Master Programmes

Global Strategy and Entrepreneurship

This course provides you with the tools and skills to grow your business internationally, develop an entrepreneurial mindset and draw on expertise both inside and outside of your organisation.

  • English
  • Part-time
  • Credits: 30
  • Price: 91,900 NOK
  • Oslo
  • See schedule

WHY GLOBAL STRATEGY AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP?

We help you critically assess your organisation and environment before making important business decisions. Which international strategy is most suitable for you? How to become entrepreneurial in a global context? How to develop innovative organisations? And, how can you finance entrepreneurial activities?

In today’s economy, most businesses face global challenges either through direct global activities or through international suppliers, customers or partners. This course provides a rich overview of the strategic challenges facing global entrepreneurial organisations, including the tools available to assess the situation and make sound business decisions.

In this course we mix digital content with four three-day in-class modules, as well as a study trip to China. The focus of our study trip is rapid innovation and entrepreneurial activities in China. The in-class sessions are highly interactive with discussions, a focus on practical applications, and a dialogue with corporations and international new ventures.

TOPICS COVERED IN THIS COURSE INCLUDE:

  • Business decisions in an international context
  • Entrepreneurship in a global context
  • Organizing international activities
  • Building global competitiveness
  • Knowledge-transfer across borders
  • Creating value from corporate innovation
  • How to use open innovation

All classes will be conducted in English, (the term paper may be written in Norwegian).

WHO IS THIS PROGRAMME FOR?

This programme is suited for business professionals or future entrepreneurs who are focused on developing global entrepreneurial organisations, as well as those interested in developing entrepreneurial organisational cultures in established corporations.  

Practical information

FACULTY

Birgitte Grøgaard conducts research on topics related to multinational enterprises, such as market entry strategies and headquarter-subsidiary relations. She also has experience from the oil and gas industry, as well as management consulting.  

Rolv Petter Amdam has been a Visiting Fellow at Harvard Business School and his research interests include the internationalisation of Norwegian firms, as well the international development of top executive education.

Contact us

Please don’t hesitate to contact us if you have any questions or would like further information about our Executive Programmes.

Schedule

Oslo: fall 2019/spring 2020

Module 1: 09.10 - 11.10
Module 2: 20.11 - 22.11
Module 3: 29.01 - 31.01
Module 4: 22.03 - 26.03
Module 5: 27.04 - 29.04

Administration

With all of our master programmes, you will have a direct contact person who will be available from the time of application until the final exam.

  • English
  • Part-time
  • Credits: 30
  • Price: 91,900 NOK
  • Oslo
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