The economics group at Johnson seeks to better understand the real world by using modern tools and methodologies.<br><br>Research encompasses industrial organization, behavioral, labor, and organizational economics. Within these fields, there is a particular-although by no means exclusive-emphasis on applied theory.<br><br>PhD students in economics at Johnson are fully part of the broader economics community at Cornell. For example, students take the majority of their coursework in Cornell's Arts and Sciences economics department and also receive the complete support and benefits of that department when seeking employment upon graduation. At the same time, by being part of a business school, students are exposed to research and teaching that is motivated by applied issues that are relevant to business schools as well as economics departments and industry.<br>Cornell's PhD in Management program will prepare you for an exceptional career in research and teaching at top-tier institutions. From your first semester, you'll work with faculty mentors across the management field in the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business and the university as you investigate business challenges that interest you. Our students have the entrepreneurial ability-and tenacity-to study complex issues that managers and policymakers face. In your early years in the program, you will complete foundational coursework in management and other fields-many of these courses will focus on the research process and prepare you for your dissertation. You'll work with classmates to examine existing literature and theories for class deliverables, which will often include doing your own original research. As you progress in the PhD in Management program, you can take advanced courses that match your research area of interest. Your faculty committee will help make sure you're on the right track. You can start research with faculty mentors as early as your first year.