This article seeks to present a panoramic view of the subjects covered by marketing courses in Brazilian programs for doctorate degree in Administration, at the aggregate national level, and of the bibliography recommended in the syllabi for these subjects. A descriptive-quantitative approach was applied to data extracted from documents published by Capes in an array of 53 marketing subjects given in 13 programs in a total of 1,425 bibliographical references. From the results, it was found that the number of marketing subjects varies considerably from program to program (from 1 to 11 subjects). Regarding the bibliographical references per subject, the average found was 26.9 quotations covering 277 different sources, noteworthy for including material in foreign languages (67.5%), among it being books, scientific journals, annals of congresses, dissertations, theses and professional magazines. The proportion of didactic books found in the syllabi was 55% and the Journal of Marketing occupied the first place among the most frequently quoted publications. The congress most frequently referred to was EnANPAD and the professional magazine, the Harvard Business Review. Finally the implications of these results for marketing doctorate teaching in the country were discussed.
Doctoral programs; Marketing education; Bibliography; Capes
