Netherlands: PhD Positions in Business Processes, Logistics & Information Systems

Deadline: 15 March 2013

Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM)

Erasmus University Rotterdam

About the PhD Positions

Each year ERIM initiates and starts a substantial number of new and internationally oriented PhD research projects. The focus is on pioneering and innovative research in the field of Management and Business Research. ERIM distinguishes five main research programmes: Business Processes, Logistics & Information Systems (LIS), Organisation (ORG), Marketing (MKT), Finance & Accounting (F&A), and Strategy & Entrepreneurship (S&E).

ERIM currently offers following PhD projects within its LIS research programme:

• A Behavioral Perspective on Smart Energy Decision Making
• Achieving High Performance in a Mobile Workplace: The Role of Media and Location Use
• Agent-based methods for eliciting customer preferences to guide decision-making in complex energy networks
• Impact of standardization on innovation
• Learning Agents in Complex Supply Chains
• Social Media and Information Aggregation in Digital Supply Chains and Markets
• Team decision making and performance: A behavioral study of the Sales & Operations Planning process

More information about ERIM PhD Programme can be found on www.erim.eur.nl/phd.

Admission Requirements

To be considered for a PhD position in Management at ERIM, candidates are expected to have:

• MSc, MA or MPhil degree in business or economics, or from related fields such as psychology, sociology, engineering, mathematics, etc. (depending on PhD project)
• Excellent results in their first degree/graduate study.
• Explicit interest in and motivation for scientific research.
• A GMAT-test (Graduate Management Admission Test) or GRE-test (Graduate Record Examinations) is required for all entering students. The test results should not be older than five years and an indication of the required score is 85%.
• Applicants have to provide ERIM with either TOEFL or IELTS test results. ERIM requires a TOEFL score of at least 100 on the internet based test and 600 on the paper based test. For IELTS there is a minimum score of 7.5. The language test results should not be older than two years.
• In addition to these formal requirements, candidates for the Programme are selected on the basis of their CVs, academic references, and interview(s) with the potential supervisor(s)

How to apply
All applicants are required to follow our application process. The application deadline is 15th March 2013.

Additional information about the vacancies and application can be obtained from ERIM Doctoral Office, Tel: +31 (0) 10 408 2382, Email:phd@erim.eur.nl, www.erim.eur.nl/phd