The Executive DBA is a doctorate in business administration designed for professionals seeking to elevate their executive career to the highest level of management and bridge the gap between theory and real-world business challenges.
The Executive DBA is a 3-year programme with unique advantages:
- Make a tangible impact in your organisation
- Unleash your potential and increase your chances of career advancement opportunities
- Gain a deep understanding of advanced business theories
- Contribute significantly to the field of business through academia
Applied Research Focus using the Scientific Method
Intervention / Action Research
Contribution to Practice and Knowledge
Faculty Guidance & Peer Learning
The Executive DBA objectives
The skills developed during the training can be mobilised in a wide range of subjects. The completion of an Executive DBA thesis leads its author, tutored by a thesis supervisor, to develop high-level capacities for:
Transforming a management problem (into the fields of strategy, management, finance, human resources, marketing, information systems, etc.) into research problem
Explore and mobilise existing knowledge in organisation science (management, sociology, psychology, economics, etc.)
Design and implement an empirical study
Develop an original comprehensive model that facilitates the resolution of a management problem
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Executive DBA | EADA in partnership with LeCNAM
| Starts | October 17, 2024 |
|---|---|
| Duration | 3 Years |
| Language | English |
| Delivery mode | Blended (in-person modules attendance is required) |
| Dedication | Part-Time |
Who is the Executive DBA for?
The Executive DBA EADA programme in partnership with LeCNAM is designed for executives with a continuous learning mindset who are ready to embark on an intellectual challenge.
The tailor-crafted nature of this doctoral programme attracts professionals from a wide range of industries seeking to contribute to groundbreaking research in their chosen field of study.
The flexibility offered by a blended and part-time Executive Doctorate in Business Administration that incorporates residential modules is designated to integrate seamlessly with work commitments with minimal career disruption.
Our candidates will not only build strong connections with accomplished peers, but also with esteemed faculty and industry professionals that will bring a broader perspective and collaborative mindset.
Our partner
LeCNAM
LeCNAM is the foremost higher education institution dedicated to lifelong learning in France. Its three main missions are lifelong professional training, technological research and innovation, and the dissemination of scientific and technical knowledge.
With a strong local presence, LeCNAM offers 750 training programs in the fields of exact sciences, technology, and tertiary education, and it welcomes more than 53,500 students each year.
LeCNAM conducts interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research related to the major challenges of society. In its 22 laboratories and 16 national educational teams, it hosts 430 researchers and teacher-researchers, as well as 340 doctoral students.
Executive DBA Structure
The Structure of the EADA Executive Doctorate in Business Administration (DBA) in partnership with LeCNAM is composed of 8 modules.
LeCNAM will provide certificates for Modules 2, 3 and 4 from the first year, Module 7 from the second year and Module 8 from the third year enacting the EADA Executive DBA in partnership with this prestigious institution. The 5 specific LeCNAM certificates will formalise the Executive DBA through a specific convention.
Academic Year 1
Devoted to the formulation of the research problem and the theoretical framework. Through fundamental modules, participants acquire methods and methodologies for conducting research and achieve the development of a scientifically valid research project.
The first year is dedicated to:
- Fundamentals of management research: Common core theory to understand the fundamentals of management science theories, theories of organisations, reflections on the concept of performance measurement and management
- Thematic paradigms of management research
- The thesis development process
Modules:
Scientific framework of a DBA thesis: How to build proper
- Problematic
- Hypothesis
- Theoretical framework
- Methodologies
- Results
- Discussions
| Duration | 24h |
|---|---|
| Dates | October 17-19, 2024 |
| Where | Barcelona |
- Fundamental theories in organisational control I
- Socio-economic focus
- Human potential
- A different mental model of management
- The role of management
| Duration | 24h |
|---|---|
| Dates | January 23-25, 2025 |
| Where | Barcelona |
- Fundamental theories in organisational control II
- Changing the system vs. changing individuals
- Whole system intervention
- Hidden costs analysis
| Duration | 24h |
|---|---|
| Dates | April, 24-26, 2025 |
| Where | Paris |
- The paradigm of Socio-Economic Approach to Management: achieving sustainable social and economic performance through innovation and human potential development
- CNAM = 24H
| Duration | 24h |
|---|---|
| Dates | October 23-25, 2025 |
| Where | Barcelona |
Academic Year 2
In-depth modules allow participants to master research methods for collecting and processing data and to define and implement a field study.
The second year is devoted to:
- Research Methodology
- Research Design
- Epistemology
- Qualitative methodology
- Quantitative methodology
Modules:
- Quantitative research in measuring and controlling for Sustainability, Innovation and Leadership
- The timing of the intervention
- Actors
| Duration | 24h |
|---|---|
| Dates | January 29-31, 2026 |
| Where | Barcelona |
- Qualitative research in measuring and controlling for Sustainability, Innovation and Leadership
- Intervener-researcher
- Social responsibility
- CNAM=8H
| Duration | 24h |
|---|---|
| Dates | April 23-25, 2026 |
| Where | Paris |
- Collective supervision of both DBA Thesis and other DBA student’s scientific work (papers, communications, reports, for Lyon International Meeting and AOM Annual Meeting)
- CNAM=16H
| Duration | 32h |
|---|---|
| Dates | October 28-31, 2026 (4 days) |
| Where | Barcelona |
Academic Year 3
Finalisation of the empirical work and the writing of the Executive DBA thesis under the supervision of a tutor, who is a professor from the Scientific Council of the Executive DBA EADA in partnership with LeCNAM.
The third year is devoted to:
- Writing modules
- Tutoring
Modules:
- Collective supervision of both DBA Thesis and other DBA students’ scientific work
- CNAM=8H
| Duration | 40h |
|---|---|
| Dates | January 26-30, 2027 (5 days) |
| Where | Barcelona |
In addition to the above curriculum, doctoral participants will receive 14h per year of individual Executive DBA thesis supervision with a Research Director (42h in total after the 3 years) + 14h of Executive DBA defence in year 3 (each participant makes an individual defence of his/her thesis in a 2 hours slot that is opened to other participants).
Executive DBA Directors
Ph.D. Bruno Cohanier
EADA Business School
Bruno Cohanier holds a PhD in Accounting from Aston Business School, Aston University (UK), a PostGraduate Research Degree from Paris IX-Dauphine University (D.E.A. 124, Comptabilité, Décision, Contrôle) and a Master’s Degree in Accounting, Administration and Finance, C.P.A. specialisation, from Ecole Supérieure de Commerce et d’Administration des Entreprises (E.S.C.A.E. Amiens).
He was Professor of Accounting and Programme Director at NEOMA Business School. He is currently Professor in the Finance and Management Control Department at EADA.
Ph.D. Laurent Cappelletti
LeCNAM
Laurent Cappelletti is a master graduate in finance from EDHEC Business School, holds a Ph.D. in management sciences and an abilitation to supervise research (French HDR) both from the University of Lyon (France).
He began his career as a financial auditor for KPMG and then he was assistant professor at the university of Lyon. Since 2011, he is chair professor in accounting and management control at the French Conservatory of Arts and Crafts (Le Cnam University of Paris). He is also researcher at the LIRSA laboratory of research, director of intervention-research programs at the Institut ISEOR and coordinator of the Tetranormalization international research network. He has made more than 200 publications in his fields and was awarded four times best paper by the Academy of Management - Management Consulting Division (USA).
The Executive DBA is designed for professionals seeking to elevate their executive career to the highest level of management and bridge the gap between theory and real-world business challenges.
The Executive DBA is a 3-year doctoral programme with unique advantages:
- Make a tangible impact in your organisation
- Unleash your potential and increase your chances of career advancement opportunities
- Gain a deep understanding of advanced business theories
- Contribute significantly to the field of business through academia