DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (BUSINESS) (RESEARCH)

KPT/JPS ( R/340/8/0630 ) ( MQA/FA 0605 ) 03 / 21
INTAKES : JANUARY, MARCH, JUNE, AUGUST, OCTOBER
 
Candidates pursuing the PhD (Business) must develop an independent thinking approach and a unique expertise in their own research interest. Independent research requires diligent and thorough investigation into a topic with the aim of formulating new and original ideas, findings and theories.

All Doctor of Philosophy students are required to attend the Research Methodology & Advance Research Methodology modules in their first year of candidature.

The key areas of research offered in the PhD programme are:

Accounting
  • Accounting Information Systems and Risk Management
  • Corporate Governance
  • Financial Reporting
  • Market Based Accounting Research

Banking and Finance
  • Corporate and Personal Finance
  • Electronic Banking
  • Financial Management
  • Financial Reporting
  • Islamic Finance
  • Microfinance
  • Money Laundering
  • Productivity and Efficiency of Financial Institutions
  • Risk Disclosure Practices of IPO and PLC
  • Risk Management and Supervision of Financial Institution

Consumer Behaviour
  • Customer Relationship Management
  • Influence of Behaviour upon Society
  • Personal Motivation
  • Place and Space
  • Tourist and Leisure Behaviour

Economics
  • Business Economics
  • Econometrics
  • Energy Economics
  • International Economics
  • International Macroeconomics (Exchange Rate Management and East Asian Financial-Capital Market Integration)
  • International Trade
  • Macroeconomics
  • Microeconomics
  • Statics
  • Tourism Economics

Marketing
  • International Marketing
  • Services Marketing

Management
  • Employment and Training Opportunities in South East Asia
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Environmental Management
  • Human resource management
  • Knowledge Management
  • Poverty Alleviation via Tourism
  • Real Estate Development
  • Strategic Management
  • Sustainable and Responsible Tourism
 
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