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Doctoral Program in Economics and Business

General Aims
Doctorate Structure
Lines of Research
Doctoral Thesis Directors
Admission
Contact
Departament in charge of the management of the doctoral programme
Collaborating departments
Received grants

General Aims of the Doctorate

The main aim of the doctorate is to produce doctors for high quality and advanced research. To this end, the general aims of the course are the following:

To incorporate the students into a research group.
To broaden their skills so that they can specialize in different aspects of the lines of research set out in the programme.
To strengthen students' initiative in developing research projects with a methodology and scientific principles appropriate to their field of research.
To foster general individual and team working abilities, participation in research projects, bibliographical database management, etc.
To produce a doctoral thesis.

Structure of Doctorate

The formation period of the doctorate programme is linked to the following Master's degree introduced on the University (in order to the RD 1393/2007):

Research Lines and Directors of Doctoral Theses

Economics department

Organització industrial
Dinàmica industrial
Economia industrial empírica
Demografia empresarial
Economia de la informació
Innovació i canvi tecnològic
Teoria de jocs
Teoria dels contractes
Mercats financers
Elecció social
Economia territorial, regional i urbana
Economia laboral
Economia de l' Educació
Economia de la Salut
Economia del Medi Ambient
Economia del Transport
Economia del Turisme
Mercat de l' Habitatge
Desequilibris reionals
Macroeconomia i polítiques econòmiques

Thesis directors

Josep Mª Arauzo Carod
Nektarios Aslanidis
Miquel Àngel Bové Sans
Misericòrdia Carles Lavila
Matthias Dahm
Maria Misericòrdia Domingo Vernis
Christian Duran Weitkamp
Juan Antonio Duro Moreno
Montserrat Ferré Carracedo
Ricardo Flores Fillol
Maria Llop Llop
Miguel Carlos Manjón Antolín
Carolina Manzano Tovar
Ferran Mañé Vernet
Mònica Martín Bofarull
Oscar Martínez Ibáñez
Joan Mogas Amorós
María Jesús Muiños Villaverde
Martín Oliva Fures
Antonio Quesada Arana
Jordi Sardà Pons
Agustí Segarra Blasco
Mercedes Teruel Carrizosa
Bernd Georg Theilen
Luís Díaz Serrano
Susana Iranzo Sancho
Teresa Corbella Domènech
María José Pérez Lacasta
Maria Victòria Soldevila Lafon

Bussiness Management department

Reorganització i diversificació industrial
Actors i estratègies de l' organització social del treball
Qualificació, competències professional i mercat de treball
Mercats lingüístics
Processos d' innovació territorial
Estructura social i condicions de vida de la població
Gènere i organitzacions
Anàlisi de la gestió pública i les polítiques públiques
Comportament de consumidor
L' espera en els serveis
Entorn multicanal
Els centres d' atenció telefònica (Call center)
La marca i el consum
Màrqueting social en les organitzacions
Orientació al mercat
Valoració d'actitud de renda variable i de renda fixa
Anàlisi del mercat financer espanyol
Anàlisi dels estats i cicles financers
Anàlisi de la informació financera i del mercat de capitals
Gestió del risc i gestió de carteres
Mercats i productes financers
Anàlisi d' operacions financeres en la incertesa
Aplicació de la teoria dels subconjunts borrosos en problemes financers i actuarials
Mercats i actius de renda fixa
Direcció de recursos humans
Comportament organitzatiu
E-Learning
Els intangibles de l' empresa
Direcció estratègica
Disseny organitzatiu
Creació d' empreses
Govern corporatiu
Gestió de la qualitat
Auditoria
Comptabilitat financera i NIIF
Història de la comptabilitat
Impacte de la reforma en la comptabilitat de la informació
La concentració empresarial i la consolidació de la informació comptable
Social responsibility in the enterprise (SRE)
Agents and roles of the human resources function
Direction of operations in the service companies
Market efficiency
Indexes of market
VaR
Technical analysis
Wavelets
Behavioural finance
eManagement
Directive habilities
eHRM
Information ethics
Management control
Chart of integral command
Analysis of air companies
The construction of the identity in the working environment
The climatic change and the enterprise management
The marketing of the cultural products
Management accounting
Financial analysis in the touristic sector
Integral logistics
Emotions in the workplace
Interface marketing-human resources
Labour quality
Management of people in the services
Family enterprise
Entrepreneurship
Innovation
Markets and organizations of the leisure and culture
Knowledge management and intellectual capital
Strategic alliances and collaboration agreements
Interorganizational relationships and social capital
Administration of organizations
Competitivity in clusters

Thesis directors

Amado Alarcón Alarcón
Mario Arias Oliva
Maria Glòria Barberà Mariné
Ignasi Brunet Icart
Fernando Campa Planas
Jorge de Andrés Sánchez
María Ercilia García Álvarez
Francisco Llerena Garrés
María Inmaculada Pastor Gosálbez
Maria Noemí Rabassa Figueras
María Araceli Rodríguez Merayo
Gerard Anthony Ryan
Maria Victòria Sánchez Rebull
Maria Dolors Setó Pàmies
Antonio Terceño Gómez
Maria Teresa Torres Coronas
Mireia Valverde Aparicio
Antoni Vidal Suñe
Jaume Gil Aluja
Màxim Borrell Vidal
Àngel Gabriel Belzunegui Eraso
Jesús José Angla Jiménez
Rafael Böcker
Rosalía Cascón Pereira
Jaume Gené Albesa
María Tatiana Gorjup
Ricard Monclús Guitart
Susana Sardà García
María Arántzazu Vidal Blasco
Misericòrdia Vilella Bach
Ana Beatriz Heernández Lara
Eleni Papaoikonomou
Laia Pié Dols

External professors

Arcadi Oliveres Boadella
José Luis Gascó Gascó

Admission

Maximum number of students: 15
Criteria for admission and selection:

The fulfilment of the established conditions, as a requirement of admission in the 19th article and 4th addicional order of the RD 1393/2007, is necessary to be able to entry at the Doctorate Program while its research mode.

The admission to the Program of Doctorate in its period of research is ruled by procedures and specific criteria to the program. These criteria are:

Holding a master's degree in Strategic Business Management or in Industrial Organisation or holding another master's degree in the field of Economics and Business.
Holding the Advanced Studies Certificate (DEA) or certificate that proves having research aptitude in a doctoral programme in the field of Economics and Business.

Holding a degree to access to the doctoral programme similar to the university master's degree that constitutes the formation period of the doctoral programme and that, besides, enables to access to the doctorate in the origin country.

Holding the B1 level in English of the Common European Framework for languages.

Having the acceptation of a professor as a supervisor.
Handing in a report on the topic to develop, which must be authorized by the supervisor. This report must be approved by the Comission of the POP Economics and Business.

If the number of applications exceeds the maximum students allowed, they will be ordered according to the following criterion:

Academic records of the master's degree (40%)
Academic records of the bachelor (20%)
Professional experience (20%)
Holding an English level or equivalent to: (20%)
- Cambridge Proficiency Certificate (C)
- Cambridge First Certificate (A)
- TOEFL (220 points in the Computer Based Test)
- British Council IELTS (6)

Coordinator
Dr. Antonio Terceño Gómez Department of Business Administration (Faculty of Economics and Business) 977 759 832 antonio.terceno(ELIMINAR)@urv.cat

Coordinator

Dr. Antonio Terceño Gómez

Department of Business Administration (Faculty of Economics and Business)

977 759 832

antonio.terceno(ELIMINAR)@urv.cat

Department in charge the management the doctoral programme
Department of Business Administration 977 759 876 sdgee(ELIMINAR)@urv.cat

Department in charge the management the doctoral programme

Department of Business Administration

977 759 876

sdgee(ELIMINAR)@urv.cat

Collaborating departments

Department of Business Management

Department of Economics

Received grants

Mobility grants for students within the framework of institutional strategies of Universities in doctoral training and consolidation of doctoral programs with Mention to the Excellence, 2011-12

Further information

Official Postgraduate Programme: Economics and Business

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