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  1. StrategicMGMT
    Good but trending in the wrong direction, as with most b-school PhDs. The main issue with OB is that you sometimes contend with IO psych PhDs. If you go to a good school you'll likely get a job, just the chances of getting a research oriented job decrease year by year.
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    Quantitative is more important and at top-10 there is a lot of randomness even if you had a 750 score. 700 minimum but I'd guess these days they probably expect even higher (720+).
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    You may want to take a stab at the GMAT. Do one of the free official practice tests online and see how your score looks. What are your target schools?
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    Your GPA isn't that low. I was quite a bit lower for my undergrad :) A 650 cold is actually not bad. I was around 550 my first try on a practice test and got to 700 with two weeks of cramming. 700+ should be your goal. Given you have some research experience already and a publication (what type of journal??) is a great signal. You should contact the profs you worked with and tell them you are interested in doing a PhD. It sounds like they know you fairly well and they might be able to give you recommendations where to target/apply.
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    690 is borderline -- the "cut off" for most programs is 700, even in Europe. Rotman and UBC both ask for 95th percentile I think. 690 could get you looks at European programs just below LBS/INSEAD HEC, Bocconi, Frankfurt School, Rotterdam, Oxbridge
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    I would say apply to more if you can afford to (I know the app fees add up). When you are applying to the top 10 it is a random process. I had a similar GMAT distribution as you and I got one comment on it (from the school that I ended up accepting an offer from, ha!).
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    Here is an interesting recent publication on startups that uses comparative cases to develop a paper. It's published in a top outlet too. Below is a link to an interview with some background on the article as well as a link to the DOI of the article itself: MCDONALD & EISENHARDT. (2019). Parallel Play: Startups, Nascent Markets, and Effective Business-model Design. | The ASQ Blog Kathy Eisenhardt is one of the authors and she is known for popularizing comparative case studies, you can see a talk she gave on it (along with other prominent qualitative scholars), here: Last I think it is better to address your question head on about non-traditional pathways: if you want to be a TT prof at an R1/R2, I don't see any way around putting in the full commitment to a PhD. The field is extremely competitive. It will take a minimum of 4 years, more likely 5, of effort to compile a body of work that is competitive enough to land a job. Many people would advise against a qualitative research stream, so I would also urge you to consider it carefully. It just takes a lot of time to do qualitative research. The pool of scholars doing that research is smaller. But good qualitative research can be highly impactful, and as I mentioned before I think it may be an interesting way to leverage yourself into a higher ranked institution. Stanford's MSE program to me is the gold standard. Other's may disagree. MIT, Boston University and Boston College all have people that do interesting qualitative research. The University of Alberta, too. UC-Santa Barbara has a new program modeled on Stanford's. You also mentioned somewhere you teach intro to comp sci, so you may be comfortable around Python or R? If so, you could look at using 'digital' methods with qualitative research. Here is an interesting example: SAGE Journals: Your gateway to world-class journal research
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    I'll comment in here but I also read your profile evaluation post. Do you know what type of research you want to do? I think with the history degree / strong verbal GRE you could make a compelling application to schools for qualitative work (building historical cases for example), but of course this is really up to you and what you want to do. Qualitative research is not the fastest path to take and you would definitely need to take 5 years (which is standard in the US essentially) to be competitive. Your school list seems a bit all over the place at the moment too. Do you have certain research interests?
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    You are already in France: maybe SKEMA? Overview - SKEMA Business School 25k EUR total.
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    I recommend you check out some reading lists for PhD level OT courses (what I assume you mean by macro OB). For example: OT http://timothypollock.com/pdfs/ot%20phd%20syllabus%20spring%20%2710.pdf http://davidrclough.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/PhD-Syllabus-Organization-Theory-David-Clough-24-Aug-2018.pdf https://web-app.usc.edu/ws/soc_archive/soc/syllabus/20121/16793.pdf https://www.michelanteby.net/files/manteby/files/macro_ot_ds911_syllabus_spr_2018.pdf In those syllabi you will see some references to books / extended readings. I've always enjoyed this book as well: Stanford's Organization Theory Renaissance, 1970–2000: Vol. 28 | Emerald Insight -- as when we talk about OT, inevitably they lead to Stanford in some way or form (even the Carnegie School, taken from the work done by Simon, March, and Cyert ... well Jim March had a very long career at Stanford and if you read this book you will see all the connections to him.) You will see overlap in these. For example, the behavioral theory of the firm/the Carnegie School which features in all three is a central topic in mainstream strategy research. Some work however is much more sociological, like professions and occupations (and only features in the 4th link I provided). These are survey type courses, if you are a strategy or OT scholar you likely won't be deeply knowledgable about all (meaning, able to write a paper and contribute to it), but you will understand it and know where it fits in the conversation. Most people find a "home" (or two) and that is what they work from. And just like the literature, scholars also are on a spectrum. Some sit firmly in strategy, others in OT, and some crossover (leaning more towards one side or the other). It also depends on training. Some strategy scholars that come from a classical economics training will be less likely to engage in OT for example. You see some departments that are divided (economists and sociologists), such as Ross (UM) and Rotman (UT). IMO there is also a methodological divide, although I am sure this could easily be debated. Strategy scholars are more often quantitative, and OT is more often qualitative.
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    Which field are you in? I can speak for management (macro) a bit. The reality is that maybe a decade ago, it was LBS (or INSEAD) or bust. There are a handful of schools in Europe that have become much more competitive in that time, you can see them here: The Improving State of Management Research in Europe (An Academic Post) You still maybe only have 5-10 schools in Europe that are across the board very very solid. You have maybe another 5-10 schools are a bit more "specialized," they may offer excellent training/mentorship for some specific fields and for others they are not as strong. Cass will not necessarily work against you, but it is not a high status type school that will get you a fly-out based on the name alone. So if you want to work in the US, your currency is going to be two things: 1) your network (which is really a combination of your own network but also your advisor) and 2) publications. In the US, 5 years is a normal length of time for a PhD, I am assuming Cass is 4? So immediately, you need to be 1 year ahead of your counterparts in the US. That means thinking about projects from day 1, learning the academic language fast and pushing yourself to get pubs out in your 2nd/3rd year. It is not easy. Of course this is not the only option, you can consider post-docs in the US to build a network/give yourself more time, or thinking about beyond your first placement how you could keep publishing / a pipeline that would be enough to go to the US. Overall, I don't think it is impossible. The typical advice you will hear is that it is much more difficult to move to the US from Europe. I don't think it is as bad as it used to be. Training is much better, the schools are much better, and so there is awareness that they do quality work. It will not be an easy road, but there are also several types of schools in the US, this advice is mainly at research roles (e.g., R1 schools). The challenge, to me, is how to do 5 years of work in 4. If you have a good project/advisor from the beginning you will be ahead of the US where you don't have this model.
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    I think 1 and 2 are closely linked. You show that you did an MA thesis with qualitative methods (interview+survey) but that you also have strong quant training. You have a good profile. You are aiming for top schools, where everyone has top profiles, so there will be a bit of randomness to it, but I am sure you will get interviews. I would look and see who really does mixed methods at the places you go, though. It is good to have the tools in the toolbox, so to speak, but I don't know many scholars that truly do mixed methods.
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    Bocconi is an excellent school. In my opinion for faculty, INSEAD / Harvard / Wharton are basically top 5 institutions in strategy. HEC/Bocconi are just a notch below (but still very good, and in Europe they make a strong case for 2nd and 3rd behind INSEAD [excluding LBS;)]). For PhD's, Bocconi just seems to place just ok, especially compared to the other 4.
  14. StrategicMGMT
    What are your other offers?
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    Stanford's Management Science & Engineering program has great faculty. The Center on Work, Technology, and Organization is amazing if you are interested in strategy type research / org theory. I really don't think you will be handicapped on the job market for going there. You have a chance to work with some of the leading people in the field, on cutting edge projects. I don't know what your other offers are, but you would have a great opportunity there.
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    My school has sent out offers but no one has posted on GradCafe...
  17. StrategicMGMT
    IMO it is more about being able to think like a researcher. As one professor (bluntly) put it: Don't get married to 1 idea too early (especially when you don't know what you don't know) The type of work I do now is very different than what I thought I would be doing when I entered the PhD program. But this is also why generally you don't select an advisor / dissertation topic until the end of your second year (at least in my program)
  18. StrategicMGMT
    The first problem of sharing data with someone not at the bank is something that many researchers have addressed in past -- so there are ways. I think it is about the approach and actually highly contingent on the second point you bring up -- something not aligned with the teams goal. If you are considering strategic management, your DV will almost always be firm performance or something closely related -- I think you can come up with some broad performance-related implications/questions that in fact are aligned with the teams goal. When I am trying to access proprietary data, I first come up with a plan: what am I trying to do, what do I expect I will find (or hope to find), and what are the broader implications. I then approach and pitch my idea and gauge reception. If they are interested it is either move forward or negotiate terms (e.g., how much do I need to anonymize, an offer to provide a confidential/proprietary report and summary at the end, as a last resort: allowing them to review any manuscript before submission [should not be the case if they agree to anonymizing]). Trying to secure data now would be incredibly, incredibly valuable when you do your PhD. In fact if the data is something unique or would be difficult (or impossible) for an outsider to obtain, you would be 2-3 years ahead of many PhDs. Securing good data is paramount to a successful PhD in my opinion and it is very difficult. You may also consider trying to get "older" data -- eg, for a 5 year period ending in 2017/8 or something. Maybe that would make the bank more willing to share. Or maybe you want to get data that uses the financial crisis in 2008 as a natural experiment. There are lots of opportunities. I don't know your relationship with your manager, but if it is good, and you can feel comfortable letting them know you are interested in a transition to academic research in the future -- I think getting the data alone would actually be a great asset for your PhD application.
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    Well, like I mentioned: could you get the data? If so, you could approach the professor and say I have data on X, I thought it could be an interesting extension of some of the work you have done. Would you be interested?
  20. StrategicMGMT
    If you are interested in applied economics maybe you could check out strategic management (although I think everyone should ..;) ) - the job market is much better than econ and you can work on a lot of similar problems The "flagship" journal for this field would be Strategic Management Journal -- you can take a look at some articles and see if you'd be interested. 2-3 years is plenty of time. I would 1) try to reconnect with professors from your master's (the closer to your future specialization, the better). But another avenue could be potentially leveraging your current position in a bank: it is not uncommon for banks to share some data for research -- if you could access an interesting database that you could use in collaboration with a professor on a research project that would be great preparation for a PhD plus give you a a recommendation letter or two. That would take some balancing on both sides: 1) getting permission from the bank 2) finding a professor that would be a good fit to work with
  21. StrategicMGMT
    Hello everyone, You may be interested in this that has been circulating around: Management (STRAT-ENT-ORG) UTD Rankings Per Capita | Leeds School of Business | University of Colorado Boulder UTD rankings "per capita," that is, productivity per faculty member. While no ranking is representative, it is an interesting perspective.
  22. StrategicMGMT
    Interesting because I have heard that some institutions are now trying to push people through in 4 for budgetary reasons. My school funds for 5 years. It is possible to extend beyond that, but you would have to take up some additional duties (like lecturing) and get permission from higher ups. My school is an international school (probably around top 50 worldwide?) Some schools are pretty well known for keeping PhDs longer. I think it is a bit unfortunate because the playing field is no longer level. How can someone compete with a person who has had 7 years to do a PhD (and subsequently has multiple first author A's) ... at that point they are more like a junior AP than a PhD ... just my 2 cents.
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    What was the exact reason? The management community is small (especially at the top). Is it not possible to mend things up with the old school?
  24. StrategicMGMT
    There is no way this could work. You are trying to take on what are essentially two full-time jobs in two different countries. Not to even start with thinking you could write two theses ... Pick the one that is a better fit. If you really want to spend time at both then you can work out a way to spend time at the other one as a visiting student or take 1-2 classes (if your school supports that). I wouldn't bring this up with either school if you want them to take you seriously. Sorry if that sounds harsh.
  25. StrategicMGMT
    That is wonderful news! Congratulations!
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