Courses and Requirements
Please note that the study program might be subject to minor changes. Lessons start at the beginning of September. Attendance is mandatory. The program cannot be attended by distance learning.
First year - a.y. 2024 - 2025 (40° cycle)
Requirements:
In the first year you have to attend 1 Preparatory course in Mathematics (optional) + 9 compulsory courses: 3 methods courses (shared by the two curricula) + 6 curriculum specific courses + research presentation + seminars organized by the Departments of Management & Technology and Marketing
By the beginning of March: students choose elective courses to be attended in the 2nd year
| QUARTER | COURSE TITLE | HOURS | PROFESSOR | CURRICULUM |
| Sept. - Oct. |
Mathematics - Preparatory course | 12 |
S. Fukuda |
OPTIONAL |
| Sept. - Oct. | Microeconomics Foundation for Business Studies |
36 |
C. Panico |
COMPULSORY |
| Nov. - Dec. | Introductory Econometrics for Business Studies |
24+12 | L. Gagliardi | COMPULSORY |
| Feb. - Mar. | Advanced Econometrics for Business Studies ** |
24+12 |
M. Espinosa |
COMPULSORY |
| Sept. - Oct. | Organization Theory | 24 | G. Soda | MANAGEMENT |
| Sept. - Oct. | Organizational Behavior |
36 | R. Ilies | MANAGEMENT |
| Nov. - Dec. | Strategy |
36 |
G. Di Stefano | MANAGEMENT |
| Feb. - Mar | Innovation |
24 | M. Mariani |
MANAGEMENT |
| Apr. - May |
Entrepreneurship ** |
24 |
C. Salvato |
MANAGEMENT |
| Apr. - May | Empirical Approaches for Management Research ** |
36 |
A. Gambardella | MANAGEMENT |
| Sept. - Oct. | Marketing Theory | 24 | A. Ordanini | MARKETING |
| Nov. - Dec. | Marketing Strategy |
24 | S. Moon |
MARKETING |
| Nov. - Dec. | Experimental Methods |
24 |
J. Vosgerau |
MARKETING |
| Feb. - Mar. | Consumer Behavior I |
24 | K. Munz |
MARKETING |
| Feb. - Mar. | Empirical Approaches for Marketing Research |
24 | G. Rubera |
MARKETING |
| Apr. - May | Marketing Modeling ** |
24 | S. Hong | MARKETING |
| NEW! 1 and 2 | Principles of Research Ethics* | 2 | SELF-MANAGED ONLINE course | |
| * The course is available at ECR.unibocconi.it (login with Bocconi credentials). Students have to pass the final test and send the certificate to the PhD administrative assistant for the registration by the end of the academic year: 31st August 2025 | ||||
| Exam for each compulsory course (maximum 3 retakes). Retakes will take place at the end of the Spring semester, tipically in June | ||||
| Moreover a Research presentation is required to be drafted under the supervision of the advisor and to be submitted just before the beginning of the 2nd year (early September). | ||||
Second year - a.y. 2024 - 2025 (39° cycle)
Requirements:
PhD students may choose how many electives they want to take according to their research interests; the minimum requirement is 4 electives over 2nd and 3rd year.
Moreover, research activity and seminar organized by the Departments of Management & Technology and Marketing.
On top of the exam at the end of each course, at the end of the second year, you should obtain an "Accept" in the second-year research paper.
| QUARTER | COURSE TITLE | HOURS | PROFESSOR | CURRICULUM |
| Nov. - Dec. | Strategic Human Resource Management & Human Capital |
24 | A. Camuffo | BOTH |
| Sept. - Oct. |
Creativity in Theory Building |
24 |
P. Mannucci |
BOTH |
| Nov. - Dec. | Analytics for Managing Customer Value | 24 | S. Valentini | |
| Feb. - Mar. | Technology and Innovation Management ** |
24 |
G. Verona |
BOTH |
| Feb. - Mar. |
Text Analysis ** |
Q. Shi |
BOTH |
|
| Apr. - May |
Data Mining for Marketing Research ** |
24 |
K. Zhu |
BOTH |
| Apr. - May |
Consumer Behavior II ** |
24 |
C. Longoni |
BOTH |
| NEW! 1 and 2 | Principles of Research Ethics* | 2 | SELF-MANAGED ONLINE course |
* The course is available at ECR.unibocconi.it (login with Bocconi credentials). Students have to pass the final test and send the certificate to the PhD administrative assistant for the registration by the end of the academic year: 31st August 2025
** an updated version of this syllabus will be uploaded soon
ELECTIVE COURSES
- Courses of other PhD Programs are allowed subject to PhD program Director's approval.
Third year (38° cycle) / Fourth year (37° cycle) - a.y. 2024 — 2025
NEW! Principles of Research Ethics
PhD Students are required to complete this 2-hours SELF-MANAGED ONLINE course on research ethics.
The course is available at ECR.unibocconi.it (login with Bocconi credentials). Students have to pass the final test and send the certificate to the PhD administrative assistant for the registration by the end of the academic year: 31st August 2025
The third and fourth years are largely devoted to research and the preparation of the thesis. You will have to:
- attend the curriculum PhD Seminar in Business Administration & Management
- study/research period at other Universities + Ta/RA activities (optional)
- attend conferences (as a listener and as a speaker)
- attend seminars organized by the Departments of Management &Technology, Marketing and Accounting
- submit 2 research papers (1 per year)
- give two seminar presentations per year to illustrate one's own research output (at least one in Bocconi)
- submit the thesis to external reviewers (end of 4th year)
- defend your thesis