Yes just see who are SMJ editor(s) at USC Marshall
Heard it is easy to get a job in strategy groups (nonmarket) at bschools?
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Getting a tenure track job out of a b-school phd (e.g., finance, marketing, mgmt) has historically been relatively easier than say econ and probably still is relatively easier (conditional on getting accepted to a good phd program), but it has gotten much much harder in the last 5 years.
Specifically, the job market has tightened significantly. There are fewer jobs and more candidates. Many more students have been forced to seek employment outside of academia. This opportunity cost is quite high especially given that b-school phds are traditionally non-conventional students. For instance, a lot of b-school phds have MBAs and have had careers in consulting where they earned 6 figures before deciding to return to school.
Second, the conditional on getting accepted to a good phd program is a big one as business phd programs accept far fewer students than econ phd programs.
In sum, no, I can conclusively say it is not easy and it will likely be even harder in another 5-6 years, which is presumably the earliest you could obtain a PhD. As a current AP in mgmt, I would not recommend anyone obtain their PhD in this field. Get a master's in computer science or econ and go get a cush job.Overall, it is getting harder. But it is still far easier than the econ academic market. Like, 10 times easier. There are still far more academic jobs available than candidates, even these days.
But it all comes down to getting into a decent PhD program in the first place.
Which is not as hard as many here think, despite the very small number of students that get into strategy PhD programs. Top PhD programs will only have a 1% acceptance rate, at best. But for a mid-tier PhD program (say, a school ranked 70-100) you'll have maybe a 10% acceptance rate (because few apply there). But even with a PhD from a mid-tier R1, which is not a great school in the first place, you can easily get an AP job right out of PhD. It won't be at a great school, but easily a $100k/year 3-3 AP job. If that's your thing.
I'm at a mid-tier R1, and frankly we have a terrible PhD program. I keep telling my colleagues to just end it because there's no point. We get maybe 20 applications per year for 2 spots. Of those, 10 are just laughed out. Then maybe 5 are worthwhile interviewing, and we make a couple of offers. Usually we get the bottom of the barrel compared to better schools.
And even our bottom of the barrel PhD students, almost always get an AP position out of PhD. We haven't had a case yet of someone not getting one. Not a great one (we've had a couple of cases of those), but an AP position if you want it.
The reason anyone who does a strategy PhD choses some other path is not lack of academic job offers. It's that they may want something better.