The course is offered in collaboration with EIASM. Upon registration you need to send the following documents in one file to the organizer ni.research@cbs.dk:

• curriculum vitae demonstrating your capabilities of doing research;
• a letter of recommendation of your local faculty supporting the application;
• a one-page description of your doctoral research, indicating the general objectives.

Aim

The course aims to offer a systematic foundational knowledge of the theoretical building blocks of international business research, the most updated debates on theories, and an overview of topics and areas of research in the field. The ultimate goal is to develop an ability to identify opportunities for future research. The course is organized into two parts. The first part focuses on different theoretical perspectives. The second part discusses state‐of‐the‐art research on specific topics and areas.

Prerequisites

The course is designed for students with different backgrounds who have an interest in business and its applications to other fields and topics. Although a basic knowledge of management, strategy, and economics is helpful, no specific prerequisites are required. Students are expected to attend the entire course and take the final exam.

S1 - 22/04/2024 - Faculty: GS         
Why and how companies became multinationals

S2* - 22/04/2024 - Faculty: CGA            
Internalization theory

S3 - 23/04/2024 - Faculty: CGA            
Stakeholder theory in the global context

S4* - 23/04/2024 - Faculty: CS, TP, WS   
Paper Development Workshop

S5 - 24/04/2024 - Faculty: BP           
Dynamics and flexibility of foreign operation modes

S6* - 24/04/2024 - Faculty: DM                    
International human resource management

S7 - 25/04/2024 - Faculty: LR
Knowledge transfer across borders

S8* - 25/04/2024 - Faculty: WS
International business and knowledge protection

S9 - 26/04/2024 - Faculty: TP             
Backlash against globalization

S10* - 26/04/2024 - Faculty: GS        
MNEs and Grand challenges

• To demonstrate an understanding and appreciation of theories and topics relevant to international business literature.
• To demonstrate an understanding and appreciation of key concepts, assumptions, causal  relationships and processes relevant to international business literature.
• To critically review assigned readings.

At the end of the course, each student is requested to hand in a 3‐5‐page proposal that will be assessed on a pass/no‐pass basis. The proposal is expected to identify a research question, theoretical framing, and preliminary hypotheses.

Registration deadline and conditions

The registration deadline is 1 March2024. If you want to cancel your registration on the course it should be done prior to this mentioned date. By this date we determine whether we have enough registrations to run the course, or who should be offered a seat if we have received too many registrations.

If there are more seats available on the course we leave the registration open by setting a new regsitration deadline in order to fill remaining seats. Once you have received our acceptance/welcome letter to join the course, your registration is binding and we do not refund your course fee. The binding registration date will be the registration deadline mentioned above.