The Doctor of Philosophy in Business Administration (PhD-BA) program is research-based and designed to prepare leaders for positions in the private and public sectors. Upon completion of the PhD program, students are expected to have a broad knowledge in fields of business and technology management and an understanding of at least one specialized area of study. The aim is to enhance knowledge and competencies appropriate to a leadership role in business, administration, and technology management. The primary aim of the PhD program is to provide students the expertise in the methods of scientific inquiry and independent research.

Today’s global business environment is interconnected and interdependent, in many different ways, through technology, and international trade, via trade agreements, and so on. While globalization, or as some may argue regionalization, brings many benefits, it also brings many global challenges, such as the recent global financial crisis. These global challenges suggest that Marketing, for example, should be culturally responsive, that Multi-National Corporations (MNC) should think globally, but act locally, and while standardization principles are critical to organizational success, localization is a must to do business in a specific foreign country. Further, today’s global leadership must be aware of the challenges of doing business in foreign countries, due to their individual and different political, economic, socio-cultural, legal, and environmental systems. Additionally, researchers argue that the global dynamic stage for the 21st century is witnessing an economic and power shift from the developed countries to the emerging and developing economy nations. To minimize these challenges, MNCs must have an in-depth understanding of Emotional Intelligence (EQ), and Cultural Intelligence (CI). Further, they must avoid ethnocentrism and a self-reference criteria approach to doing business.