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| » Jaar 1 (basisprogramma BSc E&BE) | |||||||
| Periode | Type | Code | Naam | Taal | ECTS | Uren | |
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| semester I a | verplicht | EBP808C05 | International Business for E&BE | Engels | 5 | 5 | |
| verplicht | EBP817B05 | Mathematics for E&BE | Engels | 5 | 6 | ||
| verplicht | EBP819B05 | Microeconomics for E&BE: Consumers&Firms | Engels | 5 | 6 | ||
| semester I b | verplicht | EBP802B05 | Financial Accounting for E&BE | Engels | 5 | 5 | |
| verplicht | EBP812B05 | Macroeconomics for E&BE | Engels | 5 | 6 | ||
| verplicht | EBP034A05 | Mathematics and Data Analysis for E&BE | Engels | 5 | 6 | ||
| semester II | verplicht | EBP837B05 | English for E&BE | Engels | 5 | 3 | |
| verplicht | EBP035A05 | Research Paper for E&BE | Engels | 5 | variabel | ||
| semester II a | verplicht | EBP033A05 | Marketing for E&BE | Engels | 5 | 5 | |
| verplicht | EBP822B05 | Statistics for E&BE | Engels | 5 | 6 | ||
| semester II b | verplicht | EBP032A05 | Asset Pricing and Capital Budgeting | Engels | 5 | 5 | |
| verplicht | EBP810B05 | International Economics for E&BE | Engels | 5 | 6 | ||
| » Jaar 2 ( Business Economics) | |||||||
| Periode | Type | Code | Naam | Taal | ECTS | Uren | |
| semester I a | verplicht | EBB066A05 | Matrix Analysis and Optimization | Engels | 5 | 4 | |
| verplicht | EBB130A05 | Monetary Macroeconomics | Engels | 5 | 4 | ||
| verplicht | EBB125A05 | Trade Policy and Economic Integration | Engels | 5 | 4 | ||
| semester I b | verplicht | EBB846C05 | Management Accounting for BE | Engels | 5 | 4 | |
| verplicht | EBB067A05 | Microeconomics - Industrial Organization | Engels | 5 | 4 | ||
| verplicht | EBB068A05 | Operations and Logistics Management | Engels | 5 | variabel | ||
| semester II a | verplicht | EBB060A05 | Capital Structure and Financial Planning | Engels | 5 | 4 | |
| verplicht | EBB061A05 | Econometrics for BE | Engels | 5 | 4 | ||
| verplicht | EBB065A05 | Human Resource Management for BE | Engels | 5 | 4 | ||
| semester II b | verplicht | EBB062A05 | Economics of Banking | Engels | 5 | 4 | |
| verplicht | EBB063A05 | Empirical Research Paper for BE | Engels | 5 | variabel | ||
| verplicht | EBB069A05 | Philosophy and Ethics of Business | Engels | 5 | 4 | ||
| » Jaar 2 ( Economics) | |||||||
| Periode | Type | Code | Naam | Taal | ECTS | Uren | |
| semester I a | verplicht | EBB066A05 | Matrix Analysis and Optimization | Engels | 5 | 4 | |
| verplicht | EBB130A05 | Monetary Macroeconomics | Engels | 5 | 4 | ||
| verplicht | EBB125A05 | Trade Policy and Economic Integration | Engels | 5 | 4 | ||
| semester I b | verplicht | EBB933B05 | Intermediate Mathematics | Engels | 5 | 6 | |
| verplicht | EBB067A05 | Microeconomics - Industrial Organization | Engels | 5 | 4 | ||
| verplicht | EBB861A05 | Public Finance | Engels | 5 | 4 | ||
| semester II a | verplicht | EBB060A05 | Capital Structure and Financial Planning | Engels | 5 | 4 | |
| verplicht | EBB814A05 | Econometrics for Economics | Engels | 5 | 4 | ||
| verplicht | EBB022A05 | Growth, Institutions and Business | Engels | 5 | 3 | ||
| semester II b | verplicht | EBB062A05 | Economics of Banking | Engels | 5 | 4 | |
| verplicht | EBB020B05 | Empirical Research Paper for Economics | Engels | 5 | variabel | ||
| verplicht | EBB934A05 | History of Economic Thought | Engels | 5 | 4 | ||
| » Jaar 2 (Economic Development and Globalization/ED&G) | |||||||
| Periode | Type | Code | Naam | Taal | ECTS | Uren | |
| semester I a | verplicht | EBB066A05 | Matrix Analysis and Optimization | Engels | 5 | 4 | |
| verplicht | EBB130A05 | Monetary Macroeconomics | Engels | 5 | 4 | ||
| verplicht | EBB125A05 | Trade Policy and Economic Integration | Engels | 5 | 4 | ||
| semester I b | verplicht | EBB921B05 | Global Development Studies | Engels | 5 | 4 | |
| verplicht | EBB067A05 | Microeconomics - Industrial Organization | Engels | 5 | 4 | ||
| verplicht | EBB141A05 | Technological Change & Innovation | Engels | 5 | 4 | ||
| semester II a | verplicht | EBB060A05 | Capital Structure and Financial Planning | Engels | 5 | 4 | |
| verplicht | EBB070B05 | Econometrics for ED&G | Engels | 5 | 4 | ||
| verplicht | EBB022A05 | Growth, Institutions and Business | Engels | 5 | 3 | ||
| semester II b | verplicht | EBB062A05 | Economics of Banking | Engels | 5 | 4 | |
| verplicht | EBB071B05 | Empirical Research Paper for ED&G | Engels | 5 | variabel | ||
| verplicht | EBB069A05 | Philosophy and Ethics of Business | Engels | 5 | 4 | ||
| » Jaar 3 ( Business Economics) | |||||||
| Periode | Type | Code | Naam | Taal | ECTS | Uren | |
| semester I | keuzegroep A | buitenlandminor | Engels | 30 | |||
| keuzegroep A | minor Bedrijf en Belastingen | Nederlands | 30 | ||||
| keuzegroep A | minor E&BE | Engels | 30 | ||||
| keuzegroep A | minor Innovation & Entrepreneurship | Engels | 30 | ||||
| keuzegroep A | minor Management Control | Engels | 30 | ||||
| keuzegroep A | universitaire minor | Engels en Nederlands | 30 | ||||
| semester II | verplicht | EBB926C10 | Bachelor's Thesis E&BE-BE | Engels | 10 | variabel | |
| semester II a | verplicht | EBB084A05 | Intermediate Asset Pricing | Engels | 5 | 3 | |
| keuzegroep B | keuzevak BSc E&BE-BE | Engels | 5 | ||||
| keuzegroep B | EBB085A05 | Marketing Research for E&BE | Engels | 5 | 3 | ||
| semester II b | verplicht | EBB079B05 | Intermediate Corporate Finance | Engels | 5 | variabel | |
| keuzegroep C | EBB081A05 | Financial Statement Analysis for E&BE | Engels | 5 | 4 | ||
| keuzegroep C | keuzevak BSc E&BE-BE | Engels | 5 | ||||
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| » Jaar 3 ( Economics) | |||||||
| Periode | Type | Code | Naam | Taal | ECTS | Uren | |
| semester I | keuzegroep D | buitenlandminor | Engels | 30 | |||
| keuzegroep D | minor Bedrijf en Belastingen | Nederlands | 30 | ||||
| keuzegroep D | minor E&BE | Engels | 30 | ||||
| keuzegroep D | minor Innovation & Entrepreneurship | Engels | 30 | ||||
| keuzegroep D | minor Management Control | Engels | 30 | ||||
| keuzegroep D | universitaire minor | Engels en Nederlands | 30 | ||||
| semester II | verplicht | EBB908B10 | Bachelor's Thesis E&BE-Economics | Engels | 10 | variabel | |
| semester II a | verplicht | EBB842B05 | Intermediate Macroeconomics | Engels | 5 | 4 | |
| keuzegroep E | keuzevak BSc E&BE-Economics | Engels | 5 | ||||
| keuzegroep E | EBB840A05 | Labour Economics | Engels | 5 | 4 | ||
| semester II b | verplicht | EBB852B05 | Intermediate Microeconomics | Engels | 5 | 4 | |
| keuzegroep F | keuzevak BSc E&BE-Economics | Engels | 5 | ||||
| keuzegroep F | EBB886B05 | Political Economics | Engels | 5 | 4 | ||
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| » Jaar 3 (Economic Development and Globalization/ED&G) | |||||||
| Periode | Type | Code | Naam | Taal | ECTS | Uren | |
| semester I | keuzegroep G | buitenlandminor | Engels | 30 | |||
| keuzegroep G | minor Bedrijf en Belastingen | Nederlands | 30 | ||||
| keuzegroep G | minor E&BE | Engels | 30 | ||||
| keuzegroep G | minor Innovation & Entrepreneurship | Engels | 30 | ||||
| keuzegroep G | minor Management Control | Engels | 30 | ||||
| keuzegroep G | universitaire minor | Engels en Nederlands | 30 | ||||
| semester II | verplicht | EBB879C10 | Bachelor's Thesis E&BE-ED&G | Engels | 10 | variabel | |
| semester II a | verplicht | EBB811B05 | Growth and Development Economics | Engels | 5 | 4 | |
| keuzegroep H | EBB131A05 | International Financial Markets | Engels | 5 | |||
| keuzegroep H | keuzevak BSc E&BE-ED&G | Engels | 5 | ||||
| semester II b | verplicht | EBB143A05 | Sustainability and Globalization | Engels | 5 | 3 | |
| keuzegroep I | keuzevak BSc E&BE-ED&G | Engels | 5 | ||||
| keuzegroep I | EBB082B05 | Trade and Firms | Engels | 5 | 4 | ||
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| » Jaar 3 (keuzevakken E&BE-BE) | |||||||
| Periode | Type | Code | Naam | Taal | ECTS | Uren | |
| semester II a | keuze | EBB811B05 | Growth and Development Economics | Engels | 5 | 4 | |
| keuze | EBB842B05 | Intermediate Macroeconomics | Engels | 5 | 4 | ||
| keuze | EBB131A05 | International Financial Markets | Engels | 5 | |||
| keuze | EBB840A05 | Labour Economics | Engels | 5 | 4 | ||
| semester II b | keuze | EBB852B05 | Intermediate Microeconomics | Engels | 5 | 4 | |
| keuze | EBB886B05 | Political Economics | Engels | 5 | 4 | ||
| keuze | EBB143A05 | Sustainability and Globalization | Engels | 5 | 3 | ||
| keuze | EBB082B05 | Trade and Firms | Engels | 5 | 4 | ||
| » Jaar 3 (keuzevakken E&BE-Economics) | |||||||
| Periode | Type | Code | Naam | Taal | ECTS | Uren | |
| semester II a | keuze | EBB811B05 | Growth and Development Economics | Engels | 5 | 4 | |
| keuze | EBB084A05 | Intermediate Asset Pricing | Engels | 5 | 3 | ||
| keuze | EBB131A05 | International Financial Markets | Engels | 5 | |||
| keuze | EBB085A05 | Marketing Research for E&BE | Engels | 5 | 3 | ||
| semester II b | keuze | EBB081A05 | Financial Statement Analysis for E&BE | Engels | 5 | 4 | |
| keuze | EBB079B05 | Intermediate Corporate Finance | Engels | 5 | variabel | ||
| keuze | EBB143A05 | Sustainability and Globalization | Engels | 5 | 3 | ||
| keuze | EBB082B05 | Trade and Firms | Engels | 5 | 4 | ||
| » Jaar 3 (keuzevakken E&BE-ED&G) | |||||||
| Periode | Type | Code | Naam | Taal | ECTS | Uren | |
| semester II a | keuze | EBB084A05 | Intermediate Asset Pricing | Engels | 5 | 3 | |
| keuze | EBB842B05 | Intermediate Macroeconomics | Engels | 5 | 4 | ||
| keuze | EBB840A05 | Labour Economics | Engels | 5 | 4 | ||
| keuze | EBB085A05 | Marketing Research for E&BE | Engels | 5 | 3 | ||
| semester II b | keuze | EBB081A05 | Financial Statement Analysis for E&BE | Engels | 5 | 4 | |
| keuze | EBB079B05 | Intermediate Corporate Finance | Engels | 5 | variabel | ||
| keuze | EBB852B05 | Intermediate Microeconomics | Engels | 5 | 4 | ||
| keuze | EBB886B05 | Political Economics | Engels | 5 | 4 | ||
| » Jaar 3 (minor Bedrijf en Belastingen) | |||||||
| Periode | Type | Code | Naam | Taal | ECTS | Uren | |
| semester I a | verplicht | RGAFI30510 | Inl. Belastingheffing voor niet-jur | Nederlands | 10 | variabel | |
| verplicht | RGBFI00105 | Loonheffingen | Nederlands | 5 | 2 | ||
| semester I b | verplicht | EBB121A05 | Global Corporate Taxation | Nederlands | 5 | 4 | |
| verplicht | RGAFI30405 | Omzetbelasting voor niet-juristen | Nederlands | 5 | 4 | ||
| verplicht | RGAPR70205 | Privaatrecht voor niet-juristen | Nederlands | 5 | 2 | ||
| » Jaar 3 (minor E&BE) | |||||||
| Periode | Type | Code | Naam | Taal | ECTS | Uren | |
| semester I a | keuze | EBB087A05 | Behavioural Corporate Finance | Engels | 5 | 4 | |
| keuze | EBB090A05 | Culture and Economics | Engels | 5 | 4 | ||
| keuze | EBB091A05 | Development Finance | Engels | 5 | 4 | ||
| keuze | EBB120A05 | Health Economics | Engels | 5 | 4 | ||
| semester I b | keuze | EBB086A05 | Behavioural and Experimental Economics | Engels | 5 | 4 | |
| keuze | EBB089A05 | Corporate Governance for E&BE | Engels | 5 | 4 | ||
| keuze | EBB898B05 | Environmental and Resource Economics | Engels | 5 | 4 | ||
| keuze | EBB023C05 | International Business Strategy for E&BE | Engels | 5 | 4 | ||
| keuze | EBB920A05 | Sports Economics | Engels | 5 | 4 | ||
| Opmerkingen | Studenten kiezen 30 EC uit 'minor E&BE'. | ||||||
| » Jaar 3 (minor Innovation & Entrepreneurship) | |||||||
| Periode | Type | Code | Naam | Taal | ECTS | Uren | |
| semester I a | verplicht | EBB117A05 | Entrepreneurial Marketing | Engels | 5 | 3 | |
| verplicht | EBB124A05 | Introduction to Entrepreneurship | Engels | 5 | 3 | ||
| verplicht | EBB119A05 | Technology-based Offerings | Engels | 5 | 3 | ||
| semester I b | verplicht | EBB118B10 | Entrepreneurship Project | Engels | 10 | 8 | |
| verplicht | EBB107A05 | Innovation Management B&M | Engels | 5 | 3 | ||
| » Jaar 3 (minor Management Control) | |||||||
| Periode | Type | Code | Naam | Taal | ECTS | Uren | |
| semester I a | verplicht | EBB099B05 | Corporate Governance for A&C | Engels | 5 | 4 | |
| verplicht | EBB116A05 | Financial Statement Analysis for A&C | Engels | 5 | 4 | ||
| verplicht | EBB048A05 | Internal Control (BSc) | Engels | 5 | 2 | ||
| semester I b | verplicht | EBB627A05 | International Financial Management | Engels | 5 | 6 | |
| verplicht | EBB102B05 | Management Control for A&C | Engels | 5 | 4 | ||
| keuzegroep J | EBB132A05 | Healthcare Management | Engels | 5 | 3 | ||
| keuzegroep J | EBB107A05 | Innovation Management B&M | Engels | 5 | 3 | ||
| keuzegroep J | EBB109A05 | Operations Strategy and Technology | Engels | 5 | 4 | ||
| Opmerkingen | Studenten kiezen 5 EC uit keuzegroep semester 1.2 | ||||||
| 1 | Asset Pricing and Capital Budgeting | EBP032A05 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Value and value creation are central concepts of Corporate Finance. The value of an asset depends on the size, the timing and the risk of the expected cash flows generated by an asset. In this course you will learn how to determine the risk-adjusted cost of capital. You will apply these techniques to valuing of shares and bonds and to investment decisions of a firm. The analysis of investments will show you the relation between financial accounting and corporate finance. Next, the financing decisions of firms will be dealt with, taking into account institutional aspects of capital markets and the efficiency of these markets. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2 | Bachelor's Thesis E&BE-BE | EBB926C10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The bachelor thesis Business Economics completes the profile Business Economics of the Bachelor Economics and Business Economics. In this course, you will do independent empirical research on a research question of academic and professional relevance, building on the knowledge and skills you have acquired in the program. You will do your research within a pre-defined research theme in the field of Finance, Accounting or Marketing together with other students. In each research theme you pariticipate in regular research meetings; in this way you have the opportunity to learn from and comment on other research. Alternatively, you can also formulate your research theme, which has to be approved by the course coordinator at an early stage. Your thesis provides an answer to your research question, requiring a discussion of the relevant theoretical and empirical literature, and applying the appropriate research methods to a self-collected dataset. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 3 | Bachelor's Thesis E&BE-Economics | EBB908B10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Students write a research paper on a topic in the field of Economics. They do so within a theme. Alternatively, they can also formulate their own project, which has to be approved by the course coordinator at an early stage. Students in a theme give presentations in tutorials. Students with an individual project present the final version of their research paper in a seminar. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 4 | Bachelor's Thesis E&BE-ED&G | EBB879C10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The bachelor thesis ED&G is the final course of the track Economic Development and Globalization of the bachelor Economics and Business Economics. In this course, you will do independent research on a research question of academic relevance, building on the knowledge and skills you have acquired in the program. You will do your research within a pre-defined research theme, under the supervision of an expert faculty member. In each research theme you will be joined by a number of fellow students and regular research workshops will give you the opportunity to learn from and comment on their research. Alternatively, you can also formulate your research theme, which has to be approved by the course coordinator at an early stage. Your thesis will aim to provide a quantitative, statistical answer to your research question, requiring a discussion of the relevant theoretical and empirical literature and applying the research methods that you trained in using in earlier courses. The research themes on offer include those that are related to the area of Economic Development and Globalization and can make use of firm-, industry-, or country-level data. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 5 | Behavioural and Experimental Economics | EBB086A05 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| As the name suggests, this course has two main themes: behavioural economics and experimental economics. They are interconnected, as behavioral economics (BE) is typically informed by insights from experimental research. Introduction to behavioral economics: Oftentimes, we are not the flawless, time-consistent maximizers of our own expected utility that neoclassical rational choice theory assumes us to be. Instead, we tend to make choices that are not in our long-run self-interest. For example, we delay unpleasant tasks and are tempted by short-term pleasures. Our choices are susceptible to the framing of decision-making problems because our cognitive abilities to solve them are limited. Also, we are willing to sacrifice our own interests to help others. The behavioral economics part of the course will teach you the basic theories that describe the above behaviors, including basic prospect theory, hyperbolic discounting and theories of fairness and altruism. Introduction to experimental economics: How do people really behave? Experimental economics (EE) examines this question empirically. We will discuss experimental research on various topics (e.g. market experiments, game theory experiments, labor market experiments). You will learn about the standards of experimental economics and the main types of experiments. We will make a direct connection to behavioral economics by discussing experimental evidence on the behavioral view of human decision-making. We will not only talk about experiments but also do some classroom experiments ourselves. There will also be a group assignment, where the task is to work out a proposal for an economic experiment. You will present this proposal in class, incorporate the feedback that you get, and write up the research proposal as a paper. Note that the schedule is irregular as the course is front-loaded with lectures. In the first three weeks there will be three lectures per week; in the next week two lectures, and in the last three weeks one lecture per week. The reason for this front-loading is that 25% of the grade is based on an assignment (the abovementioned research proposal for an experiment). To be able to write this assignment, students should learn about the experimental methodology and the types of experiments first - hence the many lectures in the first few weeks. For the exact times please consult the website rooster.rug.nl | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 6 | Behavioural Corporate Finance | EBB087A05 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The course will identify and apply behavioral phenomena to the study of corporate financial decision making. The course provides psychology-based explanations for observed corporate and managerial behaviors that do not fit well within the neoclassical framework of traditional corporate finance. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 7 | Capital Structure and Financial Planning | EBB060A05 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The first year course Asset Pricing and Capital Budgeting and the second year course Capital Structure and Financial Planning introduce you to the fundamentals of corporate finance. In the first year, you learned the core concepts of financial analysis and applied them to the investment decision of companies and the trade-off between return and risk. In the second year you apply the same concepts to the financing decisions of companies. In a group you value a firm by making a financial planning based on your own Excel model. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 8 | Corporate Governance for A&C | EBB099B05 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Onder invloed van spraakmakende schandalen als Ahold, Enron en Parmalat evenals de financiële crisis is de aandacht hebben voor en regelgeving op het gebied van corporate governance sterk toegenomen. Hierbij kan onder meer gedacht worden aan de invoering van de Sarbanes-Oxley Wet in de Verenigde Staten en de wettelijke verankering van de Nederlandse corporate governance code, ook wel beter bekend als de Code Tabaksblat. Daarbij komen onderwerpen als besturen en beheersen, verantwoordelijkheid en zeggenschap en verantwoording en toezicht aan de orde. In deze cursus wordt aandacht besteed aan corporate governance aspecten die de positie en het functioneren van controllers en accountants beïnvloeden. Daarbij kan worden gedacht aan internationale verschillen in de wijze waarop bestuurs- en toezichtstructuren vorm hebben gekregen, het functioneren van boards, de rol van media en kredietbeoordelaars binnen corporate governance en de wijze waarop met corporate governance codes wordt omgegaan. De onderwerpen worden hoofdzakelijk behandeld vanuit wetenschappelijk onderzoek. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 9 | Corporate Governance for E&BE | EBB089A05 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| This course offers an introduction to the theory and practice of corporate governance. It focuses on corporate governance mechanisms such as shareholders and voting rights, boards, committees, and remuneration, as well as on comparing corporate governance systems used in different country settings, including the differences in corporate governance codes established in different countries. The discussion of these mechanisms and systems starts from agency theory and resource dependency theory. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 10 | Culture and Economics | EBB090A05 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In this course, we discuss the increasingly recognized role of culture (interpreted as shared values, norms and beliefs) on economic behaviour and outcomes. The course consists of two parts. In the first two introductory lectures, we sketch a general overview how cultural differences in recent years have been theoretically and empirically linked to differences in economic outcomes and the conduct of international business respectively. This recent trend is positioned against the background of a discussion why economics traditionally used to ignore cultural explanations, and how it struggles to incorporate cultural factors now. The second part of the course consists of three lectures, in which we go deeper into the impact of values, norms and beliefs for economic behavior and outcomes. One lecture deals with the impact of differences in attitudes and value orientations for economic behavior; another with the impact of differences in norms about kinship and family relations; a third about the role of differences in religious beliefs on political and economic outcomes. At the end of the course, students should be aware of the cultural contingency of economic outcomes and behaviors, and be able to relate form an informed assessment of the promises of cultural explanations in economic thought. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 11 | Development Finance | EBB091A05 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| This is an introductory course on development finance. It is targeted at students with a basic knowledge of economics and/or business. The level will be aimed at students who have finished the first year of an economics and/or business programme. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 12 | Econometrics for BE | EBB061A05 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The course introduces basic principles of econometrics centered around the linear regression model. It emphasizes motivation, understanding, and implementation and shows how economic data are used with economic and statistical models as a basis for estimating key parameters and testing hypotheses. Students apply these methods to data from the field of Business Economics. Students learn to work with the econometric software package STATA. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 13 | Econometrics for Economics | EBB814A05 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The course introduces basic principles of econometrics centered around the linear regression model. It emphasizes motivation, understanding, and implementation, and shows how economic data are used with economic and statistical models as a basis for estimating key parameters and testing hypotheses. Students apply these methods to data from the field of Economics. Students learn to work with the statistical software package Stata. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 14 | Econometrics for ED&G | EBB070B05 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The course introduces basic principles of econometrics centered around the linear regression model. It emphasizes motivation, understanding, and implementation and shows how economic data are used with economic and statistical models as a basis for estimating key parameters and testing hypotheses. Students apply these methods to data from the field of International Economics and Business. Students learn to work with the statistical software package STATA. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 15 | Economics of Banking | EBB062A05 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The course begins with an introduction to the role of banks in the economic system where the emphasis is on the microeconomic, macroeconomic, and management aspects of the banking industry. Subsequently, each of these three topics is studied in more depth. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 16 | Empirical Research Paper for BE | EBB063A05 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Students select an empirical research topic from the field of Business Economics, formulate a model and hypotheses and collect data. Next, they estimate their model and test their hypotheses by using the econometrics package STATA. Finally, they report their findings in an empirical research paper. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Students select an empirical research topic from the field of Economics, formulate a model and hypotheses and collect data. Next, they estimate their model and test their hypotheses by using the econometrics package Stata. Finally, they report their findings in an empirical research paper. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 18 | Empirical Research Paper for ED&G | EBB071B05 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Students select an empirical research topic from the field of Economic Development and Globalization, formulate a model and hypotheses and collect data. Next, they estimate their model and test their hypotheses by using the econometric package STATA. Finally, they report their findings in an empirical research paper. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 19 | English for E&BE | EBP837B05 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| This Nestor based course concentrates on English skills in a professional and/or academic context. 1. Build awareness of academic writing norms 2. Develop new vocabulary and word skills 3. Expand grammar, syntax and sentence mechanics 4. Write an academic essay 5. Expand knowledge of business English 6. Demonstrate knowledge of discourse conventions ranging from structure and paragraphing to tone and mechanics 7. Demonstrate control of such surface features as grammar, punctuation, and spelling 8. Develop flexible strategies for generating, revising, editing, and proof-reading 9. Employ the collaborative and social aspects of writing processes 10. Deliver a professional presentation 11. Work within a team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 20 | Entrepreneurial Marketing | EBB117A05 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| With traditional marketing, a firm operates in a stable market environment and addresses clearly perceived customer needs. In contrast, entrepreneurial marketing refers to situations where the environment is uncertain, market conditions change rapidly, and customer needs are not clear. It combines the disciplines of marketing, entrepreneurship and innovation. Here, firms are searching for new opportunities to create value for customers, and ways to translate their creative ideas into a viable business. Entrepreneurial marketing is not about selecting the right advertising strategy or setting the right price. It is about identifying interesting opportunities, based on innovative technologies and rapidly changing markets, and developing a business model that allows the firm to create and deliver superior value to customers while earning profitable returns. Entrepreneurial marketing is relevant for both (a) start-up firms and (b) established firms that want to create a new business. The course is structured around three key issues: 1. Identifying opportunities, where firms look for interesting opportunities to create superior value to customers; e.g. based on innovative new technology, creative combination of existing ideas or changing customer needs (including market sensing techniques). 2. Developing a business model, where firms translate their innovative idea into a viable business that satisfies two key objectives: (a) delivering superior value to customers and (b) attaining the goals of the firm such as delivering profitable returns and/or societal value. 3. Implementing the marketing strategy, where firms develop a compelling value proposition for customers and implement the accompanying processes that are required to deliver that value to customers. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 21 | Entrepreneurship Project | EBB118B10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The course 'Entrepreneurship Project' is the concluding course of the faculty minor 'Innovation and Entrepreneurship' and university minor 'Entrepreneurship', and can be considered a Student Venturelab. In this course, students will develop an empirically well-founded solution to a practical business development challenge in a multidisciplinary project setting. There are two main sources of challenges: - the student’s own entrepreneurial idea - an entrepreneurial idea delivered by an existing SME, larger firm or entrepreneurial team The starting point of the course is a certain knowledge element. This element is often technology based, for example health- or energy-related devices, developed at the University of Groningen. The goal is to create an empirically validated understanding of the corresponding business model. In-between steps are: - validating customer needs - developing suggestions for products/services to satisfy those needs - validating the solution Theory and tools from the disciplines of (entrepreneurial) marketing, entrepreneurship and innovation & technology management are applied during these three steps. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 22 | Environmental and Resource Economics | EBB898B05 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The course studies the basic issues of environmental and resource economics from a microeconomic and theoretical perspective. Main subjects are: - Economic analysis of the causes of environmental degradation (external effects, property rights and market failure); - Economic valuation methods of environmental damage; - Markets as allocation mechanism for natural resources (fossil energy,solid waste, recycling, water scarcity, fisheries); - Market allocation for pollution (The relevance of voluntary negotiations, analysis of policy instruments: standards, pollution charges, markets of emission permits); - International dimensions of environmental economics: international cooperation on global environmental problems (acid rain, global warming, ozone layer depletion). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 23 | Financial Accounting for E&BE | EBP802B05 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Financial accounting provides a vital service by supplying information that decision makers need to make reasoned choices among alternative uses of scarce resources in the conduct of business and economic activities. To that end, accounting measures business activities by recording data about them for future use, by processing them to useful information and by communicating them to decision makers through financial reports. The topics in this course are the administration and processing of various financial transactions, the preparation of the accounts (balance sheet, income statement, cash flow statement) and the analysis and interpretation of the financial performance and financial position of companies. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 24 | Financial Statement Analysis for A&C | EBB116A05 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Financial statements represent the basis for a wide range of business analysis techniques. Managers use them to monitor their firms' performances relative to competitors, to inform external investors, to help in determining new financial policies, and to calibrate their investment strategy by evaluating potential new acquisitions. Security analysts use them to rate and value companies on which they issue recommendations. Bankers use them to determine in deciding whether to extend a loan to a client and to determine loan's terms and potential extensions. Investment bankers use them as a basis for valuing and analyzing prospective M&As Consultants use them in performing competitive analyses between their clients and peer companies. Overall, this course provides a framework for using financial statement data in a wide variety of business analysis and valuation contexts. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 25 | Financial Statement Analysis for E&BE | EBB081A05 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Financial statements represent the basis for a wide range of business analysis techniques. Managers use them to monitor their firms' performance relative to competitors, to inform external investors, to help in determining new financial policies, and to calibrate their investment strategy by evaluating potential new acquisitions. Security analysts use them to rate and value companies on which they issue recommendations. Bankers use them to determine loans’ terms and potential lending extensions. Investment bankers use them as a basis for valuing and analyzing prospective M&As. Consultants use them in performing competitive analyses between their clients and peer companies. Overall, this course provides a framework for using financial statement data in a wide variety of business analysis and valuation contexts. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 26 | Global Corporate Taxation | EBB121A05 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Het gedrag van bedrijven wordt beïnvloed doordat zij in de landen waarin zij opereren vennootschapsbelasting en de voorheffingen op die belasting (dividendbelasting, en in de meeste landen ook interestbelasting en royaltybelasting) moeten betalen. De fiscale wetgever - staten en Europese Unie, daarbij geadviseerd door de Organisatie voor Economische Samenwerking - proberen dat gedrag te beïnvloeden. Voorbeelden zijn fiscale faciliteiten zoals investeringsfaciliteiten en faciliteiten voor uitstel van belastingheffing bij bijvoorbeeld fusies, maar ook de vele anti-ontgaansbepalingen die in de vennootschapsbelastingsystemen van (vrijwel) alle landen zijn opgenomen. Mits het belang van de vennootschapsbelasting en de voorheffingen voor de rechtsvorm, investerings- en financieringsbeslissingen en de vestigingsplaatskeuze tijdig wordt onderkend, kan de omvang van de (wereldwijd) verschuldigde vennootschapsbelasting en de effecten daarvan op de kasstromen aanzienlijk worden beperkt. Een andere factor die de kasstromen gunstig beïnvloedt is het op juiste wijze tijdig aan de verplichtingen voldoen en een adequate rapportage hierover richting belastingdienst. Daardoor worden boetes, maar ook reputatieschade vermeden. Door middel van een Tax Control Framework kunnen fiscale risico's waardoor onjuist of niet op tijd aangifte wordt gedaan worden onderkend. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 27 | Global Development Studies | EBB921B05 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| This course is about the main determinants of socio-economic development in developing countries. Students learn about the similarities and differences in the socio-economic development of various regions in the world such as China, India, South-East Asia, Latin-America, Eastern Europe and Africa. In the course, the role of trade, technology, health, education, structural change, and foreign aid on socio-economic development is explained. The usefulness of various empirical methods to measure socio-economic development and its determinant is discussed, and theories of socio-economic development are evaluated. Throughout the course, national and international policies to generate socio-economic development are discussed and evaluated. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 28 | Growth and Development Economics | EBB811B05 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Why are some countries richer than others? What are the main determinants of successful development? Why do some countries grow rapidly, while others are left behind? And what does this mean for people in those countries: who are the poor and what can we learn about inequality within and between countries? By applying empirical techniques and theoretical models, you will gain a deeper understanding of the driving forces of development. We will discuss topics such as the measurement of income differences, inequality and poverty; the interplay of inequality and growth; the role of structural change and linkages between sectors in development; and the role of government, geography, natural resources and culture in stimulating or hindering the process of growth and development. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 29 | Growth, Institutions and Business | EBB022A05 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Economists are increasingly aware of the fact that path dependency characterizes processes of economic growth. Choices made by economic actors in the past have a far-reaching influence on the nature and rate of growth in later periods. Economic behaviour which at first sight might seem unfamiliar and even irrational, can be quite logical when the historical context is taken into account. We focus on the question of prime determinants of growth and change. We will analyse to what extent economic growth is driven by factor substitution and/or the introduction of new (general purpose) technologies. We will then pay attention to fundamentals of growth, like institutions and culture and geography in shaping development. In our discussion the main economic growth models will receive ample attention. Additionally, the application of a historical and comparative perspective gives insights in deeply engrained differences and the impact of variety on economic growth. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 30 | Health Economics | EBB120A05 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Health economics is a subfield of economics. It can be described as applying economic principles to analyse health and healthcare. This course offers an introduction to health economics. It aims to give you an introduction to key concepts in health economics and to describe how health economics may inform policy debates worldwide. In this course, we explore and discuss how economic principles can be applied to health and healthcare. We focus on the characteristics of health and healthcare in high income countries. We describe the supply side (e.g. medical doctors) and demand side (e.g. people already with medical conditions, as well as other individuals facing uncertain future health outcomes) of healthcare markets. We explore a canonical model of individual decision-making with regard to health, as well as the socioeconomic context in which such decisions are made. We consider insurance markets for healthcare and ways in which they may fail. We discuss the pros and cons of government intervention in attempts to correct for market failure. Finally, we examine how economic decisions are made regarding the introduction of new healthcare interventions. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 31 | Healthcare Management | EBB132A05 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Healthcare settings require specific management strategies and approaches to organizing in certain aspects. Healthcare organizations are professional service firms with most often a multidisciplinary workforce. Professionals require a degree autonomy, which does not mean highly professionalised medical doctors should be unmanaged – It just requires a different type of leadership from managers working in medical contexts. Medical and related knowledge is rapidly progressing and despite all the advances in technology leading to more complicated equipment and refined diagnostic and treatment procedures, at first sight the healthcare process in itself may still be seen as organised comparatively traditionally. A closer look, however, will reveal that healthcare organisations have increasingly implemented structures and explicitness (such as healthcare supply chains, clinical guidelines, electronic healthcare records, outcome monitoring systems) to the healthcare process to increase quality of care. These improvements have also led to new challenges, such as being confronted with the question how to balance investments in transparency and reliability against increased administration costs. Another feature that makes healthcare organisations stand out is they all share to some degree a sense of social mission or purpose concerned with the public good. Unlike most other organisations, healthcare generally aims to both realise this social mission while at the same time responding to financial incentives and behaving entrepreneurially, resulting in sometimes doing things that do not make sense in business terms. The multiple aims and the multiple actors involved pose specific challenges to managers in healthcare settings. This course sets out to explore the key areas in which healthcare management differs from management in other contexts. In this course you will be introduced to the basic components of the healthcare system and how these are organized and managed. You will be stimulated to reflect on the consequences for the quality of care. By working together on a complex real-life case that shows how the different components are related, you will get acquainted with the set-up of healthcare systems and the dynamics evolving from the actors involved and their specific roles. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 32 | History of Economic Thought | EBB934A05 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The History of Economic Thought analyses the historical process of formation of modern economics. The course frames these developments as a continuous debate between economists. In particular, we study changes in the key principles of economics. We focuse on three key formative periods: 'classical economics', the 'marginal revolution', and the 'birth of macroeconomics'. The approach is partly chronological and partly conceptual. The study of economic theories will be based on writings of key economists of the past such as Smith, Jevons and Keynes. Students will be asked to read their original writings. To complement this picture, ideas from the philosophy and sociology of science will be used to explain how economic theories change. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 33 | Human Resource Management for BE | EBB065A05 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Human resource is one of the most vital factors shaping organizational success or failure. In contemporary business, managing human resources in organizations (Human Resource Management, HRM) is about aligning the work that people do with the overall organizational strategy to achieve corporate successes, and also about fueling people's self-actualization and prosper. Traditionally, HRM decisions involve job designs and assignments, recruitment and selection, assessment, motivation, rewards and the separation of employees. In response to the trend of globalization in today's business, diversity and cross-culture have also become crucial concerns in HRM. These HRM decisions have far-reaching consequences, including not only financial gains/losses and legal implications for the organization but also employability, productivity, and wellbeing of individuals within the organization. This course aims to help you understand what HRM decisions are and how to effectively manage corporate human resources in order to boost both corporate gains and individual successes. In addition, understanding HRM will likely help you to traverse relevant HRM skills at current or future jobs that you will pursue following your education. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 34 | Inl. Belastingheffing voor niet-jur | RGAFI30510 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| De cursus wordt gegeven in de vorm van een practicum ondersteund door hoorcolleges. Aanwezigheid bij de werkcolleges en actieve deelname daaraan zijn verplicht. Dit zijn de practicumverplichtingen. De cursus wordt afgesloten met een essay tentamen. Aandacht wordt besteed aan de volgende onderwerpen: - algemene inleiding in het belastingrecht - formeel belastingrecht - omzet- en overdrachtsbelasting - inkomstenbelasting, zowel in de winstsfeer als voor particulieren - vennootschapsbelasting - bronbelastingen - internationaal belastingrecht - introductie tax risk management De hoorcolleges worden grotendeels gevolgd samen met studenten Fiscaal Recht en Notarieel Recht die het vak Inleiding Belastingheffing voor niet-juristen volgen. De werkcolleges worden voor de doelgroep studenten Minor Bedrijf en Belastingen afzonderlijk gegeven. De bovengenoemde onderwerpen worden voor wat betreft de hoorcolleges gegeven in de de collegecyclus van het vak Inleiding Belastingheffing voor niet-juristen uit de bachelor Fiscaal Recht. De inhoud van het vak IBNJ verschilt op onderdelen van dat van Inleiding Belastingheffing voor niet-juristen. Zo wordt voor de groep studenten die de Minor Bedrijf en Belastingen volgen wordt een inleidend college gegeven en wordt bij IBNJ ingegaan op tax risk management, een onderdeel dat niet aan de orde wordt gesteld in het vak Inleiding Belastingheffing voor niet-juristen. ZEER BELANGRIJK: STUDENTEN DIENEN ZICH IN PROGRESS VOORAFGAANDE AAN DE COLLEGEPERIODE BINNEN DE DAARTOE GESTELDE TERMIJN (zie de jaarindeling) IN TE TEKENEN VOOR HET VAK. DAARMEE KRIJGT U TOEGANG TOT DE VAKINFORMATIE IN DE STUDENTPORTAL (NESTOR) EN HET TENTAMEN. U HOEFT U NIET AFZONDERLIJK IN TE TEKENEN VOOR DE WERKGROEP, HIER KUNT U GEWOON NAAR TOE GAAN. BEIDE DELEN (WG DEEL 1 EN WG DEEL 2) DIENT U TE VOLGEN. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 35 | Innovation Management B&M | EBB107A05 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The management of innovation processes helps both entrepreneurial new ventures and established organizations to innovate successfully. Firms frequently require various internal and external sources that are important for innovations. In this context businesses face several challenges to successfully recombine different sources of knowledge. Students will approach the management of innovation by learning how organizational and industrial context shapes innovation and which strategies firms apply to innovate and generate value from innovations. We start with discussing the characteristics of knowledge from an economics perspective and the relevance of innovation for firms and society. Introducing different types of innovations and the role of innovation for industrial dynamics will allow students to build a thorough understanding of the context in which firms innovate. Based on these insights we discuss the relevance of various actors in the process of innovation and collaborations among them. Discussing the challenges of managing the innovation process when tapping into external and global knowledge sources will complete this course, and allow you to understand better how organizations innovate in an increasingly open and global innovation system. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 36 | Intermediate Asset Pricing | EBB084A05 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Intermediate Asset Pricing is a course about financial markets, and particularly about the financial assets that are traded in these markets. The course first sets the scene by giving an overview of the various types of financial assets that are available, and the ways in which these instruments are traded. Subsequently, it elaborates on valuing financial assets. For this purpose, modern portfolio theory and the Capital Asset Pricing Model will be discussed. The course will also discuss debt instruments and their associated yields, and models to value equity. A final issue will be the valuation of financial options. Central themes throughout the course will be the informational efficiency of financial markets and the trade-off between risk and return. Both themes will be presented as corner stones of valuation. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 37 | Intermediate Corporate Finance | EBB079B05 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In this course, the lessons learnt from studying the valuation of financial assets, will be applied to the valuation of real assets, such as factories and machines. Various methods for real asset valuation will be considered, including the Weighted-Average-Cost-of-Capital method, the Adjusted Present Value method and real options approaches. Also ways to derive expected future cash flows (being an important input for real asset valuations) from accounting statements and other information will be discussed. In addition to the valuation of real assets, the financing of firms will be covered in this course. Taking the irrelevance theorem as a starting point, the course will explore the consequences of, for instance, taxes, agency problems and information asymmetries, on the capital structure of firms. A similar set of arguments will be applied to firms' pay-out policies. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 38 | Intermediate Macroeconomics | EBB842B05 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| This course starts with a brief survey of the main schools of thought in macroeconomics, such as the (new-)Keynesians, the monetarists, and the (new-) classicals. Subsequently, the course will deal in depth with various important topics such as stock-flow interaction, rational expectations and the perfect foresight hypothesis and open economy macroeconomics. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 39 | Intermediate Mathematics | EBB933B05 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Students are provided the mathematical tools that are necessary to tackle more advanced courses in Economics, in particular Microeconomics and Macroeconomics. More precisely, students are able to solve static and dynamic optimization problems; and to solve differential equations and systems of differential equations. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 40 | Intermediate Microeconomics | EBB852B05 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TThe course focuses on the fundamental microeconomic tools that economists use to explain a variety of social phenomena. Topics covered are: what economics is about, consumer and producer theory, partial market equilibrium, general equilibrium theory, market failures, uncertainty and asymmetric information. Next to the textbook, a number of empirical papers will be studied to gain understanding how microeconomic theory is used in applied research to answer questions like: Do higher gasoline prices shift auto-purchases towards more fuel-efficient vehicles? Are tax incentives for charitable giving efficient? Upon completion of this course, you will know how to do computations with the standard models and to explain the fundamental economic intuition associated with these models to a non-technical audience. You will gain experience in reading applied microeconomic studies and giving a well-founded assessment of the quality, scope and external validity of these studies. Faced with real-life problems, you will be able to construct theories to describe and explain the behavior of firms, consumers and markets. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 41 | Internal Control (BSc) | EBB048A05 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Course description It's all over the news when things go wrong: companies that report false figures, or governmental organizations that are losing control over large projects. How to do things better? This is the subject of Internal Control. Every organization depends on information to manage and control processes. On top of that, information is supplied to external stakeholders, for example in the annual report. One of the pivotal features of the course concerns the reliability of information. Organizations have specific characteristics, that put constraints on the design of business processes (´cycles´), and on the Accounting Information System (AIS), in order to assure the reliability of information. IT plays an important role in any AIS and can have a considerable impact on the design of controls. All these elements are brought together within the course Internal Control - Basics, to get an understanding about all the challenges different types of organizations face with regard to being in control and providing reliable information. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 42 | International Business for E&BE | EBP808C05 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| International business deals with economic transactions amongst individuals, groups or organizations across national geographical borders. It deals with issues such as why does a particular country produce particular goods or services? Why and when does a company in one country deal with companies in other countries? What is a multinational enterprise and how are they different from domestic enterprises? This course introduces the core concepts related to globalization and global business, with a focus on developments in the triad, i.e. the US, the EU and Japan and in emerging markets. The perspective of this course is that of the multinational firm in its economic environment, addressing issues of primary importance to multinational enterprises (MNEs) such as the international competitive environment, the internal resources of multinational enterprises, and the origins of their competitive advantage, which are embedded in combinations of country-specific and firm-specific advantages. This course thus serves as an introduction to the domain of international business strategy. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 43 | International Business Strategy for E&BE | EBB023C05 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The course is structured around plenary lectures and interactive teaching activities that relate to real-world cases. The course is organized along the lines of seven teaching cycles that offer a guided tour on principles of international business strategy. The heart of the course is a series of group meetings during which students analyze and discuss real-world business cases, extensively relying on and referring to the theory presented in the selected reading material (the course literature). Throughout the course, students (grouped in teams) will develop, execute and present their own research project, which aims at applying the theory learned in the course on a study of a Fortune 500 multinational company. Additionally, plenary lectures target the development of applied academic research in the international business strategy field, by discussing additional academic journal articles. The insights communicated during the plenary lectures are part of the final exam. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 44 | International Economics for E&BE | EBP810B05 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The course will offer a broad introduction to international trade theory, foreign direct investment, and their relation to government policy. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| The International Financial Management course concentrates on the accounting and financial issues faced by multinational corporations (MNC). The course aims to address the significant accounting and financial problems that MNCs may experience and propose methods that could result in possible solutions while taking institutional, cultural, and social aspects of internationalization into consideration. Specifically, this course aims to discuss: (i) The reasons for accounting diversity across countries and its consequences on performance measurement and control of MNCs (ii) Other critical accounting and financial reporting issues (such as inflation, consolidation, segment reporting, etc.) faced by MNCs (iii) International Transfer Pricing (ITP) strategies and its managerial and ethical aspects for MNCs (iv) The importance of multinational capital and operational budgeting in terms of strategy implementation and social responsibility for MNCs (v) The role of foreign exchanges and international capital markets for MNCs (vi) The foreign exchange risks faced by MNCs by referring to the transaction, economic, and accounting exposures together with potential methods through which companies can hedge themselves against such threats | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 46 | International Financial Markets | EBB131A05 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| This course studies topics in International Finance: How do foreign exchange markets function? What determines exchange rates in the long run and in the short run? What are the benefits and drawbacks of different exchange rate regimes? What are the theoretical and empirical implications of the process of financial globalization? After completion of the course, students have studied the textbook and individual research papers on these topics. They have studied both models and empirical findings. They should be able to form a balanced and critical view on these issues. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 47 | Introduction to Entrepreneurship | EBB124A05 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The attention paid to entrepreneurship in economics and business has steadily increased during the last decades. Policy makers and practitioners are seeking to promote the supply of entrepreneurs in order to encourage economic benefits (e.g. employment, wealth creation and competition) as well as social benefits (e.g. social cohesion and empowerment). Entrepreneurship is a multi-dimensional concept that takes a variety of forms and appears in both large and small businesses, in both new and established firms, in both the formal and informal economy, in technological and non-technological industries and in many world regions. It is important to understand the basic characteristics of entrepreneurship in different settings in order to derive meaningful implications for different stakeholders. This course offers basic knowledge in the field of entrepreneurship to students with various educational backgrounds. We discuss entrepreneurship from different perspectives (e.g. psychological, economic and process perspectives) and in different forms (e.g. new ventures and established businesses), and we discuss the value and importance of entrepreneurship in the modern economy. We also discuss theories and models that help in explaining antecedents and consequences of behaviors during the exploration and the exploitation phases in the entrepreneurial process. After students have obtained an understanding of the importance of entrepreneurship and the entrepreneurial processes occurring at the micro level, we go back to the macro level and discuss how and under what circumstances institutions can promote entrepreneurship. Finally, in addition to the theoretical knowledge on entrepreneurship, throughout the course we aim to provide students with the opportunity to reflect on this knowledge by providing them with practical examples from a wide range of contexts, inviting guest lecturers from the field, and by providing a small group assignment in which students have to link the theory to practice and present their findings to an audience. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 48 | Labour Economics | EBB840A05 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The market that allocates workers to jobs and coordinates employment decisions is the labour market. The labour market is unique; non-pecuniary factors, such as work environment, risk of injury, personalities of managers, perceptions of fair treatment, and flexibility of work hours, loom larger in employment transactions than they do in markets for commodities. Furthermore, a host of institutions and pieces of legislation that influence the employment relationship do not exist in other markets. Labour economics is the study of the workings and outcomes of the labour market. The main subjects in this course are labour supply and demand, wages and productivity, inequalities and discrimination, collective bargaining, macroeconomic and regional economic issues of unemployment, international migration and labour market policy. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 49 | Loonheffingen | RGBFI00105 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In het vak Loonbelasting komen de loonbelasting en de premieheffing volks- en werknemersverzekeringen aan de orde. Vrijwel alle werknemers die in Nederland in dienst zijn bij een werkgever betalen loonbelasting. Hetzelfde geldt voor mensen met een uitkering. De manier waarop het loon en daarover verschuldigde belasting worden berekend en betaald aan de fiscus is het voornaamste onderwerp van dit vak. Daarnaast is er aandacht voor de premieheffing werknemersverzekeringen. Uit deze premies wordt een groot aantal in Nederland geldende uitkeringen voor werknemers betaald. De benodigde wetteksten voor de premieheffing volks- en werknemersverzekeringen komen óf op Studentportal (Nestor) te staan óf worden in de vorm van een syllabus aangeboden. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 50 | Macroeconomics for E&BE | EBP812B05 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Macroeconomics is the study of the economy as a whole. This course provides an introduction into the field of macroeconomics. It focuses on key macroeconomic concepts such as national income, interest rates, exchange rates, the balance of trade, unemployment, inflation etc. In the course, simple macroeconomic models are introduced to explain the relationships between macroeconomic variables. These models deal with the short-run economy as well as the long run economy. These models, in turn, are used to analyze the effects of fiscal and monetary policy in the economy. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 51 | Management Accounting for BE | EBB846C05 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Management Accounting for Business Economics (in short: MABE) gives an introduction into the fields of management accounting and management control. Whereas financial accounting provides information used primarily by investors, creditors and other stakeholders outside the organization, management accounting focuses on information used by managers and employees inside the organization. MABE introduces various management accounting concepts and techniques (e.g. variable/fixed costs, relevant/irrelevant information), and stresses that different pieces of information must be used for different purposes. The course discusses costing systems and presents several techniques used to produce information for insiders. These techniques are: 1) cost accumulation, tracing, and allocation, 2) cost estimation, 3) cost-volume-profit analysis 4) budgeting and variance analysis, 5) differential analysis and 6) responsibility accounting. The course shows that financial and non-financial information must be combined to make adequate decisions. It also highlights the some key contemporaneous challenges of management accounting. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 52 | Management Control for A&C | EBB102B05 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The course Management Control discusses various instruments and systems in the field of management control. These management control instruments and systems aim to help managers to implement the firm's strategy and achieve organizational goals. They, for example, help to align goals between the employees of an organization, as well as their cooperation and to supply information for decision-making. Cases and exercises provide the students with hands on experience concerning management control instruments and systems. Computational skills will play a minor role in the course. Of greater importance is the understanding of the challenges of choosing the most appropriate management control instruments and systems in a specific situation. Different organizational and environmental factors can influence the functioning management control instruments and systems. On the basis of the coursebook and various articles, the lecture and students discuss management control instruments and systems and the role of organizational context for their functioning. Case studies will be used to apply the knowledge for problems of real world organizations. Students will work on exercises and cases in small teams and give a presentation. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 53 | Marketing for E&BE | EBP033A05 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Marketing is an important functional area in organizations. The marketing philosophy can be described as a management orientation which focuses on the needs of customers, given the organizational goals and the mission. Marketing activities are goal-oriented activities aimed at maintaining and/or building relationships with stakeholders in the external environment. This course aims to develop an understanding of the marketing environment, marketing strategy, and the marketing mix. Specific topics include the marketing orientation; the macro- and micro-environments; segmentation, targeting and positioning; the marketing mix; and the international aspects of these topics. The primary objective of this class is to introduce the concepts, theories, and strategies in marketing. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 54 | Marketing Research for E&BE | EBB085A05 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The aim of the course is to familiarize students with the principles of marketing research. That is, upon completion of the course the student is able to set up a marketing research design, implement suitable qualitative and quantitative marketing research techniques, and analyze data quantitatively using software, resulting in a research report. Apart from a focus on marketing research techniques the course will also cover how research can optimize decision-making in specific marketing applications. The first part of the course will focus on aspects such as setting up and conducting marketing research. The second part will cover qualitative research techniques. The third part will then concentrate on collecting data using surveys and experiments, as well as analyzing data quantitatively using different analysis techniques. In the fourth part, the course will discuss research for specific marketing decisions, such as pricing, product development, or customer management. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 55 | Mathematics and Data Analysis for E&BE | EBP034A05 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Further topics on differentiation and its applications. Topics on integration and its economic applications. Techniques from financial calculus. Graphical representation and descriptive statistics of quantitative information. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 56 | Mathematics for E&BE | EBP817B05 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The course starts with repeating all kinds of skills from algebra. Subsequently, functions of one variable and their properties are treated. Differentiation and its applications, optimization of functions of one variable. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 57 | Matrix Analysis and Optimization | EBB066A05 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Matrix Theory and applications, Tools for Comparative Statics, Multivariable Optimization | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 58 | Microeconomics - Industrial Organization | EBB067A05 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| This course takes a second look at microeconomic theory. We focus on the strategic interaction between firms. When firms set prices or quantities, they have to take into account how other firms may react to such choices. We study such interactions, using the tools of game theory. Amongst others, we study the strategies firms could use to gain an advantage over their competitors; how and when firms may be able to fix prices and how they may keep potential competitors out of their market. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 59 | Microeconomics for E&BE: Consumers&Firms | EBP819B05 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| This course deals with the basic principles of microeconomic theory. Every day, consumers make decisions about the purchase of goods and services, while companies continuously decide what their product range will include and in what quantities they will supply their products. In most economies, the decisions of consumers and producers are coordinated through markets by means of the price mechanism. Prices are a measure of scarcity. Microeconomics deals with the individual decisions of consumers and producers and their coordination through the price mechanism. It studies the behavior of companies on markets and how this behavior contributes to social welfare. Many, if not most, courses in the bachelor E&BE build upon microeconomic principles. Hence, a thorough understanding of these principles is necessary. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 60 | Monetary Macroeconomics | EBB130A05 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| This course builds upon the basic macroeconomic concepts and the simple macroeconomic models developed as part of the first-year course Macroeconomics for E&BE to touch upon a whole new set of issues related to macroeconomic analysis and policy. It introduces students to macroeconomic analysis in open economies, and the role of expectations, it explains the various ways in which financial markets influence the macro-economy, it discusses the objectives and trade-offs that policy-makers are subject to, and it provides insight into the contemporary macroeconomic challenges faced by European economies. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 61 | Omzetbelasting voor niet-juristen | RGAFI30405 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| De omzetbelasting is een algemene verbruiksbelasting die de particuliere bestedingen wenst te treffen. Aandacht zal vooral worden besteed aan heffingstechniek, zoals deze in de wet gestalte is gegeven en aan de invloed van de EU-richtlijnen op de Nederlandse omzetbelasting. Gezien het grote aandeel van deze belasting in de nationale en Europese middelen is een grondige kennis van structuur en theorie onontbeerlijk. Het vak bestaat uit hoor- en werkcolleges. Uren per week: 2 uur hoorcollege via online-colleges 2 uur werkcollege | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 62 | Operations and Logistics Management | EBB068A05 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nowadays, no organization operates in isolation: contemporary organizations are part of (often global) networks of suppliers, producers, distributors, retailers, and consumers that make up a'supply chain'. The fundamental objective of this course is to help students understand the role of companies in such a network consisting of (international) suppliers, distributors, logistics providers, and buyers. The main topics treated are process analysis, characteristics of both service and manufacturing operational processes, distribution and inventory management, and the various decision-making processes concerned with these topics. In addition to these aspects, a number of decision support techniques (analytical models) will be introduced which are used to assess the supply chain performance and analyze and design flows of goods and services. Hence, this course intends to provide fundamental knowledge of operations and global supply chains management. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 63 | Operations Strategy and Technology | EBB109A05 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Starting from the notion that many disciplines relate to the operations function of companies, this module provides an in-depth analysis of the operations management function of companies including the associated (theoretical) approaches. The course supplies the general approaches on an advanced level necessary to describe and understand practical operations management problems. In doing so, the module covers three main areas: the role and nature of operations, the planning and control of the operations process and the organizational setting of the operations function. These areas will be analyzed from different perspectives including topics like: a. The strategic role of operations (operations strategy); b. The reconciliation between market requirements and operations resources; c. The impact operations have on performance objectives. In doing so, the focus will be on the role technology plays in achieving long term competiveness. Additionally, some specific approaches to operations like Lean Operations, Agile Operations, Total Quality Management (TQM), and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) will be discussed and the practical value of these approaches will be considered. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 64 | Philosophy and Ethics of Business | EBB069A05 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Organizations play a crucial role in shaping a more sustainable society. This course takes a practical approach to the societal, socio-cultural and legal environment in which business operates. Ethical frameworks for decision making will be examined and students will construct the debates surrounding contemporary corporate responsibility and sustainable development as they impact on organisations in their local and global contexts. We examine the main theories in the philosophy of business, business ethics, and moral psychology; we consider specific issues concerning capitalism and the theory of the firm, employees, consumers and other stakeholders; and we look at ways in which business interacts with NGOs, governments and civil society in a context of globalisation and focused on sustainability. Emphasis will be on how new pressures on businesses arise, and how effective the various models that structure organisational responses are to these dynamic and emergent challenges. Students will understand the importance of various United Nations Sustainability Development Goals (SDGs) relating to governance, operations and culture through evidence-based research, case analysis, and evaluation, in understanding the importance of the SDGs. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 65 | Political Economics | EBB886B05 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| This course provides an overview of the current state of affairs of scientific research in the field of political economy. Topics covered are: political accountability / voting models, central bank independence, political budget cycle- and partisan- theory, the impact of the political system on economic reforms (fiscal policy changes, market reform etc.), and the impact of democracy/autocracy on economic growth. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 66 | Privaatrecht voor niet-juristen | RGAPR70205 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Privaatrecht is het recht tussen burgers onderling. Het vak bouwt voort op Inleiding Recht voor niet-juristen. Iedereen komt in het dagelijks leven op uiteenlopende wijze in aanraking met het privaatrecht. In een collegecyclus van 6 weken passeert in feite het leven van elke dag, en de rol van het privaatrecht daarin, de revue. Kan ik zonder toestemming van mijn echtgenoot met geleend geld gaan beleggen (DEXIA) of een bedrijf kopen? Delen al mijn kinderen op gelijke wijze in mijn nalatenschap? Mag ik mijn (oudste) zoon bevoordelen? Waaraan ben ik gebonden als ik per e-mail een abonnement voor een mobiele telefoon afsluit? En als ik in een te enthousiaste bui een huis koop, kan ik dan nog terug? En wat als de grond vervuild blijkt te zijn, of de garage vijftien centimeter over de grens blijkt te zijn gebouwd? Op het gebied van letselschade geeft het leven tal van treurigheden te zien: heb ik als ouder een claim jegens de dronken automobilist die voor mijn ogen mijn kind doodrijdt? En tegen ZOO BV als een Bokito mij onverwacht aanvalt? Kortom, relevante vragen van alledag worden in een juridisch kader geplaatst. Na afloop van dit vak heeft u inzicht in belangrijke privaatrechtelijk leerstukken en het vermogen om de daarmee samenhangende juridische vraagstukken te beoordelen. U leest de krant anders, beslist! | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 67 | Public Finance | EBB861A05 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| What should be the role of government in a market economy? How can we predict whether a proposed government program is likely to improve welfare? How should tax systems be designed to promote economic efficiency and to be consistent with basic views of fairness? The first part of this course focuses on basic welfare economics and the theory of public expenditure (public goods, externalities, public choice). We then move on to the sources of government spending: taxation and debt financing. We analyse the distribution of tax burdens and the efficiency and equity aspects of taxation. We discuss the pros and cons of debt financing, the burden of government debt for future generations and the dangers of running a deficit. The last part is devoted to decentralization, the financial relation between different layers of government and local taxation. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 68 | Research Paper for E&BE | EBP035A05 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| This course deals with two aspects of writing a research paper. The first part provides a training in writing a literature review in Economics & Business Economics. It will deal with the specifics of writing economics, and the application of this knowledge in writing a paper by presenting a literature overview. The second part teaches the first steps in doing actual research which involve data collection, cleaning, presenting and summarizing. The students also practice performing a simple regression analysis. They implement these first steps of research using the software programs Excel and Stata. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 69 | Sports Economics | EBB920A05 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| This course consists of two parts. In the main lectures, a review is given of modern literature on the economics of sports. Important topics are: demand for sports, supply of sports, the outcome of sport events, the market for (top)talent, sport and the government, economic effects of major sport events. Some lectures are more research oriented, when recent papers are discussed. Finally, students write a paper in teams on a topic of their choice. Of course, that topic should be related to sports economics. One or two guest lecturers will provide another perspective on current developments. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 70 | Statistics for E&BE | EBP822B05 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 71 | Sustainability and Globalization | EBB143A05 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Certain patterns of development and growth are not sustainable: they induce changes to nature, climate and society that undermine production patterns and threaten future generations. The course will first summarize the evidence on those issues, then discuss concepts to quantitatively assess the implied damage to society, and discuss market failures and global externalities that potentially cause those damages as well as policies to address them (adaptation vs. mitigation, carbon taxes vs. cap-and-trade etc.). Special emphasis is given to international production fragmentation and global policy coordination. Tutorials will help to apply the concepts. Assessment will be based on an individual written exam (75%) and a group assignment, where students will have to write a group report based on a quantitative assessment of a climate-related topic (25%). Some supervision of lecturers will help students prepare their report. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 72 | Technological Change & Innovation | EBB141A05 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Technological change is the main source of increases in our standards of living. Yet what determines the success of firms and countries in a world where innovation plays a central role? This course takes an economic view to the topic of innovation, by considering how and why firms choose to innovate and how the government and research organizations can affect these decisions. We will analyze how intellectual property rights policies (e.g. patent law) and antitrust policy affect the rate and direction of technological change. Furthermore, we will discuss the consequences of innovation for labor markets (e.g., does the emergence of robots lead to higher unemployment and lower wages?), and for inequality in the world (e.g., to what extent can African countries benefit from new technology developed in the United States?). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 73 | Technology-based Offerings | EBB119A05 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Technological innovation is one of the most important drivers of success in many established companies, as well as in many new ventures. This course aims at providing knowledge and understanding of how technology is used for new product/service propositions. Subjects covered are (amongst others) technology management, product architecture, (adoption of) disruptive technologies, sustainability and circular economy, intellectual property management, and collaboration on technology. At the same time, an early practical experience is provided in which groups of students develop a product/service proposition from technology, from idea to first concept. This concept is further developed in the minor course ´Entrepreneurship Project´ (EBB118B10) in semester 1b. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 74 | Trade and Firms | EBB082B05 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| This course brings together the international economics and international business offered earlier in the curriculum. It helps students to learn from research and develop a critical attitude towards academic papers. For this reason the course does not rely on textbooks, but solely uses academic papers. The key topic of the course is the interaction between firms in general and multinational enterprises (MNEs) in particular and its economic environment, with a particular interest in the role of institutions and distance in MNE activity, FDI and trade. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 75 | Trade Policy and Economic Integration | EBB125A05 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| We first focus on the theory of trade policies. What are the welfare implications of introducing quotas, tariffs and providing export subsidies? How are these welfare changes distributed among trade partners and groups of agents (such as producers and consumers) within these? Second, we focus on European economic integration. Which economic and political factors led to the European Union and its predecessors? How are decision-making processes designed, what are the main advantages and disadvantages of the increasing economic integration and what are the main aspects of EU trade policies? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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