Presentation
A DBA (Doctorate Business Administration) is a distinguishing factor in any company. It affirms ones managerial skills to lead a research project, meticulous on the academic plan whereas pertinent on the professional plan. Eligible for candidates holding a Masters’ degree, the DBA in Luxury is an executive program, created by laboratory of innovations LCA - SM&B, set up by ESGCI (Paris), in partnership with University of San Diego Law School (USA) in cooperation with the World Council of Peoples for the United Nations (WCPUN). The DBA is a 3 years online and offline executive program with professional seminars taking place primarily in Paris and San Diego. If the main campus is located in Paris, the doctorate programs also sets up teaching points in Hangzhou, Shenzhen, Beijing, and Shangai (the main campus) in China. We aim at cultivating highly internationalized and creative business management professionals in China.
1 DBA, 3 campuses, 3 specializations:
- Paris: luxury
- San Diego, California : luxury and legal issues
- Shanghai: luxury and high tech
Key figures:
- 90 % of our students are CEOs or business owners
- 80 % of students work on an iA or luxury topic
- 100 % of our students are researchers and in companies
Details of the course
Introduction in 3 key points
The only DBA in Luxury Marketing running between France and the United States, combining academic rigour with specialised expertise in the sector.
— A dual academic base
ESGCI in France and the University of San Diego in California.
— Annual committee meetings
In person with the academic committee, in Paris, San Diego or Shanghai.
— Networking events
Organised with the World Council of Peoples for the United Nations (WCPUN).
— Faculty from leading universities
Professors who teach from their own research and practice.
— A thesis on your own subject
Developed with a selected expert, with at least 72 supervision meetings over three years.
— A specialised field
Luxury marketing treated as an academic discipline, not as a module.
— A network you actually use
Meetings with CEOs and directors of marketing, communication, legal and creative functions.
— Access inside organisations
One-to-one meetings with business leaders in companies and law firms, to widen the ground your research covers.
DBA - Program
The structure of the DBA program is as follows:
1st year: Learn
- Constructing review of literature, tools and methods
- Research proposal
2nd year: Implement
- Writing, analysis of research field data
3rd year: Defend
- Interpretation of results and finalized writing of the doctoral thesis, defense before the thesis jury
PROGRAMME
Our DBA partner university, the University of San Diego in California, specializes in legal issues for luxury brands.
“The Faculty of Law at the University of San Diego, California (USD) is recognized for the excellence of its faculty, the richness of its culture and the strength of its professional programs.” Dr. Stephen C. Ferruolo - Dean , USD School of Law.
Contact/Application
DBA in French
This program is also available in French to French-speaking candidates.
DBA in Chinese
该计划也有中文版。
The organization
The program is aimed at senior managers with substantial experience, in luxury or in any other sector, as well as engineers, artists, consultants, holders of a Master's or MBA with professional experience, and management teachers seeking a doctorate in their field.
Seminars are held in English. On request, up to 50% of the program can be completed in French, covering thesis supervision and specialised seminars.
Partnership with Christofle
For this DBA in Luxury & legal issues in partnership with the University of San Diego in California, Christofle has signed a research chair. The vocation of this research chair is to build bridges between the most recent scientific and academic research.
Anyone, luxury goods professional, can thus propose to the ESGCI's DBA doctoral laboratory a problem that could lead to a three-year scientific work. The objective is to scientifically create innovative and concrete actions that can help the world leader in silverware and tableware.
The work of doctoral students will be published in prestigious journals such as the Harvard Business Review, and doctoral scholarships will be awarded for the year 2020-2022 by the laboratory.
Faculty and Research Committee
Dr Renaud Redien-Collot, Professeur HDR
Dr. Renaud Redien-Collot, a specialist in entrepreneurship, has a French and American background. He holds a PhD from the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Columbia University and an HDR in management from the University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne.
Dr André Boyer, Université de Nice
Professor in Business Science
Professor Boyer is currently Director of the Master in Marketing.
Prof. Ted Sichelman, USD, Harvard law School
Professor of Law
Director, Centre for Intellectual Property Law and Markets
Founder and Director, Centre for Computing, Mathematics and Law
Dr. Bernard Cova, Université de Bocconi, Milan
Bernard Cova est professeur de marketing à la Kedge Business School de Marseille, où il participe activement à la mise au point d’approches novatrices en matière de marketing. Il enseigne également à l'Université Bocconi de Milan.
Dr. Savério Tomasella, ESGCI, Université de Nice
Academic background: doctorate in humanities
Activity: Psychoanalysis (children, adolescents, adults);
Researcher in clinical psychology (psychoanalysis and psychopathology)
Recognition: Price Nicolas Abraham and Maria Torok, 2012, to be reborn after a trauma.
Dr. Marcel Saucet, USD
Dr. Saucet is an Associate Researcher and Visiting Professor at the University of San Diego. Course designer, case study writer and guest lecturer: Harvard University, among others.
Dr. Adam Hirsch, USD, Yale Law school
Hirsch was William & Catherine VanDercreek Professor of Law at Florida State University. He is an Academic Fellow of the American College of Trust & Estate Counsel and serves on the Florida Historical Commission.
Dr. Romain Lazzarini, ESGCI
Professor Romain Lazzarini teaches in the fields of marketing, communication and management. His doctoral thesis focused on the optimization of positioning strategy by segmentation-targeting in the banking sector.
Dr. Georges Wanet, Solvay business school
Doctor of Applied Science and Master of Science in Telecommunications and Electronic Engineering, ULB. Managing Director of 1A Consulting. Senior Advisor to the CEO, Infrabel (11 years).
Prof. Dana Robinson, USD
Professor of Law at the USD. Professor Robinson teaches in the areas of trademark law and legal issues related to the Internet, software and technology.
D. Lionel Di Marco
Dr. Lionel Di Marco recently graduated from a DBA in « Engineering for Health, Cognition and the Environment ». Its researches concerned the distractibility of students, as well as the acceptability of technologies for teaching.
Lionel is currently a midwife teacher at the Grenoble University Hospital.
Prof. Virginie Martin
Professor and Researcher Virginie Martin is teaching at Kedge Business School in political science - sociology. She is also co-president of the Scientific Council of the Journal of Politics and Parliamentarians. In addition, she regularly presents in the program « C dans l’air » and in different news channels such as : LCI, Cnews, BFMTV, LCP, France 24, but also on France info, France culture, and Sud Radio.
Application
Prerequisite
- 3 to 5 years of professional experience or research field
- A master / MBA, an MSC or an MSC targeted by a university or school recognized by the Ministry of Education of the country concerned
- A research proposal (thesis)
Application process
- Apply online, and provide all the documents required
- Meet our teams face to face on the Paris or Shanghai campus
- Send a presentation of your doctoral work, validated (or not) by the academic committee
- Validate your application by an interview with the University of San Diego, California (on-site or remotely)
