BURSE DOCTORALE BUSINESS STUDIES-DENMARK

The Department of Business Studies at Aarhus School of Business invites applications for a 3 year PhD scholarship within the departments research areas: Accounting, Finance, Informatics and Logistics/SCM, starting 1st September 2006 or later. The research fields of Accounting include reporting, auditing, use of financial information, management accounting and ERP. In Finance the research fields comprise asset pricing, corporate finance and money & banking and the research fields of Informatics focus on the management and implementation of Integrated Enterprise Systems. Finally, the Logistics/SCM research fields focus on the effective and efficient flows of goods and services, and the related flows of information and cash, where SCM adds a process-oriented and cross-company perspective. As part of the PhD scholarship the applicant will be enrolled in a PhD program comprising a number of courses within the relevant research area. Applicants must be willing to spend up to 6 months at a foreign university as part of the scholarship. Applicants are required to teach in the department programs and must present their research at seminars and conferences. Furthermore, we expect that PhD scholars participate in activities arranged by the department. The appointment will be in accordance with the agreement between the Danish Ministry of Finance and the appointees organization. Deadline for applications The application must be received by the Aarhus School of Business no later than Tuesday 1st August 2006. The applicants will be evaluated by an expert assessment committee whose recommendations of each applicant will be sent to the applicant. Priority will be given to the applicant who shows the best research potential.