Business PhD (Doctor of Philosophy): Research areas

Research centres/groups

Kingston's Faculty of Business and Law has a number of research centres and groups with a track record in high quality research:

• Small Business Research Centre
• Centre for Research in Employment, Skills and Society (CRESS)
• Institute of Leadership and Management in Health (ILMH)
• Asia Business Research Centre
• Business-to-Business Marketing Research Centre
• Consumer Research Group
• Centre for Insolvency Law and Policy

Schools and departments

The Faculty of Business and Law also has a number of research groups and research activities within particular schools/departments:

• Department of Accounting and Finance
• Department of Informatics and Operations Management
  • Business Modelling and Analysis Group
  • Emerging Technologies Group
  • Knowledge, Process and Project Management Group
  • Operations Research Group
• Department of Leadership, HRM and Organisation
  • Leadership and Occupational Psychology Group
    
  • Employee Engagement Consortium
  • Creative Economy Research Group
• Department of Strategy, Marketing and Entrepreneurship
  • Consumer Research Group
  • Business-to-Business Marketing Research Centre
  • International Business Policy Group
• School of Law

Research at Kingston Business School is disseminated by staff and research students:

• in recognised journals;
• at conferences; and
• in the series of occasional, working and business papers published by the School.

Some of the more recent research papers are available for download:

• Occasional papers
• Business papers and working papers
• Small business papers

The Kingston Business School series of papers is edited by Dr Jill Collis of the Department of Accounting and Finance who also arranges for papers to be refereed. Copies of all papers can be obtained by contacting Adam Cheesman. 

Research papers disseminated by the Small Business Research Centre can be obtained by contacting Val Thorne. These papers are placed in the public domain and are subject to the usual copyright restrictions.

The Faculty has a number of seminar and workshop series reflecting the high level of engagement with our staff, students and external stakeholders, ensuring that we are at the forefront of our field.

These are normally open to all but please check the pages for further details. They include:

• Business School Seminar Series: a monthly series which provides an opportunity for experts in their field to present research findings.
• Law School Research Seminars: a monthly series on contemporary legal issues which often attracts outside speakers.

Our commitment to excellence is reflected in the international reputations of staff, both academically and with their respective industry organisations. External sponsors such as HSBC Bank, Nokia, the Soros Foundation and the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) provide substantial and ongoing funding. The Faculty of Business and Law benefits from:

• the international reputation of our staff;
• supported secondments to industry and government;
• ongoing external funding from private and public sector sponsors; and 
• membership of EUDOKMA and EDAMBA (European Doctoral Programmes Association in Management and Business Administration), an international consortium for the training of postgraduate research students.