Some of the characteristics of the PhD in Business Administration include:
- Direct PhD, admission possibilities from Bachelor's or Master's studies.
- In-class instruction format, full-time semester schedule.
- Courses in Spanish and English.
The PhD in Business Administration evoluted from one of the first PhD programs of the Tecnológico de Monterrey, thus having more than 15 years of experience.
- Program Location
Monterrey
- Program Format
- Full Time
- Semesters
- Professional Experience
Not required - Dual Degree
No - International Study
Yes
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PhD in Business Administration Generations
Since the beginning of the program, it has been important for us the networking with the students and the PhD alumni.
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Research Areas
The EGADE Business School Monterrey funds research groups to encourage the development of innovative research under certain priority topics, so that the School's academic programs continue to improve in quality. Read more.
- Educate researchers able of analyzing the conditions of the organizations, developing research and providing knowledge that allow the development of competitive and innovative companies.
- Educate high-level researchers in the field of management, geared towards research on Entrepreneurship, International Competitiveness, Leadership and Organizational Behavior, and Strategy. Promote research groups on business administration.
- Educate creative and innovative individuals, with analytical and critical thinking for researching problems related with the companies and their environments.
- Develop research competences: design and conduct programs and projects; report and publish results arised from a research program or project.
- Alumni with scientific production in line with their research objectives. Promote linkage through national and international congresses and research projects.
Candidates to enter to the PhD program must have the following profile:
Competences:
Competences:
- To be oriented to research and interested in the development of the science.
- To be oriented to the search of intellectual challenges generated from the awareness of the environment and its problems.
- Domain of the english language.
- Knowledge of the Business Administration and their problems and challenges the organizations face today.
- Skills for observation and search of information.
- To have characteristics for self-learning and self-direction for research.
- Analytical skills and for problems solutions.
- Firm human values to develop the science in a responsible and ethical manner.
- Attitude to service and vocation for generating science for the development of humanity.
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Possible areas of specialization:
- Entrepreneurship
- International Competitiveness
- Business Strategy
- Leadership and Organizational Behavior
Upon graduating from the PhD in Business Administration, students will be able to (according to their area of specialization):
Knowledge
- Proficiency in classic, seminal and contemporary theories in their area of specialization.
- Expertness in developing theorical frameworks in business administration.
- Critical thinking for the analysis of the phenomenon under study.
- Mastery in the use of empirical research tools and instruments of their area of specialization.
Skills
- Design and conduct research programs and projects.
- Report and publish research findings.
- Evaluate programs and research projects.
- Management of extension and liaison programs with academia such as national and international conferences as well as corporate organizations.
Attitudes
- The PhD in Business Administration alumni will be aware of the implications of honest and ethical behavior in complex and uncertain situations that may arise during their research.
- Capable of responding with responsibility and ethics amongst all his/her commitments and actions derived from their research.
- Co-responsible of the citizenship principals of his/her community.
Values
- Respectful of the freedom of speech of all the social, economic, political and cultural communities where business administration is studied.
Publications
A very important asset of the PhD in Business Administration program is the generation of knowledge which translates in the production of scientific papers, books, cases, among others.
Next, you may find publications of the community (faculty and students) of the PhD program.
| PhD in Business Administration Faculty |
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| Anabella Dávila, PhD | SNI II |
| Bryan Husted, PhD | SNI II |
| Alejandro Ibarra, PhD | SNI I |
| Francisco Carrillo, PhD | SNI II |
| Carlos Scheel, PhD | SNI I |
| Consuelo García, PhD | SNI I |
| Jacobo Ramírez, PhD | SNI I |
| Laura Zapata, PhD | SNI I |
| Roberto Santillán, PhD | SNI I |
| Raquel Castaño, PhD | SNI I |
| Andreas Hartmann, PhD | |
| Cesar Sepúlveda, PhD | |
| Egdargo Ayala, PhD | |
| Elisa Cobas, PhD | |
| Gerardo Lozano, PhD | |
| Héctor Díaz, PhD | |
| Homero Zambrano, PhD | |
| Jorge M. Rocha, PhD | |
| José Luis Pineda, PhD | |
| Luis García-Calderón, PhD | |
| Norma Hernández, PhD | |
| Olivia Hernández, PhD | |
VISITING FACULTY
| January - May 2011 | ||
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| Research Area | Professor | University |
| Business Strategy | Adrian Tschoegl, PhD | Warthon School of the University of Pennsylvania |
| July-December 2010 | ||
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| Research Area | Professor | University |
| Entrepreneurship | Duncan Duke, PhD | Cornell Univeristy, USA |
| International Competitiveness | Aurelia Durand, PhD | Universidad di Tella Business School, Argentina |
| Leadership and Organizational Behavior | Mats Alvesson, PhD Geoff Carter |
University of Lund, Sweden European Foundation for Quality Management |
| International Competitiveness | Verónica H. Villena, P | IE Business School, Spain |
| Business Strategy | Oliver Schilke, PhD | University of California, USA |
| January - May 2010 | ||
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| Research Area | Professor | University |
| International Competitiveness | Masaaki Kotabe, PhD | Temple University, USA |
| Business Strategy | Audesh Paswan, PhD | UNT |
| Omar Aktouf, PhD | HEC Montreal | |
| Martin Reimann, PhD | University of Southern California, USA | |
| July-December 2009 | ||
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| Research Area | Professor | University |
| International Competitiveness | Verónica Martínez, PhD | Cranfield University, UK |
| Business Strategy | Rajagopal, PhD | Tecnológico de Monterrey, Campus Ciudad de México |
| Martin Reimann, PhD | University of Southern California, USA | |
| Leadership and Organizational Behavior | María Josefa Santos, PhD | Institute of Social Research, UNAM, México |
| Miguel Olivas Luján, PhD | Clarion University, Pennsylvania, USA |
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| Enrique de la Garza Toledo, PhD | Sociology Department UAM, México |
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| January - May 2009 | ||
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| Research Area | Professor | University |
| International Competitiveness | Álvaro Cuervo-Cazurra, PhD | University of South Carolina, USA |
| Business Strategy | Jesús de la Cerda | ITESO, México |
| Georges Enderle, PhD | University of Notre Dame, USA |
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| Martin Reimann, PhD | University of Southern California, USA | |
| July-December 2008 | ||
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| Research Area | Professor | University |
| International Competitiveness | Masaaki Kotabe, PhD | Temple University, USA |
| Business Strategy | Brian Richardson, PhD | University of North Texas, USA |