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With its knowledge triangle, the doctoral programme offered by DOBA Business School compares to the best programmes in Europe. The programme is distinguished by its unique mode of implementation, as it is implemented fully online and is as such the only online doctoral programme in Southeast Europe. DOBA Business School holds two international accreditations for the implementation of online learning. The modern design and modular structure ensure that professional, methodological, and research content intertwines within individual content units while providing the required basis for independent work on the doctoral dissertation. The implementation of the programme enables individualisation and personalisation with the help of professors and researchers from DOBA Business School and renowned experts from other institutions. The programme offers a comprehensive and interdisciplinary view of innovation and sustainable business management that can be applied to numerous research challenges from various fields. It will equip you with the required knowledge for solving even the most complex theoretical and practical problems in the field of innovation and sustainable business management and for effectively transferring new knowledge to companies and organisations with an emphasis on the digitalisation of solutions.
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Objectives of the course
The course should provide thinkers, researchers and decision-makers with a synthesized overview of state of the arts in interdependent fields of technology change, globalization and business change plus social change. In this way, it should foster their holistic approach with their further research with their doctoral thesis. It should enable students to step into the world of globalization and its complexity in an organized manner.
The course is not oriented to provide students with encyclopaedic knowledge but to bring chosen topics of technology development, globalization and social change into their curiosity and research focus.
Learning outcomes
The course will enable students to learn the possible approach for organized entrance into the field of globalization – why it occurred, and which are its consequences for business and social change. They will understand the key connections between three categories forming the course: technology development, globalization and social change. They will distinguish between aims, fields and measures that are national policy competence and those that are defined by globalization development. They will understand dimensions and consequences of globalization as well as its limits. Students will be able to critically assess and undertake an analysis of complex or contradictory areas of economic knowledge and communicate the outcome effectively. They will be able to critically synthesise information in a manner that may be innovative, utilising knowledge or processes from the discipline. They will also be able to analyse different circular business models and undertake a systematic analysis of the various countries, companies, and sectors, the opportunities of circular economy, to identify the barriers that restrict opportunities and analyse the various policies to overcome these barriers. Furthermore, they will be able to analyse activities to achieve sustainable development of the company and prepare an example of the strategic response to achieve sustainable development.
Objectives of the course
Instructing students on strategies of data retrieval in quantitative and qualitative research methods and approaches.
Enabling students for creative and efficient scientific research work and selection of the most appropriate data collection method based on the set goals, purpose and research questions.
Developing students’ ability to effectively evaluate their research and scientific research papers and other published materials in terms of methodology and interpretation.
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Students will prove the quality of the achieved competences by designing and implementing quantitative and qualitative research work within assignments for this and other courses of the doctoral programme or within the doctoral thesis as well as well as with professional and scientific publishing. Carrying out the research, they will understand how to critically evaluate the validity and usefulness of the collected data, they will be able to use and combine various research methods and will understand the importance of social science research in modern societies.
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Objectives of the course
Instructing students on strategies of adequate advanced quantitative and qualitative research methods and approaches.
Enabling students for creative and efficient scientific research work and selection of the most appropriate advanced research method based on the set goals, purpose, and research questions.
Developing students’ ability to critically and effectively evaluate their research and scientific research papers and other published materials in terms of methodology and interpretation.
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The result of the activities performed in the course is a scientific article/contribution according to the IMRAD scheme. The student will submit the article to the selected scientific conference, present the paper publicly at the scientific conference, and publish it in the conference proceedings.
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Type of programme:
doctoral programme
Level of educational:
SQF: 10
EQF: 8
QF-EHEA: Third cycle
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Duration of programme:
3 years, 180 credits
Study mode:
online learning
Academic title:
Doctor of Philosophy, Ph.D
Language:
Organised forms of studies will take place in English and independent and individual work and the doctoral dissertation in Slovene/Croatian/Serbian/English.
Programme accreditation:
All study programmes are accredited by NAKVIS (SQAA), i.e. the Slovenian Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (programme accreditations)
The doctoral programme offered by DOBA Business School is intended for individuals who wish to develop their academic career or be active in research organisations, as well as for individuals wishing to work in research centres/departments within companies or in excellence centres which represent a link between the economy and the academic sphere and which focus on facilitating the concentration of knowledge in priority areas.
The programme is intended for individuals with an affinity for autonomous scientific and research work and for the solving of complex theoretical and practical problems from the field of innovation and sustainable business management and for those who wish to successfully implement new knowledge and solutions and thus contribute to economic development and social progress.
As innovation is not exclusively linked only to entrepreneurship and since especially innovation directed towards the development of new services, new management systems or new organisation processes is increasingly present also in the public sector and non-profit and other organisations, the doctoral programme is appropriate for a wide range of experts. The interdisciplinary view of the concept of innovation and sustainable business management can be applied to numerous research challenges that concern diverse fields and disciplines such as business sciences, economics, medicine and healthcare, marketing, education, social activities, and others.
The doctoral programme implemented by DOBA Business School is based on scientific research work at the highest level with the objective of developing new knowledge and solutions and further development of science and the society.
Admission requirements are met by candidates who have completed
Direct enrolment into the second year – continuation of studies according to the transfer criteria
Candidates for enrolment in the doctoral study programme who do not have an education in economic sciences or do not provide proof of having fundamental economic knowledge obtained through non-formal education and/or experiential learning have to take bridge exams totalling 12 to 18 credits.
Fluency in English is required for enrolment. Organised forms of studies will take place in English and independent and individual work and the doctoral dissertation in English.
Application and enrolment:
The number of enrolment slots for the doctoral programme is limited. There are 20 enrolment slots available.
Criteria in the event of enrolment restrictions:
If a decision on limited enrolment is adopted, the candidates will be chosen with regard to the following criteria:
Available thesis supervisors for the preparation of the doctoral dissertation:
Full Professor Dr Rasto Ovin; fields of expertise: macroeconomics, economic policy, banking, economic trends
Associate Professor Dr Anita Maček; fields of expertise: microeconomics, macroeconomics, economics, economic policy, international economics
Associate Professor Dr Tina Vukasović; fields of expertise: marketing, strategic marketing, international marketing, market research, brand management, consumer behaviour and consumer behaviour research
Associate Professor Dr Valentina Prevolnik Rupel; fields of expertise: health economics, healthcare financing and organisation, healthcare systems, quality of life
Assoc. Prof. Dr Marina Letonja: (family) entrepreneurship, innovation management
Assistant Professor Dr Tomaž Klobučar; fields of expertise: computer and Information science, technologies in education
Assist. Prof. Dr Živa Veingerl Čič: human resources management, employee development
Assist. Prof. Dr Marko Divjak: general psychology, positive psychology
Assist. Prof. Dr Ana Hafner: innovations, strategic and innovation management, intellectual property
Full Prof. Dr Mirjana Pejić Bach: information science, digitalisation, digital transformation
Assoc. Prof. Dr Daša Grajfoner: psychology of leadership, coaching psychology
Upon the first enrolment in the first, second or third year and upon repeating any of the years of study, the Student shall pay the tuition fees for that year. In the third year, the Student shall also pay the graduation fee.
One-off payment of the tuition fees / student as a private payer
In the 2025/2026 academic year, the one-off payment of the tuition fees amounts to EUR 4.700.00, for DF graduates EUR 3.900.00 for one study year. The tuition fees must be paid at the latest by the deadline specified at the time of enrolment.
Instalment payments of the tuition fees / student as a private payer
The payment of tuition fees for one year may be divided into a maximum of 8 instalments. The instalment in the 2025/2026 academic year is EUR 599.00, for DF graduates EUR 499.00 and must be paid upon enrolment. All other instalments are payable by e-payment order by the 20th day of the month (starting from October 2025 onwards).
Payment of the tuition fees when the company is the payer of the full amount or part of the tuition fees
If the payer of the tuition fees is a company, the latter shall pay the tuition fees in line with the filled in Payer’s Statement form, which is attached to the Agreement.
DOBA Business School shall as a rule harmonise the amount of the instalments three times a year in accordance with the annual rate of increase in consumer prices in the Republic of Slovenia, whereby for first enrolment, the prices as set at the time of the conclusion of the Agreement shall apply for the first three months. DOBA Business School shall charge the Student the payment of the tuition fees for enrolment in every subsequent year and all other study fees (graduation fee, etc) according to the price list adopted by the Management Board of DOBA Business School, as a rule every January for the next academic year.
In addition to the high-quality study process, your investment includes an above-standard implementation of the study programme
