Assume that this is for career development, personal goal, and a future position in the academe upon retirement from the corporate world. I was thinking my field of research would focus on the impact on shareholder value of portfolio management of conglomerates. What do you think about the dissertation topic?
2006-08-10 18:35:43 · 2 answers · asked by J 4 in Business & Finance ➔ Careers & Employment
An MBA is all that is "required" to work in a corporation in their finance group. If you really want to wow them, then an MS in Finance. A DBA will be seen as "too academic" and probably someone who won't stay long in the corporation. I'd do only the Master's degree, then make progress to the DBA while working. Many corporations will pay for the advanced degree (tuition) so it will be less $ for you to shell out.
If it truly is for a personal goal then get the DBA. However, if you are fairly young now, do you really think that when you are ready to retire, the 'many years ago' DBA will impress a university? Again, better to work toward this while working for the corp., so it is fresher. That's my two cents from years of working in large corporations. Good luck.
2006-08-10 18:58:11 · answer #1 · answered by ichibandad 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
For a career in research, get the DBA (assuming D stands for Doctorate, not Diploma). for a career in corporate world, get an MBA or MS Finance is fine.
2006-08-10 20:06:06 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋