International Scholarships

Cerna, the Center of Industrial Economics of the Ecole des mines de Paris, offers a PhD position to work on patents and standards in mobile telecommunications. The number of cooperative technology standards ensuring compatibility between competing products has increased enormously in the past 20 years, especially in Information and Communication industries (DVD, MPEG, GSM, UMTS…). … [More Info]

Center of Industrial Economics (Cerna), Ecole Nationale Supérieure des mines de Paris (France) Cerna recently launched a 5 years research programme on “Patent reforms in Europe” with the sponsorship of international companies. It aims at contributing to a better understanding of the economic aspects of patent reforms in Europe. It will carry out and disseminate … [More Info]

Voice quality constitutes the key element of the customer’s feeling and trust towards his telecom operator. Consequently, it is essential that France Telecom possesses means of voice quality assessment as it is a vital aspect for VoIP service provision. Quality should be supervised at the end-point where it presents the most faithful reflection of customer’s … [More Info]

Subject Time and frequency have a privileged role in physics and applications because they are the most precisely measured physical quantities. The wrist watch, for example, is the only artifact accurate within 1E-5 – 1E-6 at a cost affordable to all consumers. Atomic clocks exhibit the amazing accuracy of 1E-15, and a stability better by … [More Info]

PhD scholarships in Banking and Finance University of Limoges, Department of Economics (France) The University of Limoges is launching a call for PhD scholarships in Banking and Finance. The selected candidate(s) will be recruited for a period of 3 years. Co-tutorship with other institutions encouraged. Research to be conducted on Bank Risk and Regulatory implications … [More Info]

Title Innovation and market selection: an evolutionary approach Supervisor Jean-Luc Gaffard Professor of Economics, University of Nice Sophia Antipolis and CNRS-GREDEG, Head of the Department for Research on Innovation and Competition (OFCE Centre de Recherche en Economie de Sciences-Po) Research project Aggregate productivity growth is the outcome of incumbent firms adopting new and superior techniques … [More Info]

The PhD in Finance programme at EDHEC Business School is designed for the brightest and hardest-working individuals who are seeking faculty positions at leading educational institutions and senior executive careers in the financial industry. It is uniquely offered in two tracks: a “residential track” for high-potential graduate students who will hold part-time research or teaching … [More Info]