First PhD graduates from the DCU Business School Professional Doctoral Programme

The first students graduated from the DCU Business School Professional Doctoral Programme, in a ceremony held on March 24th.

Before the graduation ceremony in the Helix, the five candidates, their families and friends attended a special award ceremony at DCUBS hosted by Dr. Anne Sinnott, Dean, DCUBS, Prof. Colm O'Gorman, Associate Dean for Research, DCUBS, Dr, Teresa Hogan, Director of Doctoral Studies, Siobhain McGovern, out-going Director of Doctoral Studies, Sarah Ingle, Lecturer in Enterprise Development.

5 PhD students graduated from DCUBS at the March 24th 2012 Graduation Ceremony , including the first 3 PhD graduates form the Professional Doctoral Programme included;

1. Ali Junaid Ahmad (Supervisor Sarah Ingle) - On the Structure and Internal Mechanisms of Business Incubators. A comparative case study.

2. Louise Chalkley (Supervisor Teresa Hogan) - What is Entrepreneurship? A phenomenological enquiry into the venture creation process of a rapidly growing firm: The Archaeology Company

3. Kerrie Flemming (Supervisors Janine Bosak, Patrick Flood) - Strategic Leadership of Architectural Firms in Ireland: The role of emotion management and innovation

4. Peter Robbins (Supervisor , Colm O'Gorman) - A case study of innovation teams and team leadership in a large, R&D intensive firm

5. Patrick Ivory (Supervisor , David Jacobson, Siobhain McGovern) - Clusters and Cluster Initiatives: The Role of Collaboration and Social Capital in Building a System of Innovation in Ireland

Congratulations to everyone involved!