The core topics of the Master Programme in International Business and Economics are:
International Business and Management;
Doing business in emerging countries;
International Marketing;
Cross-cultural Marketing;
Innovation Management;
International Entrepreneurship;
Digital Marketing;
Management of Information Systems;
Big Data Analysis. Firm Valuation and Capital Market Instruments;
Project M
anagement;
Performance Management;
Basics of Competition and International Law;
Basics of Economics;
Fundamentals of statistics and data mining, with a special emphasis on problems related to: market forecasting, analysis of international scenario, web analytics
CLASS PROFILE
• About 100 students per year;
• Starting from the second year, small sub-classes to stimulate teamworks and practical exercises;
• Up to 30% of foreign students, coming from all over the word;
MIBE Pillars
1. International environment
Started in 2009, throught the academic years the course has built a very strong reputation in the international academic environment. It has attracted students from all over Italy and all over the world. The number of enrolled students has almost doubled, reaching a high percentage of foreign students (more than 30%). In addition to this, more than a third of the enrolled students has taken part to a double-degree programme, thanks to the agreements with 10 foreign partner universities. All this contributes to a highly rich international environment with a lively cultural scenario and a multidisciplinary approach to higher education.
2. Balancing in-depth theory and practical experience
Lectures are a well-studied blend of theory and practise, with a strong focus on class discussion stimulation, case studies, teamwork, simulation projects, business games and workshops. The MIBE project also shows innovative teaching methods, including: e-learning platform, business games (jointly with well known companies),
‘Call Ideas’ is aimed at bringing together students coming from different departments (economics & management, biotechnology, engineers, software developers, ...), working on business plan for new ventures.
3.Unique experience
- First of all: because our students develop a strong feeling of belonging to a community the community of ‘Mibers’. They feel that MIBE is a label, a distinctive mark: a nice one, to wear and recognise.
- Secondly:because of the uniqueatmosphere of the University of Pavia, one of the oldest universities in Europe (founded in 1361).The universityis also well-known for its students’ accommodation system consisting of 20 students’ residences (“collegi”), where thousands of students live, study and play sports. Furthermore, Pavia is a lovely small medieval town, which feeds thatspecial sense of community, but at the same time offering the opportunity to reach a metropolis like Milan in a very short time (only 35 kilometres away, with an excellent train connection).
