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• The „American College Program“ of the University of Fribourg regulary offers an interdisciplinary summer course „Survey of International Organizations” (SIO). This four-week course has an attractive content, including lectures by university professors, presentations of representatives of political or governmental institutions, presentations by company executives, and visits to international organizations, e.g. in Geneva or Strasbourg. For a detailed programme, click here. The fee for the course can be seen in the information sheet; the application procedure is described in another sheet.
  
  For the Master in European Business, we accept this course for 4.5 ECTS. It can be used for the module “others” in which, as the reglement allows, up to 9 ECTS can be done in courses which are not part of the faculty programme. The SIO-course can be considered as one of these courses.
  
  We think, this is an interesting opportunity for a comprehensive course on different issues in the international context and can be a useful complementary course for your studies.

• Be.project by the Management and Technology Consultancy BearingPoint supports initiatives and meaningful projects of general interest by students from top business and IT colleges and universities throughout Europe. The students submitting their ideas have the chance to win up to 30,000 Euros. In addition to this funding, BearingPoint is supporting the prize winners for a year in preparing and implementing their projects. The students can register their projects under www.beproject-europe.com by simply filling out an online form and describing their idea in a one-page document.
  The deadline for registering the projects is March 17, 2012.

• Internship at the Swiss Chinese Chamber of Commerce in Beijing (6 months): SwissCham Beijing, one of the most dynamic Chambers of Commerce in Beijing is looking for a motivated young professional as Event and Communitation Intern. A recent graduate of the University of Fribourg who now works for SwissCham Beijing has informed us about this position and could be your linking pin to China. More information can be found here.

• Students in the MA in European Business have the opportunity for a dual degree programme with EM Strasbourg Business School. Information can be found on the faculty’s homepage. Applications with full dossiers in English language (motivation letter, CV, Bachelor diploma and grades, transcript of grades on master level and/or list of courses currently taken on master level) should be send to Mme Chantal Achermann (Chantal.achermann@unifr.ch) at the decanat before January 25, 2012.

• Students in the MA in European Business now also have the opportunity for a dual degree programme with the University of Pavia/Italy. Information can be found on the faculty’s homepage. Applications with full dossiers in English language (motivation letter, CV, Bachelor diploma and grades, transcript of grades on master level and/or list of courses currently taken on master level) should be send to Mme Chantal Achermann (Chantal.achermann@unifr.ch) at the decanat before January 25, 2012.
  

• Study one or two semesters in Bangkok: The faculty for economics and social sciences has just signed a cooperation agreement with the College of Management, Mahidol University (CMMU), Bangkok, Thailand. After a visit with a group of students from Fribourg at the CMMU, we took the opportunity to sign this agreement. Under this agreement, it is possible to study one or two semesters in Bangkok, a highly dynamic and interesting city in Asia. If you are interested for the study year 2010/2011, please contact Prof. Dirk Morschett as soon as possible.
  
  

• Recently, the second edition of the textbook „Strategic International Management – Text and Cases”, written by Prof. Dr. Dirk Morschett together with his colleagues Prof. Dr. Hanna Schramm-Klein (University of Siegen, Germany) and Prof. Dr. Joachim Zentes (Saarland University, Germany), has been published.
  "Strategic International Management" takes a global perspective and covers the major aspects of international business strategies. It introduces the complexity of international business based on the perspective of Multinational Corporations as inter-organisational and intra-organisational networks. The authors highlight the role of the external environment, discuss the major coordination mechanisms and organisational structures and examine various foreign operation modes. The book describes the particularities of international value chain activities and management functions and offers a thorough understanding of how Production & Sourcing, Research & Development, Marketing, Human Resource Management and Controlling have to be designed in an international company and what models are available to understand those activities in an international context. In 20 lessons, a comprehensive overview of all key issues is given. Each lesson is accompanied by a case study from an international company to facilitate the understanding of all important factors involved in strategic international management.

• Prof. Morschett is member of the editorial team of the newly established book series "European Retail Research", a project that follows in the tradition of the book series "Handelsforschung" that has been published in Germany for more than 20 years. The most recent issue of the book has just been published. For further information, please click here.

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