PhD Projects



Leadership as driver of corporate coherence across the global organization

Andrea Straub-Bauer
Global competition, increasing complexity, uncertainty, market turbulence, speed of change, diversity, sustainability, customer and employee sophistication, regulation, transparency in communication, managing polarities and multiple time horizons, as well as changing expectations of the workforce are some of the business realities facing multi‐national corporations (MNCs) (Conference Board, 2010).
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How can MNC's located in DK attract and retain global highly skilled workforce?

Sally Khallash
The premise of this Ph.D. is the competitiveness and attractiveness of Danish global companies.
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Essays on Corporate Risk Management

Kay Sun Park
Corporate Risk Management : Credit Risk, Volatility Risk, the Choice of Leverage and Covenants under the Strategic Debt Services.
Date for obtained PhD degree: February 28, 2014

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Oil-driven Economic Nationalism

Hadis Khonsary-Atighi
Oil-driven Economic Nationalism: A Study of the Transition Economy of Iran (1975-2008)
Date for obtained PhD degree: February 06, 2014

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The Effects of Wonership Structure on Chinese Outbound Foreign Direct Investment

Ming Hua Li
The Effects of Wonership Structure on Chinese Outbound Foreign Direct Investment: A comparative analysis f state owned enterproses and private firms
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Entrepreneurial Survival in an Emerging Economy

Morris L. Samit
Entrepreneurial Survival in an Emerging Economy: The Compensatory Behavior of Entrepreneurs
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Creating a Sustainable Operating Model for Design in Business

Nicky Nedergaard
Creating a Sustainable Operating Model for Design in Business
- The role of brand in aligning company resources and customer value creation
Date for obtained PhD degree: December 31, 2013

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Privates Benefits of Control in Family Business

Anne Sluhan
The economic landscape of most nations remains dominated by family firms; according to Neubauer and Lank  (1998), family enterproses account for 45 – 75% of GDP and employment in most economies.
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Evaluation Content Dimension in Entrepreneurship Education

Kåre Moberg
Evaluation Content Dimension in Entrepreneurship Education
Date for obtained PhD degree: December 31, 2013

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UNESCO accredited but so what?

Lai Shevren
UNESCO accredited but so what? Stakeholders’ Interests: Opportunities and Challenges in Cultural Tourism in Malaysia.
Date for obtained PhD degree: June 30 2013

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Labor Mobility and Open Innovation

Arjan Markus
Tapping into the Knowledge and Exertise of Bright Individuals Outside the Company: Labor Mobility as a Tool to Access Knowledge in an Open Innovation Strategy
Date for obtained PhD degree: September 30, 2009

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The Strategic Perspective on Risk Management

Johanna Sax
The Strategic Perspective on Risk Management: Internal Antecedents of Strategic Risk Management
Date for obtained PhD degree: September 30, 2013

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Whole Farm Risk Management

Michael Friis Pedersen
Whole Farm Risk Management: The Implications of Finance and Organization
Date for obtained PhD degree: January 31 2013

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Indian Firms South-north Acquisitions

Tamara Stucchi
Indian Firms South-north Acquisitions: A firm-level learning perspective
Date for obtained PhD degree: January 31 2013

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Fiscal and Management Challenges in Aligning Operational and Tax-based Transfer Pricing.

Ardit Nesimi
In dealing with transfer pricing, MNEs are faced with two issues:
tax-compliance issues whereby MNEs try to reduce tax payments while being compliant with transfer-pricing regulations in each jurisdiction of the operations; and
operational issues whereby transfer prices are considered beyond legal and statutory purposes, including budgetting processes, performance measurement and reward systems, and issues of strategy inplementation and formation.
Date for obtained PhD degree: 31.12.2012

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Offshoring & Globalization

Marcus Møller Larsen
Offshoring & Globalization: The Disaggregated Processes of the Global Relocation of Business Activities
Date for obtained PhD degree: September 30 2012

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The discovery, evaluation and exploitation of corporate entrepreneurship in an organizational context

Jacob Lyngsie
This PhD project explores the organizational context of entrepreneurship.
Date for obtained PhD degree: September 30 2012

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The impact of population ageing on the structure of international capital flows and for goods and services.

Alexandre Narciso
Demographic shifts profoundly influence the world economy, both directly and indirectly through crossborder transactions. In three papers, I study how ageing influences international capital flows and demand for goods and services.
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The Neurobiology of Creativity

Morten Friis-Olivarius
The Neurobiology of Creativity
-Creativity in the domain of business innovation and product development-
Date for obtained PhD degree: January 31 2012

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A Real Options Approach To Determining Power Prices (Risky Power)

Nihat Misir
A Real Options Approach To Determining Power Prices (Risky Power)
Date for obtained PhD degree: November 30 2011

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Family Conflict and Firm Performance

Haoyong Zhou
To what extent do conflicts among ruling family members impinge on the firm performance? This project centers around answering this key question.
Date for obtained PhD degree: October 31 2011

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Politically connected firms: the role of political institutions and family relations.

Mario D. Amore
My research proposal is aimed to investigate the connections between firms and politicians. A recent strand of literature has focused on politically connected firms by providing evidence mainly at the cross-country level. Empirical results show that on average firms benefit from political connections. Nevertheless, several questions regarding the determinants of these connections and their impact have only received little attention. My work is aimed to fill these gaps.
Date for obtained PhD degree: 30/9/2011

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Heterogeniety in General Equilibrium Models of International Trade.

Henrik Fosse
The project aims at contributing to literature on the modeling of heterogeneous agents in general equilibrium models of trade.
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An analysis of China’s national competitiveness

Xin Li
The aim of the Ph.D. project is to analyze China’s national competitiveness.
Date for obtained PhD degree: January 31 2011

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Market Power and Security of Supply in Energy Markets

Sebastian Schwenen
Market Power and Security of Supply in Energy Markets
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Cartel Damages

Petter Berg
Cartel damages - The purpose of my project is to assess what harm cartels actually cause to society and how the damage can be measured. The project will have a wide approach, also including factors not normally regarded when analysing cartel damages, such as dead weight loss reduction and survival of inefficient firms.
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Nina Poulsen - Department of International Economics and Management


Project title: The Poetics and Politics of Contemporary Art Exhibitions
Describtion of the project: Present focus is on production and consumption of contemporary art in Copenhagen and India. Primary interests are contemporary art, cultural economy, exchange, value, art markets, aesthetics, museology and methodology.
Date of beginning: September 3, 2007
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The Future Demand for Educated Labour in Denmark

Esben Anton Schultz
The purpose of the project is to analyze firms demand for skilled and educated labor, especially with focus on the role of international trade and information technology.
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Strategy implementation

Per Hamann
Date of beginning: March 1, 2006
Center for Strategic Management and Globalization
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Transfer Pricing of Intellectual Property

Stuart Webber
The research interest is international transfer pricing. The working on papers is concerning transfer pricing of intellectual property, and how companies can integrate supply chain and international tax planning.
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Throstur Olaf Sigurjonsson - Department of International Economics and Management


Project title: Successful Privatization in the Nordic region
Date of beginning: Autumn 2004
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