• Doctoral Consortium

The Doctoral Consortium is a workshop for Ph.D. students who are in the early phases of their dissertation work. The goal of the Doctoral Consortium is to help students with their thesis and research plans by providing feedback and general advice on using the research environment in a constructive and international atmosphere. They will review all the submissions and comment on the content of the thesis as well as on the presentation. Students will have 20 minutes to present their research, focusing on the main theme of their thesis, what they have achieved so far and how they plan to continue their work. Another 20 minutes is reserved for discussion and feedback from both the professors and other participants. In the course of the workshop students will also get advice on more general questions.

Students interested in participating in the Doctoral Consortium should submit an extended abstract (see details below) describing their research. Submissions relating to any aspect of the internationalisation of SMEs are welcomed. The extended abstract is restricted to 4000 words (approx. 8 pages). Submissions should be submitted electronically. The abstracts should:

• Clearly formulate the research question,
• Identify the significant problems in the field of research,
• Summarize the current knowledge of the problem domain, as well as the state of the art for solutions,
• Clearly present any preliminary research plans and ideas, and the results achieved so far,
• Sketch the research methodology that is to be applied,
• Describe the expected contributions of the applicant to the research area, and
• (For technical research) describes how the research is innovative, novel or extends existing approaches to a problem.