Master in International Technology and Innovation Management Program
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The new MITIM program is a result of cooperation between two business schools.Lappeenranta University of Technology, School of Business (LSB) is a leading Finnish school in the sphere of innovations and technology management. The Graduate School of Management (GSOM) of St. Petersburg State University is one of the leading Russian business schools with a wealth of experience in management education programs and a CEMS membership. The Master’s Degree Program is a part of the Cross-Border University project.
The MITIM program is taught completely in English and it starts in the autumn of 2007.
The two-year program is divided into four semesters of studies. During the first semester, the students will study at the GSOM in St. Petersburg, and during the second semester, at LSB in Lappeenranta.
The MITIM program is designed to give future
managers the analytical and managerial skills necessary to succeed in
the international business of technology and innovations. Graduates
acquire an excellent background to bring high level competent
management skills to multi-national corporations operating in Russia
and Finland, and to help Russian and Finnish companies in the
development of their international business activities.
Graduates are trained to understand the specifics of international
business environments, cross-border movement of goods, people and
technology, and management of technologically oriented organizations in
the global markets.
The program courses are designed to meet the
demands of managers working in the global economy, as well as in -
contemporary dynamic Russian and Finnish businesses. Program curricula
has been refined to ensure that students receive both a conceptual
framework and practical methodologies in economics and management. They
develop specific skills in international technology management, such as
strategic planning of foreign market entry, multicultural workforce
management, coordination of multinational operations and risk
management in international business. These skills, together with a
high degree of technological, political and cultural awareness, qualify
program graduates to take up a broad range of opportunities.
