This module includes three courses: Frontiers in International Business, Transformations in the World Economy, and Global Production Networks; Doing Business in China; Doing Business in Russia. Course leader Contac person: Mrs. Veronika Kojo, email: summerschool@lut.fi. Target group Final-year

This course aims to develop our skills in making and reading pictures and bodies of work, in deciphering representation and the relationship of our production to our position as global beings in relation to the local, with global implications. We will delve into the depths of our practice to

This module includes two courses: Creativity and Entrepreneurship in New Product Development from the Silicon Valley's Perspectives; and International Marketing of High Technology Products and Innovations. Course leader Contact person of the LUT Summer School: Mrs. Veronika Kojo,

Are contemporary processes of globalization eroding the national distinctiveness of capitalist economies and their social institutions? Do national cultures still matter? Contemporary economic, social and political changes have highlighted the inadequacies of the late twentieth century threefold

What does it mean to educate and be educated in a global context? We discuss the meanings, purposes and philosophies of education, covering topics such as education for social and economic reproduction and education for individual and social transformation. Drawing on UK and global perspectives, we

This module introduces you to applied and practical approaches to finance, including financial principles, analysing the capital structure of companies, valuation techniques to assess strategic decisions such as mergers and acquisitions or raising capital. You engage in the lively and stimulating

This module provides you with a solid theoretical grounding of the anthropological literature related to the body and you will consider how different societies and cultures portray and experience the human body. At the same time you will undertake practical participant-observation to see how theory

The creation of new ventures is of central importance to economies around the world. New ventures include start-ups but also new activities by corporate firms, the further development or take-over of existing firms, and university spin-offs. This course examines the economic, social and ecological

The thriller remains one of the most popular literary genres. It has changed and adapted since its first great manifestation in the mid-19th century, with a number of sub-genres including the detective novels of the Golden Age, the American %E2%80%98hard boiled school%E2%80%99, the spy novel and

%E2%80%98You know what the funniest thing about Europe is? It%E2%80%99s the little differences.%E2%80%99 (Quentin Tarantino) This module builds on the similarities and differences between European states to offer an overview of Europe%E2%80%99s states and the contemporary challenges they face. It