Economics and Business Administration - International Business Aarhus University

Overview

In today's rapidly changing and interconnected world, firms face an increasing array of choices regarding markets, locations for key activities, ownership modes, and organisation and processes for managing across borders. Globalisation has made it easier for firms to access new markets and customers around the world, tap into new sources of talent, technology, and capital, and spread business risks.

Specifically, the Economics and Business Administration - International Business from Aarhus University in International Business provides a theoretical frame for the advanced academic study of international business and the solving of practical issues arising in international business.

Career

The study programme is aimed at providing you with the competences required to take part in the decision-making processes in a business with extensive international commitments or a public institution.

There are several career paths:

• Danish and international businesses where you may be employed by headquarters or by a foreign subsidiary. Most often, the career will start with a job as an analyst, which may lead to a senior position such as Head of specific activities.

• Ministry of Foreign Affairs, for example, as an employee at an embassy, as consulate generals and other international representations. Frequently, careers will start and proceed through the commercial departments, the goal being ambassador positions.

• International service companies offering consultancy services to businesses which lack the necessary capacity within, e.g. financial advice, the conduct of international market analyses, the planning and implementation of FDI, either in the form of the establishment of new subsidiaries and/or acquisitions etc.