Doctoral Dissertation

The Doctoral dissertation will represent original research by the PhD candidate in the areas of Strategic Management and/or Leadership. The dissertation may be presented as a single monograph or as a series of articles. A doctoral dissertation in the form of a monograph is an extensive, comprehensive, and detailed treatment of a defined research issue. A doctoral dissertation in the form of a collection of published articles, articles accepted for publication, and articles suitable for publication is a collection of scholarly contributions in a specific area and must be accompanied by an introduction and a summary.

Exceptionally, and with permission from the Committe for Postgraduate Studies obtained at the end of the first year of studies, two candidates may complete a joint doctoral research project and write a joint doctoral dissertation.

This will be allowed if:

• Clear synergy of joint work is evident, leading to higher quality of the research output than would be the case with separate, individual efforts;
• The contribution of each of the two doctoral students to the doctoral research and to the dissertation text is clearly identifiable and separable;
• It is clear from the proposal that the contribution of each of the two doctoral students will have the volume and quality corresponding to the one expected for individual doctoral research and dissertation.