Fakta
Informasjon oppdatert
6. mars 2024.
Om studiet
Technological advancements and globalisation challenge organisations, industries and national economies needs to be on constant alert to explore, develop and exploit new business opportunities.
This requires an understanding of processes in innovation and entrepreneurship in all stages of new business development.
A major in New Business Development will educate future managers and entrepreneurs who can address these challenges by providing the innovative products and services consumers want, the jobs people need, and the economic growth required to support the society.
This allows them to assist small businesses to become medium sized business, and medium sized businesses to become large.
Studiets oppbygging
The New Business Development programme draws on the expertise of NHH on commercialization, finance, financial management, international business, strategy, human resources, and economics.
These competences are needed, and often lacking, in growth-oriented new business development initiatives. Thus, the subject area is highly interdisciplinary, but covers the following overarching themes:
- The dynamics of innovation and entrepreneurship in start-ups and established corporations.
- The identification, conceptualization and implementation of new business opportunities.
- Managing and scaling up of these new business opportunities.
Opptakskrav
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS:
- Bachelor’s degree: 90 ECTS must be within economics and business administration. Your GPA should correspond approximately to a B on the ECTS grading scale.
- GMAT or GRE
- English language requirement
- Curriculum vitae (résumé)
- Documentation of financial ability: All citizens outside the EU/EEA-area and Switzerland must document financial ability.
- Documentation of identity
- Online video and written assessment
For more information about the admission requirements, please visit www.nhh.no.
Opptaksinformasjon
You need to log on to NHH's page in the Norwegian application portal, SøknadsWeb to apply. The application portal opens 1 November every year. Visit NHH's website for more information about the admission process.
Læringsutbytte
KNOWLEDGE
The candidate:
K1: has academic knowledge to understand the complex processes and dynamics of new business development.
K2: has research-based knowledge on challenges associated with mobilising resources, scaling up and growth of ventures.
K3: has research-based knowledge to reflect critically on theories and research on new business development.
SKILLS
The candidate:
S1: can carry out an independent, limited research or new business development project under supervision.
S2: can apply existing theories, methods and interpretations to specify new business development projects.
S3: can assess the commercial viability of new business opportunities.
GENERAL COMPETENCE
The candidate:
G1: can contribute to new thinking and innovation processes by communicating new business ideas and projects to different audiences.
G2: can mobilise resources for new business development projects.
G3: can collaborate and co-create in collaborative teams partnerships.
Videre studier
If you have a desire to learn more, to explore new ideas, enjoy innovating and wish to develop intriguing insights in the field of economics and business administration after completing your master's degree, pursuing a PhD at NHH may be your next journey!
As a PhD research scholar you will be a member of our faculty. You will be working closely with leading professors in your field, who have a significant impact on government policies, business practice and academic thought. You will be included in a thriving intellectual community, which enjoys a close collaboration with leading business schools worldwide.
The purpose of our three (or four) year, fully funded programme, is to give the scholar a deepened and broadened theoretical and methodological knowledge, alongside the experience of producing a substantial piece of original scientific work. The conferral of the PhD in economics and business administration signifies expertise in a major field of study.
The majority of our PhD graduates develop an academic career, but an increasing number take on leading positions in management, consultancy or in larger organisations.
Karrieremuligheter
A major in New Business Development will educate future managers and entrepreneurs who can address these challenges by providing the innovative products and services consumers want, the jobs people need, and the economic growth required to support the society. This allows them to assist small businesses to become medium sized business, and medium sized businesses to become large.
Utveksling
As an NHH student you have excellent opportunities to gain valuable international experience during your studies through exchange programmes, the CEMS Master's in International Management (MIM) joint degree, the Double Degree programme and summer courses.
NHH currently participates in exchange and study abroad agreements with 170 universities and business schools in more than 50 countries.