Denmark : PhD scholarship in Globalization and Offshoring in Copenhagen Business School

The Center for Strategic Management and Globalization invites applications for a vacant PhD scholarship.

Started in 2005 and currently numbering 14 faculty, The Center for Strategic Management and Globalization (SMG) at Copenhagen Business School undertakes research into the strategic behaviour of companies in an increasingly globalized world (for more info: www.cbs.dk/smg ).

The vision of the Center is to develop within the next three years into Northern Europe’s leading research center in strategic and international management. The globalization of firms and offshoring of different activities is one of the topics that are becoming central on the Center’s research agenda, primarily in the context of strategic and international management. Thus, we take an interest in “globalization and offshoring of value chain activities” that is, the relocation and reconfiguration of the different value chain activities in order to take advantages of the location-specific advantages e.g. in emerging markets.

The Center is a partner in a major research program, “Global Operations Networks: Challenges for Danish SME's Competing through Operations, (GONE Project)” funded by the Danish Council for Strategic Research, and it is desirable that the successful applicant is willing to work within this research program. The focus of the research program is on how Danish firms have adapted to a more global world through fine-slicing (modularization) and offshoring of their activities to low-cost countries. The main research questions relate to the costs and benefits of modularization, management of interfaces among the globally dispersed activities, and implications for the competitive advantage of firms. The research program will cover multiple case-studies as well as more quantitative and statistical analysis of large-sample datasets.

Although the successful candidate shall ideally work within the Center’s key research areas and with specific emphasis on the above themes, particularly qualified candidates who do not wish to undertake research on the above themes, but instead focus on other research areas within the center (i.e., other strategic management and international business themes) may also be considered.

The candidate should be able to commence work October 1, 2009, but a later start is also possible.

Potential applicants are requested to contact Professor Torben Pedersen (tp.smg@cbs.dk) to be informed about relevant supervisors.

Application deadline: September 1, at 12:00 noon.

General information:

To be awarded the scholarship, one must be enrolled as a PhD student. To be considered for enrolment, the candidate should have a basic training in social science, preferably business economics, at the master level, and must be fluent in Danish and/or English. Enrolment in the PhD program furthermore depends on the acceptance of the application, which must include a short project description, usually prepared in co-operation with the Department. This research proposal should contain a presentation of the intended research question, including the theory and methodology expected to be used.

In addition to the research proposal, the application must include a completed compulsory form, copies of master’s degree certificate or other certificates of a corresponding level, brief curriculum vitae (CV), a list of possible papers and publications, and one copy of a selected written work (e.g. master thesis).

All parts of the application must be submitted in four copies, except the selected written work, which may be submitted in only one copy. Electronic submissions are not accepted.

A PhD scholarship runs for a period of 3 years, and includes teaching obligations equivalent of ½ year’s work (840 work hours).

The salary level and appointment is determined by the Ministry of Finance’s collective agreement with the Central Academic Organisation.

A committee of experts in the field in question will assess the applications. The assessment of the applicants will be based on the quality and relevance of the project, including an evaluation of the applicant’s ability to accomplish it. Following this assessment, the management of the department will select the winner of the scholarship.

Please find compulsory application form, guideline, and further information on scholarships and the Doctoral Programme (link to PhD School (PhD School in Economics and Business Administration):

The application must be submitted to:

Copenhagen Business School
Center for Strategic Management and Globalization
Porcelænshaven 24, 1st fl.
DK-2000 Frederiksberg
Denmark

Marked “PhD – VIP-20”

Applications received by e-mail or discs will not be taken into consideration.

All interested researchers irrespective of age, sex, race, religion, or nationality are invited to apply for the position.

CBS focuses on innovation, partnership with the business community and internationalisation. As a Learning University CBS demands high quality on teaching, research and staff. CBS has around 15.000 students distributed among a wide range of degrees in social science and humanities among these a very dynamic environment for executive programmes. CBS has around 400 full-time researchers and around 500 administrative employees.

Deadline: 2009-09-01