International Strategic Management

Asignatura del Master in International Management

Información académica

Créditos:
2 ECTS

Language:
English

Type of subject: Required

Description

We analyse the strategic challenges faced by managers and organizations competing in the international context. Our aim is to answer the most fundamental question in international strategic management: what determines organizations’ success or failure in the international context? In addition, we build our understanding of how competition and cooperation unfold among organizations operating internationally and how rapid digitization breaks down industry barriers and creates new opportunities while jeopardizing long-successful business models.

Learning Outcomes

Acquire the ability to analyse and assess the key variables required to develop and implement a strategy to secure a company’s profitable position in international markets.

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Lecturer Position

Tomislav Rimac

Coordinator | Director of the MIDM & MIM

Qualifications:

PhD in Business Administration and Management (IESE Business School)
MBA (University of Toronto)
BASc in Electrical Engineering and Computing (University of Zagreb)

Biography:

Tomislav Rimac’s research centres on channelling entrepreneurship to bring about positive social change and sustainable development, with a particular focus on business models, strategies, institutional changes and mechanisms of government linked to entrepreneurship and social and community innovation. He has worked as principal investigator on large-scale multinational research projects funded by the European Commission (SELUSI and SEFORÏS) and worked with the OECD on projects linked to entrepreneurship and social innovation. Before joining academia, he set up a social enterprise in Toronto and held several positions in the Canadian banking sector and international IT and engineering consultancy sector. In his free time he likes to take his dog for a walk through Alt Penedès vineyards and do pilates and yoga.