Thesis of the Doctorate in European Business

Research Work and Thesis Plan (40 ECTS).

With the Thesis Supervisor (Director) support, the Doctoral Student must perform the appropriate research that will lead to the realization of his thesis plan related to Europe.

1. The Doctoral Student must prepare and submit a thesis plan, which, as a minimum, should include the provisional thesis title, objectives pursued, methodology to be used, means and schedule
2. The Doctoral Student must study the “Research methodology” module, which will introduce to the thesis preparation method
3. EENI highly appreciates that the thesis results could benefit the European continent development

Thesis and Thesis Defense of the Doctorate (120 ECTS).

Under the supervision of the Thesis Supervisor, the Doctoral Student develops and presents the research results. The Doctoral Student can select their subject areas within the research parameters proposed by EENI, creating a thesis that must be completely original and own, which will be published on the EENI platform set up for this purpose.

The Directorate may authorise the thesis deposit like a compendium of publications if the requirements established by the Directorate are fulfilled.

Thesis Defense by video conference.

In the admission process, the Doctorate Supervisor will assign a tutor to the Doctoral Student, who will be the responsible to coordinate the student activities in the Doctoral programme.

Furthermore, a Thesis Supervisor (Director) is assigned.

1. The Thesis Supervisor will guide the student in thesis planning; he is the ultimately responsible for the consistency and novelty of the thesis
2. Tutor and Supervisor (Director) can match
3. Co-direction of the thesis is also allowed

Below are some examples of lines of research of the Doctorate in International Business specialization in European Business.

1. Interactions between the European, the Orthodox and the Central Eurasian Economic Areas
2. Causes and consequences of the BREXIT
3. Christianity and business in Europe
4. Strategic sectors of the EU economy
5. Strengths and weaknesses of the Eastern European Countries
6. Regional integration in Europe
7. European regional integration blocs (EU, EFTA, CEFTA...)
8. Intra-European trade
9. Interconnections between the European Markets
10. Customs in Europe
11. The EU Development Aid
12. Logistics and transport in Europe
13. Investment in the EU
14. Limits of the EU enlargement
15. European Value Chains
16. Corruption in Europe
17. African Diaspora in Europe
18. Europe and Globalization
19. The future of the EU
20. Criticism of the EU's Agenda 2020
21. European Central States
22. International relations of the EU
23. Strengths and weaknesses of the EU single market
24. European Union and Africa
25. European Union and Asia
26. European Union and Latin America
27. Contradiction between the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to the EU and the trade of arms of some European states
28. European subsidized products exports to the African Markets
29. Russia as a Central state
30. Russian role in Central Asia
31. Russia, is a friend or an enemy of the EU?
32. Russian Foreign Policy
33. Digital economy in the EU
34. Strengths and weaknesses of the countries of the South Caucasus
35. Tax havens in Europe and their relationship with the International Trade
36. Advantages and disadvantages of Turkey's entry into the EU
37. Will Turkey ever be a member of the EU?
38. The EU policy for the Mediterranean countries
39. Impact of the GSP on the African economies
40. Economic impact of the terrorism on the EU
41. ...