Program Overview

Introduction to the Master of Science in International Business

The Master of Science in International Business (MScIB) offers practical learning and skill development for students seeking to excel in a global business environment. The program's structure, which includes three modules and a final project, is designed to help students understand how businesses implement commercial, financial, human resources, and operational strategies for internationalization.

Program Structure

The MScIB program consists of three modules and a final project:

• Module 1: Diagnostic and External Analysis
• Module 2: Strategic Planning
• Module 3: Commercial Operations

Assignatures

The following are the core subjects of the MScIB program:

1. Business Game. Simulation of Strategic Decisions
   • Description: Definition of corporate and international business strategies, marketing research, simulation of marketing decisions, simulation of financial decisions, simulation of supply-chain management decisions, and evaluation of economic and commercial results.
   • Terms: 3rd Term
   • Credits: 3 ECTS
   • Language: English
   • Type of subject: Obligatory
2. Business Trip. International Trade Mission
   • Lecturer: Mercè Roca
   • Description: Offers students the opportunity to perform a series of activities during the trip to experience the implementation of an international business plan in a foreign country.
   • Terms: Business Trip
   • Credits: 3 ECTS
   • Language: English
   • Type of subject: Obligatory
3. Culture and Organization of International Business
   • Lecturer: Tomislav Rimac
   • Description: International business culture, organizational structure and control systems, processes of internationalization, and corporate social responsibility and international companies.
   • Terms: 1st Term
   • Credits: 3 ECTS
   • Language: English
   • Type of subject: Obligatory
4. Import/Export Management. International Contracts
   • Lecturer: David Cosculluela
   • Description: International contracts, the international sales contract and intermediation contracts, Incoterms, and customs systems and management.
   • Terms: 3rd Term
   • Credits: 3 ECTS
   • Language: English
   • Type of subject: Obligatory
5. Institutions and Markets. Regional processes of Economic Integration
   • Lecturer: Joan Pere Plaza
   • Description: Cooperation and economic integration, worldwide economic and industrial integration processes, institutional, legal and financial guarantees, and European Union: Institutions and Markets.
   • Terms: 1st Term
   • Credits: 3 ECTS
   • Language: English
   • Type of subject: Obligatory
6. International Business Strategy
   • Lecturer: Andrew Coles
   • Description: Alternative international business strategic decisions, strategic resource analysis, and strategic considerations for the entry, expansion, and rationalization of international business.
   • Terms: 2nd Term
   • Credits: 3 ECTS
   • Language: English
   • Type of subject: Obligatory
7. International Economics
   • Lecturer: Clàudia Canals
   • Description: International economic and political relations, international economic institutions, the economic theory of international trade, and instruments of trade policy.
   • Terms: 1st Term
   • Credits: 3 ECTS
   • Language: English
   • Type of subject: Obligatory
8. International Finance, Accounting and Taxation
   • Lecturer: Antonio de Weest Prat Jorba, Luz Parrondo
   • Description: General accounting plan, analysis of financial statements, cash-flow management, valuation of business firms, international taxation, and tributary agreements.
   • Terms: 2nd Term, 3rd Term
   • Credits: 3 ECTS
   • Language: English
   • Type of subject: Obligatory
9. International Human Resources Management
   • Lecturer: Estibalitz Ortiz
   • Description: The role of international human resources management, recruitment of talent, mobility of personnel, cross-cultural management, time management, emotional intelligence and networking, and evaluation of personnel.
   • Terms: 2nd Term
   • Credits: 3 ECTS
   • Language: English
   • Type of subject: Obligatory
10. International Management, Communication & Negotiations
    • Lecturer: Eduard Beltran
    • Description: Know and identify the parameters and reference systems that guide the processes of negotiation in diverse multi-cultural environments, for use in the planning and development of the negotiation process.
    • Terms: 3rd Term
    • Credits: 3 ECTS
    • Language: English
    • Type of subject: Obligatory
11. International Marketing Management
    • Lecturer: Valentí Camps
    • Description: Global Marketing strategic considerations, target definition, global vs. multi-domestic strategy, international marketing mix, international sales management, and marketing plan implementation.
    • Terms: 2nd Term
    • Credits: 3 ECTS
    • Language: English
    • Type of subject: Obligatory
12. International Risk Analysis. Economic, Social and Political Environment
    • Description: Globalization and international trade, international relations: national and transnational agents, current economic, social and political affairs, and current issues by geographical areas.
    • Terms: 1st Term
    • Credits: 3 ECTS
    • Language: English
    • Type of subject: Obligatory
13. Internship
    • Lecturer: Mercè Roca
    • Description: The internship takes place in organizations that have a collaboration agreement with BSM and ESCI-UPF and has a duration of one trimester.
    • Terms: Internship
    • Credits: 9 ECTS
    • Language: English
    • Type of subject: Obligatory
14. Logistics and International Supply Chain Management
    • Description: Design of global supply chains, quantitative methods for decision making in international logistics: procurement, inventory, production, and storing, and sea, air, and land transportation.
    • Terms: 2nd Term
    • Credits: 3 ECTS
    • Language: English
    • Type of subject: Obligatory
15. Marketing Research and Opportunity Analysis
    • Lecturer: Roger Pagà, Mercè Roca
    • Description: The Marketing Research process, qualitative and quantitative information gathering techniques, sources of information for the analysis of international markets, and international marketing research: country, industry, and motivational reports.
    • Terms: 1st Term
    • Credits: 3 ECTS
    • Language: English
    • Type of subject: Obligatory
16. Master Thesis
    • Description: The master’s final thesis represents the development of an international market entry program or a business plan for a new firm that will be involved in international operations.
    • Terms: Master Thesis
    • Credits: 6 ECTS
    • Language: English
    • Type of subject: Obligatory

Titulació that s'obté

Upon completion of the program, students will obtain the title of Màster Universitari en Negocis Internacionals. International Business - Máster Universitario en Negocios Internacionales / International Business, issued by the Universitat Pompeu Fabra.

Students will also receive an additional certificate of Master of Science in International Business, issued by the UPF Barcelona School of Management and ESCI-UPF.

Títol Màsters Universitaris: A fee will be paid for the issuance of the title, as stipulated in the DOGC (Diari Oficial de la Generalitat de Catalunya). This fee varies annually and will be applied at the time of the title application.