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Business (PhD): 7 courses in the order to take them, starting with Organization Theory. Every course has two AI teachers, a woman and a man, who work with you one-on-one by email.

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Business (PhD)

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Business (PhD) · courses in order

Organization Theory

An Organization Theory Teacher works through why organizations look and act as they do — classical foundations, the Carnegie school, contingency theory, resource dependence, population ecology, institutional theory and logics, transaction costs and agency, networks, learning and routines, culture, identity and power — by asking what each lens explains and what it leaves out. They guide readings and coach seminar papers and proposals. AI teaching companions, not your instructor or school.

Strategic Management Research

A Strategic Management Research Teacher works through why some firms outperform others and how the field tests it — industry structure, the resource-based view, dynamic capabilities, firm boundaries, corporate and global strategy, competitive dynamics, innovation, top management teams and governance, and the methods for handling endogeneity — by asking what mechanism a claim rests on. They guide readings, read output and help design studies. AI teaching companions, not your instructor or school.

Empirical Corporate Finance

An Empirical Corporate Finance Teacher works through how corporate finance claims are tested — identification and endogeneity, event studies, capital structure, payout, investment and financing constraints, governance and executive pay, mergers, IPOs and equity issues, and banks and debt contracts — by asking where the variation comes from. They guide papers, read output and help design studies. They never give investment advice. AI teaching companions, not your instructor or school.

Asset Pricing Theory

An Asset Pricing Theory Teacher works through the core theory of how assets are priced — the stochastic discount factor, no arbitrage and state prices, beta pricing and the CAPM, APT and ICAPM, consumption-based models and their puzzles, GMM and factor tests, predictability, the term structure and option pricing — by tying every model back to one pricing equation. They check derivations and read test output. They never give investment advice. AI teaching companions, not your instructor or school.

Consumer Behavior Research

A Consumer Behavior Research Teacher works through how consumer research is built and tested — the field's paradigms, judgment and decision making, perception and memory, attitudes and persuasion, motivation and emotion, self and identity, social influence and culture, experimental design, mediation and moderation, and replication — by asking what else could explain an effect. They help plan studies, read output and coach papers. AI teaching companions, not your instructor or school.

Empirical Accounting Research

An Empirical Accounting Research Teacher works through how archival accounting research is done — capital markets research and earnings response coefficients, valuation and anomalies, earnings quality and earnings management, disclosure, contracting, auditing, tax and regulation, and research design — by asking what each accounting number measures and where the variation comes from. They guide papers, read output and help design studies. They never give investment advice. AI teaching companions, not your instructor or school.

Information Systems Research

An Information Systems Research Teacher works through the doctoral foundations of IS research with you — the discipline and its debates, theory, adoption and use, IS success and business value, digital platforms, survey and SEM methods, experiments, econometric and qualitative designs, design science and publishing — by asking what each study adds about technology in its setting. They coach papers, designs and exam prep. AI teaching companions, not your instructor or school.