Many have been telling me that it is easy to get a faculty job in the strategy market after PhD (and especially true if your advisors are editors in the mgmt journals). Is it real?
Pursuing a Ph.D. in Strategy. Is it worth?
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Strategy bro here who is on the job market.
Getting a job is still likely easier than in econ, thanks to better supply-demand management.
However, strategy appears to be entering a structural decline phase. AACSB some time ago removed the requirements for a strategy undergraduate capstone course. While this appears to be irrelevant, it appears it has had a rather negative effect on demand for strategy PhDs as some departments are eliminating strategy capstones and are in no need of new (or replacement) faculty.As a poster above said, methods are easier than in econ and most of "strategy" researchers, especially in management departments, are really sociologists in disguise, completely oblivious to what identification even means, let alone being able to implement it. However, be warned that being better in metrics won't get you published alone. Management journals require a very specific type of storytelling in papers, and unless you have a great advisor (or can figure it out on your own), using a novel identification strategy alone won't get you published.
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This. Str is full of doodoo. If you think cutenomics or corpfin is bs, wait until you see str toilet papers.
Strategy bro here who is on the job market.
Getting a job is still likely easier than in econ, thanks to better supply-demand management.
However, strategy appears to be entering a structural decline phase. AACSB some time ago removed the requirements for a strategy undergraduate capstone course. While this appears to be irrelevant, it appears it has had a rather negative effect on demand for strategy PhDs as some departments are eliminating strategy capstones and are in no need of new (or replacement) faculty.
As a poster above said, methods are easier than in econ and most of "strategy" researchers, especially in management departments, are really sociologists in disguise, completely oblivious to what identification even means, let alone being able to implement it. However, be warned that being better in metrics won't get you published alone. Management journals require a very specific type of storytelling in papers, and unless you have a great advisor (or can figure it out on your own), using a novel identification strategy alone won't get you published. -
Plus if you are international/Asian, it’s much easier to get top academic jobs in strategy field.
Second this. Compared to other b-school fields, strategy hires the most Asian males (such as Chinese or Korean PhDs). Just wait and see the placements of the top strategy departments this year.
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Plus if you are international/Asian, it’s much easier to get top academic jobs in strategy field.
Second this. Compared to other b-school fields, strategy hires the most Asian males (such as Chinese or Korean PhDs). Just wait and see the placements of the top strategy departments this year.
There is a strong tilt for Korea, but the reason is that Korea has a strong feeder Master's program at top universities. They essentially spend 2 years prepping students to get into US strategy PhDs.
And way better supply-demand management. If you are not only targeting the top 10 schools, getting a faculty job is not an issue at all.
This, however, is a very strong overstatement. I know quite a few people from top programs (M7) who could not get T20 TT jobs. It is not that easy.
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Indeed true. Interesting how strategy departments hire so many Korea or China bros.
Plus if you are international/Asian, it’s much easier to get top academic jobs in strategy field.
Second this. Compared to other b-school fields, strategy hires the most Asian males (such as Chinese or Korean PhDs). Just wait and see the placements of the top strategy departments this year.