PhD Research in the Business School
The School is actively involved in a diverse range of research projects. In general research within the School focuses on accounting and finance, corporate social responsibility, entrepreneurship, industrial economics, information systems, marketing, operations management, organisational behaviour and human resource management, strategy and tourism and travel.The School maintains close links with a number of commercial, industrial and public concerns which facilitates the collection of data and the raising of funds for new research projects. Recently, research sponsorship for projects and students has come from the ESRC, EPSRC, the European Union, Sedgwicks, the Institute of Chartered Accountants, Save and Prosper, the Association of British Insurers, Barclays Life and the Geneva Association. Other sources of external funding include Norwich Union and the Worshipful Company of Insurers who have endowed Chairs in Insurance Studies within the School, and the Boots Company, which sponsors a Chair in Accounting and Finance. The School, has a number of interdisciplinary links with departments across the University. On the main campus, the Institute of Contemporary Chinese Studies is also linked to the Business School and promotes interdisciplinary research and teaching on China. Further interdisciplinary research links exist with the Departments of Economics, Geography, History, the School of Politics, and the Faculty of Engineering.