Executive Doctorate Programs and the Role of the Information Systems Discipline

Over the last few years, a new genre of doctoral programs has emerged. These programs are partly aimed at bridging the gap between academic research and practice. Although these programs tend to be interdisciplinary in nature in terms of content and research methods, several of the programs have significant IS discipline connections. The goal of this panel session is to share experiences from these executive doctoral programs and the lessons learned. We also want to explore the interesting phenomenon of IS scholars being tapped to launch, manage, and teach in these programs in a disproportionately high level as a reflection of the IS discipline’s interdisciplinary nature