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Executive DBA Executive Doctorate of Business Administration 2021-2025
GIVE YOUR PASSION AND EXPERTISE A VOICE
Table of Contents
Welcome ................................................................................................................................................................... 3
Introduction ............................................................................................................................................................... 5
The Executive Doctorate of Business Administration (E-DBA) ................................................................................ 5
What do you need to apply to the École des Ponts E-DBA program?...................................................................... 6
Curriculum................................................................................................................................................................. 8
How is the Executive DBA program designed?......................................................................................................... 9
Year 1 - Learning Lab and Research Methods........................................................................................................ 10
New program features: Futures Literacy, Doctoral Proposal Symposium, Subject-Matter Expert Workshop......... 11
Year 2 and beyond - The path to success............................................................................................................... 12
Doctoral Writing Labs............................................................................................................................................... 12
The E-DBA Project: Innovative in form, effective in timeframe ............................................................................... 14
Language ............................................................................................................................................................... 15
Duration................................................................................................................................................................... 15
Accreditation ........................................................................................................................................................... 15
Research Resources .............................................................................................................................................. 16
E-DBA Cohort 2020-2024 - Examples of Research Focus Areas........................................................................... 17
E-DBA Cohort 2020-2024 - Demographics............................................................................................................. 18
E-DBA Cohort of 2021-2025 (next intake) - Schedule of Modules and Location.................................................... 19
E-DBA Faculty......................................................................................................................................................... 20
E-DBA Program Management ................................................................................................................................ 22
Research Interests and Initiatives .......................................................................................................................... 26
Reserach Aims and Challenges ............................................................................................................................. 26
Labs and Research Centers ................................................................................................................................... 27
Admissions and Fees ............................................................................................................................................. 28
Admissions Process ............................................................................................................................................... 28
Tuition fees ............................................................................................................................................................. 29
Financing ................................................................................................................................................................ 30
Women in Corporate Governance Scholarship ...................................................................................................... 31
Executive DBA Program 1
2
WELCOME Thank you for considering our E-DBA program. I am
convinced that we have created an amazing doctoral
program – a program uniquely adapted to our times and
the challenges of working professionals looking to upskill
themselves, establish their own unique expertise and voice,
and prepare themselves for the next chapters of their lives
and careers.
Our objective is to make this program your stepping-stone
to exciting new professional opportunities and personal
pride.
We truly hope you have a life-changing experience, that the
program inspires you to new heights, depths and insights,
that we share similar values, and that you enjoy joining the
École des Ponts Business School family!
We have made some tweaks this year to further improve
the program and provide new tools, templates, workshops
and methodologies to help our participants complete the
program more efficiently, and to provide new skills that will
help our graduates future-proof their careers.
May you encounter joy, success, learning
and passion in your doctoral endeavor.
Professor Alon Rozen,
Dean, École des Ponts Business School
Executive DBA Program 3
OVERVIEW 4
The Executive Doctorate
of Business Administration (E-DBA)
The Executive DBA is a professional doctoral degree (also referred to as a “terminal
degree”) for experienced executives who wish to pursue a degree beyond the MBA,
Executive MBA, or other advanced professional degree (e.g. MSc or LLB). In essence,
typical E-DBA candidates seek to:
1. formalize, structure, and share their expertise;
2. learn to conduct high-level research to ground their practice in theory;
3. move into a senior consulting role that requires recognized expertise;
4. gain teaching opportunities at renowned business schools and universities;
5. attract professional speaking opportunities in the area of expertise;
6. ensure credibility as a manager of graduate degree holders (e.g. MBA, MSc);
7. fill executive management, consulting, and/or governance roles;
8. work in areas that require doctoral level of mastery based on experience rather
than theory;
9. speak and write with increased authority and confidence in both professional and
academic settings; and
10. be globally-recognized as a subject-matter expert in a well-defined and relevant
area of expertise.
The E-DBA is a doctoral level, research-based qualification, designed to contribute
to the enhancement of interdisciplinary professional practice in management,
as well as to the formalization of knowledge, using information and methods
gathered via the practice of one’s career. This formalization often includes the
application or development of theoretical frameworks, methods, and techniques,
which emphasizes best practices or novel applications of theories to business
practices (rather than the creation and testing of theory in PhD programs).
Executive DBA Program 5
What do you
need to 1
apply to the
Professional experience and
École des an “area of expertise”
Ponts E-DBA E-DBA applicants must have a minimum
program?
of 10 years of professional experience and
notable managerial experience. In order
to qualify for the E-DBA, an applicant must
have an identifiable “area of expertise” which
is linked to professional experience and/or
academic background. Doctoral research
must build on or extend the existing area
of expertise, and one should not pursue an
E-DBA with the idea of developing a new
area of expertise not linked to an existing
area of expertise.
According to the
MINIMUM OF
Association of MBAs
(AMBA), our international 10 YEARS
accrediting body, the OF PROFESSIONAL
purpose of an E-DBA is EXPERIENCE
to allow candidates to:
1. Contribute to
the enhancement
of transdisciplinary 3. Develop
professional practice scholarship
in management. through
business
management
research.
2. Undertake business
management research.
4. Solve real and unique business problems through the
application of research, scholarship and critical thinking.
6
2 3
Masters-level Qualities
education Typically, the E-DBA applicant has professional expertise as well as an
Applicants will already have an MBA, academic leaning. The applicant is an experienced business manager
Executive MBA, or other advanced or subject matter expert who would like to frame and formalize his/her
professional or academic degree such as knowledge, methods and experience, in order to communicate them to a
an MSc or LLB. Applicants with a doctoral wider audience. Many E-DBA applicants seek to leverage their expertise
degree (PhD, EdD, DBA), PhD ABDs and in a related or emerging area to evolve in step with their sector and/or the
those who have started doctoral programs broader market. In this case, candidates must demonstrate how the focus
elsewhere can apply for transfer credit to of their research intersects with and capitalizes on their existing area(s) of
the program, depending on recency and expertise.
content of validated doctoral course work.
The E-DBA is tailored for those individuals who have gained valuable
Business-level English proficiency is knowledge through their professional experiences and who are now
required for doctoral program coursework. reflecting upon what they have learned formally and informally. Often
However, doctoral candidates may applicants seek to ground their practical knowledge in academic best
later choose to write their dissertation practices and theoretical frameworks. Others are motivated by the desire
in the language of their choice to share their knowledge in a practical and effective way, in order to further
(see page 15). establish themselves as experts in their field. The objective of our E-DBA
is to help participants ground their practice in theory and demonstrate how
theory works in practice. The profile of applicants is therefore different
from that of most PhD programs. In other words, we are looking for
“thinkers who do” and for “doers who think”.
Applicant Objectives
Despite leading busy lives, one of the key objectives that motivates
applicants to join our E-DBA program is the desire to be intellectually
challenged in a meaningful way, thus contributing significantly to creating a
wide range of career opportunities.
The E-DBA degree gives graduates the unique opportunity to add the
title “doctor” to their curriculum vitae which in turn can lead to many
opportunities – speaking engagements, teaching in undergraduate and
graduate programs, expertise-based consulting opportunities, roles in
governance, and more.
For many managers, the E-DBA gives them the ability to lead more
efficiently and differentiate themselves from the Master’s-level staff they
manage. The E-DBA often opens opportunities for corporate governance
(e.g. board member) and strategic roles (C-suite).
Many E-DBA graduates discover the attraction of conducting serious
research and writing/publishing practical and theoretical articles that can
allow them to do a “deep dive” into their area of interest and to establish
recognized expertise and credibility. Thus, the E-DBA is also appropriate
for applicants interested in pursuing research-oriented opportunities and
endeavors in the future.
Executive DBA Program 7
CURRICULUM
How is the Executive DBA program designed?
Rest assured our unique E-DBA program was designed especially for
full-time working professionals! We recognize that many professionals
would like to pursue a terminal degree like the DBA but the real-life
constraints that most people have makes that very challenging. So
we focused our initial and ensuing program design on how to offer
a professional doctorate that maximizes learning while effectively
minimizing the time required away from home and work.
The program is thus designed to be completed on average in three
years*, although most doctoral students are expected to complete the
program within four years.
8The program comprises two phases:
Doctoral Doctoral
Student Candidate
Phase Phase
The first year of the program The second and third years of the program are dedicated to
is dedicated to Doctoral Doctoral Research and the writing of the Doctoral Project.
Coursework: Research At the end of this phase, doctoral candidates are invited to
Methods, Learning and Futures defend their research in a Viva Voce (oral defense). Upon
Literacy Labs, Writing Labs validation of the Doctoral Project and a successful Viva
and Workshops. Voce, doctoral candidates are awarded the E-DBA degree.
The following diagram details both phases and sets out
the typical timeline to completion of the program
1 2 3 4
Doctoral Student Status Doctoral Candidate Status
YEAR 1 YEAR 2 YEAR 3 YEAR 4
Coursework Doctoral Doctoral Graduation
Research Research
4 Residential Weeks in
Paris which include: • Doctoral Project • 3rd Doctoral paper
• 4 Research Modules definition • Doctoral Project
• 1 Learning Lab
• Supervisor attribution accepted
• 2 Writing Workshops
• 1st and 2nd Doctoral • Viva Voce (doctoral
• 1 Futures Literacy Lab
papers defense)
• 1 Doctoral Proposal
Workshop & Symposium • Doctoral Writing Labs • Doctoral Writing Labs
* Under some circumstances, typically for PhDs, DBAs or those transferring from another
doctoral program, the program may be completed in as little as 2 years.
Executive DBA Program 9Year 1
Learning Lab, Research Methods & Workshops
The first year consists of four full-week Residential Sessions taking place in Paris.
Learning Lab Research Methods Modules: Helping
thinkers to ground practice in theory
The program starts with a “Learning Lab” The research methods modules have been designed to ensure that
designed and led by Maurizio Travaglini, practitioners are able to complement the experience acquired through
the founder of the world-renowned their practice with the application of qualitative, quantitative, and mixed
Architects of Group Genius*. The research methods. In other words, to ground their practice in a wide
key takeaways from this Lab include an range of theoretical constructs, concepts, frameworks, best practices, as
identified area of expertise, a well-defined well as recent and seminal research.
research focus (although that can and will
change for some), and the establishment From developing problem statements and purposes of the papers to
of a Brain Trust that will ensure that the writing literature reviews, and to designing and implementing various
doctoral journey is not a lonely journey. research survey methods (e.g. interviews, questionnaires, focus groups,
The Lab helps doctoral students to think and statistical analysis), these course modules are designed to ensure
critically about what they want to achieve that the significance and value of the participant’s qualified and quantified
with their E-DBA, to reflect on the nature practice are robust and respect the international rigors of the scientific
of their expertise and the impact they method.
would like their work to have in a larger
professional setting. In other words, it is The research methods modules are offered in a progressive manner from
a meta-thinking lab. The Brain Trusts are introduction to the dissertation, and for all intent and purposes should be
a key element of the program by which taken in order. In addition, each research methods course paves the way
each participant is paired with a small for a smooth transition to the E-DBA doctoral project.
peer group of 2-3 doctoral students who
will work together to support each other To increase the time-efficiency of the program, it is designed such that
throughout the program. the final assignment required for each research methods module can
be used as the basis for one of the three articles that will constitute their
Each Residential Session includes a doctoral project.
research methods module.
The four Research Modules include:
* For more information: www.architectz.eu
• Introduction to Research Methods
• Qualitative Research Methods
• Quantitative Research Methods
• Case Study Methods
10Introduced in 2020
Based on participant feedback, we have completely
redesigned the final Residential Session of the program.
The week begins with a workshop on defining your
Doctoral Proposal which is followed by a Lab dedicated
to Futures Literacy. This Lab equips participants with
an effective way to think about the future – their own
and especially that of their sector/industry/activity. This
should help participants to ensure that their research
effectively addresses the emerging and adjacent future
of their area of expertise, and gives them a new skillset
that is immediately actionable in their companies.
This final week of coursework concludes with a
half-day “Doctoral Proposal Symposium” in which
each participant will present their doctoral proposal to all
The second and third residential sessions also include
classmates and the faculty so that everyone knows what
Doctoral Writing Labs to help participants progress
everyone else is working on, and can help to provide
towards the completion of their papers while in the
contacts, supervision, ideas for collaboration, sources of
coursework portion of the program and to ensure
inspiration, articles, feedback, etc. A celebratory cocktail
that they are comfortable writing in a more academic
closes Phase 1 of the program.
style (something that is not intuitive for everyone).
Participants will be guided step-by-step in these
Once all courses and labs from Phase 1 of the program
learning-by-doing workshops that are intended to help
are completed, the path to success includes a change
complete the final assignment of the research methods
of status from “doctoral student” to “doctoral candidate”
course that precedes it. The objective is to ensure
(the research and writing segment of the program).
that participants do not leave the Residential Session
A blockchain-based certificate attesting to this status will
without being clear about how to proceed with their
be issued to all doctoral candidates at this time.
work and without having made significant progress
towards completing their course requirements.
New workshop in 2021
Becoming an Industry-Recognized Subject Matter Expert (SME)
In 2021, we will be introducing a new workshop for E-DBA participants to help all future graduates establish their expertise
and become known as thought leaders. This step-by-step workshop will inspire, motivate and prepare graduates to obtain
recognition and visibility.
Using the V-SCATE model (Vision, Strategy, Communications platform, Abstracts, Themes and Execution), the workshop
will define the Vision of what type of Subject Matter Expert (SME) the participant will become, and outlines a methodology
to get that objective.
As part of the Communications component of the workshop, social media themes and creating a personal branding action
plan will be covered. Participants will also be given resources for social media posting, securing speaking engagements
and public relations opportunities. This is a toolkit for E-DBA graduates to prepare for life after graduation, to identify their
thought leadership position and establishing themselves as SMEs.
Executive DBA Program 11Year 2
and beyond
The path to success
Once all Research Methods modules and Labs have been validated, the doctoral student becomes
a doctoral candidate.
After the doctoral research proposal has been accepted and validated, each doctoral candidate
is matched with a doctoral supervisor for their doctoral project according to the research interests
of the doctoral candidate and/or the nature of their papers (qualitative, quantitative, mixed, case
study, integrative literature review, dissertation, etc.).
Depending on the format of the doctoral project (refer The program is designed for participants to complete
to page 14 to see the 3 options offered), this process it from start to finish in three to four years on average.
is repeated for each paper until the completion of the Overall, we have intentionally designed an innovative
doctoral project. For some candidates, one supervisor program that offers a smoother path to completion
will supervise all three papers, for others it may be more than most doctoral programs, in addition to original,
appropriate to have a different supervisor for every interactive and reflective Learning Lab elements unique
paper. to our program.
Each doctoral supervisor, through regular monthly The final degree of the E-DBA program is awarded by
meetings, will mentor candidates, guide them to École des Ponts ParisTech (www.enpc.fr), the mother
complete their doctoral project and help them to school of École des Ponts Business School – one of
develop and defend their research. France’s leading Grandes Ecoles, with a reputation of
being one of the world’s most prestigious schools.
Once the doctoral project has been accepted, doctoral
candidates will defend their work during an oral defense
(Viva Voce). After the candidate has passed the Viva,
he/she is bestowed the title of Doctor. Doctoral Writing Labs
In addition to Year 1 Doctoral Writing Labs, doctoral
candidates can take refresher writing labs from Year 2
onwards.
The purpose of the Labs is to help candidates advance
effectively on their definitive doctoral papers.
12Learning Futures
Lab Literacy
Lab
A reflexive and interactive Learn to think about the future
learning experience effectively
École des Ponts Business School has, with For this Lab, École des Ponts Business
with Architects of Group Genius*, co- School has joined forces with Riel Miller,
designed a doctoral experience that cannot the head of UNESCO’s Futures Literacy
be found elsewhere. unit to co-design a doctoral experience that
leverages the future to impact the thinking
The program includes a Doctoral Learning and research of doctoral participants.
Lab (“LL”) during which doctoral students
explore the contours of the doctoral journey, Futures Literacy is a capability that can
define and explore their own “practice” be developed to help people to better
(area of expertise), understand how to understand the role that the future plays in
create and effectively work in “brain trusts” what they see and do, in how business and
(groups of peers to support them through society evolve. Participants will become
their journey), and identify the areas where more skilled at ‘using-the-future’, more
their work can create the most impact for ‘futures literate’ and, as a result, are able
their careers and society. to learn to imagine the future for different
reasons and in different ways. Thinking in
The Learning Lab also allows all doctoral terms of possible futures and probable
students to gain important insight into futures can also help shape the research
the intended doctoral work of the other efforts for those wanting to be ahead of the
participants, and lays the foundation for curve or place themselves at the forefront
significant peer support throughout the of their industry.
program.
* For more information: www.architectz.eu *F
or more information:
https://en.unesco.org/themes/futures-literacy
Executive DBA Program 13The E-DBA Project: Innovative in form,
effective in timeframe
Following validation of the four Research Methods Modules, the two Doctoral Writing
Labs, the two Labs, and the accepted submission of a doctoral Research Proposal,
doctoral candidates must complete their Doctoral Project.
As the program aims to accommodate a wide range of backgrounds and objectives,
we have tried to make the doctoral project as flexible as possible. Three primary
options are recommended:
OPTION 1 - 3 ARTICLES
Article 1 Article 2 Article 3
OPTION 2 - THEMED BOOK
Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Conclusions
Introduction & Implications
- Article - Article - Article for Practice
OPTION 3 - DISSERTATION
Thesis / Dissertation
Option 1: Three articles
OPTION 1 - 3 ARTICLES
3 articles, preferably on a similar theme.
The format of each article can be chosen among the following:
• Integrative Literature Review (recommended),
• Research Article,
• Action Research Article,
• Teaching Case, and/or
• Embedded Case Study.
Length: 3 x 30+ pages.
OPTION 2 - THEMED BOOK
Apply Option 1 with a common theme for all three articles, with the addition of an
Introduction, Conclusions and Implications for Practice.
Length: 100+ pages.
OPTION 3 - DISSERTATION
A classic dissertation in 5 chapters.
Length: 100+ pages.
No matter the option chosen, all papers should be of publishable quality.
14Language Duration
The labs and research modules are conducted in English and The program has been designed to enable the majority of
require business-level English proficiency. In order to encourage participants to complete the program within three years. The
a multicultural approach to the E-DBA program and broaden the minimum time estimated to complete the program is two years
scope of participants and program output, doctoral papers may for special cases (PhDs, PhD ABDs, DBAs, researchers,
be written in the language of the doctoral candidate’s choice on transfer students...) and the average expected duration for
the condition that they are accompanied by official translations busy working professionals is four to five years. The maximum
of the original works into English. Generating papers in a wide duration allowed is seven years.
range of languages will facilitate the publication of many doctoral
papers and ensure their inclusion in the École des Ponts Business Tuition covers the first four years of courses and doctoral
School International Case Study Center (forthcoming), and supervision. At the end of the fourth year, ungraduated
the École des Ponts Business School Practitioner Journal participants will be asked to confirm their commitment via a
(forthcoming). maintenance of matriculation fee.
Any request for exemption to the duration policy must be
Accreditation discussed with the E-DBA Program Director.
The École des Ponts Business School E-DBA program is
accredited by the International Association of MBAs (AMBA).
The École des Ponts Business School is also a proud member of
the Executive DBA Council (EDBAC).
Executive DBA Program 15Research Resources
15,000
Doctoral students will receive access to the extensive
online resources of the École des Ponts ParisTech, the
mother school of the business school.
Our participants gain access to the cutting-edge Library ONLINE JOURNALS
and Learning Center of École des Ponts ParisTech,
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called La Source, located on the main campus in the
east of Paris. With 20 staff members, the learning
center offers more than 100,000 printed documents
and most importantly, a wide array of online resources, DATABASES
available through the school’s extranet.
12,000
E-BOOKS
In addition, École des Ponts is a world-famous research institution representing:
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12 LABORATORIESRESEARCH RESEARCH FACULTY
632 532
RANK A PUBLICATIONS DOCTORAL
IN 2015 CANDIDATES AND
POST-DOCTORAL
RESEARCH FELLOWS
16E-DBA Cohort 2020-2024
Examples of Research Focus Areas
Digital leadership in the
Spiritual intelligence
post-pandemic age
Competitiveness and evidence-based Digitalization of healthcare
investment decisions supply chains
Disruption in education Business for good vs. performance
Spiritual leadership and Behavioral economics
organizational innovation and artificial intelligence
ESG metrics and transformation
Cultural intelligence
of the value chain
Leadership development and
Sustainability in a post-Covid world
organizational psychology
Organizational resilience Conversational commerce
Intra-entrepreneurship and
corporate innovation
Education as a positive force
Digital industry and SDGs
Executive DBA Program 17E-DBA Cohort 2020-2024 - Demographics
Nationalities Gender
Canada 8%
France 8%
Finland
Germany
4%
4%
58% Male
42%
Female
Hong Kong 4%
India 12%
Ireland 4%
Switzerland 4%
Italy 4%
Korea
Professional Background
4%
Lebanon 4%
Consulting 38%
Morocco 15% Education 12%
Nigeria 4% Finance/Banking/Insurance 8%
South Africa 4% Healthcare/Pharma 19%
Pakistan 4% IT/Technology 15%
Taiwan 4% Manufacturing 8%
United Arab Emirates 4%
United Kingdom 4%
United States 4%
Work Experience
10 years 4%
17
11 to 15 years 23%
16 to 20 years 35%
Average Years 21 to 25 years 35%
More than 31 4%
18SCHEDULE
2021-2025 Executive DBA Schedule for Year 1
Dates* &
Session Duration
Residential Session 1 24-31 October 2021
Orientation and Introduction
Learning Lab Monday to Sunday
Introduction to Research Methods
Residential Session 2 February 2022*
Qualitative Research Methods
Sunday to Saturday
Doctoral Writing Lab 1
Residential Session 3 June 2022*
Quantitative Research Methods
Sunday to Saturday
Doctoral Writing Lab 2
Residential Session 4 October 2022*
Doctoral Proposal workshop
Research and Teaching Case Development
Futures Literacy Lab Sunday to Sunday
Doctoral Proposal Symposium
Becoming an “Industry-Recognized Subject Matter Expert” workshop (new)
Class hours are typically 9 am to 7 pm.
Venue: Doctoral modules will be held at our central Paris Campus, coronavirus
safety measures permitting. For those who cannot travel, the courses will be offered in
hybrid mode (face-to-face in Paris and online otherwise).*
* Exact dates for 2022 to be announced by the end of Q3 2021. Modules, location, delivery mode and schedule are subject to change.
Executive DBA Program 19FACULTY
E-DBA
The E-DBA faculty includes admissions, teaching and dissertation faculty,
supervisors, affiliated experts, as well as our scientific committee, as
detailed further on. Faculty members involved with the academic aspects
of the program hold a doctoral degree from a recognized university and
graduate-level teaching experience in E-DBA, DBA or PhD programs,
and/or international senior business/consulting experience. Naturally,
E-DBA faculty members have appropriate academic and/or practitioner
publications in their respective fields.
Admissions Faculty Teaching Faculty
Admissions faculty members are Teaching faculty members are responsible for
responsible for validating the applications leading the residential learning sessions. Subject to
of doctoral students for admission, change, faculty include:
including the relevancy of the DBA
research project proposed focus. • Prof. Joseph Santora
• Prof. Duncan Angwin
This includes Dr. Joseph Santora, Director
of the Program; Professor Suman Modwel, • Prof. Maurizio Travaglini
Emeritus Professor at the École des Ponts
• Prof. Annette Craven
Business School and Deputy Director of
the Program, as well as Professor Alon • Prof. Nicholas Harkiolakis
Rozen, Dean of the Business School and • Prof. Conor Carroll
Professor of innovation.
• Prof. Riel Miller
20Doctoral Supervisory Faculty Scientific
Doctoral supervisory faculty members are responsible for supervising
Committee
doctoral candidates throughout the second part of the program. The list of
The Scientific Committee includes faculty
pre-approved doctoral supervisors can be consulted on our website*. Doctoral
members who validate the doctoral
candidates can also propose their own supervisor(s) who will be vetted and
projects of DBA candidates. Members of
briefed by the Program Director.
the Scientific Committee have doctorates
from leading international institutions of
The doctoral supervisors work directly with E-DBA doctoral candidates, in
higher learning. In some cases, members
coordination with the program directors, to guide the three doctoral papers
have the French title of “habilitation
required for the doctoral project. Doctoral supervisors have recent and
à diriger des recherches” (HDR), which
relevant publication experience and mentor doctoral candidates as necessary
means “accreditation to supervise
on each paper both in terms of content (area of expertise) and in form (type
research”. The members of the Scientific
of paper or article).
Committee have published in peer-
Doctoral candidates can work with one supervisor for the entire program or reviewed journals, often peer-review
with up to three different supervisors. Each paper must be accepted by the articles for publication in professional
supervisor, a second reader as well as a program director. journals, are members of journal
editorial boards and supervise doctoral
dissertations. The Scientific Committee
includes:
• Dr Mohan Kumar
• Dr Tawfik Jelassi
• Dr Joseph Santora
• Dr Suman Modwel
* https://pontsbschool.com/programs/e-dba/faculty/
• Dr Dominique Jacquet
Executive DBA Program 2122
PROGRAM
MANAGEMENTExecutive DBA
Program Management
Professor Alon Dr Joseph C. Dr Suman
Rozen, Santora, Modwel, PhD,
PhD (ABD) EdD, Fordham I.E.P. Paris
Professor Alon Rozen is the Dean of the Dr Joseph C. Santora is the (Sciences Po)
École des Ponts Business School and a Executive DBA Program Director and
Dr Suman Modwel is the Emeritus
Professor of Innovation and Management. a distinguished Visiting Professor of
Professor of Business Policy at the
Management at the École des Ponts
He has spent the last ten years at the Ecole des Ponts Business School.
Business School.
school in his administrative and faculty
Formerly in the Indian Administrative
role. He received his MBA degree from Professor Santora published more
Service of India where he participated
the School (class of 1996) and conducted than four dozen refereed articles
in the development process of
his doctoral research on the effects of and teaching cases, and 150 academic
his country both at the district
globalization on the wine market. and practitioner papers, cases,
and national policy-making levels,
book chapters, and reviews in
Dean Rozen has worked closely with the especially in the international trade
several leading academic and
E-DBA expanded team to design a unique policy area as Director General of the
practitioner outlets including Academy
program which leverages the history of Indian Institute of Foreign Trade and
of Management Perspectives, Career
academic excellence of École des Ponts as Chairman of a 50, 000 employee
Development International, Harvard
ParisTech and the pedagogical cutting public sector textile conglomerate.
Business Review Italia, Journal of
edge of École des Ponts Business School. Prior and subsequent research and
Cases in Educational Leadership,
publications focus on international
Journal of Organization & Leadership
Professor Rozen’s work experience economics and trade.
Studies, Journal of Management
includes over 25 years of consulting Development.
for a wide array of businesses, while His responsibilities include teaching
he has been teaching since 1997 at International Economics, Strategic
In recent years, he has received
various business schools in France and Marketing and Trade Policy. He has
several awards for his published
internationally. published more than 30 diverse
paper, some of which are: Highly
books, papers, cases and articles
Commended Paper Award for a co-
He has experience teaching and in these areas. He has supervised
authored paper in DLO (2013) and
researching a wide range of subjects: hundreds of Master’s theses and final
a highly Commended Paper Award
innovation, dynamic business modeling, professional projects for MBA and
Winner at the Emerald Literati (2014).
business agility, systems thinking, E-MBA programs in France, Morocco,
the wine industry, globalization, lean His co-authored paper in Leadership China, India, and Argentina.
and evidence-based entrepreneurship, and Organization Development
business planning and business plan Professor Modwel is a PhD HDR
Journal was listed among the Top Ten
development. (habilitation à diriger des recherches)
Downloaded Articles in the 30-year
from Institut d´Etudes Politiques
history of the journal.
(Sciences Po - Paris).
Executive DBA Program 23Executive DBA
Program Management
Dr Saman Hanna
Sarbazvatan Uusi-Seppä
Dr Saman Sarbazvatan is the Associate Ms Hanna Uusi-Seppä is the Programs
Dean and the Head of Programs and Manager at École des Ponts Business
Instructional Design at École des Ponts School and specializes in accompanying
Business School. He and his team Executive MBA and E-DBA participants
oversee the quality and operations of the by providing tailored pedagogical
School’s programs. support.
He is also the lead professor of Having previously worked for INSEAD in
Technology and Digital Innovation events and marketing, Ms Uusi-Seppä has
tracks, Senior Advisor of Technology a strong background in event and project
and Business Modeling at the Circular management. She holds a Master’s
Economy Research Center (CERC) and Degree in Culture Studies from the
Center for Policy and Competitiveness University of Turku, Finland.
(CPC-Paris, an affiliate of Harvard
Microeconomics of Competitiveness
(MOC) network). Dr Monalisa Panda
Dr Sarbazvatan works on the Dr Monalisa Panda is the Doctoral
convergence of Technology, Economy, Programs Coordinator at École des
and Design for Circular, Progressive, Ponts Business School. She is adept at
Tokenized, and Symbiotic Sustainability coordinating research work in a multi-
Business Modeling, AI, Industry 4.0, cultural environment, accompanying
FinTech, Digital Economy, Blockchain, and participants by providing customized
Crypto Economics, focusing on Social, solutions.
Economic, and Environmental Impact,
Sustainability, Inclusion, and Welfare. She has over ten years of experience in
academic research, technology consulting
and product development for biofuel
and steel industries. Highly experienced
in client relationship management and
industries-academia coordination, she
holds an Executive MBA from École des
Ponts Business School and a PhD in
material science from the University of
Hamburg. She is particularly passionate
about leveraging her skills to create value
for people and society.
24Executive DBA
Program Recruitment
François Blanchet Hina Wadhwa
Mr François Blanchet is the Executive Ms Hina Wadhwa is Director of Admissions
Director of Marketing, Admissions & at École des Ponts Business School
Careers at École des Ponts Business She and her team provide guidance and
School. Over the last few years, École des assistance throughout the application
Ponts Business School has significantly process to prospective Doctoral applicants.
evolved, building on a student-centric
approach, and a strong belief that With over fifteen years of experience
technology and business are the leading in the education industry, Ms Wadhwa
forces which can change our world for the is a fervent believer in lifelong learning
better. and women’s empowerment through
education. She holds an Executive MBA
Mr Blanchet has a passion for professional from ESCP Business School.
and personal development and introduced
executive coaching at École des Part of her mission is to understand
Ponts Business School. He redesigned applicants’ ultimate career goals and
the school’s leadership and career individual assets, and advise them on their
development programs, and also gives educational choices. She also has the
lectures and leads workshops on personal challenging role of selecting and bringing
branding and networking skills. together E-DBA participants from a diverse
range of cultures and backgrounds, key
to an enriching and memorable cohort
experience.
Executive DBA Program 25RESEARCH INTERESTS
AND INITIATIVES
A Tradition of Excellence Research Aims
and Innovation and Challenges
École des Ponts Business School We at École des Ponts Business
descends from a 270-year history of School are leading and supporting
illustrious researchers and inventors. novel research initiatives dedicated
to designing new multidisciplinary
École des Ponts ParisTech, our mother business models.
institution, was the first civil engineering
school in the world, founded in 1747, Our research interests are founded on
and is celebrated for having produced groundbreaking thinking on innovation
inventors such as Louis Vicat, the and entrepreneurship, leadership and
creator of ‘Grey Gold’ (cement) and talent management, circular economy
Philippe Lebon, the first person to and sustainable development,
successfully use artificial gas as a digital transformation and change.
means of large-scale illumination. Transforming those ideas into the best
practices is what is underpinning our
Today, the research tradition continues MBA programs that help individuals and
with increased emphasis on creating organizations perform at their highest
academic-to-business linkages in level to stay ahead of the game in this
research. digital and fast-paced age.
Like our mother school, our business We want to be reactive to the changes
school is committed to fostering an in global markets, international events
environment where ideas can be and shifts in technology, as well as
explored, challenged, shared and to finding the strategies to better
applied. perform in complex and multinational
environments. We focus on the mega-
Thanks to the large number of labs, themes as well as the human and
centers and initiatives, researchers, leadership skills needed to encounter
faculty and doctoral candidates can these shifts and changes.
now pursue an increasing array of
areas of interest.
26Labs and Research
Centers
We are proud to introduce our centers and
labs dedicated to finding new methods
and business ideas on governmental and
social levels, which include the recent
launch of the Circular Economy Research Center for
Center (CERC) and the Center for Policy and
Advanced Studies and Expertise (CASE): Competitiveness
AFRICA. (CPC)
Circular Economy
The Circular Economy Research Center Research Center
(CERC), under the direction of Professor (CERC)
Giorgos Demetriou, is currently developing
dedicated courses, a certificate and an
E-MBA specialized in Circular Economy
Management, as well as Circular Economy
training programs, a Circular Economy
Live Lab, Journal and Expert Network. In
2017, the CERC received five grants from
the European Union for research projects
that will have an impact on the future of
business and the future of society:
CEIoT
(Circular Economy and Internet
of Things)
IDEAL Cities Center for
(Smart Cities + IoT + Circular Economy) Advanced
Leadership (CAL)
I-BiDaaS
(Industrial-Driven Big Data as a
Self-Service Solution)
Center for Advanced
Sutdies & Expertise
SmartShip (CASE): Africa
(Maritime Transport + Circular Economy)
Bio-Phoenix
(Cybersecurity) + Circular Economy)
Research is a foundational part of our
tradition and it is this quest for knowledge
that influences the work we do, our results
and the impact we have in the world.
Executive DBA Program 27ADMISSIONS
AND FEES
Admissions Process
The admissions process for the E-DBA program is online and user-friendly
Connect to the online application on Complete all the required information for each
1 6
our website at https://pontsbschool. section, including your answers to the four essay
com/admission/apply-online/ questions. You may either write your essays
and create an account (sign up). directly on the portal or use your favorite word
Your password will be required every processor then copy and paste each essay into
time you connect to your application. the appropriate field.
2
Check your e-mail and follow the 7
Upload your CV, a scanned copy of your passport,
instructions to verify your registration copies of your graduate-level transcripts and
(within one hour). diplomas, and a professional portrait photo
which will also be used for your school ID.
Sign in and start an application
3 8 You may pay the €150 application fee at any time
for the Executive DBA class of
before you submit your application, via PayPal or
2021-25.
by Credit Card.
You then have access to your application Once you have submitted your application, our
4 9
form with the different sections relative admissions team will contact you to schedule an
to the admissions process – personal, admissions interview, either face-to-face at our
application, experience, references, Paris campus or via video conference.
payment.
Under the ‘references’ section, fill in the 10
After your admissions interview, you will be
5
details of your recommenders. They will contacted with our admissions decision and, if
receive an e-mail inviting them to an applicable, a deadline to accept the admissions
online questionnaire in English which offer.
takes 5-10 minutes to complete. You will
be notified by e-mail when a reference
has been submitted. You can send three
reference requests through the system;
two are mandatory.
28Tuition fees
Tuition fees cover all course
E-DBA tuition materials, Residential Sessions,
fees: €47,000 doctoral supervision and access
to our e-library (notably European
E-DBA tuition fees for Business Source Complete) only.
École des Ponts alumni, All other expenses relative to the
PhD holders or ABD* program including accommodation,
candidates: €36,000 travel, food and entertainment
are at the student’s expense. The
Fees include a “Admissions Confirmation Form”
matriculation fee sent to each accepted participant
of €1,000 per year for details payment conditions and
Years 2, 3 & 4 offers different tuition payment
options (see next page).
Candidates transferring
from other doctoral
programs may qualify Tuition fees cover the normal four-year duration of the program. If
for exemptions from a doctoral candidate has not yet defended his/her doctoral project
some methodology by the end of year 4, an additional €4,700 will be due at the start
modules. of year 5 to maintain matriculation.
Please contact us to
All E-DBA students are expected to complete their E-DBA
inquire about your
program within a five-year period from the start of program.
eligibility and the tuition
fee schemes As a matter of standard policy, if a student is unable to complete
which apply. all graduation requirements – including the three doctoral papers
and viva voce within five years from his/her effective start of the
E-DBA program – he/she will be withdrawn from the program.
*ABD (All But Dissertation) candidates must
provide an official transcript stating the nature of
research methodology courses completed, as well At the end of year 5, if the doctoral candidate has not yet
as a full syllabus including course descriptions. defended his/her doctoral project, only by derogation of the
ABD candidates applying for course exemptions Dean, and under special circumstances, the doctoral candidate
must have completed their coursework in the last
can extend active enrollment status with a matriculation
7-10 years preceding their application. The final
admissions decision will be at the discretion of the
maintenance fee of €5,000 for year 6 and, if necessary, €5500
Director of the E-DBA program. for year 7.
Executive DBA Program 29Financing
Early Bird
rounds
External grants, funding and/or tax Payment
deductions, depending on the country
options
of origin and/or residence, may be
available for the program. In addition,
some doctoral students may be able to
obtain partial or full tuition funding from
their employer. Payment in installments can be arranged with the admissions department for an
additional financing fee.
Participants enrolling early in the
Executive DBA program will benefit from
a Round 1 Early Bird discount of 10% Option A: Option C:
of their tuition fees. To avail of this Early
Bird rate, candidates will need to submit Tuition fees paid upfront upon Tuition fees paid in five installments
their application, take their admissions enrollment (option available for (additional financing fee of €1,000).
interview and return their admissions all enrollments up until 31 August
documents along with their first payment 2021). • 1st installment (non-refundable):
by 31 May 2021 latest (limited to 15 payment of €7,000 upon
seats). Participants are required to submit acceptance of admissions offer.
full payment of tuition fees upon
• 4 installments of 25% of the
Participants enrolling in the second confirmation in order to benefit
remaining tuition fees split over
Early Bird round will benefit from a from an additional 10% financing
18 months.
Round 2 Early Bird discount of 5% of discount.
their tuition fees. To avail of this Early
Bird rate, candidates will need to submit
their application, take their admissions
interview and return their admissions
Option B: Option D:
documents along with their first payment Tuition fees paid upfront, by 11 Tuition fees paid in monthly
by 31 July 2021 latest. October 2021. installments (additional financing
fee of €1,000).
Applicants must pay their first installment • 1st installment (non-refundable):
in order to guarantee their seat on the payment of €7,000 upon • 1st installment (non-refundable):
program. acceptance of admissions offer. payment of €7,000 upon
acceptance of admissions offer.
• The balance amount of the
tuition fees is due by 11 October • 18 installments split over 18
Final application 2021. months.
deadline for
2021 intake:
Some doctoral candidates may also qualify for bank loans from one of our partner
11 October 2021 banks. Special conditions do apply, including local residency or requirement of having
a local guarantor.
Please contact the admissions department for information: info@pontsbschool.com
30École des Ponts Business Hina Wadhwa
School Admissions Director of Admissions:
Department wadhwa@pontsbschool.com
Please contact our Admissions Team for + 33 (0)1 6415 2212
info@pontsbschool.com
any questions or queries
Ready to
start the
admissions process?
https://pontsbschool.com/admission/apply-online/
Scholarships
Expert Advisory Session
If you’d like to discuss your doctoral project as well as
your career options, and verify that you have the right
profile for our Executive DBA, we invite you to book a
In 2019, in order to demonstrate the School’s phone or online meeting with our Admissions Team:
commitment to increasing the representation
of women in corporate governance www.meetme.so/ExpertAdvisorySession
roles, École des Ponts Business School
introduced a new scholarship initiative for
the Women in
the E-DBA program:
Corporate Governance scholarship. Regional Representatives of the
École des Ponts Business School
We are offering women on the leadership
track in their organizations a 10% tuition fee As an alternative to contacting our Admissions Team,
reduction. you may prefer to contact an École des Ponts Business
School Representative located in your region of the
Applicants will have to provide two additional globe. In addition to answering all the questions you
board-level recommendations as well as might have on the program and the school, they can
satisfy all other admissions requirements. also provide you with a local perspective on career
Scholarships are awarded at the discretion of strategy and the array of professional opportunities
the Admissions Faculty. open to Executive DBA graduates.
Morocco: Hong Kong: Singapore:
École des Ponts Business The Hong Kong Management Inixiate
School Africa Association Ms Jo Anne Lee
Mr Younes Sekkouri Mr Vincent Lei joanne@inixiate.com.sg
sekkouri@pontsbschool.com Ms Diana Li
postgrad@hkma.org.hk
Executive DBA Program 31GIVE YOUR PASSION
AND EXPERTISE
Contact:
Tel: +33 (0)1 6415 2212
A VOICE
info@pontsbschool.com
www.pontsbschool.com
Application portal: https://pontsbschool.com/admission/apply-online/
Main campus:
6 et 8 avenue Blaise Pascal
Cité Descartes – Champs-sur-Marne
77455 Marne-la-Vallée cedex 2 - France
Paris Campus:
6 place du Colonel Bourgoin
75012 Paris
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