Strategic Management
General Information
The David Eccles School of Business (DESB) at the University of Utah offers a program of study leading to a PhD in the major field of Strategic Management. The Strategy specialization offers exciting opportunities to pursue new research directions in the areas of entrepreneurship, innovation and technology, and international management. Students also select least one supporting allied field that must be outside the Management Department. The PhD program in Management is flexible, and each student's program is designed according to his/her experience, interests, and career goals.
The Department of Management PhD program is designed to provide opportunities for individuals to develop excellence in their primary and supporting areas of study as well as in the quantitative and/or qualitative research methodologies through a set of seminars. The seminars are designed to provide the required training and education necessary to make contributions to published literature in the field; pedagogical excellence for advanced courses in a specialized area of management; and mastery of theory, research, methodology, and practice in one of the fields of management.
Doctoral students in the Management Department work closely with faculty members on research and teaching assignments throughout their program. Students will have an opportunity to be involved in faculty members' research projects, as well as to develop projects of their own. All students will have the opportunity to teach at least one course in their major area of study.
Highlights of the Strategic Management specialization include:
- Rigorous, individualized program of study culminating in a career at a research university
- Close relationships and opportunities to collaborate with faculty with nationally recognized research reputations
- Opportunity to take complementary seminars in organizational behavior, production and operations management to enrich the learning experience
- Network with renowned strategy scholars from around the world at the annual Utah-BYU Winter Strategy Conference
- Collegial, supportive environment
- Opportunities and funding to support student presentations at national academic conferences
- Recent placements – Brigham Young University, University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, Washington State University, Escola Superior Technologia E Gestao, Portugal
- Average starting pay for Strategy graduates $100K-$125K
- Excellent lifestyle after graduation - engage in intellectual discourse as well as guide and shape student lives
- Management Speaker Series
PhD Committee Representative
Professor Lyda Bigelow
Email: lyda.bigelow@business.utah.edu
Phone: 801-585-3471
Strategic Management Faculty
Lindy Archambeau (Assistant Professor)- 2002 Ph.D. University Of California At Berkeley
Research/teaching focus: Entrepreneurship, Organizational Theory
Strategy, New Venture Creation Processes, Resource Acquisition and the Role of Strategic Alliances, Legitimization Processes, Venture Capital Industry
Lyda Bigelow (Assistant Professor)- 2000 Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley
Research/teaching focus: Advanced Strategic Management
Recent Publications: Social Science Research, Strategic Management Journal
Karin Fladmoe-Lindquist (Associate Professor)- 1991 PHD University Of Minnesota
Research/teaching focus: International Business Strategy, Corporate Strategy, Corporate Social and Political Strategy, Technology Transfer
Recent Publications: Strategic Management Journal, California Management Review
William Hesterly (David Eccles School of Business Associate Dean, Professor)- 1989 Ph.D. University Of California, Los Angeles
Research/teaching focus: Management, Individual versus organizational sources of value creation and innovation. Problem solving approaches to strategic formulation.
Recent Publications: Prentice-Hall, Business History, Strategic Management Journal
Ming Piao (Assistant Professor)- 2007 Ph.D. Northwestern University
Research/teaching focus: Advanced Strategic Management, Organizational innovation and renewal
William Schulze (Chair of Department of Management, David Eccles Faculty Fellow and Professor)- 1994 Ph.D. University Of Colorado At Boulder
Research/teaching focus: Entrepreneurship, Small Business Management, Strategy & Technology
Recent Publications: Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, Journal of Management Studies, The Academy of Management Journal
