PhD in Business Administration
For other uses of this term, see DBA.
A Ph.D. in Business Administration, a Ph.D. in Business Administration, or a Ph.D. in Business Administration (DBA) is a PhD in professional business research.
The DBA bases its research on business and management issues.
This was created in the United States Business Schools, because unlike the Ph.D., the DBA can specialize in fields such as: Marketing, Finance, Information Systems, Operations and Human Resources.
There are many Business Schools that require having managerial positions as a requirement to enter a DBA. Latin American universities offering the program
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