Dear Colleagues,

 

We would like to bring your attention to the SGH Doctoral Summer School of International Business, organized by the SGH Warsaw School of Economics’ Doctoral School.

The event will be held at the SGH Warsaw School of Economics, Warsaw, Poland, on July 9-13, 2023. Please feel free to pass this along to anybody who may be interested.

 

The purpose of the Summer Doctoral School is to introduce doctoral students to important issues in the design, analysis and interpretation of research in international business, management, marketing, as well as international relations. In addition to seminars, the Summer School will feature hands-on workshops on developing one’s own papers and reviewing papers by other scholars. Doctoral students will also be able to receive feedback on their research proposals from the leading academics engaged in the Summer School.

 

The event will involve 30 teaching hours of seminars and workshops, including:

• Mixed Methods in International Business, prof. Niina Nummela, University of Turku,
• Sustainable International Business and Marketing, prof. Pervez Ghuari, University of Birmingham,
• Credibility of Data: Scientific Inquiry & Digital Age, prof. Agnieszka Chidlow, University of Birmingham,
• International Market Entry Modes in the CEE and Emerging Markets, prof. Desislava Dikova, Vienna University of Economics & Business,
• Paper Development Workshop, prof. Agnieszka Chidlow & prof. Pervez Ghuari,
• Academic Paper Reviewing Workshop, prof. Desislava Dikova.

The event is organized as part of the project "Strengthening the SGH Doctoral School's Position Within the Framework of the International Area of Doctoral Education" funded by the Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange (NAWA) within the program STER - Internationalization of Doctoral Schools". Thanks to the funding from the Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange’s (NAWA). participation in the Doctoral Summer School is free of charge. Participants must, however, cover their travel and accommodation expenses.

 

Candidates should submit their doctoral research proposals, outlining the focus of planned research and intended methods. We accept a broad range of topics from the disciplines of international business, management, marketing, as well as international relations. Research proposals must be written in English and should be no longer than 5 000 characters, including spaces, which amounts to about 3 pages of text.

 

It is suggested that the research proposals cover the following points:

• the research problem the candidate wishes to address,
• theoretical and practical reasons for selecting the problem,
• the problem’s background in the literature – what gaps in scientific knowledge the candidate intends to fill with his/her research project,
• a tentative set of research hypotheses,
• optionally – a graphical model illustrating the variables included in the study, their relationships and research hypotheses (similar to what is usually included in good empirical papers),
• research methods proposed for testing the research hypotheses.

 

Registration form: https://forms.office.com/e/1baDEGcTKn

Applications should be e-mailed to the following address: [log in to unmask]

The deadline for applications is June 18, 2023.

Admission decisions will be made based on the quality of the received research proposals.

More information can be found at: https://doctoral-internationalisation.sgh.waw.pl/en/sgh-doctoral-summer-school-international-business-sgh-warsaw-school-economics

 

We look forward to your submissions!

 

Best regards,

 

Prof. dr hab. Marzanna K. Witek-Hajduk

Deputy Dean of the Doctoral School

SGH Warsaw School of Economics