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DBA Program

Our program aimed at outstanding managers who want to combine academic rigor and managerial relevance.
duration4 years
languageEnglish
locationBlended
intakeOctober
FormatPart-Time (Blended)
Face-to-Face3 periods in Spain. 2 weeks each period
duration4 years
languageEnglish
locationBlended
intakeOctober
FormatPart-Time (Blended)
Face-to-Face3 periods in Spain. 2 weeks each period

AREAS

DBA program provides students with fundamental knowledge about the science of management with a special focus on research methods, including quantitative/qualitative methods and eight different areas.

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    • KEY RESEARCH AREAS

      • Financial reporting
      • Auditing
      • Management Control
      • Executive Compensation
    • SELECTED RESEARCH QUESTIONS

      • What is the effect of managers’ choices on financial reporting?
    • KEY RESEARCH AREAS

      • Opportunity
      • Informal Businesses
      • Organizational Evolution
      • Decision-Making
      • Investors
      • Innovation
      • Corporate Entrepreneurship
      • Family Firms
      • Social Entrepreneurship
    • SELECTED RESEARCH QUESTIONS

      • What drives entrepreneurial activity by those at the base of the pyramid?
      • How human factors influence the evolution of organizations?
      • How multiple venture signals affect decisions of public investors?
      • What makes corporate innovation efforts successful?
      • How family owners make strategic decisions under uncertainty?
      • How to create a business that successfully achieves both economic performance and social value?
    • KEY RESEARCH AREAS

      • Banking
      • Corporate Finance
      • Financial Market
      • Fintech
      • Funding of Entrepreneurship
      • Real Estate
    • SELECTED RESERCH QUESTIONS

      • How is fintech changing mortgage markets?
      • How can we value intangible investments?
      • How can we develop markets in business angels, venture capital, and crowdfunding for SMEs?
      • What is the market value of liquidity?
      • Do banking crises have cleansing effects?
      • What are the real effects of alternative bankruptcy options?
      • What are the best measures of credit risk in the bond market?
    • KEY RESEARCH AREAS

      • Leadership
      • Careers
      • Blended workforce
      • Power and Influence
      • Team Dynamics
      • Social Networks
      • Organizational Change
      • Regulatory Focus
      • Online Learning
      • Organizational Structure and
      • Processes
      • Managerial Decision Making
      • Ethical Behavior
      • Motivation
      • Emotions
      • Turnover
      • Organizational Performance
    • SELECTED RESEARCH QUESTIONS

      • What are the effects of social mechanisms on learning, worker performance, and employee retention?
      • What are the drivers of top executive career success, and how have top executive careers changed in the past 30 years?
      • What is the effect of online learning technologies and online learning innovations on corporate development practices?
      • How do followers experience organizational change, and how can leaders motivate, engage, and galvanize followers during this process?
      • What individual- and organization-level factors drive unethical behaviors, prosocial and giving behaviors, and advice-taking behaviors?
    • KEY RESEARCH AREAS

      • Information Assurance and
      • Security
      • IT Outsourcing
      • Sharing Economy
      • Digital Transformation
      • Machine Learning and Market
      • Mechanisms
      • Big Data
    • SELECTED RESEARCH QUESTIONS

      • How security, risk and trust influence today’s digital world?
      • What is the influence of organizational networks of IT outsourcing firms?
      • How to design electric vehicle charging algorithms and market mechanisms applicable to smart grids?
    • KEY RESEARCH AREAS

      • Consumer Behavior
      • Judgment and Decision-Making
      • Branding
      • Goal-Directed Behavior
      • Corporate Social Responsibility
      • Social Networks
      • Impact of Economic Cycles on
      • Consumer Behavior
      • Marketing Models
      • Sensory Marketing
    • SELECTED RESEARCH QUESTIONS

      • What are the cognitive and affective underpinnings of goal-directed behavior?
      • How do they differ for various goal types?
      • What biases do consumers display when making decisions?
      • What are the effects of corporate social responsibility on consumer perceptions and sales?
      • How do tactics in branding influence consumers’ perceptions, attitudes, and emotions under various circumstances?
      • When and why do such strategies backfire?
      • How do specific visuals, textures, odors, sounds, and imagery change the way we think about brands and products?
      • Do individual interactions, both within and across groups, affect diffusion of innovative products and their performance?
    • KEY RESEARCH AREAS

      • New Product and Service Innovation
      • Knowledge-intensive operations
      • Retail Operations
      • Healthcare Operations
      • Decision-Making and Risk Analysis
      • Global Supply Chain Management
    • SELECTED RESEARCH QUESTIONS

      • How to manage geographically dispersed operations effectively?
      • When can operations be a source of innovation?
      • How does digitalization and big data affect operations design, strategy, and performance?
      • How do managers make decisions under risk and uncertainty?
      • How can organizations operationally mitigate financial and supply chain risks?
    • KEY RESEARCH AREAS

      • Competitive Strategy in Platform
      • Markets
      • M&A and Diversification, Innovation Strategy
      • International Business
      • Strategic Alliances
      • Social Categories and Market Structure
    • SELECTED RESEARCH QUESTIONS

      • How to compete in platform markets?
      • When does corporate diversification create value?
      • What is the impact of product-market categories on firm organization and strategy?
      • How/when do firms profit from innovation?
      • How to design the strategy of a multinational company?
      • How do firms benefit strategically from interfirm collaborations (alliances, M&A)?

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