BRU-Iscte - Business Research Unit
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Apresentação

The Business Research Unit is a multidisciplinary research center of Iscte-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, whose scope spans various Business areas. Researchers are mainly faculty from the Iscte Business School (IBS), accredited by AMBA and AACSB, and ranked in the Financial Times European Business Schools ranking, as well as in the Times Higher Education ranking. 

BRU is accredited by the Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT), the National Research Agency, and is currently graded with Excellent. Research is funded by FCT core funding, by international and national competitive research grants, as well as by other research contracts with public and private entities.

The main goal of BRU is to promote research at the highest international standards, namely via our 3 interweaving pillars:

  • Excellence in Research by improving sound research in core Business areas that further advances the international scientific literature

  • World-class Ph.D. programmes able to attract promising national and international students

  • Engaging with society by developing solutions for specific corporate and societal challenges

BRU is currently organized in six Research Groups that mirror our multidisciplinary strengths: Accounting; Data Analytics; Economics; Finance; Marketing & Management and Organization Behaviour & Human Resources. 

At present, BRU runs 4 accredited doctoral programmes, totally taught in English, enrolling 80 students annually of several nationalities. A PhD in Management with 6 specialisations (Accounting, Human Resources and Organizational Behavior, Marketing, Operations Management, Logistics and Supply Chain Management, Quantitative Methods applied to Management, Strategy and Entrepreneurship), a PhD in Economics, a PhD in Finance and a Doctor of Business Administration (DBA), partly in collaboration with Chinese Universities. 

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Grupos de Investigação
Economia
Grupo de Economia
25
843
Finanças
Grupo de Finanças
20
300
OB&HR
Grupo de Comportamento Organizacional e Recursos Humanos
36
1208
Data Analytics
Grupo de Data Analytics
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358
Accounting
Grupo de Contabilidade
14
209
Marketing
Grupo de Marketing
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231
Gestão
Grupo de Gestão
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347