ACTING BEYOND KNOWLEDGE

REACHING
FOR
THE TOP

DOCTORATE OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

Think
differently
Today’s world is interconnected
in its ethnicities, geopolitics, innovation
mechanisms, and wealth distribution
models as well as being diverse
in its resources, beliefs and ideologies.
The 20th century established world
centers of gravity, in terms of politics,
business, finance, and political influence,
are tilting. Complexity has become
the key word.

Enrolling in the PSB Paris School

of Business DBA is one of the best
decisions you will ever make.
In our program, you will develop
outstanding quality research with
strong business impact that will allow
you to deal efficiently with complexity
and set you apart from the competition.
The methods we teach, our focus on
research for practice, our high-level
faculty coming from the academic
and corporate world, will definitely help
you make a huge leap forward in
your career.

Josse ROUSSEL
Academic Dean
of the DBA Program

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 Located in the heart of Paris, PSB Paris School
of Business welcomes 3,900 students to its
Campus Cluster Paris Innovation, totaling over
500 international students, 98 permanent faculty
members, and 174 partner universities.

Member of the Conférence des Grandes Écoles,

EFMD (European Foundation for Management
Development) and AACSB, the School is part of
the most prestigious higher education institutions
in France. If you are looking to boost your career
and to bring economic and social value to the
international business community, then PSB Paris
School of Business is the school for you.

• Founded in 1974
• A complete range of programs,
• from Bachelor to DBA
• AMBA accredited masters
• in the Grande École Program
• 3,900 students
• 100+ nationalities
• 68 research professors
• 5 cross-disciplinary research chairs
• 350 articles in the media since 2015
• 1,380 scientific contributions since 2010

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Patrons
PSB Paris School of Business patrons
are international personalities known
for their work in politics and economics.
Their support contributes to the school’s
excellence. In 2014, the school was
honored to welcome Anne Hidalgo,
Mayor of Paris, to inaugurate the new
Campus Cluster Paris Innovation.

Other patrons include:

• Jacques Chirac : Former President
of France
• Manuel Valls: Former Prime Minister
of France
• François Fillon: Former Prime Minister
of France
• Pierre Moscovici: Former Minister
of Finance in France, European
Commissioner at EU
• François Hollande: Former President
of France
• Rachida Dati: Former Minister
of Justice
• Jean-Michel Fauvergue: Former
Head of RAID, «Recherche, Assistance,
Intervention, Dissuasion»
• Pierre Gattaz: President
of the Mouvement des Entreprises
de France (MEDEF)
• Rama Yade: Former French Secretary
of Human Rights

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 Your best career choice
ever
The decision to pursue a doctorate degree is one of the most important
decisions a person can ever make. The DBA program is a fully-fledged
Doctoral degree, but contrary to the Ph.D., there is a focus
on professional experience. The program will give you the necessary
tools to contribute to production and dissemination of the applied science
in the areas of management and business administration through
a rigorous and tailormade coaching by our doctoral faculty.

The DBA experience challenges you to sharpen your critical

and analytical expertise. You will develop your research skills to become
an expert in your field with a proven ability to think outside of the box.
The program is designed to fit the demanding lifestyle of executives
and professionals, meaning that you can take your career to the next level
whilst maintaining a healthy work-life balance.

Excellence through
research
The Research Department allows PSB to achieve its mission of conducting,
coordinating, publishing, and disseminating research that adds value
to managers. The Research Lab is the backbone of the school’s
pedagogical excellence. It is made up of academics that generate
collaborative applied business research across a range of disciplines
and industries.

The four research chairs are based on the main challenges of our times:
Energy, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Digital Data Design. Whilst
research irrigates teaching and enriches student learning, it in turn
facilitates communication and co-working with leading companies
carrying out their own research.

Digital resources

EBSCO offers a broad range of full text and bibliographic databases

designed for research. Subject areas include: academic, economic,
business, biomedical, government, school, and many other subjects.

CYBERLIBRIS is the first pluridisciplinary community driven digital library

dedicated to business schools and engineering schools.

PSB LIBRARY references all the works and books available at school.
The students have acces to the Paris American library.

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 3 100%
year program in English

APPLIED
RESEARCH
tailored to your background and career goals

FLEXIBLE
SCHEDULE
to fit the needs
of high-flying professionals

TAILOR MADE
COACHING
and high level
of supervisory support

INTERNATIONAL
faculty of academics
and leading professionals

Dina RADY
From Egypt,

“
DBA Graduate
Manager, Blom Bank, Egypt

Pursuing the Doctorate of Business Administration

was a crucial step in my life. Firstly, it paved the way
to investigating sophisticated problems that need
advanced exploration techniques and skills to reach
innovative solutions. Secondly, it also opens the door
to becoming part of scientific developers
and innovators instead of only the beneficiary
of solutions drafted by others. The DBA program also
affected my personal life, resulting in improved
personal skills in terms of analyzing, criticizing
and decision-making. PSB Paris School of Business
enjoys a unique position and an unparalleled academic
reputation in the western world, with a large number
of leading scholars working in their respective fields. ”

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 Academic excellence
applied
to Business
The PSB Paris School of Business teaching staff is known for its
academic excellence and pedagogical level. Essentially “permanent”
and committed to educational reflection, our professors (most of them
researchers) hold doctoral degrees and/or degrees from the best French
and English-speaking universities, French elitist grande école or foreign
business schools. Our tenured professors’ research work feeds the daily
educational activities and corporate involvement of the school.

4 Study and Research Field

Depending on the focus of their research, students will benefit from
a supervisory support from our highly qualified faculty. Our doctoral
faculty is broken down in four tracks.

Dr. Jean-Marc LEHU

Head of the Marketing DBA Track
MARKETING jm.lehu@psbedu.paris

Preparing a DBA at PSB Paris School of Business with a marketing

specialization implies that you are ready to think and act part scientist,
part creative, and then see marketing as a holistic transversal academic
discipline / business function. Your thesis will have to reflect this state
of mind, conceptualizing, structuring and arguing rigorously your ideas,
but also propose an original and creative subject leading to concrete
scientific and professional added value, in the marketing field.
Marketing is a very open-minded discipline, offering you the possibility
to challenge bold new insights, to defy conventional thoughts with
original approaches, always with a strict academic methodology
and obvious business usefulness purpose.

Dr. Josse ROUSSEL

ECONOMICS Dean of the Executive DBA
Head of the Economics & Finance
& FINANCE DBA Track
j.roussel@psbedu.paris

Research questions focusing on economics are numberless: labor costs

and offshoring, trade deals and offshoring, lobbying and public policy ;
comparative advantage theory and industry specialization, monetary
policy and the business cycle... The study of Finance addresses
the ways in which individuals, business entities and other organizations
allocate resources over time.
At PSB Paris School of Business, a specialization in finance includes
but is not limited to a survey of empirical and theoretical research
in investments and portfolio management, corporate finance, corporate
governance, behavioral finance, monetary policy on capital markets.

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 Olivier LAMOTTE
INTERNATIONAL Head of the International
Business DBA Track
BUSINESS o.lamotte@psbedu.paris

Business is borderless. Firms are competing globally for financial,

human, environmental resources and access to markets. Nowadays,
top managers are required to understand and contribute
to the knowledge of doing international business. To stay out
of the mass of MBA graduates, developing extra abilities to explore
international markets and business in a multicultural landscape is a key.
The DBA opens you a wide range of activities from collecting data,
analyzing it, to communicating your thoughts and results to a business
audience. The DBA covers topics from global strategy as well as
financial and marketing management. The elective courses allow
participants to deepen their knowledge in their research topic about
International Business.

STRATEGIC
MANAGEMENT, David VERSAILLES
CORPORATE Head of the Strategic
Management, Corporate Strategy
STRATEGY & Innovation Studies DBA Track
dw.versailles@psbedu.paris
& INNOVATION
STUDIES
Global firms and SMEs have to redefine their ways and their roles
in the management of technology, innovation processes, and resources
orchestration. New managerial practices also have to adapt to
the emergence of the so-called “Millenials” while most traditional
concerns remain just as pertinent and pressing today: productivity,
labor problems, cost containment, and new product development.
The demand for research is also driven today by rapid and continuous
change in the economy, as well as the always increasing importance
of open innovation models. The suggested research fields can range
under three main fields: management of technology and of innovation;
corporate strategy and management of resources; corporate
governance and the governance of ecosystems.

Brahim GRHIBI
From Canada, DBA Graduate
Government and Public Affairs International Director,

“
Alcatel-Lucent

The Doctorate of Business Administration program at PSB Paris School

of Business is an excellent opportunity for personal development and growth.
It is ideal for experienced executives who want to become Doctors
of Business by conducting a range of research methods and techniques
to address real complex international business topics. The program
encourages creativity, analytical and critical thinking, while at the same time
helping candidates develop further their strategic knowledge and problem
solving skills. Finally, the curriculum and structure of the program is well
adapted to the busy schedule and demanding lifestyle of professionals
and executives. ”

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 Curriculum
& Schedule
During the three year program, you will receive
continuous supervisory support from a dedicated
faculty member who is an expert in your field
of research. Your supervisor will provide advice
and guidance throughout the program. The first
and second year Seminars and Workshops will
all be held on campus in Paris. The third year
seminars are offered in Paris. The development
of your research and thesis will be carried out
at a distance.

801: Introduction to research methods

at the Doctoral level
802: Philosophical approaches to management
research and data collection techniques
803: Advanced quantitative methods
804: Advanced qualitative methods
805: Negotiating access to data
and research ethics
806: Preparing the Field Research
807: Preparing the defense workshop
808: Preliminary defense
809, 810: Preparing the final defense workshops

April Intake

Year 1
Session 1: 801 + 802 (6 days/48 hours) - April.
803 (3 days /24 hours) - May.
Session 2: 804 + 805 (5 days/40 hours) -
September. Joint Faculty.
Year 2
Session 3: 806 + 807 + 808 (5 days/40 hours) -
July. PSB Faculty.
Year 3
Session 4: 809 (4 days/32 hours) - July.
Session 5: 810 (1day) - Thesis Defence.

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 Admissions
Once you send your application, the Admissions Team will
screen it to verify your eligibility for the program. If eligible,
an interview will be scheduled for you with the Dean of
the program. The interview is conducted on campus in Paris
or by telephone/Skype for international candidates.

The Jury of Admissions will release your admission result

within one to three weeks after your interview with
the Dean of the program.

Admission Criteria:
A- Candidates must have an MBA or Master degree
or equivalent from recognized institutions.
B- Candidates must have at least three years of work
experience at managerial level.
C- Candidates must have a thorough command of written
and spoken English. English level: 6.0 IELTS or equivalent.

Content in this brochure is subject to change, and in no case should

this documentation constitute a legally binding agreement.
More details about programs including tuition fees available on
www.psbedu.paris/en

FAQ
Can I apply to the program if I do not yet have a concrete idea
for my research topic?
Yes, you may still apply. The Dean of the program will
advise you about your chosen theme and assist you
in finding a sustainable research topic.

Which research topics are accepted?

All topics are accepted as long as your research
is connected to management. Previous students have
completed research in a variety of fields such as HR,
finance, marketing, organizational behavior, international
business and strategy.

Is the DBA program appropriate for professionals with

full-time employment?
Yes, the program is structured to accommodate the busy
schedules of full-time professionals through a series of
intensive seminars and distance learning over the 3 years.

What steps can I take if I am unable to complete the program

in 3 years?
It is possible to extend the duration for an extra semester
or even an extra year with no additional tuition fee.

What are the tuition fee payment options for the program?
You may settle your tuition fee for the program in several
installments over the 3 years.
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