Doctoral Programmes
The Bettany Centre is currently looking for doctoral candidates in the area of Entrepreneurial Performance and Venture Finance. For further information please click on the links below.
- Entrepreneurial Performance across the Business Cycle.pdf
- Venture Finance across the Entrepreneurial Life Cycle.pdf
Cranfield University School of Management’s PhD programme has recently been reaccredited by the ESRC. The FT have rated our PhD programme as the 4th in the UK and 5th in Europe. In the field of entrepreneurship we are encouraging applications which focus on economics and financial aspects of entrepreneurial performance as this is where our current expertise lies.
We also strongly believe that the more rigorous research on entrepreneurship tends to be in these disciplines and hence any person aspiring to a career in academia ought to become competent in these leading technical methodologies. Therefore, we welcome PhD theses focusing on performance aspects of firm start-up, survival and growth as well as entrepreneurial finance.
In terms of specialist entrepreneurship journals, both Small Business Economics and the Journal of Business Venturing give a good indication of the style of research we seek to foster. We believe it is easier to learn the more quantitative methodologies while on a PhD programme rather than take the alternative path of qualifying in softer skills and later trying to learn quantitative skills while lecturing. In terms of jobs, there is a shortage of academics who can lecture in a real world context while simultaneously being able to undertake quantitative research of an international standard.
At the Bettany Centre for Entrepreneurial Performance and Economics we encourage both rigour and reality so that our PhD graduates are well placed to secure employment in rated universities.
For further information about the PhD programme at Cranfield click here.