Presentation at PhD Workshop China, Bejing, Nov 30th – Dec 1st 2013

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http://gess.uni-mannheim.de/
Prof. Dr. Alexander Maedche
Chair of Information Systems IV, Business School and
Institute for Enterprise Systems (InES)
University of Mannheim, http://www.uni-mannheim.de
PhD Workshop China, Bejing, Nov 30th – Dec 1st 2013

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GESS
 The University of Mannheim is well known for its distinctCprofile, its business
CDSE
DSS
CDSB
orientation and its international approach.
Promotionsprogramm in:
 Various rankings, awards and evaluations classify the University of Mannheim
Economics
 Political Science
as one of the leading academic institutions in Germany Psychology
and Europe.
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Sociology
 Mannheim's renowned Economics and Social Sciences are closely intertwined
with Humanities, Law, Mathematics and Computer Sciences.
Akademischer Direktor
Sprecher und Akademischer
Direktor
 The Mannheim Business School is the only German institutionDr be accredited by
Prof. Dr.
Prof. Dr.
Prof. to
Dirk
Philipp Schmidt-Dengler
Thomas
the three majorSimons
international accreditation bodies: AACSB Bräuninger
International, EQUIS, AMBA (“Triple Crown”)

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Geographic Location
Mannheim – Center of the
Metropolitan Region Rhine-Neckar
 economic center of the RhineNeckar Metropolitan Region
 innovative strength with global
players: SAP, BASF, ABB, John
Deere, Bilfinger etc.
 a modern and multicultural city
(30% foreign nationals)
 320,000 inhabitants

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The City of Mannheim

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On Campus: Studying in a Baroque Palace

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Rankings
The numerous rankings in which the University of Mannheim has been rated
display the university's high quality. Three schools of the University of
Mannheim have received top ratings in national rankings over the past years:
the Mannheim Business School, the Department of Economics and the Faculty of
Social Sciences.
Excerpts:
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Handelsblatt 2013, Research: Economics #1, Business #6
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Wirtschaftswoche 2013, HR: Economics/Business #1
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New York Times 2012, HR: Alumni from Germany #3 (worldwide #52)
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CHE Ranking 2011, Study: Psychology #1
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CHE Ranking 2011, Research/Study: Sociology #1, Political Sciences #1
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The Economist 2013, Executive MBA Europe #6, worldwide #16

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Schools and Associated Organizations
gesis
School of Law
and Economics
School of Social
Sciences
MZES
School of
Business
Informatics and
Mathematics
School of
Humanities
Business School
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Mission of the Graduate School
The mission of the GESS is to train young academics according to best
international practice with a strong focus on excellence in research. The
GESS has successfully established an internationally competitive
structural doctoral program contributing to the strong scientific
reputation of the University of Mannheim.
Boundary conditions:
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Teaching and administrative language: English
Broad financial support (Stipends, TA/RA positions e.g.)
No tuition fees
Start of programs: September of each year
Deadline for application: April 15 (early application: January 15)

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Graduate School – Basic Facts
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Over 100 Professors are involved
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240 Doctoral students are enrolled in the doctoral programs
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More than 90 Alumni who are holding positions at:
international renowned universities (e.g. Oxford, Cambridge, Yale,
Tilburg, Pompeu Fabra, LSE, ETH Zürich, Toulouse, Hongkong,
WashU St. Louis)
research facilities (e.g. EU-LAC Foundation, Max-Planck Institute),
government organizations (e.g. IWF, EZB, Federal Reserve Kansas
City)
private industry (e.g. Boston Consulting, PwC)

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GESS trains students in empirical & quantitative methods
GESIS
Collab.
Research
Centers
(SFBs)
Business
Economics
CDSB
CDSE
MZES
Social
& Behavioral
Sciences
ZEW
CDSS
ZI
…
GESIS: Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences
MZES: Mannheim Centre for European Social Research
ZEW: Centre for European Economic Research
ZI: Central Institute for Mental Health

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Setup
GESS
Graduate School of Economic & Social Sciences
CDSB
CDSE
CDSS
PhD Programme
in:
PhD Programme
in
PhD Programme
in:
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Accounting & Taxation
Economics
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Finance
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Management
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Marketing
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Operations &
Academic Director
Prof. Dr.
Dirk Simons
Prof. Dr.
Philipp Schmidt-Dengler
CDSB: Center for Doctoral Studies in Business
CDSE: Center for Doctoral Studies in Economics
CDSS: Center for Doctoral Studies in Social & Behavioral Sciences
Psychology
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Academic Director
Political Science
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Information Systems
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Sociology
Dean & Academic Director
Prof. Dr
Thomas Bräuninger

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Internationality
90.00%
80.00%
70.00%
60.00%
50.00%
40.00%
30.00%
20.00%
10.00%
0.00%
14%
German
Chinese
4%
CDSB
CDSE
CDSS
3%
US
6%
Italian
Russian
6%
67%
Foreign Share in Applications
2007 - 2013
Countries
other (les
than 3
students)

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Placement Statistics
2%
2% 2% 2%
3% 1%
Germany
3%
US
3%
8%
Scandinavia
Switzerland
6%
Assistant Professor
8%
34%
UK
6%
52%
9%
Austria
Spain
Postdoc
Researcher
Economist
16%
Senior Consultant
Canada
France
13%
Habilitand
Professor
Hungary
30%
Israel
Region
Position

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International Experiences of GESS Students
 Doctoral
exchange
programs:
Berkeley,
Yale,
Georgia
State, IUB, JHU, NYU, WashU, Mailand
 International training networks: Scancor, ENTER, ICSGC
 Summer Schools: EITM, GESIS Survey Methods
 About 15 external weekly seminar series: Macro Seminar, Department
Seminar etc.
 More than 100 summer school attendances, over 125 international exchange
experiences and over 500 conference presentations
EITM: Emipirical Implications of Theoretical Models Summer Institute
ENTER: European Network for Training in Economic Research
ICSGC: Interdisciplinary Center for the Study of Global Change
Scancor: Scandinavian Consortium for Organizational Research

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Common integrated 5-year structure

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The Case of Ye Li
http://eris.bwl.uni-mannheim.de/index.php?id=5912
 2003-2010: Studies in Management Science & Engineering at
Tsinghua University, China
 2008-2009: Studies in Production System Engineering at RWTH
Aachen, Germany
 2010: PhD candidate in Operations & Information Systems at the
Center for Doctoral Studies in Business, University of
Mannheim, Germany
 2012: Research Assistant at the Chair of Information Systems
IV, Business School
 2013/2014: Visiting Scholar “Georgia State University” and defense
of PhD thesis (scheduled for April 2014)
Research Focus:
Agility in global software development
Coordination in distributed teams
Cultural intelligence and cross-cultural collaboration
Evaluation of design science artifacts
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Application Requirements
A complete application contains the following information:
Personal data
Curriculum vitae
Letter of motivation
Writing sample
Certificates and transcripts of grades
GMAT (or GRE) scores (GMAT program code: VLC-95-89, GRE
code: 0933)
 Any supplementary information you would like to provide
 2 Letters of recommendation
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For all questions
about admission and further information please
contact:
Doctoral office
Phone: +49 (0)621/181-2034
Fax: +49 (0)621/181-2042
E-Mail: gess@uni-mannheim.de
Web: http://gess.uni-mannheim.de