After comprehensive exam, your job is to read, read, read. You will have a research topic but not research questions. This is the deepest rabbit hole. It's like you preparing to teach a class and creating a syllabus.
RQ: Labor economics -- SME and entrepreneurship policies using econometrics and Russia's firm-level data.
factors contributing to firm dynamics (entry/exit)
tax/mandate policies
i). [Quality] Ownership and productivity. Firm performance and employment growth.
ii). [Quantity] Factors affecting dynamics of entrepreneurship: entry/start-ups and survival rate of firms.
- bigs dominate
- liquidity constraints
- taxes
- mandates
- restrictive government policies/ red tape/
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iii). And, I would like to add to this, "Generational Entrepreneurship." Were baby boomers more entrepreneurial than millenials?
Research topic. Be tough and critical. Can it be done? Is it refined? Can it be done better than what is out there? Field statement is identifying gaps in the literature.
Doctoral researcher is not a brute force (Know more).
- It is being theoretical about your a specific question. Look at discipline, theory, empirics. Don't look at topics... That's what distinguishes research that contributes to discipline and literature.
- It is being methodological about your specific question.
1. Read A-journals but these tend to be dated and so read electronic versions.
2. Keep taking classes
My research fields.
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IRB
Innovative Solutions for Compliance and Research Management
- Have a PI Faculty (Fee assessed)
Write every day. Read every day.
Do it because you love it. Set informal goals.
Use LaTEX
Proposal/Dissertation - you need 12.
Intl' student need to sign up at least 6 per semester. (998/999 combined)
1 semester to write your proposal! If not, you are back to taking courses.
You must be registered in the semester you graduate
3 primary faculty members (tenured or tenure-track).
2 need to be from Schar or any Mason.
4th can be outside of Mason.
External reader (Outside of Mason).
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