1. Master of Business Administration - Track
Strategy, Innovation & Entrepreneurship
Info Session November 26th, 2018
Business Information Management/International Relations

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

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

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

5. 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:
a management career in business or public service
an entrepreneurial path

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

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

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

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

10. Graduation Subject Strategy, Innovation & Entrepreneurship
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 (PhD) or for consultancy with international projects
Strategy: Organizational learning and change: change management

11. 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,

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

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

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

15. 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)
Some employers: Government – Banking Sector – Final Four Audit & Consulting – International companies (Coca-Cola – Toyota/Honda – IBM – P&G/Unilever - SD Worx – Siemens – Samsonite …)
Own business

16. 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

17. Master of Business Administration - Track
Strategy, Innovation & Entrepreneurship hopes to welcome you in the academic year !!!
Info Session March 5th, 2018
Business Information Management/International Relations