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Courses

Admission to the Nord-IB program 2023-2025 is now closed.

The NORD-IB program is structured in six different modules and it spans over a one and a half year period, which corresponds to approximately 6 months of studies. The rest of your doctoral education, including the dissertation, as well as the transfer of the 30 ECTS credits that you will earn from the program, will be handled by the student's own institute.

Each module corresponds to 100 student work hours. The whole program is 30 ECTS (5 ECTS each module). Lectures are concentrated to 2-3 days and will be held at the arranging institute. All modules include a pre-reading package and pre-assignments.

The start of the first moduletook place on October 23-25, 2023, in Västerås, Mälardalen University, Sweden. The last module (VI) is planned for February 2025.

More information will come.

Modules, 2023-2024 Program

Introduction - kick-off

Year 1: 23-25 October 2023, in Västerås
'IB Overview of the the IB field. Research methods in IB'

Economic perspectives

Year 2: 17-19 April, 2024, in Leeds (Manchester partner)
'Theory of the multinational enterprise – Foreign direct investment (FDI)'

Internationalisation and MNC management

Year 2: 22-24 May, 2024, in Uppsala
'The internationalisation process – Network perspectives'

Politics and IB

Year 2: 8-10 October, 2024, in Copenhagen (Gothenburg partner)
'IB and political perspectives'

Social Dimensions of MNCs

Year 2: 11-13 November, 2024, in Helsinki
'People-related issues in MNCs – Cross-cultural Management'

Final session

Year 3: 19-21 February, 2025, in Oslo
'New Developments in International Business Research. Thesis Proposal'

Contact us

  • NORD-IB Program Leadership:
  • Philip Kappen, philip.kappen@fek.uu.se
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  • Program Coordination:
  • Elisabeth Hallmén, elisabeth.hallmen@fek.uu.se

Visit us

Address:

Uppsala University
Department of Business Studies
Box 513
751 20 Uppsala
Sweden