Associate Professor – Director of Research
PhD in Economics (Universidad Carlos III)
MSc in Economics and Philosophy (London School of Economics)
Bachelor’s degree in Economic and Business Sciences (UPF)
Ramon Xifré Oliva is a lecturer at ESCI-UPF and researcher at the Public-Private Sector Research Centre at IESE. He has led a number of research projects on policies to promote competitiveness (international business, innovation and entrepreneurial drive) in Spain and the EU, and he works with the ECB on its research group on competitiveness. Between 2009 and 2011 he was an advisory member to the Spanish Prime Minister’s economic office. He sat on the board of directors at ICEX.
Bachelor’s Degree in International Business and Marketing
Core
Programme:
Bachelor’s Degree in International Business and Marketing
Organisations and markets. Business decisions and strategies. Functional areas: production, financing, logistics. Business management and control: coordination and motivation. The entrepreneur.
Understand how a business organisation works in detail and appreciate its relationships with its customers and suppliers. Identify the main and secondary purposes of a company or organisation.
Code:
41202
Créditos:
6 ECTS
Language:
English
Type of subject: Core
Master of Science in International Business
Required
Programme:
Master of Science in International Business
Master of Science in International Business
Required
Programme:
Master of Science in International Business
The Master’s Thesis is an original piece of work that sets out an international market entry programme or business plan for a new firm looking to do international business. Students have the support of a supervisor who guides them through the process. Supervisors are selected from members of the teaching staff for the master’s programme and monitor students’ progress and make suggestions and recommendations. At the end of the process, students have to present and defend their project.
Master of Science in Sustainability Management
Elective
Programme:
Master of Science in Sustainability Management
Public-Private Collaboration in Sustainable Projects is an elective, second-term course in the MSc in Sustainability Management. The course presents the business case for employing Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) in projects that involve sustainability management. PPP are critically important in meeting the challenge of sustainable development and growth but they are complex instruments. The design and execution of PPP with a sustainability mission require specific knowledge and skills that the course intends to provide to the participants.