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Doctor of Philosophy (Commerce)
Candidates with demonstrated research potential, exhibited usually by a Bachelor Honours, Masters by Research degree or other Masters degree that includes a research project, can apply to take a Doctor of Philosophy in the Faculty. Full-time study of three years, or the part-time equivalent, is normally required. Candidates will be expected to work under supervision on research projects related to their thesis area and may be required to complete coursework classes in order to acquire theory and develop methodological skills necessary for their doctoral research. Candidates for this degree enrol in the subject THES924 (full time) or THES912 (part time).
The following areas of research are some of the topics available to candidates undertaking the Doctor of Philosophy
degree:
School of Accounting and Finance
Accountancy
- Accounting and Information Systems
- Accounting and EDI
- Auditing
- Controllership
- Critical Accounting Theory
- External Financial Reporting and Standard Setting
- Government and Not for Profit Accounting
- History of Accounting Thought
- International Accounting and Finance
- Management Accounting
- Small Business Management
- Social and Environmental Accounting
Finance
- Banking
- Behavioural Finance
- Corporate Finance
- Financial Markets
- Financial Planning/Superannuation
- International Finance
- Mathematical Finance
- Portfolio Analysis
- Risk Management
- Small Business Finance
- Venture Capital
School of Economics & Information Systems
Economics
- Labour and Human Resources
- International Trade and Investment
- Economic Growth and Development
- Small and Medium Enterprises
- Industrial and Business Economics
- Regional Development
- Macroeconomic Performance and Policies
Information Systems
- Online banking
- Knowledge Management
- Information Systems and the sustainable competitive advantage
- Visualisation of Location Based Services
- Intelligent Knowledge Acquisition
- Assessing the Effectiveness of Corporate Web Sites
- Critical Success Factors of Executive Information Systems
- Activity Theory
- Management of IT Architectures and Infrastructures
School of Management & Marketing
Management
- Regulatory Reform and Business
- Project Based Learning
- Organisational Change and Leadership
- Technological Change and Innovation
- Firm Performance
- Competitive Advantage
- Internationalisation of Firms
- OH&S Management
- Entrepreneurial Identity
- International & Comparative Human Resource Management
- Role of Human Resource Management in Organizational Change
- Inter-organisational Relations
- Strategic Management in SE Asian Firms
- Analysis of Disadvantaged Labour Market Groups
- Comparative and Australian Workplace IR
- Regional Employment Relations
- Business and Labour History
- Gender in Management & Employment Relations
- Work Councils
- Corporate Governance
- Employee Participation
- Critical Analysis of HRM Practices
- Cross-cultural Management
- International Organizations
- Corporate Decision-Making
- Business Ethics
- Logistics
- Supply Chain Management
- Workplace Effects of Domestic and Sexual Violence
Marketing
- Advertising
- Consumer Behaviour
- Customer Satisfaction
- Internet Marketing
- International Marketing
- Logistics
- Marketing Communication
- Marketing Research
- New Product Marketing and Product Innovation
- Professional Services Marketing
- Relationship Marketing
- Social Marketing
- Strategic Planning and Marketing
- Sales Management
- Services Marketing
Graduate School of Business & Professional Development
- Logistics and Supply Chain Management
- Management systems
- Corporate Recovery and Turnaround Strategy
- Organisational Behaviour
- Financial Management of Enterprises
- Financial Restructuring
- Strategic Management
- Corporate Governance and Business Ethics
- International Business Strategy
- Labour Regulation in the Global Economy
- Public Policy and Public Administration
Other Information
Additional information is available from http://www.uow.edu.au/ or email commerce@uow.edu.au.
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