The doctorate program at the Ivy College of Business is a full-time, residential program that focuses on theory and development and will prepare you to transition to academic positions at leading universities in the United States and abroad.
You can choose from the following specializations:
- Entrepreneurship
- Finance
- Information systems and business analytics
- Management
- Marketing
- Supply chain management
Our program will prepare you to conduct and publish scholarly research. In addition to excellent coursework, your education will be enhanced through participation in research seminars, joint research projects with faculty, and participation in academic conferences. As a PhD student, you are strongly encouraged to publish your work in top journals in preparation for future job placement.
AT A GLANCE
Program Duration: 4-5 years
Program Start Date: Fall
Final Application Deadline: January 15
REQUIRED FOR ALL STUDENTS
Test: GMAT preferred, GRE accepted
Master’s Degree Requirement: Preferred, but not required
Application Process
The Ivy College of Business uses a two-phase application process. Individual faculty cannot directly admit students. Area Committees make recommendations, and the Department Committee makes the final decisions.
Phase one (Due December 15) Free of charge and requires you to submit the following application materials:
- Online application
- Statement of purpose
- Resume or curriculum vitae
- College transcripts
- GMAT/GRE (REQUIRED FOR ALL STUDENTS)
- GMAT preferred: 600 minimum GMAT, or equivalent if using GRE
- GMAT (school code TNQ-WX-02) or GRE (school code 6306)
- English exam for international students
- TOEFL: 600 paper (PBT)
- 100 Internet (iBT)
- IELTS: 7
- PTE: 68
Unofficial records may be scanned and uploaded to your online application. An unofficial transcript is a copy of the front and back of an official transcript. Should your credentials meet admission guidelines, you’ll be invited to continue to phase two, which requires additional information and payment of the application fee. All information from phase one will be forwarded to phase two. Completing phase two is not a guarantee of admission.
Phase two (Due January 15) Requires online application fee and the following additional materials: (If you miss the phase one deadline, then you can complete phase two by submitting all materials listed above in phase one, in addition to those listed below)
- Online application fee ($60 domestic/$100 international)
- Three letters of recommendation
- A writing sample is strongly encouraged
You will be notified via email of admission decisions by early March.
Should you be offered admission, official transcripts sent directly from your institution(s) will be required. Transcripts can be mailed directly to:
Graduate Admissions
100 Enrollment Services Center
2433 Union Dr.
Ames, IA 50011-2042
Electronic transcripts can be sent to etranscript@iastate.edu.
For questions about the application process, contact us at businessphd@iastate.edu.
Curriculum and Requirements
Our program is highly selective, with up to 12 students admitted annually. Applications are evaluated based on academic merit, compatibility of interests, and research ability. A master’s degree is not required but students without a sufficient business background and basic knowledge of statistics will take extra courses.
The program consists of seminars in content areas, statistics and research methodology in the first two years. After passing comprehensive exams, students will focus on their dissertation.
This 74-credit program requires a minimum of four years to complete. All work, including the dissertation, must be done in residence (on campus).
For more information, contact us at businessphd@iastate.edu.
Funding
All students admitted to the PhD program receive a half-time assistantship that includes an annual stipend of $30,000 and tuition waiver. The assistantship appointment requires you to work as a research assistant or a teaching assistant for 20 hours per week.
Graduate assistantships also include health insurance coverage and prescription drug benefits at no cost to you. Coverage for spouses and children may be purchased. Dental insurance may be purchased for an additional fee.
The college will also provide doctoral students with development funds for travel associated with research presentations at major academic conferences.
Faculty Research
The Attraction Effect in Crowdfunding
Abhay Mishra is the Kingland Systems Business Analytics Faculty Fellow and associate professor of information systems and business analytics at the Ivy College of Business.
Indirect Insider Trades
Paul Koch is the Kent Corporation Chair in Business and professor of finance at the Ivy College of Business.
Utilizing Social Media in a Supply Chain B2B Setting: A Knowledge Perspective
Raj Agnihotri is the Mary Warner Fellow, director of Ivy Sales Forum, and professor of marketing; Haozhe Chen is a professor of supply chain management; and Patricia J. Daugherty is an emeritus professor of supply chain management at the Ivy College of Business.
Broadening Our Understanding of Interfirm Rivalry: A Call for Research on How Supply Networks Shape Competitive Behavior and Performance
Laura D’Oria is an assistant professor of management at the Ivy College of Business.
Complementarity Between Investment in Information Technology and IT Human Resources: Implications for Different Types of Firm Innovation
Feng (Jason) Guo is a Dean’s Fellow in Accounting and an assistant professor of accounting at the Ivy College of Business.
Elite Pipelines: How Elite School Ties Are Reflected in Interfirm Employee Migration
Mike Howard is a professor of management and entrepreneurship and the Hilsinger-Janson Professor at the Ivy College of Business.
Linking Stakeholder Support, Market-based Assets, and Marketing Actions to Customer Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Young Woong Park is an assistant professor of information systems and business analytics at the Ivy College of Business.
Assessing Differences Between University and Federal Laboratory Post-doctoral Scientists in Technology Transfer
Elle Yoon is an assistant professor of management and entrepreneurship at the Ivy College of Business.
Technology Management in Multi-Tier Chains: A Case Study of Agency in Logistics Service Outsourcing
Henrik Sternberg is an associate professor of supply chain management at the Ivy College of Business.
Improving business-to-business customer satisfaction programs: assessment of asymmetry, heterogeneity, and financial impact
Ju-Yeon Lee is an associate professor of marketing and Dean's Faculty Fellow at the Ivy College of Business
Earnings growth and acquisition returns: Do investors gamble in the takeover market?
Tingting Liu is an associate professor in finance and the John and Connie Stafford Professor in Finance at the Ivy College of Business.
When discretionary boundary spanning relationships cease becoming discretionary: The impact of closed ties on informal leadership perceptions
Mike Howe is an associate professor in management and entrepreneurship at the Ivy College of Business.
The Implications of Diverse Human Moral Foundations for Assessing the Ethicality of Artificial Intelligence
Ivy faculty look at the massive investment organizations are making in artificial intelligence.
Digital Selling: Organizational and Managerial Influences for Frontline Readiness and Effectiveness
Raj Agnihotri is an associate professor in marketing, director of the Ivy sales forum, and Mary Warner Fellow at the Ivy College of Business.
Marketplace Literacy as a Pathway to a Better World: Evidence from Field Experiments in Low-Access Subsistence Marketplaces
Ashley Goreczny is an assistant professor of marketing at the Ivy College of Business.
The Evolution of Resource-Based Inquiry: A Review and Meta-Analytic Integration of the Strategic Resources–Actions–Performance Pathway
Laura D'Oria is an assistant professor of management at the Ivy College of Business.
Endogeneity: A review and agenda for the methodology-practice divide affecting micro and macro research
Scott Johnson is an associate professor in management and entrepreneurship, interim associate dean for research, and the Thome Professor in Business at the Ivy College of Business.
Sharing Economy: International Marketing Strategies
Ju-Yeon Lee is an associate professor of marketing and Dean’s Faculty Fellow at the Ivy College of Business.
Overnight returns, daytime reversals, and future stock returns
Paul Koch is the Kent Corporation Chair in Business, and professor in the Department of Finance at the Ivy College of Business.
Peer Selection and Valuation in Mergers and Acquisitions
Feng (Jason) Guo is an assistant professor in the accounting department at the Ivy College of Business.
