International Business Management Loughborough University

Overview

Jointly delivered by the Institute for International Management and Entrepreneurship and the Loughborough Business School, this specialist MSc provides the ideal springboard if you’re looking to make your mark in international management.

You’ll gain a strong grounding in all the relevant business theories, while also developing your research and analytical skills – so you can confidently lead on new ideas and insights about international management and strategic growth.

How and why organisations operate the way they do

How do different national and cultural contexts impact the way firms operate? What kind of operations might they commit to in a particular location – and how do businesses need to think about how they work with governments, source funding or deal with issues like corruption depending on where they’re based?

Exploring how these myriad factors influence firms, you’ll learn to apply this contextual understanding to help companies develop commercially viable strategies tailored to the risks and opportunities in each market.

Benefit from research-led teaching

The course draws on the latest research in global business. Working with our academic and industry experts, you’ll learn about everything from the globalisation of economic activity and using flexible teams in different time zones, to the changing patterns of work, sustainability, risk and governance.

The course draws on our considerable expertise and collaborations in emerging market economies including Argentina, China, Brazil and Kenya.

The ideal location to study international business management

Based in London’s global business hub, this is an ideal place to explore international business. You can look forward to plenty of networking opportunities, and the chance to work on collaborative projects, and attend guest lectures, with entrepreneurs and business leaders across a range of industries.

Focused learning: Block teaching

At Loughborough University London, we pride ourselves on delivering pioneering and distinctive learning methods, one of which is our block teaching model. This approach delivers each module in an intensive three-week block, followed by a dedicated assessment week.

Block teaching allows students to fully immerse themselves in one subject at a time. This approach enables a focused learning experience and helps students get the most out of each module.

Why you should study this degree:

• Explore different national and cultural contexts and what they mean for global businesses.
• Study how emerging markets and their contexts influence the strategies of firms operating in those countries.
• Understand the global shifts in today’s world that affect how global organisations need to evolve and adapt.
• Gain a strong grounding in all areas that feed into the success of a business, including strategy, accounting and marketing – and how working across borders affects each of those disciplines.
• Work on collaborative projects with our industry partners.
• Study at the heart of London’s business community.
• Full immersion in each topic area through block teaching.