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Business Administration

Link to a list of faculty for this program.

Contact Information—Ph.D. Program in Business Administration, Carlson School of Management, Suite 4-205, 321 19th Avenue South, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455 (612-624-0875 or 612-624-5065; fax 612-624-8221; brons003@umn.edu; www.carlsonschool.umn.edu/Page4497.aspx).

Master of Business Administration—Graduate School students who wish to take MBA courses must contact the Carlson School of Management MBA Office, 1-110 Carlson School of Management, Minneapolis, MN 55455 (612-625-5555; fax 612-626-7785).

Along with the program-specific requirements listed below, please read the General Information section of this catalog for Graduate School requirements that apply to all major fields.

Curriculum—This program offers full-time advanced graduate education for students seeking academic placement at leading universities or research-oriented positions in business or government. The program is for individuals who have the intellectual capacity for advanced study, enjoy independent research and analytical thinking, and who wish to master a discipline within business administration.

Students choose to concentrate in one of six areas of specialization: accounting; finance; information and decision sciences (including the management information systems and decision science subfields); marketing and logistics management; operations and management science; and strategic management and organization (covering the subfields of strategy, organization behavior, entrepreneurship and business-government-society, all of which include an international focus).

Prerequisites for Admission—Applicants must have completed a four-year undergraduate degree in any field of study. Admission depends on the applicants grades, test scores (GMAT or GRE), and strength of the letters of recommendation and statement of purpose.

Special Application Requirements—Applicants must submit to the Carlson School Ph.D. Program Office the following items: 1) one copy of the Graduate School application (downloaded from the ApplyYourself online application system); 2) official copies of the GMAT or GRE scores taken no more than five years prior to application to the Ph.D. Program Office; and 3) official TOEFL or IELTS scores (international applicants only). All other application materials (official application, application fee, statement of purpose, and three letters of recommendation should be sent directly to the Graduate School through the ApplyYourself online application system. Applicants also need to have official transcripts submitted to the Graduate School from each college or university they have attended. Doctoral study begins in fall semester only. The application deadline is December 31 each year for fall admission consideration. Applications are evaluated on a rolling basis beginning late January and continuing through March.

Key to test abbreviations (GRE, TOEFL, GMAT, MELAB).

For an online application or for more information about Graduate School admissions, see the General Information section in this catalog, or visit the Graduate School Web site.

Courses—Refer to Accounting (ACCT); Business Administration (BA); Finance (FINA); Information and Decision Sciences (IDSC); Management (MGMT); Marketing (MKTG); and Operations and Management Science (OMS) in the course section of this catalog or in Twin Cities Courses on the University Catalog Web site for courses pertaining to the program.

Use of 4xxx Courses—Inclusion of 4xxx courses on Degree Program Forms is subject to the approval of the adviser and director of graduate studies.

Ph.D. Degree Requirements

Degree requirements vary by area of concentration. Each student's coursework is determined in consultation with an adviser, but in general a degree program includes courses in the field of specialization, in research methodology, and in a minor or supporting program. Students in all areas must complete at minimum 40 semester credits of graduate coursework. All areas require a written and oral examination at the end of the second year, as well as a research paper requirement and dissertation proposal defense.

Accounting—This area of concentration requires a minimum of 12 credits from accounting Ph.D. seminars and a total of at least 40 credits of degree program coursework. Students may take a minimum of 16 credits in a minor area outside the Carlson School of Management, or at least 16 credits in supporting programs taken across fields relevant to their research interests, e.g., finance, economics, statistics, or psychology.

Finance—Finance is viewed as a field of applied economics. Students achieve a strong foundation in economic theory and empirical methods, while taking finance seminars and supporting/methods coursework. A minimum of 40 degree credits are required to move to the prelim stage. Supporting coursework typically consists of a doctoral-level sequence in microeconomic theory and econometric analysis. In addition, students should complete a minimum of 8 additional elective credits in economics, statistics, accounting, or a related field.

Information and Decision Sciences—Students are required to complete at least 46 semester credits of degree program coursework, including 14 credits of IDSC Ph.D. seminars, 8 credits of research methodology, and 16 credits of supporting or minor field coursework. Students are required to take IDSC 8511, 8521, 8711, and 8801 sections 1 and 2. Research methods courses that students can take include regression, experimental design, multivariate statistics, and econometric modeling.

Marketing and Logistics Management—The department requires students to complete its Ph.D. seminars (at least 20 credits total) plus a minimum of 12 credits of research methodology courses outside the department. Minor or supporting program coursework is determined by the student and adviser, and must total at least 16 credits (these credits could overlap with the research methods coursework requirements).

Operations and Management Science—Students must complete six OMS Ph.D. seminars (OMS 8651, 8652, 8711, 8721, 8735, and 8745). Students supplement this with at least 16 credits from outside the department for a minor or supporting program, plus methodology coursework in math or statistics. The department also recommends that students take MGMT 8302—Seminar in Organization Theory and one course in linear programming.

Strategic Management and Organization—Students are required to take at least five core MGMT Ph.D. seminars (20 cr), which must include one course from each of three areas (strategy, organization studies, ethics-international management-entrepreneurship), plus all remaining Ph.D. seminars in the student's area of specialization (strategy, organization studies, etc.). Alternatively, students may choose to combine two areas as their major area of concentration (e.g., strategy/international management, organization studies/entrepreneurship). It is highly recommended that students take the department's theory building seminar. As part of the supporting field requirement (16 cr), students must take a strong methods sequence, which can be tailored to individual student needs, as well as coursework that leads to a good understanding of the fundamentals of a specific external discipline (e.g., economics, sociology).

Language Requirements—None.

Minor Requirements for Students Majoring in Other Fields—For a doctoral minor, students must complete a cohesive program of at least 16 credits (at least four courses) of graduate work in one of the six areas of concentration. This program of study is developed in consultation with an adviser who is a full member of the graduate faculty in business administration.

Faculty

For latest graduate faculty listings, see <www.grad.umn.edu/faculty_rosters/faculty.html>.

Key to membership categories (abbreviations after faculty names).

Professor
Carl R. Adams, Information and Decision Sciences, SM
Gordon J. Alexander, Finance, SM
John C. Anderson, Operations and Management Science, SM
Frederick J. Beier, Marketing and Logistics Management, ASM
Mark E. Bergen, Marketing and Logistics Management, SM
Norman E. Bowie, Strategic Management and Organization, SM
John H. Boyd, Finance, SM
John M. Bryson, Public Affairs, Strategic Management and Organization, AM2
Rajesh Chandy, Marketing and Logistics Management, SM
Norman L. Chervany, Information and Decision Sciences, SM
Shawn P. Curley, Information and Decision Sciences, SM
Gordon B. Davis, (emeritus), Information and Decision Sciences, ASM
W. Bruce Erickson, Strategic Management and Organization, SM
Murray Z. Frank, Finance, SM
Frank B. Gigler, Accounting, SM
Robert Goldstein, Finance, SM
Alok Gupta, Information and Decision Sciences, SM
Arthur V. Hill, Operations and Management Science, SM
Michael J. Houston, Marketing and Logistics Management, SM
Deborah R. John, Marketing and Logistics Management, SM
George John, Marketing and Logistics Management, SM
Paul E. Johnson, Information and Decision Sciences, SM
Edward J. Joyce, Accounting, SM
Chandra S. Kanodia, Accounting, SM
John H. Kareken, (emeritus), Finance, ASM
Barbara J. Loken, Marketing and Logistics Management, SM
Erzo Luttmer, Economics, Finance, ASM
Ian H. Maitland, Strategic Management and Organization, SM
Alfred A. Marcus, Strategic Management and Organization, SM
Joan Meyers-Levy, Marketing and Logistics Management, SM
Christopher J. Nachtsheim, Operations and Management Science, SM
Timothy J. Nantell, Finance, SM
Mary L. Nichols, Strategic Management and Organization, SM
Akshay R. Rao, Marketing and Logistics Management, SM
Judy Rayburn, Accounting, SM
Kenneth J. Roering, Marketing and Logistics Management, SM
Robert W. Ruekert, Marketing and Logistics Management, SM
Harry J. Sapienza, Strategic Management and Organization, SM
Roger G. Schroeder, Operations and Management Science, SM
Myles Shaver, Strategic Management and Organization, SM
Kingshuk K. Sinha, Operations and Management Science, SM
Andrew H. Van de Ven, Strategic Management and Organization, SM
Jan Werner, Economics, Finance, ASM
Andrew F. Whitman, Human Resources and Industrial Relations, ASM
Andrew Winton, Finance, SM
Akbar Zaheer, Strategic Management and Organization, SM
Srilata Zaheer, Strategic Management and Organization, SM
Shaker A. Zahra, Strategic Management and Organization, SM
Mahmood A. Zaidi, Human Resources and Industrial Relations, ASM

Associate Professor
Gediminas Adomavicius, Information and Decision Sciences, SM
Rajesh K. Aggarwal, Finance, SM
Rohini Ahluwalia, Marketing and Logistics Management, SM
Stuart Albert, Strategic Management and Organization, SM
Ravi Bapna, Information and Decision Sciences, SM
Karen L. Donohue, Operations and Management Science, SM
Gordon L. Duke, Accounting, SM
Susan Meyer Goldstein, Operations and Management Science, SM
Zhaoyang Gu, Accounting, SM
Robert A. Hansen, Marketing and Logistics Management, SM
William Li, Operations and Management Science, SM
Kevin Linderman, Operations and Management Science, SM
Om Narasimhan, Marketing and Logistics Management, SM
Stephen T. Parente, Finance, SM
Paul E. M. Povel, Finance, SM
M. Johnny Rungtusanatham, Operations and Management Science, SM
Priti P. Shah, Strategic Management and Organization, SM
Pervin Shroff, Accounting, SM
Rajdeep Singh, Finance, SM
Mani R. Subramani, Information and Decision Sciences, SM
Paul Vaaler, Strategic Management and Organization, SM
Kathleen D. Vohs, Marketing and Logistics Management, SM
Mary E. Zellmer-Bruhn, Strategic Management and Organization, SM

Assistant Professor
Santiago Bazdreshh, Finance, M2
Frederico Belo, Finance, M2
Tony H. Cui, Marketing and Logistics Management, M2
Mingcherng Deng, Accounting, MS
Jane E. Ebert, Marketing and Logistics Management, M2
Daniel Forbes, Strategic Management and Organization, M2
Clayton Forester, Accounting, M2
Yu Gao, Accounting, M2
Jeremy Graveline, Finance, M2
Vladas Griskevicius, Marketing and Logistics Management, M2
Thomas Issaevitch, Accounting, M2
Sophie LeRoy, Strategic Management and Organization, M2
Arik Lifschitz, Strategic Management and Organization, M2
Felix Meschke, Finance, M2
Prokriti Mukherji, Marketing and Logistics Management, M2
Gautam Ray, Information and Decision Sciences, M2
Joseph Redden, Marketing and Logistics Management, M2
Yuqing Ren, Information and Decision Sciences, M2
Doriana Ruffino, Finance, M2
Rachna Shah, Operations and Management Science, M2
Enno Siemson, Operations and Management Science, M2
Gurneeta V. Singh, Strategic Management and Organization, M2
P. K. Toh, Strategic Management and Organization, M2
Carlos Torelli, Marketing and Logistics Management, M2
Yue T. Wang, Finance, M2
Jianfeng Yu, Finance, M2
Ivy Zhang, Accounting, M2

Lecturer
Gary W. Carter, AM2
James M. Gahlon, AM2
Thomas D. Legg, AM2
Terry Tranter, AM2

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