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Doctoral Study in International Business

The University of Auckland consistently ranks in the top 100 globally and is New Zealands No. 1 university. The Business School at the University of Auckland is one of the 1% of Business Schools worldwide with Triple Crown accreditation.

Why Study with Us?

• The University hosts more researchers in business and economics than any other New Zealand university.
• Doctoral candidates have opportunities to connect with professionals from their discipline through networking events, fostering collaboration and industry connections.
• The Business School offers state-of-the-art facilities, including dedicated workspaces for full-time PhD students.
• Doctoral candidates receive annual Postgraduate Research Student Support funding to cover research expenses.
• The Business School Careers Centre assists students and recent graduates with career planning through skills workshops, employer interactions, and individual support.

Research Opportunities

When you enrol for your doctorate in International Business, you'll join a high-calibre research community. You'll have opportunities to publish papers, attend international conferences, and develop your networks in academia and industry.

Research Specialisations

• Accounting and Finance
  • Finance
  • Financial accounting
  • Management accounting
• Commercial Law
  • Governance and financing of business enterprises
  • Intellectual property, innovation, and information
  • Taxation and regulation
  • The legal environment of international business
• Economics
  • Econometrics
  • Microeconomics and experimental economics
  • Industrial organisation, regulation, energy, transport, and environmental economics
  • Labour markets, education, health, and public policy
  • Macroeconomics and finance
  • International trade and development economics
• Management and International Business
  • Entrepreneurship and innovation
  • Management, people, and organisations
  • Strategy and international business
• Marketing
  • Consumer behaviour
  • Contemporary issues in branding
  • Marketing, practice, and service innovation
  • Sustainability and societal issues in marketing
• Property
  • Commercial property markets
  • Housing markets and urban change

Our People

Pursue your topic with us and benefit from exceptional standards of support and supervision from internationally recognised researchers.

• Professor Kenneth Husted: corporate entrepreneurship, innovation, and research management, knowledge management, management of research and development, and research commercialisation
• Dr Brent Burmester: political economy of foreign direct investment and the multinational enterprise, the political behaviour of international businesses, global regulation of foreign direct investment
• Dr Emmy van Esch: international management, global mobility, international human resource management, knowledge management, business ethics
• Professor Natasha Hamilton-Hart: business government relations, political economy approaches to institutions and collective action, financial regulation, and capital mobility
• Dr Echo Liao: cross-cultural management, diversity management, cultural intelligence, and multiculturalism
• Professor Snejina Michailova: global talent management, modern slavery, host country nationals, expatriation/repatriation, knowledge transfer across borders
• Dr You-Xiang (Joe) Song: multinational corporations and institutional complexity, international business and legitimacy, stakeholder expectations, and nonmarket environments
• Associate Professor Christina Stringer: international business, forced labour, and human trafficking in the fishing industry, migrant worker exploitation
• Dr Dan Tisch: strategic management focusing on sustainability, climate change adaptation, and resilience, corporate social responsibility in international business
• Dr Sihong Wu: international business strategies, international business and sustainability, international business and global disruptions
• Dr Joseph Yan: strategy and institutional studies focusing on international business context
• Dr Peter Zámborský: international business, internationalisation strategies, foreign direct investment, global strategy, and international innovation management

Past Research Topics

• "Making sense of foreign direct investment: Towards a strong structuration model of MNE decision-making
• "Competitor influences on internationalizing SMEs
• International experience and cultural intelligence: The role of study abroad
• "The MNE as a network of dynamic intra-organisational relationships: the temporality and multiplexity of subunit triads"
• The role of religion in private governance acceptance in the Malaysian palm oil industry
• The role of government in Russian MNEs internationalisation
• HRM practices in subsidiaries of western MNEs in Ghana
• Academic repatriates: Adjustment, work engagement, and intention to leave

Scholarships and Awards

There are several scholarships you may be eligible for when you decide to pursue your doctoral studies in International Business.

• University of Auckland Doctoral Scholarships
• Barry Spicer and Owen G Glenn PhD Scholarship
• Non-University of Auckland Doctoral Scholarships

Doctoral Programmes

• Doctor of Philosophy

Related Subjects

• Economics
• Finance
• Marketing