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Executive Doctorate in
Business Administration
The Executive Doctorate in Business
Administration (EDBA) is a professional
doctoral program for executives who have
a master’s degree in business or related
advanced degree. The EDBA is a 3-year
program culminating with a dissertation
that addresses issues and challenges
that apply directly to the executive’s own
interests in the business field.
EDBA Ph.D.
ACADEMIC EDBA students are executives Ph.D. students may or may not
PROFILE with 10 or more years of have any work experience or a
experience and a MBA or master’s degree.
other related master’s degree.
GOALS EDBA students pursue the degree Ph.D. students pursue the degree
to bring high-level thinking skills to quality for securing a position
and applied research skills back as an assistant professor.
into the workplace.
The EDBA Council serves as the primary point of contact and information
source for professional groups that offer an EDBA. The mission of the Council
is to foster excellence and innovation in executive doctoral degree programs
worldwide. The Council also provides general information on executive
doctoral degree programs to prospective students.
The Council serves its membership by establishing best practices for EDBA
programs, by enabling exchanges between program students, alumni, faculty
and staff, and by facilitating professional development of individuals that have
responsibilities for executive doctoral programs.
More information about the EDBA Council can be found on their website at
http://www.executivedba.org
As Academic Director, Dr. Marshall is responsible for ensuring high quality in all aspects of
the doctoral students’ educational experience at Rollins. He also works in academic circles
nationally and globally to bring in best practices that position the Rollins EDBA as one of the
top executive doctoral programs in the world.
Dr. Kiymaz maintains an extensive research agenda and has published more than 75 articles
in scholarly and practitioner journals. He is recipient of several research awards including
McGraw-Hill Irwin Best Paper Award and Outstanding Research Award multiple times at the
Global Conference on Business and Finance. He is the finance editor of International Journal
of Emerging Markets. He also serves on the editorial board of numerous journals.
Dr. McAllaster believes that an executive doctoral program must bridge the gap between
academia and the business world. It must be rigorous and relevant and it should provide the
doctoral student the opportunity to advance a personal learning agenda and give back to his/
her organization and field.
EDBA 502
Theory and Contemporary Thought in Finance
This course provides doctoral students with a
rigorous background in finance, theoretical as well
as empirical aspects, with special emphasis on
corporate finance.
One of the primary goals of this course is to
enable students to conduct independent research
and to make their own contributions to the
understanding of the complexities
of finance.
EDBA 503
Theory and Contemporary Thought in Global Business
No business today is insulated from global competition for resources and markets. This course will introduce doctoral
students to current theory and research in global business.
EDBA 504
Theory and Contemporary Thought in Leadership
Leadership in a global environment presents challenges to managers and organizations. This course is designed to focus
doctoral students on critical questions of what attributes are required of leaders. As business leaders themselves, course
participants will be expected to simultaneously look at the big picture and at themselves in a critically, self-reflective
way.
EDBA 505
Theory and Contemporary Thought in Marketing
All organizations face the challenge of creating, delivering and communicating value to their customers. This course
provides a forum for doctoral students to examine the fundamental relationship between the organization, its value
proposition, and its customers.
EDBA 506
Theory and Contemporary Thought in Operations Management
This course is designed to introduce doctoral students to theory and research in operations management (OM)
and supply chain management (SCM).
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EDBA 509
Integrative Experience PRACTICAL RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
This course serves as a capstone classroom experience for
doctoral students. The aims of the course are to provide RPC 601 and 602
an integration of learning from the content courses and Applied Research (Part 1 and Part 2)
research methods courses and facilitate the successful In the second year of their program EDBA students work in
transition to the dissertation phase of the EDBA program. teams on a research project supervised by a faculty member.
RMC 502
Introduction to Research Methods
This course will present the research methods commonly
used by social scientists when conducting organizational
research. The course will prepare doctoral students to
conduct reliable, valid, and practically-relevant research in
organizational settings by introducing topics such as the
scientific method, research design, statistical inference,
and concept validity.
What are the areas of expertise at the Crummer Graduate School of Business?
Broad areas represented are economics, finance, global business, leadership, marketing, operations
management, organizational behavior, human resources, and strategy. We encourage cross-disciplinary
work among these areas. When it comes time for your dissertation, you will
have a dissertation committee chairperson and a second member.
Should I choose a topic in my current field into which I want to delve more
deeply or should I consider selecting a topic in a different field in order to
stretch my research skills and knowledge?
Either choice works if it’s the right choice for you and your goals. You will work closely with a faculty
advisor who will help you determine which path is in your best interest.
Demographics* Fees
• Average Age: 50 • Parking: $210 (a one-time, nonrefundable fee)
• Average Work Experience: 26 yrs • EDBA Association: $200
• Female: 33% Male: 67% • Dissertation review and filing fees
Represented Industries *Tuition rate for Fall 2018, costs are subject to change
• Aerospace/Defense
• Banking/Finance A variety of financial aid options are available to
• Consumer Packaged Goods Rollins EDBA students, including loans and special
• Education funding programs for veterans.
• Engineering and Design
• Hospitality/Travel Please contact our Financial Aid Office at
• Independent Consulting and Training 407.646.2395 and our staff will help you find the
• Information Technology best option to fund your education.
• Marketing
• Physical Distribution/Supply Chain
• Telecommunications
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