Ph.D in Financial Management

Online in English : Permanent Registration 

Overview - Year-by-Year Breakdown - Course Description - Required Documents

The Ph.D program at Horizons University prepares students to take on leadership roles within international organizations, pursue careers as independent consultants, entrepreneurs, or researchers in business management, and become project managers or business leaders.

This program focuses on current trends in global leadership. Today’s leader knows how to adapt, is an agent of change, and demonstrates innovative thinking in a constantly evolving environment. The international leader is sensitive to cultural differences. A Ph.D. will equip you with the ability to analyze data, anticipate events, and influence teams to support decisions. Admission requirements.

Year-by-Year Breakdown 

COURSE DESCRIPTION

PHD771 - Financing  Innovation (10 ECTS / 4 US Credits)  

This course covers the resources, tools, and procedures involved in raising investment capital for entrepreneurial projects. It also addresses international issues related to equipment sales, taxation, foreign exchange transactions, international financing, and various other transnational laws.

This course provides an in-depth study of the research methods used in management research. It covers the considerations involved in using techniques such as action research, focus groups, interviews, experimental designs, factor analysis, and other methods.overed.

This course focuses on developing research skills and designing research projects for the business world. Students will explore different research approaches and learn about the strategies, methods, and techniques used. They will be required to develop a management research proposal, formulate primary and secondary research questions, devise a data collection strategy, conduct a literature review, create a model of expected results or outcomes, and, finally, identify ways to implement their study by involving stakeholders.

This course focuses on developing a dissertation proposal under the supervision of a doctoral faculty member. During this course, students will receive guidance in drafting their dissertation proposal and, upon completion, will have a research proposal ready for submission to Horizons University.

This course covers the theoretical foundations of modern financial economics. It will cover the central themes of modern finance, including individual investment decisions under uncertainty, stochastic dominance, the theory of mean and variance, capital market equilibrium and asset pricing, arbitrage theory, option pricing, and incomplete markets, as well as the potential applications of these themes.

This course examines the global economy from a global perspective as well as from various local perspectives. Globalization has strengthened the interdependence of economies around the world, but this interdependence does not mean that all differences between economies have disappeared. The global economy is made up of many different actors, some international—such as the World Bank, the IMF, the WTO, and large multinational corporations—some national—such as national governments—and others local. This course is designed to examine both the global economy as a whole and some of its specific components.

This course enables students to acquire the skills necessary to write, proofread, revise, and format an original article that meets the publication standards of an academic journal. Upon completion of the course, students will have their article published in the "Horizons University Business Journal".

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
   - Formulate a thesis topic
    - Evaluate resources useful for developing a thesis proposal
    - Write a thesis or dissertation proposal

This course provides an overview of the fundamental contributions to modern corporate finance theory and the theory of financial institutions. Topics covered include capital structure, dividend policy, financial intermediation, incomplete financial contracts, initial and secondary public offerings, the market for corporate control, the interactions between product markets and corporate finance, corporate restructuring and bankruptcy, financing in imperfect markets, and the design of securities in situations involving adverse selection and moral hazard.

This course is based on the fundamental principles of strategic management and focuses on strategic decisions within international companies. The emphasis is on corporate-level analysis, strategy development and implementation, and the goal of creating a sustainable competitive advantage in the global market.

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
    - Write a thesis or dissertation proposal
    - Demonstrate their ability to prepare and orally present their thesis or dissertation proposal.

REQUIRED DOCUMENTS  for the application to be sent by email to contact@hu-paris.eu :

- Diplomas and transcripts of Bachelor’s and Master degrees;

- A minimum of 3 years of work experience;

- A detailed CV;

-  For the online admission, the TOEFL Certificate  (Level C1);

- Copy of Passport;

 - A motivation letter;

- Research project (2-5 pages);

- A Portrait photo.