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Table of Contents 1 Table of Contents ............................................................................................................................... 2 Introduction ........................................................................................................................................ The Executive Doctorate of Business Administration (E-DBA) ........................................................ 2 Who should apply to the École des Ponts Executive DBA program? .............................................. 3 How is the Executive DBA program designed? ............................................................................... 5 7 Curriculum Overview ......................................................................................................................... Learning Labs: A reflexive and interactive learning experience ....................................................... 7 Research Method Modules: Helping thinkers to ground practice in theory ...................................... 8 The E-DBA Project: Innovative in form, effective in timeframe ........................................................ 9 New: Learning Lab Extensions (LLX) .............................................................................................. 9 Language ...................................................................................................................................... 10 Duration ........................................................................................................................................ 10 Accreditation ................................................................................................................................. 11 Research Resources .................................................................................................................... 11 Schedule of Modules and Location ............................................................................................... 12 E-DBA Faculty .................................................................................................................................. 12 Admissions Faculty ....................................................................................................................... 13 Teaching Faculty........................................................................................................................... 13 Doctoral Supervisory Faculty ........................................................................................................ 13 Scientific Committee ..................................................................................................................... 14 .................................................................................................................... 15 Program Management Executive DBA Program Management .......................................................................................... 15 École des Ponts Business School Management ........................................................................... 18 Research Interests & Initiatives at École des Ponts Business School ............................................. 20 Admissions and Fees ....................................................................................................................... 22 Admissions Process ...................................................................................................................... 22 Tuition fees ................................................................................................................................... 23 Financing ...................................................................................................................................... 23 Contact Us .................................................................................................................................... 25

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 help you obtain your objectives , whatever they may be, and to make this program your stepping stone to exciting new professional opportunities, personal pride and satisfaction. We truly hope you have a life-changing experience, that the program inspires you to new heights, new depths and new insights, and that you enjoy joining the École des Ponts ParisTech and the École des Ponts Business School families! May you encounter joy, success, learning and passion in your doctoral endeavor, Professor Alon Rozen, Dean, École des Ponts Business School Introduction 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 widely recognized as an expert in a well-defined area of expertise. 2

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). More formally, according to the International Associations of MBAs (AMBA), our international accrediting body, the purpose of an E-DBA is to allow candidates to: 1. contribute to the enhancement of transdisciplinary professional practice in management; 2. undertake business management research; 3. develop scholarship through business management research; and 4. solve real and unique business problems through the application of research, scholarship and critical thinking. Who should apply to the École des Ponts E-DBA program? • P rofessional experience and an “area of expertise” E-DBA applicants must have a minimum 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. Do ctoral 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. • Masters-level education Applicants will already have an MBA, Executive MBA, or other advanced professional or academic degree such as an MSc or LLB. Applicants with a doctoral degree (PhD, EdD, DBA), PhD ABDs and those who have started doctoral programs elsewhere can apply for transfer credit to the program, depending on recency and content of validated doctoral course work. Business-level English proficiency is required for doctoral program course work. However, doctoral candidates may later choose to write their dissertation in the language of their choice (see page 10). • Qualities Typically, the E-DBA applicant has professional expertise as well as an academic leaning. The applicant is an experienced business manager or subject matter expert who would like to frame and formalize his/her knowledge, methods and experience, in order to communicate them to a wider audience. Many E-DBA applicants seek to leverage their expertise in a related or emerging area to evolve in step with their sector and/or the broader market. In this case, candidates must demonstrate how the focus of their research intersects with and capitalizes on their existing area(s) of expertise. 3