WELCOME TO THE PHD PROGRAMS AT SSE!

Pär ÅhlströmProfessor, Torsten and Ragnar Söderberg ChairVice President Degree Programs

SSE PhD Programs • Professor Pär Åhlström, Vice President Degree Programs• Marie Tsujita Stephenson, Program Coordinator

Program in Business Administration• Associate Professor Robin Teigland, Acting Program Director• Marie Tsujita Stephenson, Program Administrator

Program in Economics• Professor Tore Ellingsen, Program Director • Ritva Kiviharju, Program Administrator Program in Finance • Associate Professor Roméo Tédongap, Program Director• Jenny Wahlberg Andersson, Program Administrator

PhD student representatives• Tina Sigonius, Accounting• Rupin Jeremiah/Katharina Pilhofer, Management & Organization• Riikka Murto, Marketing & Strategy• Adam Altmejd, Economics• Yavor Kovachev, Finance

PhD Program Committee: meets 3-4 times per year

SSE PHD PROGRAMS - THE CORE

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106 YEARS AGO…

• SSE established in 1909 by representatives of Sweden’s business community with the first 110 students enrolled.

• One of the first private institutions of higher education in Scandinavia.

• More than 20,000 students have now received their diplomas from SSE.

• “Full Service Institution” BSc, MSc, MBA, PhD & Executive Education.

“The objective of the Stockholm School of Economics is to promote the advancement of business in our country, through scientific teaching and research.” (SSE Charter, Section 1)

“The SSE vision is to firmly establish itself as a member of the top tier of European business schools and to be recognized as a global benchmark for industry collaboration.”

SSE Mission and Vision

ABOUT SSE

• EQUIS Accreditation since 1999 - first business school in Sweden

• Member of PRME• The best business school in the

Nordic region (FT 2014)• One of the 20 oldest active business

schools in the world• Baltic Sea region presence -

Stockholm, Riga, St. Petersburg• Leading research in Economics,

Finance and Business Administration

SSE’S COMPETITIVE EDGE

• Education programs based on academic research• Science is the backbone (Rigor)• Close ties to the business community (Relevance)• Size – smallness guarantees closeness between

faculty and student• Pioneering teaching methods• Many professors are among the leading experts in

the world within their respective fields

“The Strategic Wheel”

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SSE FUNDING MODEL

SSE Association Corporate Partner ProgramSwedish governmnet Grants etc Donations Other

CORPORATE PARTNERSBonnier, Deloitte, Ericsson, Ernst & Young, Goldman

Sachs, H&M, Handelsbanken, Industrivärden, Investor, KPMG, Lundbergföretagen, Nordea, PwC, Ratos, Scania, SEB, Skanska, SCA, Swedbank, Vattenfall

Alecta, Bain & Co, Boston Consulting Group, Brummer & Partners, Electrolux, Holmen, McKinsey & Company, Nordic Capital, Swedish Match

….and over 80 others!

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THE BACKBONE OF SSE: RESEARCH

• International reputation for research excellence

• First research institute already in 1929• First PhD in 1946• More than 25 research centers in

Business, Economics and Finance • More than 100 faculty members with

PhD• Nobel laureates among former faculty

and honorary doctors• Faculty on the Nobel Committee

Eli F Heckscher

Bertil Ohlin

SSE has created new fields of inquiry in Sweden• ”Stockholmsskolan” inspired by J. M. Keynes

Bertil Ohlin, Erik Lundberg etc.

• Economic History and Business History

• Trade Theory (H-O model, Linder theorem)

• Economic Geography

• Economic Psychology, Consumer Behavior)

• Environmental Economics, Public Management

• Financial Economics (Financial Markets + Corporate Finance)

• Knowledge Theory of the Firm (Management)

• Behavioral Economics

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SSE Family

SOME HIGHLIGHTS

• 6 departments, 8 research institutes, 14 research centers

• 1,116 publications by core faculty 2008-2012• 342 articles in international peer-reviewed

journals 2008-2012• PhD dissertations: 15 in 2012, 13 in 2013

and 21 in 2014• Research collaboration with 200

international universities in 38 countries 2010-2012

• Research collaboration with 201 companies, public agencies and non-academic institutions in 2010-2012

SSE PhDEconomics

SSE PhDFinance

SSE PhDBusiness

Administration

Behavioral economicsIndustrial organizationEnvironmentEnergyHealthLaborTransition economiesInternational tradeEconomic geographyDevelopment economicsEconometrics

AccountingManagerial financeManagementPublic administrationEntrepreneurshipOperations managementLeadershipMarketingConsumer behaviourEconomic psychologyInternational marketingPurchasingMedia and businessStrategyInternational businessInnovationSustainable business

Financial marketsBanking and insuranceCorporate financeFinance and lawMathematical financeFinancial analysis

Placement:

• SSE (incl. SIFR, SSE Riga)• Nordic Universities (Stockholm, Linköping, Uppsala, NHH)• International Universities (Oxford, NYU Stern, Maastricht, BU,

Pittsburgh)• Industry (Elekta, ICA, SEB, Deutsche Bank, Nordea, Skandia, ABN

Amro, Merrill Lynch)• Government/Public Sector (Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Education

and Science, PTS, Bank of Sweden)• Labor Unions and NGOs (TCO, IMF)

More than 600 PhD alumni

The combination of extraordinary talent, a creative environment, and real-life problems builds a solid ground for advancement in economics, finance and business administration.

Expected contribution from PhD students Talent, hard work and a curious mind

Expected contribution from SSE Faculty High quality supervision, an exciting environment, exposure to real life problems

Bringing together extraordinary talent and real-life problems

2014 Conferment of doctoral degrees, City Hall

Once again, welcome to SSE!