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Fourth issue of Impact & Knowledge, published in April 2025 and following on from the White Paper on the DBA, which aims to achieve institutional recognition for the degree. This edition is mainly devoted to the advantages of the doctorate for managers, with three articles by eminent professors exploring how the DBA can help managers become more resilient in the face of contemporary challenges, how it adds value to managerial experience, and why the concept of the extended academic enterprise, as embodied by the Business Science Institute, represents a future model for creating both professional and scientific value. The issue also includes a strategic analysis of the impact of geopolitical dynamics on the agri-food sector and two contributions examining digital transformation in Africa and its role in fostering economic resilience. The opening forum, signed by Professor Yves Pigneur of the University of Lausanne and Doctor Honoris Causa of the institute, argues that becoming an invincible manager in today's business world requires a combination of strategic skills, innovation and interdisciplinary thinking, which the doctoral journey helps to develop. The issue therefore combines advocacy for the degree with concrete illustrations of how doctoral work feeds into strategic and geopolitical analysis. Like the other issues of this bimonthly letter, the edition gives the floor to faculty members and alumni in order to make their work accessible to practitioners.