Politecnico di Milano, Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering (Italy)

Scholarship for attendance of a PhD program in Management, Economics and Industrial engineering: Studies on the economics and financing of high-tech start-ups and related policy measures, Politecnico di Milano

There is a vacant scholarship for a PhD-student at the Department of Management, Economics, and Industrial Engineering of Politecnico di Milano relating to studies in the economics and financing of high-tech start-ups and connected policy measures. The scholarship is part of a research program funded by the Italian Ministry of University and Research and the European Commission through the Network of Excellence PRIME; the research program is directed by professor Massimo G. Colombo.

The scholarship is for three years. It will start on 1-1-2007. It includes a mandatory period (minimum 6 months) to be spent in a foreign academic institution. It is reserved to highly-qualified English speaking candidates (Italian speaking is not mandatory). The net amount of the scholarship is 826 EURO per month (1.212 EURO per month in the semester spent abroad). The amount of the scholarship can be increased (about +50%) through participation in the teaching activities at undergraduate, master and MBA/Executive level of the Department and in contract research activities.

The successful candidate must have a Master degree in a relevant social science or technical discipline (at least five year-university education). He/she must have strong interests in applied research in economics, management and/or finance. A quantitative background is appreciated. The Department offers opportunities to attend conferences, to meet and interact with international researchers, and to present preliminary work in high-quality discussion workshops.

Interested candidates should i) preliminary send a detailed CV (including relevant publications, if any) to professor Massimo G. Colombo at the following e-mail address: by July 31, 2006; ii) send an application to the Research Doctorates Department of the Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32 – 20133, Milan, ITALY by registered letter (stating on the envelope "application for admission to competition for Research Doctorate"); the deadline for submission of the application is September 15, 2006 (the valid date will be that of the receipt stamp of the appropriate offices of the Politecnico di Milano, and not the date on which the application was sent). Application form can be downloaded at: here

For further details on the doctoral program in Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering, visit the website at: http://www.dig.polimi.it/eng/dottorato/fr_dottorato.html or contact professor Colombo (Massimo.Colombo at polimi.it).