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Business Opportunities

Career Opportunities

 

“Copenhagen has emerged as a city of global attention with a leading business hub, a progressive climate agenda and recognized knowledge society. My MBA from CBS has provided me much more than ‘just’ an academic tool box, it provided me with an entryway to the Danish business world. My Copenhagen MBA has launched my international career in a leading Danish enterprise.”
Shelby King-Grubert - USA (Full-time MBA Class of 2010) - Project Assistant (Velux, Denmark)

Access to World Class Companies

Some of the knowledge intensive companies with R&D centers in the Øresund region:
Novo Nordisk
Novozymes
AP Møller - Maersk
 Lundbeck
Microsoft
Ericsson
Accenture
IBM
Orange
Vestas Technology
Companies with regional headquarters in Øresund:
Sony
Walt Disney
L'Oreal
Exxon Mobil
IBM

Oresund Bridge

Øresund Region

Copenhagen is located in the attractive economic region of Øresund, which comprises Eastern Denmark and Southern Sweden. These areas are connected by the Øresund bridge that runs between Copenhagen and Malmö, and by ferries between Helsingborg (Sweden) and Helsingør (Denmark) therefore opening many opportunities for you to build a strong international business career.  
The region has a vision to become one of Europe’s most attractive and competitive regions and already boasts some of the features that make this vision a reality:
  • It is a hub for high-tech companies in the region’s strong sectors of pharmaceuticals/biotechnology, IT/telecommunications, food, environment, logistics and design
  • Many world class companies have their R&D centers in the region and some have set up regional headquarters that give them access to the Scandinavian and Baltic markets
Companies doing business in the region have access to 1.8 million highly skilled, multilingual professionals (including fluency in English) on both sides of the ‘border’. Moreover:
  • Copenhagen airport (the largest in Northern Europe) gives access to a range of markets  in 120 destinations
  • The region boasts two of the strongest consumer markets in Europe
The high standards of living, good infrastructure and the combination of city and countryside afford residents a unique lifestyle, unparalleled by any other in Europe.

Medicon Valley

Medicon Valley is a major international center for biotechnological and pharmaceutical activities. The cross border region encompasses Copenhagen on the Danish side and Skåne on the Swedish side. The region hosts an impressive number of biotechnological, pharmaceutical, medical device and service companies. It is also features among the strongest cross-border partnerships in Europe - between industry, universities, hospitals, and investors.
The companies are international subsidiaries as well as foreign biotechnological companies. R&D resources and skills are concentrated especially in the health and natural sciences area – a fact reflected both in research and business specialization. The Øresund region provides over 50% of Scandinavia's medical technology and has the world's highest turnover per capita in the biotech industry.
Medicon Valley Facts:
  • Five research parks and more than 200 biotech and pharmaceutical corporations
  • Has more than 40.000 people employed in the knowledge intensive biotech and pharmaceutical industries
  • Has 11 universities and more than 135.000 university students
  • Medicon Valley accounts for more than 20% of the total combined GDPs of Denmark and Sweden

Last updated by Thuli Skosana 12/10/2011