Choosing your DBA program is a difficult task, the impact on your life is important and it is necessary to make the right decision ! In this video, Shailesh Rana gives you some key factors to consider when you are looking for a DBA program.
Reasons to your doctorate at one of Europe's top research-led business schools
2023 Doctoral School Graduation Ceremony
DBA Video Testimonials: Students share their research topic, goals, and why they selected Grenoble Ecole de Management for their DBA.
Transitioning to Academia: DBA alumni share their career transition experience
Transitioning to Academia: DBA alumni share their career transition experience
Discover Valerio, GEM Alumni of MSc Innovation Strategy and Entrepreneurship (2015-2017). Currently working for Ubisoft in Paris, as CRM Portfolio Manager. Valerio share his experience as an International student as well as insights for finding...
We interview six DBA alumni who share their experience on how they decided to pursue a doctoral degree.
Quelques semaines après avoir annoncé renforcer ses équipes avec deux nouveaux directeur au comité executif et 6 professeurs, Grenoble Ecole de Management (GEM) annonce une nouvelle série de 3 nominations : 1 Directeur commercial, 1 responsable de...
“An investment in knowledge pays the best interest” is what Benjamin Franklin once asserted.
The DBA Research Enrichment Webinar Series consists of highly interactive virtual workshops designed to keep your research skills sharp and fresh. Complementary to the compulsory workshops and seminars of the DBA program, these webinars are...
"A key reason for pursuing a DBA was that I wanted to make an impact through applied research. With my considerable experience in corporate sustainability strategy, I felt through DBA my contribution could be in the scholarly practice of...
"I firmly believe today (business, personal and professional) the battle is fought asymmetrically and synchronically therefore new analytic and problem resolution modes are needed to solve problems. Consequently, it became clear that obtaining a...
"As a key component of the DBA is the managerial contribution, there is a natural integration of practice and research embedded in the program. That realization caused me to consider how we could develop more opportunities to integrate research and...
"I believe the doctoral journey changes your overall perspective on things. After completing DBA, I found myself looking at things from a holistic point of view. I can also say that I have become more analytical.." - Dr. Shailesh Rana, DBA 2017...
When considering what a thesis supervisor’s role is in a student’s doctoral-level journey, the first answer usually given is to provide scientific guidance to a doctoral student. But beyond scientific supervision, how do thesis supervisors assist...
In under two months, GEM transitioned its traditional in person graduation ceremony to an online format in full compliance with pandemic restrictions. This event took place on April 10, just like a live television show with a TV set, a director,...
"As writer Alan Lakein said, “Time equals life; therefore, waste your time and waste your life, or master your time and master your life.” Go ahead and master your time. Then, you will master not only your doctoral course but also your life." - Dr....
"During my study, I was promoted to head of my department. Life became even busier, but the three tips mentioned above helped me get through the challenges. Looking back, I am glad I did it. I am also grateful to my supervisor, the professors who...
"In the best of times, successfully juggling personal and professional responsibilities is a formidable task for anyone. Throw a doctorate into the mix, and the doctoral candidate quickly recognizes the need to become a world-class ringmaster...
The European Disability Employment Week took place from November 16 to 22, 2020. Lina Benkhalla, student at Grenoble Ecole de Management shares his impactful testimony with us. As a person with special needs, she received support from GEM to help...
Lessons Learned from a Working Mom with Two Doctorates.
"How can you exercise, cook, run a business, mentor, write a blog, volunteer, manage a household, and yet have time to enroll in a doctoral program?" is a question I get asked very often. Believe it or not, enrolling in a doctoral program at...
"What for?" was the question many people asked me when I started my Doctorate of Business Administration.
Mohamed Medhat Elshoubary, DBA graduate 2019: "I consider the whole DBA experience as a turning point in my life—it primarily made me discover a lot not only about myself but also about my career. I am willing to take the benefit of the great deal...
COVID-19 taught me to let go of perfectionism and to accept that unprecedented crises demand unprecedented actions. Odile Hettler - Pharm.D., MBA, Doctoral candidate
Covid-19 impact: Grenoble Ecole de Management DBA Alumni and students share their opinions and forecasts of the crisis we are experiencing on the Health, Real Estate, Consulting and Human Resources sectors.
Chinese DBA (Doctorate of Business Administration) graduates from Grenoble Ecole de Management in Chongqing - a city of 30 million inhabitants in the heart of China in the Sichuan basin - sent 2,500 masks to Grenoble on March 11th (1800 FFP2 masks...
Les diplômés chinois du DBA (Doctorate of Business Administration) de Grenoble Ecole de Management à Chongqing - ville de 30 millions d’habitants au cœur de la Chine dans le bassin du Sichuan - ont envoyé le 11 mars dernier 2500 masques à Grenoble (...
What are citizen energy communities? What scope does this movement have? What are its strengths and weaknesses?
Carine Sébi, Enseignante Chercheure à Grenoble Ecole de Management et coordinatrice de la Chaire Energie for Society, répond à la question dans une émission Xerfi Canal.
Five years ago, I wouldn't have believed I'd have the opportunity to visit MIT as a postdoctoral researcher. In 2014, I was an education administrator at a university in Chengdu, China. Before that, I was a teacher at a vocational college. Working...
In 2016, the Brexit announcement shook Europe with an unavoidable impact on higher education. In 2017, Grenoble Ecole de Management left its London quarters to set up in Berlin, alongside GISMA Business School. A city of choice for many start-ups,...
Mashiyaneh Hatam Abadi shares with us her passion for knowledge and multiculturalism. As Official DBA Ambassador for GEM, her diverse professional and educational background offers us a unique perspective on learning and fosters our thirst for...
Dominique Steiler, Directeur Associé de Grenoble Ecole de Management, et Titulaire de la chaire de Paix économique, Mindfulness et Bien-être au travail, a été reçu par Xerfi Canal pour parler de paix économique et du progrès social en entreprise.
Dominique Steiler, Directeur Associé de Grenoble Ecole de Management, et Titulaire de la chaire de Paix économique, Mindfulness et Bien-être au travail, a été reçu par Xerfi Canal pour parler de paix économique et du progrès social en entreprise.
Xerfi Canal interviewed Ismael Al-Amoudi, professor of Social and Organizational Theory at GEM and Director of "le Centre d’Ontologie Sociale", to talk about challenges around artificial intelligence.
One inner question every DBA student asks himself during his doctoral journey is what career to pursue after finishing a DBA study. All those who are not yet established as professors and have strong business experience secretly think of pursuing an...
Xerfi Canal a reçu Dima Louis, professeur assistant à GEM et co-auteur du livre Complex Situations in Coaching, pour qu’elle évoque les aspects cachés du coaching.
Xerfi Canal a reçu Dima Louis, professeur assistant à GEM et co-auteur du livre Complex Situations in Coaching, pour qu’elle évoque les aspects cachés du coaching.
In 2019, talking about male / female controversy in entrepreneurship no longer makes any sense. Is addressing the subject through femininity and masculinity a better way to understand it?
En 2019, parler de la dialectique homme/femme dans l’entrepreneuriat n’a plus de sens. Pourquoi ne pas plutôt aborder le sujet en parlant de féminité et de masculinité ?
After Grenoble (France), Los Angeles (United States, West Coast) and Istanbul (Turkey), Grenoble Ecole de Management will offer its Doctorate of Business Administration program in New York City (United States, East Coast) starting at the end of 2019...
Xerfi Canal interviewed Yannick Chatelain, Associate Professor at Grenoble Ecole de Management, to talk about his book : Le Strat'Ego : Les meilleures et les pires pratiques de marketing personnel.
Xerfi Canal a reçu Yannick Chatelain, professeur associé à Grenoble Ecole de Management, dans le cadre de son livre "Le Strat'Ego : Les meilleures et les pires pratiques de marketing personnel".
From time to time, I used to think about what encompasses a doctoral study, especially as I came from an academic family (both of my parents were in academia over the years).
Managing a work-life balance may seem difficult at times in your life, and even more of a concern if you are considering going back to school. It is important to consider all aspects and priorities in your life when you are making a decision of...
Jean-François Fiorina analyzes the potential consequences of these changes on global competition in the "Strategy & Management" section of Xerfi Canal.
Charles-Clemens Rüling, Associate Dean for Research at GEM and Coordinator of the Chair for Public Trust in Health
Alors même que l’on constate une érosion de la confiance au quotidien, elle reste un élément clé pour le fonctionnement de notre société. Si elle atténue la complexité de nos organisations, comment la définir et quel est son rôle dans le secteur...
What are these custom and very specific types of virtual simulations and how can they open up a multitude of new opportunities for us?
Testimonials about DBA experiences in previous GEM Doctoral School newsletters on the “tough enjoyable” ride of the DBA made me ponder about my own journey. I, too, was in it for the same challenges and the credibility status. But, every DBA...
When I started my Doctorate of Business Administration at Grenoble Ecole de Management four years ago, about 20 years had passed since I had earned my PhD in Chemistry. Since that milestone, I had been in several senior business management positions...
Dr. Ahmad Anouti's Testimonial, a proud Grenoble Ecole de Management graduate.
The doctoral journey has many learning dimensions; yet, some of them are traps one learns to avoid over time. Falling into one or more of these traps is normal, and the deception point comes only after a certain place down the road.
Start-ups developing their business model have every interest in experimenting with business models! This is the conviction of Valérie Sabatier, director of the doctoral school at Grenoble Ecole de Management, who explains that creators of start-ups...
On the morning of Thursday 29 March 2018 in Grenoble, after a sleepless night and two days of intensive preparation for my DBA presentation with more than 30 rehearsals, the day I had been awaiting during the five years of my DBA research experience...
Sandra Milena Santamaria-Alvarez (DBA graduate 2014) wanted to research and publish on topics that can have an impact in both academia and society. She focused on migrants and their transnational activities that create positive outcomes for the...
A fellow working mother recently wrote in a blog, “Mention 'work-family balance’ to a roomful of working women who have children, and the response you'll probably get is semi-hysterical laughter...followed by tired sighs.” Imagine being a mom of...
Lama Halwani started the DBA journey in 2015 at GEM. Her article about heritage luxury brands has recently been accepted in its current form for publication in Qualitative Market Research.
Amanobea Boateng is an alumna of Grenoble Ecole de Management. She completed her Doctorate in 2016. Her recent book published in October 2017 is about African Female Entrepreneurship. Based on key issues such as social feminism and the capability...
The Doctorate of Business Administration program was founded by Jean-Jacques Chanaron and Thierry Grange in 1993 with the original idea of creating a doctoral program for managers. Over its 25 years, the program has grown, and we have developed...
The Serious Game Superwisor has won Re-Imagine Education Bronze Awards for the MBA & Executive Education Category
The number of certifications for businesses continues to grow year after year. While ISO standards have become commonplace for many companies in Europe, few companies question whether such an investment provides a good return on investment.
Benjamin Powers, 2017 DBA graduate researched the Relationship among Personal-Level Variables, Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy, and Entrepreneurial Intention: The Case of Male and Female Adolescents with Dyslexia, for his Doctoral thesis.
Franck Rouault is a 2015 Grenoble Ecole de Management DBA graduate. He has co-written a book entitled "Doctrine- The Guide to achieve your Doctorate" with 4 other authors who are also DBA graduates. In this book, they share their experiences and...
The 33rd EGOS Colloquium in Copenhagen offers a bridge to discussions concerning the aspirations, interventions and struggles for The Good Organization. We consider The Good Organization both a tempting prospect and a project inherently ridden with...
With globalization, companies have been forced to expand across borders. As a result, they have to check the validity of their management theories and tools when applied to various cultural contexts. Laurent Rannaz, president of Caterpillar France,...
Les fondamentaux culturels d'un pays influent-ils sur la performance d’un système de production, et selon quels critères ? Dans le cadre d’une thèse (DBA) soutenue à GEM, Laurent Rannaz, Président de Caterpillar France, dévoile les ressorts du...
Grenoble Ecole de Management (GEM) publie les résultats de ses recherches sur les leviers psychologiques du gaspillage alimentaire. Un des objectifs est de contribuer à la prévention de certains comportements.
Les professeurs de Grenoble Ecole de Management se sont prononcés le 1er octobre 2016 : Mark Smith, professeur à GEM depuis 2007, a été élu nouveau doyen du corps professoral de l’Ecole de la CCI Grenoble pour quatre ans. Il succède à Jean-Philippe...
Grenoble Ecole de Management Director of Executive Education, Gaël FOUILLARD discusses the benefits of collaboration between researchers and corporate partners and points out the advantages of efficiently connecting both parties in order to bring...