Doctor of Business Administration
DBA
Coordinator
Prof. Nélson António
nelson.antonio@iscte.pt
The DBA effectively applies state of the art knowledge to specific issues in management, enhancing the quality of your decision-making. With this research-based, topic-driven qualification, you, as a manager, will be able to significantly further your professional skills by making effective use of the most suitable conceptual and theoretical frameworks. The DBA is for business graduates with appropriate business and management experience who wish to pursue a doctoral degree while still actively engaged in their professions.
In Portugal there is no better place to come for your DBA than the IBS. As a school, we have been closely linked to the business world since our inception. We actively support applied business research within a stimulating atmosphere. All of our faculty members have held senior business positions, and are highly skilled at linking business practice to real management issues and applied research.
Considering that the programme started in 2006 and that the estimated time for completion is 4 years, 7 students have successfully concluded the programme
Why Choose the DBA at IBS
The IBS DBA offers you a combination of several unique features:
- Our school has a time-honoured reputation of being intimately linked to the business world and we actively support applied business research within a stimulating atmosphere;
- All of our faculty members have held senior business positions, and are highly skilled at linking business practice to real management issues and applied research;
- The programme is specially designed to allow you to continue your professional activity while in the DBA programme; the first year involves no more than 20 residential days, the second year 10, and the following years no more than 5;
- The academic coursework is specifically designed to provide you with the concepts, methodological framework, empirical tools and instruments you need to successfully carry out your research project;
- The programme is designed to promote a strong, cooperative networking environment among DBA students through the exchange of ideas and experiences; this will, in turn act as a crucial contribution to the development of your project and allow you, and your research colleagues, to build and achieve common goals and targets;
- IBS has a solid support infrastructure for applied research in terms of facilities, and data base accessibility.
Curriculum 2013/2014
| Courses | ECTS |
|---|---|
| Advanced Topics in Business Administration I | 6 |
| Research Methods in Business Administration | 6 |
| Qualitative Research Methods in Business Administration | 6 |
| Advanced Topics in Business Administration II | 6 |
| Seminar/Project in Business Administration I |
6 |
| Thesis in Business Administration | 41 |
Advanced Topics in Business Administration I and II
These courses aim to add greater depth to the research topic by giving each DBA student a detailed overview of the frontiers of management. The courses are composed of specially-designed workshops and seminars that convey a solid understanding of state-of-art management and its implications to the field of business. At the end you will have a powerful analytical tool to manage and grow your organization in this world of breakneck change.
Research Methods in Business Administration
Qualitative Research Methods in Business Administration
These courses will provide you with the methodology and quantitative methods and tools you need to formulate and implement your research proposal.
Seminar/Project in Business Administration I
This seminar involves: Discussion of research papers, aimed at training your ability to review relevant literature; relevancy judgment and presentation skills; Presentation of the detailed dissertation project
| Courses | ECTS |
|---|---|
| Organization and Design of the Research Project in Business Administration |
2 |
| Seminar/Project in Business Administration II | 6 |
| Quantitative Research Methods in Business Administration I | 6 |
| Quantitative Research Methods in Business Administration II | 6 |
| Thesis in Business Administration | 44,5 |
Seminar/Project in Business Administration II
Discussion and evaluation of the progress report on your research
| Courses | ECTS |
|---|---|
| Thesis in Business Administration | 44,5 |
Thesis in Business Administration
Year 3 and following - during this time you are developing and completing your dissertation. The normal time period for conclusion of the DBA is from 4 to 5 years, depending on the time each DBA candidate will be able to allot to his or her research project.
The Degree
The DBA effectively applies state of the art knowledge to specific issues in management, enhancing the quality of your decision-making. With this research-based, topic-driven qualification you, as a manager, will be able to significantly further your professional skills by making effective use of the most suitable conceptual and theoretical frameworks.
The DBA is for business graduates with appropriate business and management experience who wish to pursue a doctoral degree while still actively engaged in their professions. The fast-paced, dynamic business world of today calls for leaders with a constantly-evolving knowledge of the business environment and the know-how and flexibility to meet new and often daunting challenges. The DBA gives you the ideal chance to reflect on critical management issues while carrying out in-depth research. If you want to make a contribution to the ideas and practices with research that is interesting and innovative, our DBA is the programme you've been looking for.
Faculty
IBS's faculty has a long-standing tradition of linking research with the business world. In the DBA, the role of the supervisor is crucial to the development of the whole research process. Each candidate admitted to the programme will be assigned a supervisor with relevant business experience who has mastered the concept, scope and objectives of the DBA and who is sensitive to the needs and requirements of the part-time student (which is the case of most DBA students). Most importantly, your research advisor will have a particular interest in the research topic you have chosen.
After your project has been analyzed and the scope and aims of it have become more clearly defined, we often find that joint supervision is the more appropriate approach. In this case we will add another faculty member to the supervisory team in order to respond more effectively to specific issues and topics that the project may involve.
IBS faculty has an outstanding research track record. Our faculty members have published regularly in top international research journals and are active players in advancing the field of finance.
Our full-time faculty includes PhDs from such diverse universities as HEC - Paris (France), Leuven (Belgium), Lausanne (Switzerland) Glasgow, London Business School, Lancaster, Reading and Warwick (UK), Columbia, Carnegie-Mellon, North Carolina, Penn State and Wisconsin (US). They espouse an international outlook and have demonstrated state-of-the art expertise in management. Most of them have had extensive business experience as consultants, board members or senior executives and are committed to education and providing a stimulating environment in which to carry out a successfully planned and executed DBA research project.
Contacts
Programme Director
Prof. Nélson António
Email: nelson.antonio@iscte.pt
If you require any additional information, or want to visit us, please do not hesitate to contact dba.ibs@iscte.pt
International Admissions Office
Email:info.ibs@iscte.pt
Phone: (+351) 217 826 100
Adress
Av. Prof. Aníbal Bettencourt
1600 – 189 Lisbon, Portugal
