Master of Business Administration Track Strategy Innovation Entrepreneurship

Master of Business Administration - Track Strategy, Innovation & Entrepreneurship Info Session November 26 th, 2018

Intro MBA – specialization Strategy, Entrepreneurship and Innovation Succesful organizations survive thanks to:

Intro MBA – Strategy, Entrepreneurship and Innovation (SIE) Succesful organizations survive thanks to:

Preparation for your Career • From a career perspective, you have two major options to choose from: o Become a specialist in a functional discipline (marketing, finance, …) o Become a generalist and understand the links between various disciplines, since multidisciplinarity is required to prepare for your job

Our Programme Is designed to take a helicopter view of a wide range of intensive and specialized courses in all fields of relevance to managers in start-ups, small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) to multinational enterprises (MNEs). It helps you acquire the hands-on qualifications you need to pursue for: o a management career in business or public service o an entrepreneurial path

General Structure of this MBA Specialization Graduation Subject Strategy, Innovation & Entrepreneurship (International Business) STRATEGY PILLAR INNOVATION PILLAR ENTREPRENEURSHIP PILLAR

Legend: Strategy, Innovation and Entrepreneurship builds on your bachelor Preliminary courses in the 3 rd bachelor programme which are related to this master programme courses in our master’s programme MBA in Strategy, Innovation & Enterpreneurship

Our menu of courses Strategy, Innovation & Entrepreneurship bridging MNEs and the EU: part Multinationals (3 ECTS) Optional: Project Management (3 ECTS) International Business Strategy Strategic Innovation Management ( 6 ECTS) (6 ECTS) Strategy: Change and Implementation (6 ECTS) Entrepreneurship and Business Planning (3 ECTS) Optional: Business Plan (3 ECTS) SMEs and Entrepreneurship (6 ECTS) Interdisciplinary lab Strategy, Innovation & Entrepreneurship (6 ECTS) Strategy and Entrepreneur ship (3 ECTS)

Our Programme • International Business Strategy o Emerging market economy MNEs Strategic Innovation Management o Innovation & Firm survival – Innovation (Eco)systems – Dynamic Capabilities SMEs and Entrepreneurship o Intrapreneurship, to take over your family businesses o Start-up vs. takeover, entrepreneurship policy o • • International expansion of companies, entry modes, cultural distance

deepening courses Graduation Subject Strategy, Innovation & Entrepreneurship Interdisciplinary lab in SIE: integrated course, consecutive cases and advanced topics preparing you either for a research master (Ph. D) or for consultancy with international projects Strategy: Organizational learning and change: change management

§ EXTRA MUROS (field trips) § § § Study trips, e. g. to Antwerp Port Authority and Katoen Natie, PSA Guest lectures, LCIE (Leuven Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship) Company visits: Imec, ABInbev,

EXTRA MUROS (field trips; eg. Current students, Nov 21 st, 2018)

Staff of the group SIE (Strategy, Innovation & Entrepreneurship) Innovation: Stijn Kelchtermans, Peter Teirlinck. IB strategy: Annabel Sels, Arjen Slangen + guest lecturers of Deloitte, Cap. Gemini, FIT, European Commission, Etc… Entrepreneurship: Ingrid Claes, Vincent Molly Management: Annick Van Rossem

Master Thesis under guidance of SIE colleagues at a glance: realistic and research-driven • University and business driven • Some examples: o International strategy: • Mergers and acquisitions, export plans for firms abroad • The impact of cultural distance on doing business • Headquarter- subsidiary relationships o Innovation • Spin-offs of research institutions , role of technology transfer offices • Innovation ecosystems (e. g. Huawei) • Technology road-mapping o Entrepreneurship: • SMEs and entrepreneurship: startup, growth, transfer, … • Family business: performance, governance, succession, …

Job perspectives after Strategy-Innovation & Entrepreneurship • In the first stage of your careers: mainly employed in financial, administrative, and commercial departments (e. g. companies in the financial sector, management consultancy firms, big 4, EU institutions). In the further stages: middle and higher management levels. • From SME to Multinational (incl. starting your own enterprise…!) • Typical in (family) SME: helicopterview a must • Call for entrepreneurs • International careers (EU, business development or M&A departments)

Why are you doing it? “Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. ” – Steve Jobs, Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO, Apple Questions? Mail to annabel. sels@kuleuven. be

Master of Business Administration - Track Strategy, Innovation & Entrepreneurship hopes to welcome you in the academic year 2019 -2020!!! Info Session March 5 th, 2018