The Post-Graduate Course in International Business trains professional figures with the right competences to imagine, incorporate and manage sustainable international growth paths, with the ability to complete complex decision-making processes, in an age characterized by uncertainty and a return to a protectionist logic.
In particular, it is takes with developing relevant competences for those companies active in the international markets, by working together with other enterprises, through direct investment, or by exploiting launch methods ensuring longer-lasting developments compared to export-based internationalization models.
The Post-Graduate Course in International Business is based on different teaching methods: in-classroom and online lectures, workshops and simulations, seminars and business testimonials.
The Post-Graduate Course in International Business covers the following topics:
- International Macroeconomics for Business: Focused on understanding the role of international macroeconomics politics, institutions and geopolitics and their impact on business decisions.
- Strategic Management: Focused on understanding the principles and models to analyse the market structures and the competition context, in order to formulate business and corporate strategies targeted at gaining a sustainable competitive advantage
- Financial and Managerial Accounting: Focused on understanding advanced instruments for reading and interpreting financial statements, and to implement a planning and control system that supports the top management’s strategy and decision-making processes.
- Managing People & Organizations: Focused on understanding how organizational design and human resources management choices can support the fulfilment of a corporate strategy.
The Post-Graduate Course in International Business trains professionals with the right competences to imagine, develop, incorporate and manage sustainable international growth paths, with the ability to complete complex decision-making processes. At the end of the course, attendees will acquire an in-depth knowledge of international development management and business topics. Career opportunities include working as managers or consultants in international-level companies.
They will be able to identify growth objectives for international companies and formulate plans to implement them under a strategic, financial and operational profile.
The Post-Graduate Course helps attendees to strengthen their independence, judgement and analysis, and communication ability.
The Post-Graduate Course in International Business provides in-depth knowledge on the following topics and modules.
Module 1 – INTERNATIONAL MACROECONOMICS FOR BUSINESS
This module is focused on understanding the role of international macroeconomics politics, institutions and geopolitics and their impact on business decisions.
Topics covered: Macroeconomics concepts and indicators; monetary and fiscal policy concepts and tools and their effects on companies; international trade (exports, imports, balance of payments, exchange rates), institutions, international agreements and geopolitical settings; scenario analysis.
Module 2 – STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT
This module is focused on understanding the principles and models to analyse the market structures and the competition context, in order to formulate business and corporate strategies targeted at gaining a sustainable competitive advantage
Topics covered: Market form and competitive context analysis; vision, mission, values and analysis of resources and capacity; strategy formulation; vertical and horizontal integration choices through internal or external growth strategies (alliances, mergers and acquisitions); internationalization strategies.
Module 3 – FINANCIAL AND MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING
This module is focused on understanding advanced instruments for reading and interpreting financial statements, and to implement a planning and control system that supports the top management’s strategy and decision-making processes.
Topics covered: Financial statement reconfiguration; cash flow statement; international accounting principles; consolidated financial statements; planning, programming and auditing systems; cost classification; direct cost; total cost; differential analysis; budgeting; multidimensional models to measure financial and economic performances.
Module 4 – MANAGING PEOPLE & ORGANIZATIONS
This module is focused on understanding how organizational design and human resources management choices can support the fulfilment of a corporate strategy.
Topics covered: Organizational planning models and structures; recruitment and selection tools; assessment and development systems; compensation policies; sustainable practices to manage and encourage human resources.
The Post-Graduate Course in International Business stems from a partnership between the Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Aziendali “M. Fanno” of the University of Padua, and the CUOA Business School, and it combines rigorous academic research with the practical knowledge of executive education.
The general ranking of merit for the academic year 2025/26 will be published on the Italian page of this Course according to the timing provided in the Call.
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FAQ
Yes, the minimum attendance threshold is 85% of the course.
The lessons will be held in person from Monday to Friday.
Yes, there will be a written or oral exam for each module.
The Post-Graduate Course in International Business will be held in Altavilla Vicentina, at the CUOA Business School. It may also include additional training activities in Padua, in one of the University facilities.