4th Doctorate In Business Administration Academic Conference
Under the theme towards new business growth: the nexus of theory and practice, the Mona School of Business and Management and the doctoral candidates of Cohort 4 will make presentations on their respective dissertation research interests to an audience of academics and senior business executives. The Conference is scheduled for June 5, 2014 in Kingston, Jamaica.
- (1888PressRelease) May 28, 2014 - THE MONA SCHOOL OF BUSINESS & MANAGEMENT (MSBM), in association with its Cohort 4 doctoral candidates present the 2014 Doctorate in Business Administration (DBA) academic conference, which is being held at the University of the West Indies Regional Headquarters, Mona Jamaica, on Thursday, June 5, 2014.
Under the theme towards new business growth: the nexus of theory and practice, the 4th DBA Academic Conference (Kingston, Jamaica) will include remarks by the Professor E. Nigel Harris, Vice-Chancellor, University of the West Indies, Professor Archibald McDonald, Principal, University of the West Indies (UWI) Mona Campus, and keynote address by Mr. Patrick Hylton, group-managing director of National commercial Bank, Jamaica's largest commercial bank, and a member of the public/private sector oversight committee, Economic Programme Oversight Committee (EPOC); as well as the six doctoral candidates making presentations on their respective dissertation research interests.
The candidates' areas of focus for dissertation research include
• SME Growth and Development
• Creative Industry: Towards measuring the economic value of 'support-workers"
• Upside risk in Low Income Lending
• Readiness for Corporate Transformation
• Logistic Service Development
• Advertising Effectiveness in Local Television Programming
The areas of dissertation research and "the theme chosen for the conference is relevant and timely, especially in the context of a low growth- high debt small economy like Jamaica. Enterprises will have to play a stronger role in driving economic growth in a country like Jamaica so it is important that there is a strong focus on new business growth taking insights from the academic world to drive empirically driven decision making," explained Densil William, PhD Professor of International Business and Executive Director of the Mona School of Business.
The conference will start at 8:30 AM on Thursday, June 5, 2014, bringing together academic researchers and industry practitioners to share their ideas on scholarly research and their applicability to business practices.
While attendance to the conference is free of charge, RSVP to morgan.delroy ( @ ) gmail dot com is highly recommended because of seating limitations dot The conference will be available via live streaming over the UWI network (tv dot mona dot uwi dot edu dot jm) dot
For more information about the 2014 Doctoral in Business Administration Academic Conference email morgan.delroy ( @ ) gmail dot com dot
About The Mona School of Business & Management
The Mona School of Business & Management (MSBM) is the premier provider of business education, research and consulting in Jamaica and the Caribbean region.
Beginning in 1987, through a USAID-funded Management Education Project, in the Department of Management Studies (DOMS), Faculty of Social Sciences. Its naissance came about after research indicated that Jamaica was suffering from a shortage of trained mid-to upper-level managers. This was seen as an impediment to organisational efficiency and a constraint to Jamaica's economic potential.
MSBM offers a variety of graduate management programmes including the DBA, EMBA, MBA, MBM, Diploma in Business Administration.
About the Doctorate in Business Administration (DBA) programme
The Doctorate in Business Administration (DBA) at the Mona School of Business and Management (MSBM) aims to develop a cadre of highly trained Caribbean business leaders who can undertake rigorous management research to enhance the competitive capacity of firms within the region. The DBA is academically equivalent to the Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) and prepares candidates to provide significant, research based, original contributions to management practice. The programme will facilitate the further development of the region and encourage critical research in all areas of management.
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