Business Education at

the University of Bologna

mba
Global Industrial
Enterprises
September 2011 - September 2012
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a leader
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Are you interested in developing expertise and leadership in

B2B markets?
Do you have an academic undergraduate degree?
Have you worked for at least two years?
Are you fluent in English?
Are you ready for a challenging year in a multi-cultural
environment?
If so, you are the right candidate to apply for this MBA, and
become a business leader.

Since 1088, people have come from all around the world to study
in Bologna: a strategic crossroads in Europe, where science,
MBA concentration in Global Industrial Enterprises

technology and entrepreneurship meet values, culture and lifestyle.

At Alma Graduate School we blend our academic knowledge with

the managerial experience and practice of the most innovative and
successful Italian companies.

Students join an international community of Alumni, Executives and

Professors. One year in our Business School is an unforgettable
experience and the beginning of a lifelong membership in a powerful
professional network.

Alma Graduate School is a member of EFMD, ASFOR,

and is ranked as a “Top Business School Internationally Strong” by Eduniversal.
 Building Why?
your future Emilia-Romagna, the region that is home to Alma Graduate
School / University of Bologna, is a leader in Europe and
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one of the “hot spots” in the world of fine mechanics.

This is a core competence that the MBA Global Industrial
Enterprises draws upon in order to satisfy the needs of
innovation-oriented multinational companies. It is the only
MBA focused on the knowledge that has been developed
by most successful Italian enterprises in B2B markets,
also known as “pocket multinational companies”.
Participants will gain the ability to understand and
manage the dynamics of industrial processes, both in the
area of innovation and along the value chain. They will
also develop knowledge about B2B markets, improving
their management skills in the key areas of industrial
enterprises: resources, processes, and organization.
MBA concentration in Global Industrial Enterprises
 Program Internship
Global Industrial Enterprises is a concentration of the University
and career
development
of Bologna MBA program and is made up of two different
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building blocks:

General Management (MBA core courses)

-- Corporate Finance
The program includes a 400-hour internship during the
-- Corporate Strategy last term (June-September 2012) that will entail a project
-- Financial and Managerial Accounting work assigment. Internships will offer the opportunity
-- International Finance to analyze actual problems, develop strategies, and
-- Marketing Management elaborate action plans together with senior managers and
executives.
-- Organizational Analysis: Leading People and Organizations
Our Internship and Placement Department will help
Global Industrial Enterprises concentration participants develop their own career goals, and will
support them in the job seeking process.
-- Business Law
-- Cross-cultural Management
-- Geopolitics
-- Global Finance
-- Global Sourcing and Supply Chain
-- Global Technology Management
-- Green Fields Investments
-- International Property Rights
-- Operation Management
-- Partnership, Agreements and Joint Ventures
MBA concentration in Global Industrial Enterprises

Interaction between theory and practice is a distinctive trait of

the program: master lectures, workshops, in-company visits,
guest speakers, and discussion of new business cases take
place throughout the year, alongside regular classes.

Teachers come from both university and industry, and offer

participants the opportunity to discuss specific issues, and learn
from the most successful experiences of the real business world.

Program features include:

Internship
Career development
Business English class
Italian crash-course
Overview
Duration: September 2011 - September 2012

Language of instruction: English

Candidate profile: 25+ years old, 2+ years of experience,

proficient in English

Application deadline: Round I: April 29th, 2011

Round II: July 15th, 2011

start date: September 19th, 2011

(Italian course – Icebreaking week)
October 3rd, 2011
(MBA activities)

Tuition fee: euro 27,000

Scholarships, honor loanS and financial aid available

Find out more on www.almaweb.unibo.it/internationalmba

global Industrial Enterprises is a concentration of the Master

of Business Administration of the University of Bologna

Contact us:
Admissions Office - Alma Graduate School
Villa Guastavillani - Via degli Scalini, 18 - 40136 Bologna - Italy
Tel. +39 0512090166 / 2090122 - Fax +39 0512090112
internationalmba@almaweb.unibo.it

Alma Graduate School, University of Bologna