kristian möller chair – kataja board

KATAJA

The Finnish Doctoral Program in Business Studies (KATAJA) - National level network organization

Kristian Möller Chair – KATAJA Board

Director – Business Networks Research Domain – HSE

Director – Service Factory – Aalto University

© Kristian Möller KATAJA – September 2009

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R&D in Finland in 2008

• Employed some 80,000 people

• R&D funding amounted to €6.4 billion,business companies accounted for 72%

• R&D input 3.4% of GDP

• Finland among the leading R&D investors and clearly ahead of the EU average

• 20 universities and 26 polytechnics

• More than 1,500 doctoral graduates from universities


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R&D investment in selected OECD countries, and in China and Russia (% of GPD)

Source: OECD, Main Science and Technology Indicators 2009


Graduate School (Doc) System In Finland

Background – Finnish ‘education & innovation strategy’

Inaugurated in1994 by the Ministry of Education

Goal – enhancement of doctoral education Quality – courses & tutoring

Volume & time & age of doctors

Clear career path – collaboration btween Academia, Government & Business

Internationalization

Currently apprx 120 Graduate Schools

Complement university departments

Dual logics Focused and thematic - origins in ‘lab sciences’

Pooling of resources in ‘thin fields’

Approx 1500 salaried doc student positions enabling 4 yrs full-time study

Approx. 30 % of doctoral students within the gs-system


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Doctoral Education in Business – Why ’Go National’?

Debate over Competition versus Collaboration

How to compete over Ministry funding – Maximizing the funding of business education?

10 universities and indeopendent business schools grabting doctoral degrees in business / management

Small departments – a critical mass only at the HSE, TSE & Hanken (The Swedish School of Economics)

Challenge how to compete & collaborate

Background – history of smaller scale collaboration – ’EDEN’ Courses in 1989-90

Solution A national level ’network organization’


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Academy of Finland Reserach FundingBreakdown funding decisions among Research Councils in 2008

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Finnish Doctoral Program in Business Studies KATAJA - A Network SYSTEM

Dualistic Goals & Services

1. Offer advanced level doctoral program – courses & events

KATAJA Doctoral Course Program

2. Coordinate & support five ‘sub’-graduate schools in business administration

KATAJA The Finnish Graduate School in Business Studies


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9+3 member universities

KATAJA Academic Council = Board

Development Group GS Heads & Exec team

The Finnish Doctoral Program in Business

Studies

KATAJA

Funded by the universities, the Ministry of Education, the Academy of Finland

Executive Team Director, Coordinator & Chair

Graduate schools

- Organisation and management - Marketing - Finance - Accounting - International business - Service and relationship

management

Course program - General courses - Special courses - Methodological courses

Tutorials and workshops - Organisation and management - Marketing - Finance and financial accounting - Management accounting - International business - Service and Relationship

management

Research groups

Theme groups

KATAJA Architecture


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KATAJA Graduate School System

Ministry & Academy wanted to see KATAJA as one large GS

Faculty & departments at the hosting universities wanted to establish disciplinary GSs

Compromise six ’sub-GSs’

The Finnish Center for Service and Relationship Management (FCSRM) The Finnish Graduate School of International Business (FIGSIB) The Finnish Graduate School of Marketing (FINNMARK) The Graduate School of Finance The Graduate School of Accounting The Graduate School of Management and Information Systems Studies GRAMIS)

Each Sub GS (SGS) is a multi-university collaborative ’arrengement’ with a board of professors

Each SGS is in charge of selecting its GS doctoral students, and proposing courses & events to the KATAJA Course program, arrenging tutoring

The GS system is in matrix with Universities and their departments Students have to first apply & be accepted to a university Faculty works maintains & develops the SGS and the KATAJA organization

Currently (2009) 210 full time doctoral students – 35 Academy positions

Annual doctorating rate 28-35 students / represents 1/3 of the field in Finland


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KATAJA Doctoral Course & Events Program

25–30 doc courses & events per year Often multiple & international faculty (20-25 visiting faculty) Very intensive format 3-5 days, or two linked events

Program structure Fundamental theory courses / domain - discipline Advanced special courses & ‘hot topics’ Methodology courses 15 – 30 attendants / course

Tutoring & supervision ‘Tutorials’ – large annual events (40-80 attendants) Research workshops (10-20 students) Cross supervision teams (still difficult to do systematically)


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A Course Announcement Sample

EMPIRICAL CORPORATE FINANCE TIME AND PLACE: April 17 – April 23, 2008, Helsinki School of Economics LECTURER: Renée Adams (UQ Business School, University of Queensland) OBJECTIVES: This course offers a doctoral level introduction to Empirical Corporate Finance and aims to prepare

doctoral students to do research on their own in this field. The course is organized around published and working papers in the field with an emphasis on econometric methods. Rather than providing an exhaustive overview of the field, the course focuses in depth on selected topics to illustrate different empirical approaches to the same or related questions. For instance using papers on ownership concentration and corporate governance, the course will highlight the following empirical themes: endogeneity, difference in difference estimators and event studies. The course requires a good knowledge of the 1st year Ph.D. courses in econometrics as well as some basic knowledge of corporate finance. The more detailed description of this course can be found later on from www.hse.fi/gsf

LITERATURE: A package of readings provided by the lecturer. EXAMINATION: A written closed book examination and term paper/exercises. The total points of the course are 100. In

order to pass the course one needs at least 40% of points (i.e. 40 points). CREDIT UNITS: 6 ECTS credit units LECTURES: 20 h of lectures. PARTICIPANTS: Doctoral students in finance. The course is also open for KATAJA as well as FDPE doctoral students

with sufficient background in finance and/or economics. The course is also open for foreign doctoral students given that there is space in the course. A maximum number of 30 participants will be admitted. If more than 30 students are interested in participating in the course, preference will be given to GSF and other KATAJA students according to KATAJA rules.

REGISTRATION: By sending an e-mail to [email protected] Students should provide information of their university, e-mail address and phone number.

FURTHER INFORMATION: All updated information concerning this course can be found from the GSF homepage. Please follow the link www.hse.fi/gsf


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KATAJA for doctoral students

Benefits:

Wider range of doctoral courses

Financed external mentoring and advising

Peer networking in workshops and tutorials

Possibility for four year full time salaried doctoral positions

Obligations:

Performance in terms of credit units and thesis writing

Yearly performance reporting

KATAJA

Thank You & Happy Networking!

KATAJA - Your collaborator in doctoral education in Finland

Kristian Möller

Helsinki School of Economics

[email protected]

www.hse.fi/katajaw

kristian möller chair – kataja board

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