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The April-May 2024 issue answers the most frequently asked questions about the DBA. On the difference between a PhD and a DBA, the president quotes EQUAL, the federation of international accreditation bodies and some twenty academic management associations: these are two doctoral programmes with distinct objectives, the PhD preparing full-time academics, typically early-career researchers, and the DBA addressing experienced managers who want to step back from their practice, capitalise on their experience, publish or teach part time; EQUAL also specifies that a DBA lasts four years, as required by AMBA. On how to choose a programme, the answer is that a DBA rests on doctoral supervision by professors with extensive hands-on experience of supervising theses, which is why the institute relies on a network of more than 150 such professors and pays particular attention to the quality of supervision and to responsiveness. The issue also announces the retirement of Caroline, who had worked at the institute since its inception, and covers the EDBAC 2024 conference, the FNEGE book awards and faculty news. These answers form a short guide for managers hesitating between doctoral routes, grounded in the institute's own practice. The issue also marks a change of generation within the support team after more than a decade of continuous service.