Purpose and Recognition
The D.B.A. is usually identical to a PhD in Business Administration, except that it tends more towards applied research rather than theoretical research, especially during the thesis writing phase. A few schools, such as Harvard Business School and Boston University School of Management, offer D.B.A. However, these two programs differ a lot from the widely referred to D.B.A. programs offered elsewhere in the world. These are usually offered on a part-time basis, while e.g. the D.B.A. at Harvard Business School is offered only on a full-time basis.
The portion of the program that consists of coursework may be comparable to that of a PhD. However the larger part of the program, consisting of independent research and the writing of a thesis, is geared towards more applied research in D.B.A. programs, with the research making a direct contribution to business practice. Another way to see the distinction is that PhDs aim at the creation of new theory, while D.B.A.s aim at applying theory to business problems.
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