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Doctorate in Business Administration (DBA)

Deepen your management expertise and develop an approach grounded in applied research with a Doctorate in Business Administration (DBA).

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Overview

  • The ASMP DBA is designed for professional recognition, career acceleration and the validation of demanding career paths. Originally created by Harvard Business School, it enables senior executives to conduct research on topics drawn from their organizations’ challenges. With the DBA, ASMP builds a bridge between research and the professional world.

The path of the doctoral researcher-manager

  • Phase 1 build and operationalize your research project : fundamentals of management science research, conceptual approach, qualitative and quantitative methodologies, epistemology
  • Phase 2 individual supervision : individual research supervised by an experienced faculty researcher, with personalized monthly follow-up by the thesis director

Seminar program

  • Seminar 1: Introduction to Management Science Research (Prof. Jean-Marie Peretti)
  • Seminar 2: Research Design (Prof. Soufyane Frimousse)
  • Seminar 3: Advanced Methodology (Prof. Jacques Igalens)
  • Seminar 4: Research Presentation and Tutoring (Prof. Soufyane Frimousse / Prof. Jean-Paul Tchankam)
  • Seminar 5: Advanced Methodology through Qualitative Approaches (Prof. Jean-Paul Tchankam)
  • Seminar 6: Triangulation, Presentation and Dissemination (Prof. Patrick Dambron)

Scientific board

  • The program is led and validated by an international scientific board chaired by Prof. Jean-Marie Peretti, made up of some thirty top-level professors from various universities and grandes écoles. They teach, supervise the manager-researchers and ensure the quality of their work.

Recognition & Learning Expedition

  • Possible publication in the academic journal “Question(s) de management”, in books and in the proceedings of the Rencontres Internationales des Sciences du Management
  • Summer and spring schools of the International Institute of Social Audit (IAS)
  • Learning Expeditions to the most dynamic innovation ecosystems: AI, big data, connected devices, sharing economy, virtual/augmented reality

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