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BROADENING YOUR MANAGEMENT PRACTICES THROUGH RESEARCH

DBADOCTORATE IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

IN PARTNERSHIP WITH

MONTPELLIER BUSINESS SCHOOL (MBS) Founded in 1897, Montpellier Business School holds triple international accreditation (AACSB, AMBA, EFMD/EPAS), attesting to the outstanding quality of its research, international dimension, relationships with private companies and teaching. Its Master Grande École program, which is one of the best French Master Grande École programs, has, for the last 3 years, been ranked amongst the top 50 Masters in Management worldwide by the prestigious Financial Times. Its executive MBA is AMBA accredited. Montpellier Business School welcomes 3,500 international and French students and collaborates with more than 140 prestigious Universities around the world. The founding member of several management research centres, the Business School relies on more than 80 academic staff members to develop cutting-edge teaching and research programs. ❱ | http://www.montpellier-bs.com/international/

Strong of its world-class international researchers, MBS offers a top- level Doctorate in Business Administration (DBA) program. This DBA is intended for management professionals, consultants, entrepre-neurs, executives, and leaders interested in acquiring a real competitive ad-vantage in the management field or pursuing a career in higher education.

AN INTEGRATEDEDUCATIONAL PROGRAM

CHINA EUROPE TECHNOLOGY TALENT EDUCATION CENTRE (CETTEC) Founded in 2014 in France by a group of Chinese executives in Europe with on average more than 15 years experience in industry and in public affairs between Europe and China. CETTEC is specialised in three fields: providing support in obtaining financial aid for technical innovations; training special talent to satisfy the requirements of the ‘Made in China 2025’ project and the ‘one road and one belt’ strategy; co-creating an education program needed in China and helping most of our Chinese students to get professional experience with big international compa-nies (such as from the Fortune 500). ❱ | http://www.cettec.fr/

5% of Business Schools worldwide

Less than 2% of master’s programmes worldwide.

2% of Executive MBA programmes

M O N T P E L L I E R B U S I N ESS SC H O O L H O L DS 3 P R EST I G I O U S I N T E R N AT I O N A L ACC R E D I TAT I O N S:

WELCOME TO OUR DBA

BUILDING ON YOUR PRIOR PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AND ACADEMIC INTEREST, OUR DBA WILL ENABLE YOU TO:❱ | Contribute to the enhancement of trans-disciplinary professional practice in management,

❱ | Develop innovation, creative thinking and solutions to your business issues and opportunities, using evidence-based research,

❱ | Champion new ways of addressing business and managerial challenges, within your organization.

BROADENING YOUR MANAGEMENT PRACTICES THROUGH RESEARCH

LOOKING

BACKWARDS:

PUTTING YOUR PRACTICES

INTO PERSPECTIVE:

• Understand the latest trends and knowledge in your business

area of expertise• Open up new horizons based

on this new knowledge • Develop the mindset required to succeed in a more and more

demanding business environment

• Formalize your know how

MOVING FORWARD:

• Learn the latest research methodologies

• Work on the research topic that is closely linked

to your management practice • Write a DBA thesis

with the support of highly qualified supervisors

PARTICIPANTS’ EXPERIENCE: WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU?

AS AN EXPERIENCED EXECUTIVE, OUR DBA HAS BEEN SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO HELP YOU PUT YOUR MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE IN PERSPECTIVE, THROUGH RESEARCH.

A 360° APPROACH: LOOKING BACKWARDS, PUTTING IN PERSPECTIVE AND MOVING FORWARD

A PROGRAM TAILORED FOR YOU

8 CORE COURSES DELIVERED BY THE MBS FACULTY

❶ INTRODUCTION TO RESEARCH

❷ QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS I

❸ QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS I

❹ RESEARCH PROPOSAL SEMINAR

❺ QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS II

❻ QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS II

❼ TUTORING / MANAGEMENT OF RESEARCH PROJECTS

❽ BUSINESS CASE DEVELOPMENT

4 COURSES CONSULTING/PRACTICE

ORIENTATED ON CURRENT KEY TRANSFORMATION DRIVERS,

SUCH AS (BUT NOT LIMITED TO)

• INNOVATION

• BUSINESS MODELS

• CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

• COOPERATION

• TRANSFORMATION

• CHANGE MANAGEMENT

• SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

THE DBA PROGRAM IS COMPOSED OF COMPANY VISITS, COMPULSORY COURSES AND OPTIONAL ONES TO BE CHOSEN AMONGST:

EACH COURSE IS EXPECTED TO LAST 3 DAYS (7 HOURS PER DAY) ON A CONSECUTIVE FRIDAY, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, TO BEST FIT YOUR PROFESSIONAL SCHEDULE.

A STRONG FOCUS ON RESEARCH METHODSMBS has joined forces with various institutions to deliver an experience that cannot be found elsewhere, by relying on a team of highly-skilled researchers mastering each and any methodological approach along the spectrum of research methods. Our researchers have a strong ongoing track record of publishing in the most prestigious academic journals (e.g. CNRS rank 1, ABS rank 4*).

The research method modules have been designed in order to ensure that DBA participants are able to complement the experience acquired through their practice with the application of qualitative, quantitative, and mixed research methods. The purpose is to put into perspective their respective practice in a wide range of theoretical constructs, concepts and appropriate frameworks.

DEGREE

THE DEGREE TO BE AWARDED TO CANDIDATES WHO SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETETHE WHOLE PROGRAM, WILL BE MBS’S DBA DEGREE. MBS IS FULLY ACCREDITED BY THE FRENCH MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND THE DBA IS AACSB ACCREDITED.

FACULTY: A DEDICATED TEAM OF RESEARCHERS TO SUPPORT YOU

The DBA relies on highly-skilled academic staff members with cutting-edge knowledge and practice in research and teaching. Their wide range of expertise provides the DBA participants with the most suitable experience.

Key Faculty members involved (presented by alphabetical order):

DR ANA BEATRIZ LOPES DE SOUSA JABBOUR (PhD)

DR MANTHOS DELIS (PhD)

DR SEBASTIANO ALESSIO DELRE (PhD)

DR RAMESHWAR DUBEY (PhD)

DR FRÉDÉRIC LEROY (HDR, PhD)

DR LI LI (PhD)

DR DAVID ROUBAUD (PhD)

DR CYRIL FOROPON (PhD)

DR CALIN GURAU (HDR, PhD)

DR CHARBEL JOSE CHIAPPETTA JABBOUR (PhD)

DR MUHAMMAD SHAHBAZ (PhD)

DR AVIRAL TIWARI (PhD)

DR NGOC SANG PHAM (PhD)

DR LINDA HOLLEBEEK (PhD)

These Faculty members have published in top ranked journals such as Management Science; Journal of Money, Credit and Banking; Review of Finance; European Journal of Operational Research; International Journal of Production Economics; British Journal of Management; Journal of Business Ethics; Production Planning & Control; International Journal of Operations and Production Management; Industrial Marketing Management. Our Faculty has a very strong international dimension, with the key members mentioned above coming from Greece, Italy, India, France, Romania, the Netherlands, Brazil, China, Vietnam, Pakistan and India.

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KEY FACTS

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

❱ | Candidates should hold a Chinese Zhuanke degree with at least 8 years of professional experience; or a Benke degree with at least 5 years of professional experience; or a master’s degree (including MBA and EMBA). Applications from candidates with international experience (studying or working) will be given priority.

❱ | Candidates must have middle or top manage-ment experience.

❱ | Candidates must commit to developing a short research proposal (5 to 10 pages) by the end of year 1 to be validated by an Academic quality committee composed of MBS Faculty members.

DURATION

❱ | The DBA is designed for professionals, effec-tively minimising the time required away from work to receive a professional doctorate. The program can be completed in 3 years.

LANGUAGE

❱ | Classes will be taught both in Chinese and in English (translated into Chinese).

THE PROGRAM’S MANAGEMENT TEAM

DR DAVID ROUBAUD (PhD)Deputy Director General, Academic Affairs & Research Montpellier Business SchoolDBA Director

DR CYRIL FOROPON (PhD)Director of the IMPROVE Institute, Montpellier Business School DBA Coordinator

DR ELSA KASSARDJIAN (PhD)Head of Research Development, Montpellier Business School DBA AdministratorM

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