PhD in Business program track Information Systems & Operations Management
The Department of Information Systems & Operations Management conducts primarily empirical research using a wide variety of qualitative, quantitative, and model-based research methods.
Applications for enrollment 2024
Application deadline: to be announced
Description of the research field and topics
Our research cover the broad fields of supply chain management, operations management, information systems, and information management. We study organizations and individuals that make such decisions affecting their performance; not only in a financial sense, but also in terms of societal and ecological impact.
Our current research cover a wide variety of topics, ranging from understanding the digitization of business processes to the operations of digital platforms, from improvement of managing assets in the field to studying the changes in global chains, and from working with micro-entrepreneurs in developing countries to collaborating with the sourcing directors of large multinationals. Our work is primarily empirical in nature, using primary or secondary data.
Our faculty and students deploy a wide variety of methods, including qualitative fieldwork, abductive theorizing, design science, system dynamics and econometric modeling, laboratory and field experiments, and formal modeling and analysis.
Course program
PhD candidates in Information Systems & Operations Management typically have a master degree with a quantitative background, or a business degree with a research orientation. In their PhD program, they take part in a tailored course program that encompasses courses in:
- Applied advanced econometrics
- Data science and machine learning
- Economic foundations in management
- Behavioral foundations in management
- Advanced topics in information management
- Advanced topics in supply chain management
- Qualitative research methods
Graduate Program Coordinator PhD in Business – track Information Systems & Operations Management
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prof.dr.ir. Jan Fransoo
Full Professor of Operations and Logistics Management
TiSEM: Tilburg School of Economics and Management
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TiSEM: Department of Information Systems and Operations Management
