market; personal injury litigation; health and liability insurance; medical negligence; and of workplace health and safety. He has written or edited several books and published numerous articles in peer-reviewed journals on the general themes of personal injury litigation, liability insurance, health economics, and the economics of workplace risk. He is expert advisor to the Ministry of Justice.

Professor McDonald is Professor of Healthcare Innovation and Learning. Her research concerns issues of change and resistance in healthcare organisations. Recently, her research has focused on financial incentives in primary and secondary care settings in the UK and USA. Her research has been published widely in leading journals, including The New England Journal of Medicine; the British Journal of General Practice; and Sociology of Health and Illness. She is a member of CLAHRC - Centre for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and Lincolnshire - a collaboration between The University of Nottingham and the NHS. She was previously an NHS finance director and has served as a non-executive director for two NHS organisations in Liverpool.

Professor Bart MacCarthy Professor MacCarthy is Professor of Operations Management.

His expertise spans the analysis, modelling and design of operational systems in business and industry. He has published widely on operations management, management science and related areas and has researched and consulted with a wide range of industries including textiles and clothing, automotive, aerospace, engineering, consumer products and food, as well as firms in distribution and logistics. His research interests are in operations management and management science; modelling and analysis of supply chains and logistics systems; mass customisation theory and practice; models and systems for planning, scheduling and control; networks for international operations; and optimisation and simulation modelling. He holds Fellowships of the Institute of Mathematics (IMA), the Institute of Operations Management (IMA), and the IEE.

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Professor Jeremy Moon Professor Moon is Professor and Founding Director of the International Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility. He won an EABIS/Aspen Institute European Faculty Award for his outstanding work in corporate, social, and environmental responsibility education and he is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. Jeremy is co-editor of Corporate Governance and Business Ethics: A Reader (Edward Elgar, 2010), the Oxford Handbook of CSR (Oxford University Press, 2008); and coauthor of Corporations and Citizenship (Cambridge University Press, 2008). He has published widely on CSR, particularly relating to governance, citizenship, and strategy.

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Professor David Newton

Professor Justin Waring

Professor Newton is Professor of Finance and is an expert in mathematical finance. He began his career as a researcher and teacher in chemistry at the universities of Cambridge (Pembroke College) and Bristol, then lectured at Glasgow and Warwick universities. His research interests include derivatives (option) pricing; real options; real estate; defaultable bonds; mutual funds, liquidity, seasoned equity offerings, and the interaction between cash, debt and investment policies. He joined Manchester Business School as a senior lecturer before becoming a professor at Nottingham. He has taught in many countries and has a number of high-profile contacts at companies including Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan.

Professor Waring is Professor of Organisational Sociology. His work deals with the ongoing renewal of public services with a particular focus on the changing organisation and management of healthcare services. His primary interest is to understand how new organisational forms and processes interact with institutionalised professional practices, cultures and identities; and how such institutional influences can both stimulate or stymie reform. He has extensive research leadership and has worked on a number of high profile reform agendas, including patient safety and organisational learning; and quality assurance and risk management. His work has been supported and funded by the ESRC, NIHR SDO, NIHR HSR, DoH, and the PSRP.

Professor Ken Starkey

Professor Heidi Winklhofer

Professor Starkey is Professor of Management and Organisational Learning and Head of the Management Division in the Business School. He is an expert in the development of UK business schools and the strategic management of higher education. He is a Fellow of the Sunningdale Institute of the National School of Government and a Fellow of the British Academy of Management. His research interests are in management and organisational learning; leadership and management of change; the role and future of the business school and the university; and management and social theory. He led a team working on the Evolution of Business Knowledge (EBK) project on The Future of UK Business Schools. He is the author of 12 books and over 100 academic papers on the challenges of modern management.

Professor Winklhofer is Director of Doctoral Programmes and Professor of Marketing. She has a long-term interest in different research methodologies and international marketing activities.

Her research interests are primarily in customer perceived value; customer participation; contemporary marketing practice; and methodology. Her most recent work covers the wider topic of customer perceived value perceptions and their interface with customer participation. Together with a number of colleagues and PhD students, she examines ways to measure customer perceived value, and explore its dynamic nature in contexts that require a high element of customer participation. She is also interested in the link between customer education and customer participation.

Professor Caroline Tynan Professor Tynan is Professor of Marketing. She is President of the Academy of Marketing; a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing where she served as Dean from 2006 to 2010; a Visiting Professor of Marketing at the University of Ljubljana in Slovenia; and an Associate Faculty member of Henley Management College. Her research interests include relationship marketing particularly within business-to-consumer and cross-cultural contexts, consumption meanings, and managerial marketing practice. Before becoming an academic, she worked in brand management in the food and utilities markets and has maintained her Chartered Marketer status as a qualified practitioner.

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Our divisional priority research areas The school’s five research divisions lead specific doctoral research areas and projects while our International Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility (ICCSR) leads research related to sustainability and corporate social responsibility. The school has pioneered entrepreneurship education at Nottingham and the Institute for Enterprise and Innovation (UNIEI) has established multidisciplinary links across the University and leads research in innovation and entrepreneurship.

Students relax by the fountains on Jubilee Campus.

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Whether your research interests lie in corporate finance, entrepreneurial firms or sustainable business, our staff offer a wealth of expertise to support and guide you.

For further details of our divisional faculty members’ current research interests and projects in progress, as well as a full list of current and graduated students, please go to www.nottingham.ac.uk/business/research.html

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Accounting Division We play an important part in all the school’s teaching programmes and offer a wide range of modules/courses in finance and accounting. Our members take an active role in various international business modules as well as being responsible for the school’s wide selection of modules in finance, accounting and law.

The division’s research covers all major areas, including: t asset pricing t corporate finance and governance t derivatives t financial accounting and reporting t financial markets t mathematical finance t mergers and acquisitions t real estate finance Our faculty members regularly publish in top international journals, including: t Journal of Banking and Finance t Journal of Corporate Finance t Journal of Financial Economics t Journal of Financial Markets t European Accounting Review t European Financial Management t Mathematical Finance t Review of Financial Studies t The Journal of Finance

Our staff Professor Chris Pong Professor of Accounting Dr Jing Chen Lecturer in Accounting Dr Nooch Kuasirikun Lecturer in Accounting Dr Kristie Thomas Lecturer in Business Law

Our current PhD student and his thesis title Recep Yucedogru Tax Compliance in Developing Countries

Our recently graduated students and their thesis titles Hale Abdul Kader Corporate Reinsurance Transactions: Evidence from the United Kingdom Property Liability Insurance Industry Nurul Shahnaz Ahmad Mahdzan The Influence of Household Saving Motives on the Propensity to Save and Portfolio Allocation Decisions

For more information, please contact accounting-phd@nottingham.ac.uk

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Economics and Finance Division Economics We are one of the largest groups of industrial economics experts in any British university. We have 23 academic staff and a thriving community of PhD students in various areas of industrial and applied economics.

Our staff publish in high-level economics journals and in leading journals in a broad range of related disciplines. We have wide experience in producing world-class empirical industrial economics and in applying industrial economics and innovation to government and business policy at both national and international levels. A number of our staff members have held governmental advisory positions and have conducted research commissioned by national and international government departments, professional bodies, and the private sector.

Since 2010, the division has hosted the prestigious British Network of Industrial Economists (NIE), founded in the early 1970s at the London School of Economics (LSE). NIE is a nationwide forum for interaction between academia, business, and government on topics of industry economics.

Its membership includes some of the leading industrial economists working in business, academia, and government.

The division hosts the annual NIE doctoral colloquium, an important forum for domestic and international PhD students in industrial economics to showcase and discuss their research.

For more information, please contact economics-phd@nottingham.ac.uk

Our staff Professor Alistair Bruce Professor of Decision and Risk Analysis Professor Stephen Diacon Professor of Insurance and Risk Management Professor Paul Fenn Aviva Chair of Insurance Studies Professor Dave Paton Professor of Industrial Economics Professor Steve Thompson Professor of Strategic Management Dr Kevin Amess Associate Professor in Industrial Economics Dr Michelle Haynes Associate Professor in Industrial Economics Dr Robert Hoffman Associate Professor in Economics Dr Richard Simper Associate Professor in Financial Economics Dr Jonathan Tan Associate Professor in Economics Dr Cormac Bryce Lecturer in Risk Management Dr Swee-Hoon Chuah Lecturer in Economics Dr Pelin Demirel Lecturer in Industrial Economics Dr Getinet Haile Lecturer in Industrial Economics Dr Simona Mateut Lecturer in Industrial Economics 11

Dr Rodion Skovoroda Lecturer in Industrial/Managerial Economics Dr Joel Stiebale Lecturer in Industrial Economics Dr Dev Vencappa Lecturer in Industrial Economics Dr Pia Weiss Lecturer in Industrial Economics

Our current PhD students and their thesis titles Paulo Peneda Saraiva Individual Preferences for Socially Responsible Investments Patrick Roberts The Financial Impact of Operational Disruptions on Businesses Malcolm Stewart Third Party Funding (TPF) of Commercial Litigation James Waters The Effects of Technology Sharing Agreements (TSAs) on Innovation and Diffusion of Technology and Information

Our recently graduated students and their thesis titles Christopher Odindo Omondi Located Practice: A Case Study of Organisational Learning within the UK Financial Services Sector Tajudeen Yusuf Insurance Intermediaries and the Control of Opportunism in the Insurance Market Thomas Patrick Egan The Impact of Risk Management Processes on Clinical Negligence Claims Across NHS Acute Hospital Trusts

Your say

“I decided to pursue a PhD following careers in business and teaching.

Engagement with other researchers has been very helpful and students can attend and present at seminars and conferences organised regularly by students, school, and the university. The Business School recruited me as a Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA), which means that I also supervise undergraduate students when they are doing exercises in lectures.

The teaching encourages me to develop flexibility and planning skills.”

James Waters Economics and Finance Hear more about James’ experience at www.nottingham.ac.uk/business/ Videos/phd

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Finance The finance group carries out world-class research covering all major aspects of finance, including work in the following areas: t BTTFU QSJDJOH t CBOLJOH t DPSQPSBUF mOBODF t DPSQPSBUF HPWFSOBODF t EFSJWBUJWFT t mOBODJBM NBSLFUT t NBUIFNBUJDBM mOBODF t NFSHFST BOE BDRVJTJUJPOT We offer a highly competitive PhD programme, which is a combination of rigorous training and supervision by our leading scholars. Our doctoral students play a full and active part in the group’s research activities. We admit about five doctoral students into our PhD programme each year and together we commit ourselves to the highest quality research in finance.

Former students have gone both to academia and to financial service companies, including Barclays Capital, Barrie & Hibbert, Blackrock, BPI Private Banking, Citibank, Dacharan Advisory, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, HSBC, ING, JP Morgan, Merrill Lynch, MSCI Barra, Nomura, and RBS. The group has strong links with banks and financial services companies in London and in North America, mainland Europe, and China.

Our research strength is evident in the journals we publish in, including Journal of Banking and Finance, Journal of Business Finance and Accounting, Journal of Corporate Finance, Journal of Derivatives, Journal of Financial Economics, Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Markets, Journal of Financial Research, Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, Mathematical Finance, and Review of Financial Studies.

For more information, please contact finance-phd@nottingham.ac.uk

Our staff Professor Sanjay Banerji Professor of Finance Professor Bob Berry Boots Professor of Accounting and Finance Professor Weimin Liu Professor of Finance

Our current PhD students and their thesis titles Jiannan Luo Managerial Entrenchment and Debt Maturity Structure Evidence from the US Ting Qiu Liquidity, Informed Trading and the Real Economy Zilong Wang Sovereign Debt Restructuring under Asymmetric Information

Our recently graduated students and their thesis titles Shen Hwee Chua Cash Holdings, Capital Structure and Financial Flexibility Rong Fang Liquidity and Performance of Actively Managed Equity Funds David Latham On the Possibility of Three Further Paradoxes within Market Efficiency Duraya Sukthomya The Empirical Evidence of Voluntary Disclosure in the Annual Reports of Listed Companies: The Case of Thailand Zarina Zakaria Stakeholder Engagement in Waste Management: Understanding the Process and its Impact on Accountability

Your say

“The Economics and Finance Division provides us with weekly seminars attracting world-class researchers from many top universities around the world. The quality of the seminars is high, which enables us to obtain a greater insight about a research career and motivates us to improve the quality of our own work” Jiannan Luo Economics and Finance Hear more about Jiannan’s experience at www.nottingham.ac.uk/business/ Videos/phd

Professor David Newton Professor of Finance Dr Ghulam Sorwar Associate Professor in Finance Dr Ye Bai Lecturer in Finance Dr Xiafei Li Lecturer in Accounting and Finance Dr Peter Oliver Lecturer in Accounting and Finance Dr Beat Reber Lecturer in Accounting and Finance

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Management Division Organisational Behaviour (OB) Our staff draw on organisational, sociological and psychological theory to study organisational behaviour and management practice. Several staff members share an interest in applying concepts of identity, discourse and narrative to issues of organisational and managerial practice and work behaviour. Ongoing research is being conducted on: t alternative organisations t entrepreneurial action, learning, culture and history t human and organisational issues in supply chain management t international management in emerging and developing economies t inter-organisational relationships and organisational embeddedness t managerial and entrepreneurial identities t organisational knowing and sense-making t politics and ethics in the workplace t public services management t technological change in organisations

Professor Chengqi Wang Professor of Strategy and International Business Professor Justin Waring Professor of Organisational Sociology Dr Shaun Goldfinch Associate Professor in Public Services Management Dr Rajesh Kumar Associate Professor in International Business Strategy Dr Anna Soulsby Associate Professor in Organisational Behaviour Dr Simona Spedale Associate Professor in OB/HRM Dr Paul Windrum Associate Professor in Strategy Dr Simon Bishop Lecturer in Organisational Behaviour Dr Ziming Cai Lecturer in Human Resource Management

Strategy

Dr Suzanne Edinger Lecturer in Organisational Behaviour

Research in strategy takes an integrative approach that draws upon a variety of disciplines, including economics, organisation behaviour, management, and psychology in the study of how firms exploit the opportunities that their internal and external environments generate. Research into aspects of international business operations forms an important element in the strategy arena.

Dr Aditya Jain Lecturer in Human Resource Management

Human Resource Management (HRM) Research in the area of HRM relates to a range of employment relations issues. Significant themes include: workplace equal opportunity practices; new forms of union representation (equality reps, union learning reps); employment relations in small and medium sized enterprises; labour-management partnerships in private and public sectors; the employment relations implications of management buy-outs; and agency workers in the public sector. These themes are both theoretically informed and empirically rigorous, drawing on either in-depth case-based research or on the quantitative analysis of large-scale survey data.

Dr Peter Samuel Lecturer in Human Resource Management Dr Craig Shepherd Lecturer in Organisation Studies Dr Andrew Wild Lecturer in Strategy Dr Qi Xu Lecturer in Organisational Behaviour

Our current PhD students and their thesis titles Polina Baranova Impact of the Identity of Strategic Actors on Strategy-Making in Organisations Mazin Bukhari The Impact of a Corporate Governance Model on the Stock Market Development in Saudi Arabia

For more information, please contact ob-hrm-strategy-phd@nottingham.ac.uk

Shelley Clark A Narrative Approach Exploring Small Business Owner Manager’s Identity during Times of Business Unrest

Our staff

Adele Cresswell The Impact of NHS Commissioning Arrangements on Vulnerable People

Professor Laurie Cohen Professor of Organisational Behaviour Professor Ken Kamoche Professor of HRM and Organisation Studies Professor Marek Korczynski Professor of Sociology of Work and HRM Professor Ruth McDonald Professor of Healthcare Innovation and Learning Professor Gerardo Patriotta Professor of Management and Organisation Professor Ken Starkey Professor of Management and Organisational Learning 13

Professor Sue Tempest Professor of Strategic Management and Learning

Nellie El Enany Investigating User Involvement in the Healthcare Service Department Kathryn Hartwell How Senior Partners in Law Firms can Effectively Strategise to Gain a Competitive Advantage in the Currently Changing Legal Industry Josephine Go Jefferies Patient Responsibilisation and Healthcare Reform: Does Telehealth Affect Patient Self-Management?

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Jeannie Holstein Contrasting Narratives of Corporate Entrepreneurship A Critical Examination of the Entrepreneurial University Brian Litchfield-Cant Fractures in Strategy Alignment and Implementation – A Procedural Justice Approach Kong Man Joey Ng Family Business in Hong Kong - An Anthropological Study of Wellbeing Natasher Lafond Understanding How Professional Boundaries are Negotiated in the Context of the Current Workplace Changes that Advocate Enhanced Skill and Task Sharing and Multi-Professional Work Zoey Spendlove Regulation, Midwives and Medical Men Matthew Wallis Corporate Social Responsibility and Institutional Logics: An Ethnographic Study in a Healthcare Business

Our recently graduated students and their thesis titles Simon Bishop HRM in Public Private Partnerships: Working in a Health Production System

Your say

“There is a real determination at Nottingham to prepare you for a future academic career and the bar is set high, with an expectation to attend conferences and publish in top rate journals. You do however have the support from your supervisors, the school, the Graduate School and within the University, to achieve that. I have made some major life changes to study a PhD at Nottingham and I have absolutely no regrets – it’s been everything and more than I expected. It’s also been really good fun too.”

Jeannie Holstein OB/HRM/Strategy Hear more about Jeannie’s experience at www.nottingham.ac.uk/business/ Videos/phd

Lai-wan Lenis Cheung Managing Chinese Employees: Dialogues from the Notion of Self Marie Hines Local Managers’ Values-based Reactions to Transfer of Western HMS Practices: Case Studies in FDI and non-FDI Companies in Poland Alison Hirst A Sociological Journey into Space: Architecture and Social Structure in a Changing Local Government Organisation Peter Thomas Lamb Eclipsing Adaptation: The Translation of the US MBA Model in China Konrad Mizzi The Contribution made by Programme Leadership Consultants to the Creation and Maintenance of Momentum for Public Service Change Programmes and the Implications for their Client Sponsors Uta Morgenstern The Resource-Performance Relationship from a Cognitive Perspective Norman James Street Strategic Information Systems Planning for the Strategic Business Unit: A Contextualist Perspective Huyen Anh Tham Deinstitutionalisation from the Perspective of Sensemaking: An Empirical Investigation of the Electricity of Vietnam Corporation Ning Wu High Performance Work Practices in Small and MediumSized Firms

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Marketing Division The Marketing Division is a vibrant research and teaching community of over 20 academic staff and 20 doctoral students. We have strong links with Nottingham’s campuses in China and Malaysia, which connects us with an international group of researchers and offers distinct advantages to our doctoral students.

Dr Vicky Story Associate Professor in Marketing

We approach our teaching and research with a commitment to academic rigour that promotes innovation, improves managerial and public policy decision making, and applies to contemporary managerial and business problems.

Dr Darryn Mitussis Lecturer in Marketing

We have long-established expertise in services and relationship marketing and consumer research. Our excellent reputation for producing high-quality research attracts funding from research councils, government departments, and business and non-profit enterprises.

Dr Robert Cluley Lecturer in Marketing Dr Robert Lambert Lecturer in Tourism and the Environment

Dr Mona Moufahim Lecturer in Marketing Dr Teresa Pereira Heath Lecturer in Marketing Dr Deborah Roberts Lecturer in Marketing Dr Peter Lyth University Teacher in Tourism

Our current research focuses on three themes: t consumption and society t marketing and innovation t value co-creation These themes integrate our expertise in a wide range of areas including branding, advertising, innovation, international marketing, ethical marketing, and marketing metrics.

Marketing faculty contribute to the national and international management and marketing community, serve on the editorial boards of leading journals, and are active in practitioner networks such as the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) and the Market Research Society and academic networks including the Academy of Marketing, the Advanced Institute for Management, and the European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management.

For more information, please contact marketing-phd@nottingham.ac.uk

Our staff Professor James Devlin Professor of Financial Decision Making Professor Christine Ennew Professor of Marketing Professor Caroline Tynan Professor of Marketing Professor Heidi Winklhofer Professor of Marketing Dr Sally Hibbert Associate Professor in Marketing Dr Scott McCabe Associate Professor in Tourism Management/Marketing Ms Sally McKechnie Associate Professor in Marketing Dr Linda Peters Associate Professor in Marketing Dr Andrew Smith Associate Professor in Marketing

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Our current PhD students and their thesis titles James Bailey Consumer Learning to Create Value Brendan Canavan Tourism Development in North European Cold Water Islands Leticia Cortes Ferreira Identity and Authenticity in Social and Corporate Settings Sarah Alice Glozer How do Corporations’ and Consumers’ Communications Dialectically Construct Sustainable Consumption?

Kyoung-Bae Kim The Perceived Role of Key Stakeholders’ Involvement in Sustainable Tourism Development Myria Kkalis Interactive Marketing Practices Egle Maslauskaite International Students’ Travel Decision-Making the Role of Involvement, Constraints and Negotiation Strategies Professional BA ‘Tourism and Hotel Administration’ John Melvin The Social Sustainability of Heritage Visitor Attractions Interpretative Technologies and the Younger Generation SMA Moin Binding through Branding - An Investigation into the Impact of Branding on Consumer Trust in the Context of UK Financial Services Sector Wan Rasyidah Wan Nawang Unit Trust Fund Selection Behaviour of Malaysian Investors Muhammad Zahid Corporate Social Responsibility and Consumer Buying Behaviour

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Our recently graduated students and their thesis titles Carmela Bosangit Exploring Travel Blogs as Electronic Word-of-Mouth Influencing Tourist Behaviour: a Cross Cultural Study Ioana Diana Gregory-Smith The role of Self-Conscious Emotions in Ethical Consumption Mohamed Sobhy Ahmed Hassan Examining the Influence of Customer Education on Co-Creation and Citizenship Behaviours Rania Hussein The Adoption of Web Based Marketing in the Travel and Tourism Industry: An Empirical Investigation in Egypt Shilpa Iyanna The Dynamic, Co-Created Perspective of Customer Value Hakim Adel Hakim Meshreki Country-of-Origin Effect on Industrial Buyers’ Perception of Quality, Value and Willingness to Buy - The Case of Egypt Amrul Asraf Mohd Any Customer Participation in Value Creation in Internet-Based Self-Service Technology (ISST) Environment Veronica Reid A Study of the Influence of Individual-Level Cultural Value Orientation on the Formation of Service Quality Expectations Jing Wang Modelling the Causes and Measuring the Consequences of Cultural Tourism: The Economic and Cultural Impacts of Cultural Tourist Attractions Jiyao Xun Customer Self-Determined Relationships with a Firm: Relationship Marketing from the Customer’s Perspective

Your say

“Nottingham is a great place to study and offers excellent facilities on a campus that continues to grow each year. You are supported by excellent academics who challenge you to develop your research skills and integrate you within the academic division. The Graduate School also offers support through workshops to develop these skills, along with other events and opportunities ranging from keynote speakers to language courses.”

James Bailey Marketing

“Well-articulated research modules, rigorous coursework, an exciting classroom environment, and an exceptional student cohort from all over the world makes Nottingham a perfect place to develop young scholars who want to make a lasting impact. Every meeting with my supervisors is inspirational, with exceptional opportunities to challenge and be challenged in the way I think - that’s what Nottingham is all about.”

SMA Moin Marketing Hear more about our students’ experiences at www.nottingham.ac.uk/business/ Videos/phd

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Operations Management and Information Systems (OMIS) Division Operations Management (OM) and Information Systems (IS) are closely related fields of study, both vital to business across the public and private sectors. The two disciplines are natural partners.

Dr Luc Muyldermans Associate Professor in Operations Management

OM applies sophisticated methods to solving business problems related to designing, planning, controlling, and improving operations, logistics and supply chain management processes. New information technologies to support them are continually evolving. Meanwhile, IS focuses on bridging the divide between computer science and business management, incorporating a range of approaches for designing and applying information technology solutions to organisations.

Dr Mike Byrne Lecturer in Operations Management

Our approaches to OM research are wide ranging and include behavioural and human factors methods, modelling and simulation, and analytical techniques of operations research.

Colleagues within the IS section also adopt an interdisciplinary research approach, aiming to better understand the relationships between information systems (including technology), work and organisation (both virtual and physical) and to develop new tools and methodologies for enhancing system design.

Dr Duncan Shaw Lecturer in Information Systems

OM staff have research interests in operations strategy, systems design, collaborative design and new product development, logistics and supply chain management, mass customisation, planning and control, outsourcing logistics and supply chains, quality management, modelling and simulation, technology and knowledge management. We also have strong links with the University’s Engineering Faculty, with whom we run joint courses and research programmes.

IS staff interests include IS strategy, strategic alignment of IS and business, human factors design of complex information systems, emotion and organisational change, open source innovation, Web 2.0, new technology in higher education, green computing, technological innovation and organisational learning, strategic management of inter-organisational networks, B2B network orchestration, complexity and systems theories.

For more information, please contact operationsmanagement-is-phd@nottingham.ac.uk

Our staff Professor Bart MacCarthy Professor of Operations Management Professor Kul Pawar Professor of Operations Management Professor Sanja Petrovic Professor of Operational Research Professor David Wastell Professor of Information Systems Dr Kim Hua Tan Reader in Lean Operations and Supply Management Dr James Tannock Reader in Quality and Operations Management Dr George Kuk Associate Professor in Strategy and Information Systems

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Dr Christos Braziotis Lecturer in Supply Chain and Operations Management

Dr Thomas Chesney Lecturer in Information Systems Dr Andrew Grainger Lecturer in Logistics and Supply Chain Management Dr Jane Guinery Lecturer in Operations Management

Our current PhD students and their thesis titles Anwar Al Sheyadi Benchmarking Supply Chain Management Practices in Oman and Evaluating their Impacts on the Competitiveness of Omani Businesses Mohd Helmi Bin Ali The Influence of Supply Chain Integration on Halal Food Integrity Amal Alotaibi Information Technology and Gender-Segregated Work A Case Study on Boundary Crossing in Saudi Higher Education Institutions Trevor Bayley Factors Influencing Information Systems Alignment among Chinese SMEs in Ningbo, Zhejiang, PRC Emily Evans Evaluation of Nottinghamshire Police’s Integrated Offender Management Programme Mohsin Nasir Jat Service Parts Logistics Facilities Location and Inventory Decisions for After Sales Service with Multiple Levels Sineenart Krichanchai Investigating the Feasibility of the Vendor Managed Inventory Approach for Pharmaceutical Supply Chains in Hospitals Martin Grenville Lannon The Effect of IT Attributes on How and Why Organisations Adopt IT Peter Marzec A Knowledge-Based View of Process Improvement. A Mixed Methods Study into the Role of Social Networks and Knowledge Acquisition John McCarthy Understanding the Alignment of Business and Information System (IS) Strategies Wei Qu Optimising Value Recovery from Product Returns in ClosedLoop Supply Chains (CLSC)

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Our recently graduated students and their thesis titles Asma Al Zaidi Exploring the Interrelationships Among Operations Management Practices, Customer Perceptions of Service Quality, and Performance of Hotels Ahmad Beltagui The Role of Design in Product-Service Organisations Lilian Adriana Borges Incorporating Human Factors into the AMT Selection: A Framework and a Process Nattapan Buavaraporn Business Process Improvement Methodology Adoption for Improving Service Quality: Case Studies of Financial Institutions in Thailand Tamer Ovutmen Open Pipeline Order Fulfilment Systems in the Automotive Sector: Analysis, Modelling and Simulation Yun Qiu Managing Quality in the Chinese Context: Case Studies of Shanghai Manufacturing Industries Usha Ramanathan Analysing the Role of Information Exchange in Demand Forecasting in Collaborative Supply Chains

Your say

“The PhD is challenging but at the same time it is rewarding both socially and professionally. The PhD community is supportive and sociable – all the second and third year students have gone through very similar experiences, so they’re always willing to help you. There are also regular dinners and drinks so you’ll never feel alone.

Professionally, you’re getting a PhD from one of the top universities in the country so you’re well equipped for the future.

Expectations are high but it means that the work you do is of high quality.”

Pete Marzec OMIS Hear more about Pete’s experience at www.nottingham.ac.uk/business/ Videos/phd

Nizaroyani Saibani Performance Measurement for Reverse and Closed-Loop Supply Chains Wolfgang Georg Scherl A Model for Emotional Intelligence Training in Management Education Mamdouh Taher Tayeb The Determinants and Impact of Outsourcing on Airlines’ Performance Ying Kei Tse Supply Chain Quality Risk Management: An Empirical Study of its Dimensions and Impact on Firm Performance

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Entrepreneurship and Innovation An early emphasis on research into small and medium enterprise financing has developed into a broader interest in wider aspects of entrepreneurial and innovative activity.

This includes studies of serial and habitual entrepreneurs, technology transfer, innovation and new product development, science parks and business incubation.

Our recently graduated students and their thesis titles

Since The University of Nottingham Institute for Enterprise and Innovation (UNIEI) was established in 2000, a particular focus has been on action research, involving large numbers of entrepreneurs and businesses. This is a rapidly developing area in business schools and one in which Nottingham University Business School occupies a leading position in the UK, both in terms of its research and entrepreneurship education.

Cristian Alejandro Munoz Canales The Development of Opportunity Identification Capabilities: A Tacit Knowing Approach

For more information, please contact entrepreneurship-phd@nottingham.ac.uk

Isobel O’Neil Authenticity and Legitimacy in Sustainable Entrepreneurship: Where Environmentalism Meets Entrepreneurship Pir Irfanullah Rashdi The Role of Academic Entrepreneur’s Experience in Building Networks for Biotechnology Spinouts from UK Universities

Our staff

Your say

Professor Martin Binks Dean, Professor of Entrepreneurial Development

“I love it here. My undergrad years were spent on a downtown city campus, so I have an extra appreciation for the Nottingham campuses. I completed an MSc here a few years ago and so I was extremely excited to start on my jointly funded Business SchoolNHS project. The courses are useful, the research of a high quality and the senior academics we have access to have international reputations. My main concern has been ensuring the PhD process was not a solitary one, especially as an international student. As such I have made an effort to engage with the doctoral community. In addition to providing a group of friends and colleagues, the Business School community has been key to keeping me on track as well as making me a better academic.”

Professor Susan Marlow Professor of Entrepreneurship Professor Simon Mosey Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Dr Hannah Noke Associate Professor in Entrepreneurship and Innovation Dr Andrew Greenman Lecturer in Entrepreneurship and Creativity Dr Lee Martin Lecturer in Entrepreneurship and Creativity Dr Isobel O’Neil Lecturer in Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Our current PhD students and their thesis titles Nadhira Alhabsi Developing Entrepreneurship Education: An Exploratory Study in Oman Angela Carmina Martinez Dy Unmasking the Internet, A Critical Analysis of the Internet’s Role in Entrepreneurial Value Creation Shaun Gordon Exploring Barriers to Creativity in the English NHS Cherisse Hoyte A Sensemaking Approach to the Emergence and Development of Entrepreneurial Opportunities Fiona Lightfoot Corporate Entrepreneurship in Multinational Organisations Patricio Osori Knowledge Management and Entrepreneurship. Art Entrepreneurial Initiatives in Chile and the UK Lucy Sitton-Kent Lean in the NHS Rui Song Developing a Model for Exploiting Radical Innovations in Telecommunications Market

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Olumide Aluko Co-evolution in Transition Economies: A Case Study of the South African Venture Capital Industry and the South African State

Dyneshia Johnson Entrepreneurship and Innovation Hear more about Dyneshia’s experience at www.nottingham.ac.uk/business/ Videos/phd

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Students discuss their work.

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PhD Management student Nellie El Enany outside on Jubilee Campus.

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International Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility (ICCSR) The ICCSR is a leader in international multidisciplinary research in corporate social responsibility and sustainability and participates in numerous research partnerships with external organisations such as the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA), Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE), The Charities Aid Foundation, and the European Academy of Business in Society.

The ICCSR’s multidisciplinary approach is reflected in the academic backgrounds of its staff whose expertise is in business ethics, environmental economics, social accountability, organisational sociology, international development and political science. The ICCSR’s network of international visiting professors and visiting fellows enhances its collaborative approach to research. The ICCSR is dedicated to achieving research excellence, demonstrated by numerous contributions to distinguished management and social science journals, and more specialist business and society and business ethics journals.

For more information, please contact iccsr-phd@nottingham.ac.uk

Our staff Professor Jeremy Moon Professor of Corporate Social Responsibility Dr Wendy Chapple Associate Professor in Industrial Economics Dr Robert Caruana Lecturer in Business Ethics Dr Christian Herzig Lecturer in Sustainability Accounting and Reporting Dr Judy Muthuri Lecturer in Corporate Social Responsibility Dr Rieneke Slager Lecturer in Strategy and Sustainability Dr Glen Whelan Lecturer in Business Ethics

Our current PhD students and their thesis titles Bettina Grant An Exploration of Conflict in Corporate-Society Relations in an Age of Digital Empowerment Jacqueline Kirk The BITC CR Index - A True Measure of Responsible Business Practice?

Lauren McCarthy Investigating the case for Gendered CSR in Agricultural Supply Chains Natalie Moore Asymmetric Information in CSR Shakera Siddiky Cross Sector Social Partnership in Developing Countries Laurence Vigneau Integrated Corporate Social Responsibility Communication Strategy: Examining the Construction of CSR Identity in Organisational Strategy and Communications

Our recently graduated students and their thesis titles Stephanos Anastasiadis An investigation into Corporate Citizenship, Policy Message, Political Action and Climate Change in the European Auto Sector: Forked Tongues or Tongue-tied?

Bimal Arora From Philanthropy to Strategic Corporate Social Responsibility: A Processual Framework for CSR Implementation in Ballarpur Industries Limited Michael John Cefai The Possibilities of Ethical Behaviour in Organisations: A Study of Managerial Selves Rafael Pereira Gomes Corporate Market Responsibility for Orderly Financial Markets: Systemic Risk and Regulation following Citigroup, Sovereign Funds, and the Credit Crunch Kate Grosser Corporate Social Responsibility, Gender, Equality and Organisational Change: A Feminist Perspective Christine Anne Hemingway What Determines Corporate Social Entrepreneurship? Insights from a UK-based Multi-National Corporation Bahar Ali Kazmi Realising Human Rights in Transnational Business Networks; A Personal Account of the Making of the Atlanta Agreement and its Moral Logics Luz Angela Pinilla Urzola Assurance in Corporate Sustainability Reporting in the United Kingdom: Stakeholder and Corporate Perspectives Catharina (Rieneke) Slager SRI Indices and Responsible Corporate Behaviour: A Study of the FTSE4Good Index

Your say

“Nottingham University Business School offers a vibrant, collaborative and creative environment in which students are able to build key academic and practical skills. Through regular meetings with accomplished supervisors and valuable training opportunities, I have found that the doctoral programme provides structure to the PhD process, while also allowing me to independently shape my own career path.

A lot of emphasis is placed on the social aspect of research, and I have been actively encouraged to pursue research publication opportunities and attend conferences.”

Sarah Glozer ICCSR Hear more about Sarah’s experience at www.nottingham.ac.uk/business/ Videos/phd 22

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Our doctoral programme The doctoral programme offers a superb opportunity to develop research skills in an environment with an international reputation for business research excellence. You can apply to one of our four PhD pathways: 1.

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Business and Management Corporate Social Responsibility Finance and Risk Industrial Economics

To help you in the transition to independent research, you will normally be expected to complete a number of assessed taught modules during your first and second year of study, or during your first four years if you are studying part-time. Our research training programme is outlined below.

For a detailed description of the modules, please go to www.nottingham.ac.uk/business/phd

These pathways are designed to provide generic as well as subject specific training.

Supervisory arrangements You will normally be assigned two academic supervisors who will provide guidance on the formal specification of your topic, the structure and organisation of your thesis, and the general direction of your research. Regular supervision helps to ensure your research progresses in the appropriate direction. If you are full-time, you will meet with your supervisor at least 10 times during the year, while part-time students meet at least six times.

Business and Management/Corporate Social Responsibility Pathways

Taught modules

You may also be required to take up to 20 credits of other modules within the school/faculty. For modules available, go to www.nottingham.ac.uk/business/msc Please note modules are subject to change.

Graduate School Research Training Programme In addition to attending research training modules provided by the Business School, you will be expected to attend relevant training courses provided by the Graduate School. These include courses relating to use of IT and library resources, research management, research skills, presentation and communication skills, and research ethics. Supervisors will advise you which Graduate School courses are appropriate for your specific training needs.

Finance and Risk Pathway

Industrial Economics Pathway

Year 1 Semester 1 Research Design and Philosophy

Research Design and Philosophy

Research Design and Philosophy

Introduction to Research Design and Data Analysis

Introduction to Research Design and Data Analysis

Introduction to Research Design and Data Analysis

Developing Management Research

Developing Management Research

Developing Management Research

Topics in Advanced Econometrics

Topics in Advanced Econometrics

Advanced Corporate Finance

Advanced Microeconomics Theory or Advanced Macroeconomics Theory*

Semester 2

Year 2 Advanced Quantitative Research Methods

Advanced Theory of Finance

Or Advanced Qualitative Research Methods * students may select one of these modules, subject to meeting any pre-requisites and at the discretion of the Module Convenor.

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Seminars and workshops

Typical full-time doctoral timetable

All postgraduate students are expected to attend our seminar programme and relevant research workshops. Seminars take place regularly, usually on Wednesday afternoons, and are given by a range of both internal and external speakers.

Research workshops occur on an ad hoc basis and you will be advised by your supervisors about attendance.

Year one - registered student t Semesters 1 and 2: attend appropriate taught courses both within the Business School and the Graduate School.

In addition to the seminar programme, we offer a doctoral seminar programme that focuses specifically on the needs of PhD students. The focus of the programme is on the research process, particularly the more informal aspects of doing research and getting it published. These are aspects of researchers’ lives that are rarely discussed in journals and books, but are, nevertheless, vital for emergent scholars to understand and appreciate, regardless of their disciplinary field or background.

Visiting speakers In addition to our Business Leaders Series, our centres and institutes host regular speakers from academia, business, and industry as well as high-profile conferences such as the annual UK Insurance Economists Conference and the annual CSR Research Symposium.

Confirmation of PhD status and annual reviews If you are admitted to the University to study for a doctorate you will normally be registered at PhD level. At the end of year one, subject to the satisfactory completion of the annual review, your PhD status will be confirmed. If progress is unsatisfactory, you may be downgraded to MPhil status.

Completion of all doctoral research training modules is a necessary pre-requisite for confirming PhD status.

t Define the nature of the research problem, identify appropriate analytical frameworks, and expect to have completed a first draft of literature review chapters. t June: annual review.

Year two - registered student t Attend appropriate taught courses both within the Business School and the Graduate School. t Expect to complete the majority of any empirical work. t June: annual review.

Year three - registered student t Commence formal writing-up. t Expect to complete empirical work and produce draft writeup of results. t June: annual review. t Submit completed thesis.

Please note, although a year four ‘thesis pending’ period is available, you are expected to submit your thesis within three years. You should aim to write up regularly over the three years, preparing chapters to be read and commented on by your supervisors. This should help to ensure that when the ‘thesis pending’ period begins, you will have a first draft of a thesis ready for modification.

The annual review requires you to submit a document detailing your work and make a short presentation about your research to a review panel of assessors. You will undergo a similar annual review at the end of years two and three. The annual review at the end of the third year will decide whether you can register as ‘thesis pending’.

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MRes Business and Management

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The main aim of the MRes programme is to provide you with sufficient foundation training in basic and advanced research skills to enter a doctoral programme.

The MRes is made up of taught research training modules, taught subject-specific training modules and a dissertation, totalling 180 credits. It is also suitable if you want to obtain a research degree but do not want to commit to a longer period of study.

Courses from the Graduate School You may attend relevant courses from the University’s Graduate School Research Training Programme, which provide training in a range of general research skills including the use of library resources, research management, research skills, and research ethics. * Depending on your area of research, alternative research methods modules are available for Finance students.

Course structure Taught courses for research students MRes students complete the following compulsory modules: Introduction to Research Methods* (15 credits), and either Further Qualitative Research Methods (15 credits) or Further Quantitative Research Methods (15 credits).

In addition, you will undertake two advanced subject-specific modules worth 15 credits each, which are related to your chosen specialist subject area of study and are agreed by supervisors.

The MRes dissertation and supervisory arrangements You will be required to submit a 35,000 word dissertation worth 120 credits and will be assigned one academic supervisor, who will provide guidance on the formal specification of the topic, the structure and organisation of the dissertation, and the general direction of the research. To monitor your progress, you must submit a literature review, which will also allow you to obtain valuable feedback. The dissertation is examined by viva voce attended by both an internal and external examiner.

Your say

“The MRes programme equipped me with research skills that have enabled me to pursue my doctoral studies with more confidence. My choice was greatly influenced by the high standard of professionalism and knowledge of the academic staff, as well as the dedication that is invested into students’ growth and learning. It is an excellent place to meet people from various cultural backgrounds and make good friends for life.”

Dr Judy Muthuri Lecturer in Corporate Social Responsibility Nottingham University Business School

There are many areas on Jubilee Campus for study.

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The University’s award-winning Jubilee Campus offers one of the most modern and beautiful environments in which to study business in the UK. Praised for its innovative architecture and environmentally friendly technology, it was opened in 1999 by Her Majesty the Queen.

Jubilee Campus has been praised for its innovative architecture.

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Built on a former industrial site close to Nottingham city centre, Jubilee Campus has impeccable green credentials and is a leader in sustainable development. Our University Park Campus is just a mile away, and you can easily get there on one of our free hopper buses.

Our facilities The Business School provides all full-time PhD students with a dedicated desk, computer, and locker space for your three years of registered study. All part-time PhD students are provided with hot-desking computer facilities.

As well as a range of facilities in our Business School North and Business School South, the Amenities Building on Jubilee Campus includes a Graduate Centre, exclusively developed for postgraduates and early career researchers. It offers a range of facilities, including a seminar room that seats up to 30 people which can be used to practice presentations or hold seminars or events, and a lounge area with wireless connection, networked computers, and a well-equipped kitchen.

The YANG Fujia Building, home to the International Office, and the Amenities Building - with a restaurant, student services centre, and multi-faith centre - are part of the University’s significant investment in Jubilee Campus. A new scheme designed by Ken Shuttleworth, designer of the iconic Swiss Re ‘Gherkin’ building in London, includes an Innovation Park and the UK’s tallest freestanding work of public art, ‘Aspire’, completed in 2008 on campus.

Centre for English Language Education (CELE) If your first language is not English, CELE offers intensive English language and study skills preparation courses. CELE staff will advise you on the nature, intensity and length of course needed to raise your language skills to the level that meets the language entry requirement acceptable to the Business School.

Find out more: www.nottingham.ac.uk/cele

Our dedicated Business Library combines state-of-the-art multimedia technology with traditional information resources.

The library houses key reference resources, a short loan collection, past PhD dissertations, and a wide range of online resources, including bibliographic databases, full-text databases, electronic journals and more are available via the eLibrary Gateway.

Sports facilities are also available on campus. Find out more: www.nottingham.ac.uk/sport

Jubilee Campus

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Nottingham is regarded as one of the UK’s most desirable places to study. Home to a world-class University, it offers all the buzz of city living while retaining its strong sense of community.

Old Market Square in Nottingham city centre hosts a number of events throughout the year.

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Both Jubilee Campus and University Park Campus are close to the centre of Nottingham, one of the UK’s most cosmopolitan and prosperous cities. As the commercial and cultural capital of the East Midlands, Nottingham is home to several major UK employers, including Alliance Boots, Capital One, E.ON, Experian, and the Inland Revenue. Many large blue-chip companies have offices in and around the city. The school has strong links with Rolls-Royce, the global aero-engine manufacturer, based about 18 miles away in Derby.

The bustling city centre is renowned for its excellent nightlife, with more than 300 bars and pubs, as well as a variety of art galleries, restaurants, clubs, theatres, concert halls, and cinemas. Shopping in Nottingham has been voted among the best outside of London and the city has more sports facilities per head of population than anywhere else in Europe.

Nottingham, is one of the oldest cities in the UK and has a rich history. Explore the ancient caves beneath Nottingham Castle, or take a relaxing walk through Wollaton Park and visit the imposing Elizabethan Hall, recently featured as ‘Wayne Manor’ in The Dark Knight Rises.

As a break from the pace of city life, the region offers beautiful rural scenery in the Peak District National Park and historic buildings such as Newstead Abbey, Southwell Minster, and Hardwick Hall. Nottinghamshire’s more well-known attractions include Robin Hood’s Sherwood Forest and the historic Goose Fair, held every October.

Time to travel Getting here is easy. Nottingham is less than two hours travel from London, with excellent transport links to the capital and the rest of the UK. East Midlands Airport, one of the UK’s fastest growing airports, is only 40 minutes from the city centre via a 24-hour bus service.

Frequent rail services run from Nottingham to major UK cities, including London every 30 minutes, and the completion of the Eurostar connection at St Pancras International means that passengers are only a few hours train journey from Paris.

See what our students think about Nottingham at www.nottingham.ac.uk/ pgvideos/citylife

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Join the network PhD Business Society

Business Leaders Series

Although the academic side of a PhD will undoubtedly be your priority, the PhD Business Society, part of the Postgraduate Student Association (PGSA), supports the social side of studying for a PhD. With the support of the Business School, the society organises dinners and events throughout the year, so you will have the opportunity to meet new people, make friends, and have an enjoyable time during your studies.

All doctoral students are welcome to attend our exclusive series of guest lectures from top business leaders who come to the school to speak to students, staff, alumni, and visitors from the regional business community.

The involvement with the PGSA gives you access to a much wider range of events including trips to cities around the UK, as well as organised events in and around Nottingham. The other primary role of the society is to support you through developing a community, helping to address any concerns that might come up during your studies.

A number of networking events take place on Jubilee Campus.

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Recent speakers have included Stephen Rowlinson, Non-executive Chairman, Penna Consulting plc; Stephen Zimmerman, Partner, NewSmith Capital Partners; Alex Gourlay, Managing Director, Health and Beauty, Alliance Boots; Gary Dutton MBE, Founder and Chairman, Synseal Extrusions, and Chairman, Doorstop International; Rita Gunther McGrath, Columbia Business School, NYC; Dr Louis Nisbet, Chair, BioCity Nottingham, Stephen Robertson, Director General, British Retail Consortium; and Willie Walsh, CEO, International Airlines Group.

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Nottingham University Business Alumni All our doctoral students become life members of the Business School Alumni Association and have access to a network of several thousand graduates from more than 100 countries, all of who have shared the experience of studying at Nottingham.

Many of our alumni stay involved with the school through acting as recruiters, interviewers, mentors, contributors to modules, and advisors to prospective students.

Alumni success Business School PhD graduate and Research Associate, Dr Ahmad Beltagui, won a Highly Commended Award in the prestigious 2011 European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD) Doctoral Research Awards, sponsored by Emerald Publishing. He won the award for his doctoral research in “The role of design in product-service organisations”, supervised by Professor Kul Pawar and Dr Johann Riedel in the school’s Operations Management and Information Systems Division. Ahmad is now on an 18-month project working with an SME in Odense, Denmark, to research the customer experience to embed a more customer-oriented service design in the company.

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Fees and funding Funding is available for excellent students and we are proud to offer our research students an extraordinary level of support.

Nottingham University Business School Scholarships Each year, the school offers a number of scholarships to full-time doctoral students starting the programme. The scholarships cover full tuition fees as well as tax-free living expenses per year (at the ESRC rate) and are open to home/ EU and overseas candidates. The closing date is normally March/April each year. Find out more: www.nottingham.ac.uk/business/phd/scholarships.html

The University of Nottingham Alumni Alumni scholarships are available to non-UK, full-time students who have completed a degree programme at The University of Nottingham. Find out more: www.nottingham.ac.uk/internationalstudents/ scholarshipsfeesďŹ nance/scholarships/ scholarshipdetails/alumni.aspx

University and other research council scholarships Home/European Union Students t 7JDF $IBODFMMPS T 4DIPMBSTIJQ GPS 3FTFBSDI &YDFMMFODF (European Union): the University offers a large number of full tuition fee scholarships for EU students each session. The closing date is normally in March each year. Find out more at www.nottingham.ac.uk/internationalstudents/ scholarshipsfeesďŹ nance/scholarships/ scholarshipdetails/research-eu.aspx

Overseas students International students (from outside the EU) can apply for several scholarships. t 7JDF $IBODFMMPS T 4DIPMBSTIJQ GPS 3FTFBSDI &YDFMMFODF (International): the University offers a large number of full tuition fee scholarships for international students each session. The closing date is normally in March each year. Find out more at www.nottingham.ac.uk/internationalstudents/ scholarshipsfeesďŹ nance/scholarships/ scholarshipdetails/research-overseas.aspx t $IJOB 4DIPMBSTIJQ $PVODJM 4DIPMBSTIJQ GPS 3FTFBSDI in association with the China Scholarship Council, the University offers a number of full tuition fee scholarships and stipends. The closing date is normally in February each year. Find out more at www.nottingham.ac.uk/ internationalstudents/scholarshipsfeesďŹ nance/ scholarships/scholarshipdetails/ research-csc-overseas.aspx

MRes and doctoral fees 2013-2014 Full-time programme UK and EU ÂŁ3,924 Overseas ÂŁ12,830 Part-time programme UK and EU ÂŁ1,962 Find out more: www.nottingham.ac.uk/fees

t 3FTFBSDI $PVODJM GVOEJOH PQQPSUVOJUJFT UIF 6OJWFSTJUZ JT POF of only 21 Doctoral Training Centres nationally accredited by the Economic and Social Science Research Council (ESRC).

The ESRC DTC scholarships cover full tuition as well as taxfree living expenses per year (at the ESRC rate) and are open to Home/EU candidates. The closing date is normally in February each year. Find out more at www.nottingham.ac.uk/esrc-dtc/ funding-application/index.aspx

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Your career, your way Your future and success is paramount. As a research student, you will have access to our specialist Postgraduate Careers Service to help you review, explore, and plan your future career path.

Offering access to individual careers consultations, skill development events, guest lectures, and an online careers resource area, the service can support you in planning a career within academia or industry.

The University’s Graduate School also offers career management sessions for research students.

Approximately 80% of our research degree graduates have pursued academic careers nationally and internationally.

Others have moved into a variety of sectors including consultancy, risk management, finance and financial services, the public sector, and self employment.

Working in the UK Immigration is a complex issue. We arrange immigration talks from legal experts to help international course members understand the latest regulations in relation to working in the UK. For up to date information on the UK’s Points Based System go to www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk Working globally Our online subscriptions and global networks ensure you have access to information on working in a variety of countries worldwide.

Your say

“Having spent two years in the corporate governance industry, I had become frustrated with the fuzzy thinking that existed within the practice and I found the pressure to conform to the status quo, in order to meet tight deadlines, dreadfully restrictive. I was thrilled to see that the Business School was offering the chance to devote three years to full time academic study. Fully funded by a scholarship and tax-free, my residual income was only marginally less than what it was during my city job. During the times when I needed extra advice, support, training and feedback, I found it in abundance from a community of academics who are leaders in their field.”

Dr Ian Gregory-Smith Lecturer in Economics, University of Sheffield

Your say

“Before starting my PhD at the Business School I was head of the EMEA tax practice of one of the largest international law firms in the world and I approached the change from practitioner to researcher with a great deal of anticipation and a measure of trepidation. I chose the Business School because of its wide ranging and excellent research reputation and because of the availability of first class supervision. I have not been disappointed.”

Gregory Morris Accounting

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How to apply Our aim is to make the application process as simple as possible and we encourage you to apply online: pgapps.nottingham.ac.uk We welcome applications from suitably qualiďŹ ed students to undertake research leading to an MRes or doctoral degree on a full-time basis. Suitability for Home/EU students to study on a part-time basis will be assessed case by case. We have an annual intake of new students in October each year.

Your acceptance into the programme will be based on both academic ability and the availability of suitable supervisors. The quality of your research proposal is extremely important when it comes to ďŹ nding research supervisors and is a crucial part of the application process.

If potential supervisors are identiďŹ ed, an interview (either in person or over the telephone) will be carried out before any formal offer is recommended.

QualiďŹ cations

English language requirements

Applicants for the MRes Business and Management programme will normally be graduates of an approved university holding a good honours degree at 2:1 level or above (or equivalent) in a relevant subject.

If your ďŹ rst language is not English, we may require evidence of your competence in the language. Please see www.nottingham.ac.uk/business/phd/admissions.html for further information.

Applicants for a doctoral programme should normally hold, or expect to have obtained by the autumn of the year of entry on to the PhD programme, a masters qualiďŹ cation in a relevant subject (with an average over 65% in the taught modules and a minimum of 65% in the dissertation, or its equivalent), as well as a good honours degree in a relevant discipline at 2:1 level or above.

If evidence is required, we will accept: Either t "O *&-54 TDPSF PG BU MFBTU XJUI B NJOJNVN TDPSF PG JO each of the four elements of the test.

In exceptional cases, substantial professional, business or industrial qualiďŹ cations/experience may also be taken into consideration.

Or t "O JOUFSOFU CBTFE 50&'- TDPSF PG BU MFBTU XJUI B minimum score in each element of the test: 19 and 20 in speaking.

Please enclose transcripts of all your academic qualiďŹ cations with your application form. If you have not completed your masters degree you should include a transcript of the marks received to date. Any offer is conditional upon achieving the required standard.

Applicants who obtain an overall IELTS score of 6.5 will still be considered for a place on the programme. Any offer is conditional upon achieving an overall score of 7.0 with a minimum of 6.0 in each element before commencing the programme, or successfully completing an appropriate Business Management course at our Centre for English Language Education.

Research proposal

Closing dates

Your application must include a research proposal which should indicate the area in which your research will be conducted and the key issues that you want to examine in more detail. You need to demonstrate that you understand the ďŹ eld you plan to research, that you are able to identify an interesting and original research question, and that you have an understanding of what research at postgraduate level entails.

There is no set closing date for applications, but we recommend you apply by July for an October start date.

If you want to be considered for a Nottingham University Business School scholarship you should submit a complete application including all relevant supporting documentation by the closing date, which is normally in March/April.

The purpose of a research proposal is to provide us and your potential research supervisor with an indication of the topic you are interested in.

For more information and guidance go to www.nottingham.ac.uk/business/phd/ researchproposal.html If you want to make a formal application, please consult the list of available supervisory staff within the Business School and their research interests, as well as the list of recently completed doctoral theses, in order to determine whether your interests coincide with those of a potential supervisor.

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Get in touch You are welcome to visit the Business School to speak to staff, meet fellow students, see our campuses and experience our facilities.

Open evening We hold open events throughout the year to provide you with the opportunity to find out more about the school and the MRes and doctoral programmes, meet potential supervisors and students currently on the course, and to see our facilities.

Find out more: www.nottingham.ac.uk/business/phd/ OpenDay-Enquiries.html

Your doctoral and MRes programmes team

Contact us Andrea Tomlinson t: +44 (0)115 846 7634 f: +44 (0)115 846 6667 e: phd_business@nottingham.ac.uk w: www.nottingham.ac.uk/business/phd Nottingham University Business School The Postgraduate Office Jubilee Campus Wollaton Road Nottingham NG8 1BB UK

Professor Heidi Winklhofer Director of Doctoral Programmes Dr Robert Caruana Deputy Co-Director of Doctoral Programmes Dr Andrew Greenman Deputy Co-Director of Doctoral Programmes Amanda Shacklock MSc and Doctoral Programmes Manager Andrea Tomlinson Doctoral Programmes Administrator

“A vibrant doctoral community is central to the school’s research activities and the source of the next generation of leading management scholars.”

Professor Heidi Winklhofer Director of Doctoral Programmes

If you require this publication in an alternative format, please contact us. t: +44 (0)115 951 4591 e: alternativeformats@nottingham.ac.uk All information in this brochure was correct at time of print but is subject to change – for the latest information, please see www.nottingham.ac.uk/business Design: www.campbellrowley.com

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Our award-winning Jubilee Campus offers a modern environment to study business.

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Doctoral and MRes programmes t: +44 (0)115 846 7634 f: +44 (0)115 846 6667 e: phd_business@nottingham.ac.uk w: www.nottingham.ac.uk/business/phd