Bachelor´s Thesis 2014-2015
Please use this list of the fields of International Business for thesis work and potential thesis topics when choosing and informing us the field of your thesis + the thesis topic in the form Indication of Interest Area for Thesis 2014-2015.
General Business Area
Subfield of General Area
Selected Thesis Topics in the Subfield
International Business/
Management
Global Management
The future of food – wild cards and weak signals of changing food consumption
The future of food production – alternative scenarios until 2035 consumption
The utilization of locality as a competitive advantage in global food business (case or area)
Evolving health care access dilemmas in emerging as well as developed economies
Business potential of the nanotechnology in environmental engineering
Commercialization of the real time environmental monitoring systems
Impact of climate change on water resources/local economies
How should absenteeism at work be managed?
Firm capability (or knowledge/resources/innovations etc.) development for competitive advantage Foresight methods/tools in developing business strategy
Testing business strategy with scenario planning (case or general)
Alternative business concepts of local food supply (case or general)
Strategy processes
How should an energy management strategy be developed for a manufacturing firm and what should it include?
An attention based view of knowledge and decision making in firms: Knowledge characteristics What types of knowledge are driving value creation in firms?
Knowledge challenges faced by first-time CEOs
Role of information alignment in managerial decision making to internationalize
Exploring the evolution of becoming a center of excellence
Parent-subsidiary relationships in MNCs
MNC organizational complexities-Challenges for Managing the MNC
Disruption of logistics by fast production methods (e.g. 3D printing)
Value creation in the local food business