7 Entrepreneurship and Innovation DBA Degree Programs

This program provides the essential foundations for the creation and evolution of entrepreneurial ventures. Important aspects of launching a business from the starting idea through international growth and expansion are focused on. Other important topics are also touched: planning and marketing besides financial, legal, control, and human elements associated with starting, acquiring, and/or operating a small business. Special considerations associated with running family businesses are to be found too. This program uses the A.P.E.L. (Accreditation Prior Experiential Learning) system. It is addressed to 30 years old Managers, Entrepreneurs, Professionals having at least 5 years of industry experience. A Master's degree or equivalent is required to access the program. The entire course is carried out in Distance Learning.

The DBA in Sustainable Innovation Management is delivered jointly by ICN Business School and the Business Science Institute (BSI), Luxembourg. BSI is an independent institution that brings together international scholars with the aim of developing doctoral-level executive education. The BSI DBA programme is AMBA accredited and ranked #4 in the prestigious DUBAI RANKING of DBA (October 2020). Graduates will receive both a university degree (“diplôme d’université”) of Doctor in Business Administration from Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU) and the title of Executive Doctor in Business Administration from ICN & the Business Science Institute.

The Doctorate in Business Administration at Horizons University is a research doctorate, where students make a contribution to both theory and practice, with a focus on the application of research, to real-life business problems. The DBA in Innovation and Creativity prepares students for leadership positions in global organizations, for careers as independent consultants, and skilled researchers in business-oriented activities.

The innovation management program explores the planning and process behind coming up with ideas, turning them into action plans, and developing them for business until they are enacted. It deals with what is required to "develop new ideas and transform companies," which basically means elements like creativity, development, prioritization, and implementation and how to implement them, for example by launching new products or introducing new internal procedures. Innovation management allows the organization to respond to external or internal opportunities, using creativity to introduce new ideas, procedures, or products. This program uses the A.P.E.L. (Accreditation Prior Experiential Learning) system. It is addressed to 30 years old Managers, Entrepreneurs, Professionals having at least 5 years of industry experience. A Master's degree or equivalent is required to access the program. The entire course is carried out in Distance Learning.

The Executive Doctor of Business Administration (EDBA) program is designed for current and potential business leaders and senior managers, in the private and public sectors to enhance their knowledge and competencies appropriate to a leadership role in business administration. The Executive Doctor of Business Administration (EDBA) program is a research-based degree, but unlike the PhD, the DBA program is intended to engage the student in the application of theoretical knowledge to the advancement of practice in the field. The EDBA is increasingly recognized by international business and management schools as the most appropriate post-MBA (or equivalent master’s degree) route to combining academic research with management and business.

This program is unique as it will assist you right from the start with the identification and development of central doctoral research and international publications in renowned international journals. DBA students can write their dissertations about topics within their companies and industries, or subject areas in Data Analytics, Consulting, Leadership / Management, Health Care, Automotive, Tourism, International Business, Finance, Accounting, Controlling, Human Resource Management, Marketing, (Information) Technology Management, Counseling / Training, Interim Management, Entrepreneurship, Innovation Management, Change Management.

Enhancing business thought-leadership and best-practice in the context of a dynamic continental and global market.