The Program

CYCLE XL – A.Y. 2024/2025

Learning areas (SSD)

The Department of Business and Management excels in numerous clusters of research but is specifically interested in research projects related to the following prevalent areas of research:

SECS-P/08 – Economia e gestione delle imprese
SECS-P/09 – Economia degli intermediari finanziari e finanza aziendale
SECS-P/10 – Organizzazione aziendale

Program structure

The PhD programme is comprised of four years of full-time study.

Year 1 mostly consists of core courses covering the most important research methodologies, principles of epistemiology as well as courses shedding light on the academic career and the publication process. After these courses, students attend three specialized courses in Strategy, Marketing or Organization, depending on which of these tracks they have chosen. At the end of their 1st year, students present a paper (1st year paper) to show their advancement on their dissertation.

Year 2 consists of the remaining three specialized courses in the three majors. Overall, by the first term of their 2nd year, students will have taken 6 courses in their chosen major. These courses cover both the most important theories in the field of either Strategy, Marketing or Organization and the most useful field-specific methodologies.

During their 2nd year, students will have to present a pre-proposal (tin February) and a Research Proposal (in June).

Year 3 and 4 are entirely dedicated to dissertation development, delivery and defense as well as to preparation for the job market.

Along the journey, students will also have to attend seminars and can also be engaged in teaching assistant activities.

Importantly, they are expected to be constantly engaged with their supervisors to make constant progresses on their dissertation project.

Moreover, they are expected to spend a significantly long period as Visiting Scholar (typically in their 3rd year) in one reputed foreign institution.

CYCLE XL
1° YEAR 2024/2025
Term 1 – September / December 2024
Courses	n.	Subject	Professor	hs	CFU
CORE COURSES	1	Philosophy of science	Giacomo Sillari	15	3
	2	Epistemology for management	Jannis Kallinikos	15	3
	3	PhD journey and beyond	Anatoli Colicev	10	2
	4	Reseach Project Design	Raffaele Oriani	20	4
	5	Introductory econometrics for management	Matteo Iacopini	20	4
	6	Qualitative Research	Elena Bruni/Lakshmi Balachandran Nair	20	4
Term 2 – February / March 2025
Track	n.	Subject	Professor	hs	CFU
CORE COURSES	7	How to get published	Dries Faems	20	4
	8	Advanced Econometrics for Management	Toke Reichstein	30	6
	9	Structural Equation Modelling	Gaetano Miceli	20	4
	10	Seminars on academic career, ethics and integrity in research	Alessandro Zattoni	6	1
					35
Term 2 – April / May 2025
Track	n.	Subject	Professor	hs	CFU
TRACK MARKETING	1	Key Topics in Marketing	Michele Costabile/Gregory Carpenter	15	3
	2	Consumer Behavior	Matteo De Angelis/Rumen Pozharliev	15	3
	3	Data Collection and Experimental Design in Behavioral Research	Gabriele Paolacci	15	3
					9
TRACK STRATEGY & INNOVATION	1	Empirical Methods for Strategy Research	Valerio Pelucco	15	3
	2	Strategic management	Giovanni Valentini	15	3
	3	International business	Antonio Majocchi/Matteo Caroli	15	3
					9
TRACK ORGANIZATION	1	Experimental Design for Organization Research	Silvia Dello Russo	15	3
	2	Social Network Analysis	Daniele Mascia	15	3
	3	Organization theory	Jannis Kallinikos	15	3
					9
Faculty Seminars + Phd Seminars and workshops					6
Firts year paper					10
TOTALE CFU FIRST YEAR					60
2° YEAR 2025/2026
Term 1 – September / December 2025
Track	n.	Subject	Professor	hs	CFU
TRACK MARKETING	4	Marketing modelling	Peter Leeflang	15	3
	5	Experimental design for marketing	Irene Scopelliti	15	3
	6	Text mining in marketing research	Francisco Villarroel	15	3
					9
TRACK STRATEGY & INNOVATION	4	Corporate governance	Alessandro Zattoni	15	3
	5	Innovation management	Andrea Prencipe	15	3
	6	Industrial dynamics	Valentina Meliciani/Francesca Lotti	15	3
					9
TRACK ORGANIZATION	4	Organization behavior	Silvia Dello Russo/Fabian Homberg	15	3
	5	Frontiers in organizing and organizations: new themes, new forms, new paradigms	Luca Giustiniano	15	3
	6	Organization and technology	Luigi Marengo	15	3
					9
Term 2 – February / May 2025
Other activities	Second year paper				10
	Faculty Seminars + PhD Seminars and workshops				15
	Thesis drafting				25
3° YEAR 2026/2027
Term 1 – September / December 2026
Other activities	Third year paper				10
Other activities	Visiting period o Altre attività				25
Term 2 – February/ May 2027
Other activities	Visiting period o Altre attività				25
4° YEAR 2027/2028
Term 1 – September / December 2027
Other activities	Thesis drafting				25
Term 2 – February/ May 2028
Other activities	Final Thesis			/	36
				totale	240

N.B. The PhD courses are also open to students enrolled in PhD programmes of other Universities, upon payment of a fee. For further information please contact the PhD & Education Funding Office (dottorati@luiss.it).