Entrepreneurship

The PhD Program in Entrepreneurship is designed to train scholars who aim to advance our understanding of how new or existing firms develop innovations to establish a competitive advantage in today’s disruptive environments. Our research-centered program encourages students to engage deeply with topics such as, but not limited to, new venture creation, the entrepreneurial mindset, corporate entrepreneurship, social entrepreneurship, innovative strategies, global entrepreneurial factors, entrepreneurial hustle, and entrepreneurial experimentation. Drawing from the field of management and disciplines such as economics, sociology, psychology, technology, and organizational theory, students develop rigorous, theory-driven insights into the challenges that are present in entrepreneurial activities.

Our PhD program immerses students in a vibrant and rigorous research environment, from the very beginning of the journey. Students benefit from close collaboration with diverse faculty actively shaping the frontiers of entrepreneurship research. Through seminars, individualized mentoring, and immersive research apprenticeships, the program offers a collegial and intellectually vibrant environment. Our faculty are very research active,  and either currently hold or have held editorial positions, or serve on the editorial boards at journals such as Academy of Management Review, Journal of Business Venturing, Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice, Small Business Economics, Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, Journal of Management, and others. Students are encouraged to design their own research agenda and are supported in developing both topical and methodological expertise needed for impactful scholarship.

Our Entrepreneurship graduates are well-prepared for academic careers and consistently secure tenure-track positions at research universities worldwide.