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The Executive DBA Council (Edbac) is an advocacy group formed in June 2011 at an inaugural meeting at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, USA.[1][2] Edbac was formed to foster excellence and innovation in executive doctoral degree programs worldwide with the aim to provide networking and educational opportunities for professionals who serve and participate in executive doctoral degree programs.[3][4] It is considered to be the world's only collaborative council focused on DBA degree programs and their issues.[5]

Executive DBA Council
AbbreviationEDBA Council
Formation2011
TypeNGO
Purposeadvocacy group
Region served
worldwide
Official language
English
President
Dr. Ekin Pellegrini
Websitehttps://edbac.org

Inaugural president of Edbac was Lars Mathiassen from Georgia State University’s Robinson college of business.[1] The current Executive DBA Council President is Dr. Ekin Pellegrini, Associate Dean for Graduate Business Programs at the University of Missouri–St. Louis.[6][7]

As of October 2024, the Executive DBA Council has 72 Executive DBA Member Schools from 17 different countries.[8]

History

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The Executive DBA Council was co-founded by Kalle Lyytinen and Lars Mathiassen in 2011. Founding members are Case Western Reserve University,[9] Cranfield University, Georgia State University,[10] Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Paris Dauphine University,[11] and the University of Western Australia.[12]

Publications

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Through Case Western Reserve University’s Weatherhead School of Management the Executive DBA Council publishes Engaged Management ReView (EMR), an open-access journal of problem-driven management scholarship (ISSN 2375-8643).[13]

In addition to the regular publication of EMR, the Executive DBA Council publishes research related to the DBA. Most recently it published a survey in cooperation with the European Foundation for Management Development in 2023 exploring the question "What are the perceptions of business schools worldwide concerning the future of the Doctorate in Business Administration (DBA) Market?".[14][15]

Conferences

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Since 2011 the Executive DBA Council or one of its member institutions host the annual International Engaged Management Scholarship Conference, alternating between locations in the USA or Europe. The inaugural conference took place in Cleveland, Ohio, USA, and the most recent one in 2024 in Henley-on-Thames, United Kingdom.[16][17][18][19][20]

References

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  1. ^ a b Della Bradshaw (2010-12-10). "Push to have DBA recognised as practitioner degree". Financial Times. Retrieved 2024-10-12.
  2. ^ Kortt, Michael A.; Pervan, Simon J; Hogan, Owen (2016). "The rise and fall of the Australian DBA". Education + Training. 58 (4). Emerald Group Publishing Limited: 390–408.
  3. ^ "What is the Executive DBA Council". The Executive DBA Council. Retrieved 2024-10-11.
  4. ^ The AACSB International Doctoral Education Task Force (2013). "The Promise of Business Doctoral Education" (PDF). AACSB International: The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. Retrieved 2024-10-12.
  5. ^ "EDBAC: The Executive DBA Council". Business School Lausanne. Retrieved 2024-10-15.
  6. ^ "Executive DBA Council Board". The Executive DBA Council. Retrieved 2024-10-11.
  7. ^ "Ekin Pellegrini has lofty goals as president of the Executive DBA Council". University of Missouri. Retrieved 2024-10-11.
  8. ^ Ryan Fagan. "Ekin Pellegrini has lofty goals as president of the Executive DBA Council". Curators of the University of Missouri. Retrieved 2024-10-14.
  9. ^ "Weatherhead's Phil Cola elected president of the EDBAC". Case Western Reserve University. Retrieved 2024-10-11.
  10. ^ "Doctor of Business Administration, Robinson College of Business". Georgia State University. Retrieved 2024-10-11.
  11. ^ "Université Paris Dauphine". The Doctor of Business Administration Compass. Retrieved 2024-10-14.
  12. ^ Alexandra Skinner (2014-09-27). "Debunking the Doctor of Business Administration". CEO Magazine. Retrieved 2024-10-12.
  13. ^ "Engaged Management ReView". Case Western Reserve University. Retrieved 2024-10-11.
  14. ^ Michel Kalika. "What are the perceptions of business schools worldwide concerning the future of the Doctorate in Business Administration (DBA) Market?". European Foundation for Management Development. Retrieved 2024-10-26.
  15. ^ "The future of DBA Market Perceptions of Business Schools" (PDF). Executive DBA Council. Retrieved 2024-10-26.
  16. ^ "Ph.D. in Business for Executives to host conference on Engaged Management Scholarship". Oklahoma State University. Retrieved 2024-10-12.
  17. ^ "14TH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL ENGAGED MANAGEMENT SCHOLARSHIP CONFERENCE". Executive DBA Council. Retrieved 2024-10-11.
  18. ^ "Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Engaged Management Scholarship Baltimore, Maryland, September 10-13, 2015". SSRN. Retrieved 2024-10-11.
  19. ^ "Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Conference on Engaged Management Scholarship, 07 Sep 2023 — 09 Sep 2023 Calgary, Alberta, Canada, HASKAYNE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS". SSRN. 2023-09-05. Retrieved 2024-10-12.
  20. ^ "ENGAGED MANAGEMENT SCHOLARSHIP CONFERENCE 2024". Executive DBA Council. Retrieved 2024-10-26.
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