PhD in Business, Supply Chain Management

Your path to a career as a supply chain academic

Our PhD in Business, Supply Chain Management is designed primarily for aspiring Tenure Track faculty in Carnegie Research 1 institutions. This program is for individuals who are

• interested in being a highly engaged, research-active Assistant Professor at a PhD granting institution,
• focused on supply chain scholarship with an empirical focus,
• driven and would like to publish their scholarship in the very best global journals in the field,
• interested in conducting research with some of the best supply chain management scholars in the academy, and
• passionate and desire to work on interesting problems that can have an immediate and long-term impact on the global supply chain industry.

Why Choose a PhD in Business, Supply Chain Management?

Become a cutting edge scholar

This program has one focus - train individuals to become cutting edge scholars in Supply Chain Management. By the end of this program, students will have learned

1. skills needed to identify “sticky” problems in Supply Chain Management,
2. established and emergent theories in the field, and
3. latest methodological skills needed to address such problems.

Additionally, most students will already have published at least one empirical study in a leading Supply Chain Management-related journal. This allows them to understand the publication process at these journals.

The biggest hallmark that sets this program apart from others is the individualized attention that the faculty provides to every student in the program. The cohort size is small (no more than 2 admits per year), so that they have the full and undivided attention of the Auburn Supply Chain Management faculty - a group that ranks in the top 10 in the world for empirical Supply Chain Management research productivity.

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The Harbert College of Business gives you the opportunity to meet other graduate students and gain professional skills through student organizations. Learn more about our Clubs & Organizations.

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