EFMD and
Emerald Group Publishing seek to celebrate excellence in research by sponsoring the
2015 Emerald/EFMD Outstanding Doctoral Research Awards.
Award-winning entries will receive a cash
prize of €1,500 (or currency equivalent), a certificate and a winners' logo to attach to correspondence. In addition, a number of Highly Commended Awards will be bestowed. This year there are seven categories:
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Operations and production management
Category sponsored by International Journal of Operations & Production Management
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Logistics and supply chain management
Category sponsored by International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management
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Educational leadership and strategy
Category sponsored by Journal of Educational Administration
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Management and governance
Category sponsored by Management Decision
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Human resource management
Category sponsored by Personnel Review
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Leadership and organization development
Category sponsored by Leadership & Organization Development Journal
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Health Care Management
Category sponsored by Journal of Health Organization and Management
You can check out the 2014 Winners (and earlier years) here and this year's closing date for applications is
15 January 2016.
The entries will be judged by the Editor(s) and at least one Editorial Advisory Board member of the sponsoring journal.
Entries will be judged on the following criteria: Significance/implications for theory and practice, Originality and innovation, Appropriateness and application of the methodology, and Quality of data/research.
All details on the 2015 ODRA's can be found following this
link.