DBA in Sustainable Innovation Management

Do you want to enhance your professional expertise and learn how to apply the latest research results to solve complex current and future problems in business and management? Are you aspiring to become a creative business leader who can drive change towards sustainability?

The ICN DBA in Sustainable Innovation Management trains students to challenge current management practices and improve managerial decision-making through robust research and analysis.

The program is oriented toward meeting management needs in a constantly evolving business environment and is designed for senior executives, managers, consultants, and management educators with at least five years of management experience and qualified at Master's or MBA level (or equivalent).

The program is delivered jointly with the Business Science Institute (BSI), Luxembourg, and as a dual degree program with IAE Lyon, the School of Management at the city’s Jean Moulin University. The program is delivered online so that students can continue working while following the program.

The degree

After successful defense of the thesis, doctoral graduates receive both a university degree (“diplôme d’université”) of Doctor in Business Administration from Jean Moulin University and the title of Executive Doctor in Business Administration from ICN & the Business Science Institute.

Students also receive a certificate of research in business administration after successful validation of stage 1 of the program.

Welcome to ICN Business School

Founded in 1905, ICN is one of France's foremost business schools, highly recognized thanks to national and international accreditations: AACSB, EQUIS, and AMBA. The school is a member of the Chapter of the ‘Grandes Écoles de Management’ in the Conférence des Grandes Écoles .

ICN Business School’s identity and development are rooted in the links between Management, Technology, and Art [ARTEM]. Thanks to the transdisciplinary cooperation with the School of Art and Design and the School of Engineering, ICN students are able to combine a solid education background with professional experience and a Creative way of thinking .

The mission of ICN Business School is to provide innovative and transdisciplinary education that enables students and practicing executives to become responsible professionals capable of acting in the global business environment. ICN Business School faculty engages in knowledge creation at the crossroads of art, management, and technology that contributes to the advancement of impactful knowledge and sustainable practice in the business and organizational fields.

ICN offers high-level programs in management, from undergraduate to postgraduate level with a wide range of specializations.