Advanced International Study Trip: Family & non-family firms around the world

What it is about

You participate in a ten-day international field trip, visiting family and non-family businesses as well as international universities. In the end you will be able to apply theoretical frameworks to international business situations and act more confidently in intercultural communication and business transactions.

What you will be able to do

• Scientific understanding of international economics
• Sovereign communication and action abroad
• Applying theoretical frameworks to navigating different cultures
• Improvement of written communication skills
• Enhanced critical thinking, ethnorelatistic perspectives and interpretive abilities

What the module consists of

• Exkursion (10 Tage)Immersive learning about culture, companies and people on-site
• SeminararbeitIndependent scientific engagement with course topics
• Diskussionen mit Firmen und UniversitätenApplication and deepening of central concepts and empirical findings

Teaching method

• Immersive ExkursionDirect experience of culture and business life in the host country
• Gespräche mit internationalen Firmen und UniversitätenConveying key concepts and empirical findings from strategic management
• Eigenständige LiteraturarbeitDeveloping additional knowledge through the seminar paper