Professional Doctorate in Accounting and Business Administration · Doctorate in Management

Objectives. Concepts, techniques and approaches of the research leading to the thesis; strategies across different research paradigms in management; methodological skills to design and carry out a research project; distinguishing types of scientific research and mastering quantitative and qualitative analysis techniques.

Topics. Conceptualization and research in management. Theories as scientific research programs. Content, organization and writing of the research work. Stages of the research process. Types, approaches and techniques for measuring, collecting, analyzing and presenting data.

Objectives. Up-to-date scientific knowledge on strategic topics in operations management; analysis and application of the field's tools and methodologies; fostering interest in research on operations management.

Topics. Theories in operations management. Lean manufacturing. Sustainability and operations management. Supply chain management.

Objectives. In-depth knowledge of business innovation; research attentive to present and future trends; critical analysis of the literature and identification of leading authors' contributions; conducting research with autonomy and originality.

Topics. Theoretical foundations: historical perspective and current approaches. Innovation management and innovative capability, service innovation, innovation systems, technology transfer, open innovation, sustainability and innovation, innovation support policies.

Objectives. The link between ontology, epistemology, methodology and methods; use of open data; distinguishing qualitative from quantitative studies; preparing and selecting analyses; multivariate analysis in SPSS; second-generation techniques — structural equation modeling and PLS — and the reporting of results.

Topics. Research philosophy and data analysis. Analysis software. Open data and data munging. Data description and visualization. Factor and cluster analysis. ANOVA and regression. Introduction to structural equation modeling and PLS.

Objectives. Introduction to contemporary epistemological reflection and its implications for the business sciences; identifying topics and questions in epistemology; understanding the epistemological debate in the field and carrying it into management research.

Topics. Origins of epistemology. Common sense and scientific knowledge. Cartesian epistemology. Bachelard. The Vienna Circle and logical empiricism. Popper and falsificationism. Kuhn and paradigms. Lakatos. Feyerabend. Regional epistemologies in the business sciences.

Objectives. Understanding leadership approaches and analytical models, including the transformational dimension; developing an in-depth view of negotiation; integrating leadership and negotiation as connected processes.

Topics. Leadership: concept, classical approaches and new theories. Negotiation: concept, approaches and conduct of the process. Transactional, transformational and emotional models.

Objectives. A critical understanding of family firms — economic relevance, governance, organizational behavior and performance; identifying distinctive characteristics, family influence, foundational theories and emerging trends.

Topics. Economic relevance. Definitions and models. Objectives and decision-making. Foundational theories. Performance. Family influence. Emerging trends.

Objectives. The role of corporate governance in financial market stability and economic growth; foundations, control theories, ownership and control structures in family firms; governance mechanisms and social responsibility.

Topics. Foundations of corporate governance. Ownership structures. Control mechanisms: the board, directors, audit committees and creditors. Governance models and new trends.