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graduate school of economic and social sciences

Prof. Dr. Alexander MaedcheChair of Information Systems IV, Business School and Institute for Enterprise Systems (InES)

University of Mannheim, http://www.uni-mannheim.de

PhD Workshop China, Bejing, Nov 30th – Dec 1st 2013

gesshttp://gess.uni-mannheim.de/

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Political

Science Psychology Sociology

Economics

C D S B C D S E C D S S

Promotions-programm

in:

G E S S

Akademischer Direktor

Sprecher und Akademischer Direktor

Prof. Dr.Dirk Simons

Prof. Dr.Philipp Schmidt-Dengler

Prof. Dr Thomas Bräuninger

The University of Mannheim is well known for its distinct profile, its business orientation and its international approach.

Various rankings, awards and evaluations classify the University of Mannheim as one of the leading academic institutions in Germany and Europe.

Mannheim's renowned Economics and Social Sciences are closely intertwined with Humanities, Law, Mathematics and Computer Sciences.

The Mannheim Business School is the only German institution to be accredited by the three major international accreditation bodies: AACSB International, EQUIS, AMBA (“Triple Crown”)

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Mannheim – Center of the Metropolitan Region Rhine-Neckar

economic center of the Rhine-Neckar Metropolitan Region

innovative strength with global players: SAP, BASF, ABB, John Deere, Bilfinger etc.

a modern and multicultural city (30% foreign nationals)

320,000 inhabitants

Geographic Location

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The City of Mannheim

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On Campus: Studying in a Baroque Palace

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Rankings

The numerous rankings in which the University of Mannheim has been rated display the university's high quality. Three schools of the University of Mannheim have received top ratings in national rankings over the past years: the Mannheim Business School, the Department of Economics and the Faculty of Social Sciences.

Excerpts: Handelsblatt 2013, Research: Economics #1, Business #6 Wirtschaftswoche 2013, HR: Economics/Business #1 New York Times 2012, HR: Alumni from Germany #3

(worldwide #52) CHE Ranking 2011, Study: Psychology #1 CHE Ranking 2011, Research/Study: Sociology #1, Political

Sciences #1 The Economist 2013, Executive MBA Europe #6, worldwide

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Schools and Associated Organizations

Business School

School of Business

Informatics and Mathematics

 

School of Law and Economics

School of Social Sciences

School of Humanities 

MZES

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Mission of the Graduate School

The mission of the GESS is to train young academics according to best international practice with a strong focus on excellence in research. The GESS has successfully established an internationally competitive structural doctoral program contributing to the strong scientific reputation of the University of Mannheim.

Boundary conditions: Teaching and administrative language: English Broad financial support (Stipends, TA/RA positions e.g.) No tuition fees Start of programs: September of each year Deadline for application: April 15 (early application:

January 15)

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Graduate School – Basic Facts

Over 100 Professors are involved 240 Doctoral students are enrolled in the doctoral programs More than 90 Alumni who are holding positions at:

- international renowned universities (e.g. Oxford,

Cambridge, Yale, Tilburg, Pompeu Fabra, LSE, ETH Zürich,

Toulouse, Hongkong, WashU St. Louis) - research facilities (e.g. EU-LAC Foundation, Max-Planck

Institute),- government organizations (e.g. IWF, EZB, Federal Reserve

Kansas City)- private industry (e.g. Boston Consulting, PwC)

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GESS trains students in empirical & quantitative methods

Collab. Researc

h Centers(SFBs)

BusinessCDSB

EconomicsCDSE

Social &

BehavioralSciences

CDSS

GESIS

MZES

ZEW

ZI

GESIS: Leibniz Institute for the Social SciencesMZES: Mannheim Centre for European Social ResearchZEW: Centre for European Economic ResearchZI: Central Institute for Mental Health

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Political

Science Psychology Sociology

Accounting &

Taxation Finance Management Marketing Operations &

Information

Systems

Economics

C D S B C D S E C D S S

PhD Programme

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PhD Programme

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PhD Programme

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G E S SGraduate School of Economic & Social Sciences

Setup

Academic Director Academic DirectorDean & Academic

DirectorProf. Dr.

Dirk SimonsProf. Dr.

Philipp Schmidt-DenglerProf. Dr

Thomas Bräuninger

CDSB: Center for Doctoral Studies in BusinessCDSE: Center for Doctoral Studies in EconomicsCDSS: Center for Doctoral Studies in Social & Behavioral Sciences

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2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

0.00%10.00%20.00%30.00%40.00%50.00%60.00%70.00%80.00%90.00%

CDSBCDSECDSS

Foreign Share in Applications 2007 - 2013

Internationality

67%

6%

6%

3%

4%

14%

German

Chinese

US

Italian

Russian

other (less than 3 students)

Countries

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Placement Statistics

52%

13%

8%

6%

6%

3%

3%

2% 2% 2% 2%

GermanyUSScandinaviaSwitzerlandUKAustriaSpainCanada FranceHungaryIsrael

34%

30%

16%

8%

8%

3% 1%

Assistant Pro-fessorPostdocResearcherEconomistSenior Consul-tantHabilitandProfessor

Region Position

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International Experiences of GESS Students

Doctoral exchange programs: Berkeley, Yale, Georgia State,

IUB, JHU, NYU, WashU, Mailand

International training networks: Scancor, ENTER, ICSGC

Summer Schools: EITM, GESIS Survey Methods

About 15 external weekly seminar series: Macro Seminar,

Department Seminar etc.

More than 100 summer school attendances, over 125

international exchange experiences and over 500 conference

presentations

EITM: Emipirical Implications of Theoretical Models Summer InstituteENTER: European Network for Training in Economic ResearchICSGC: Interdisciplinary Center for the Study of Global ChangeScancor: Scandinavian Consortium for Organizational Research

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Common integrated 5-year structure

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The Case of Ye Li 2003-2010: Studies in Management Science &

Engineering at Tsinghua University, China 2008-2009: Studies in Production System Engineering

at RWTH Aachen, Germany 2010: PhD candidate in Operations & Information

Systems at the Center for Doctoral Studies in Business, University of Mannheim, Germany

2012: Research Assistant at the Chair of Information Systems IV, Business School

2013/2014: Visiting Scholar “Georgia State University” and defense of PhD thesis (scheduled for April 2014)

Research Focus:- Agility in global software development- Coordination in distributed teams- Cultural intelligence and cross-cultural collaboration- Evaluation of design science artifacts

http://eris.bwl.uni-mannheim.de/index.php?id=5912

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A complete application contains the following information:

Personal data Curriculum vitae Letter of motivation Writing sample Certificates and transcripts of grades GMAT (or GRE) scores (GMAT program code:  VLC-95-89,

GRE code: 0933) Any supplementary information you would like to provide 2 Letters of recommendation

Application Requirements

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For all questions

about admission and further information please contact:

Doctoral officePhone: +49 (0)621/181-2034

Fax: +49 (0)621/181-2042E-Mail: gess@uni-mannheim.de

Web: http://gess.uni-mannheim.de