PhD in International Management — Program Overview

The PhD Program in International Management offers an academically challenging and rigorous program designed to prepare highly motivated and intellectually gifted students for a career in research, teaching and service with a particular focus on Asia and the Pacific. This full-time program emphasizes a strong foundation in both methodological and theoretical training and offers a teaching opportunity supported by ongoing seminars in pedagogy. Collaborative work with world-class faculty will enhance your research and learning opportunities. Students also gain valuable computing, quantitative and methodological skills vital to effective research along with experience in the classroom.

Ph.D. Vision

Our goal is to prepare outstanding candidates with expertise in the Asia-Pacific dimension of international management, thereby becoming notable researchers and teachers at leading business schools all over the world.

Ph.D. Mission

To attract Ph.D. candidates with superior academic potential and to prepare these candidates to become leading scholars with an Asia-Pacific focus in international management.

Ph.D. Objectives

To produce outstanding researchers and teachers with special competencies in International Management with an Asia/Pacific focus.

To contribute to the creation of knowledge in International Management with an Asia/Pacific focus.

To enhance the capability of the State of Hawaii to participate internationally in the global economy.

To enhance the core competencies of the faculty at the University of Hawaii in the area of International Management.

To enrich the scholarly and collegial culture of the Shidler College of Business at the University of Hawaii.