The Department was founded in 1932, and for many years had the name Department of Foreign Trade. Nevertheless, since the globalization process to a still higher extent is based on the activities of multinational companies including establishing and managing foreign subsidiaries, we now use the broader name: Department of International Economics and Management. In short we use the name: INT to stress the international aspects of our activities.

In the later years the department has developed not only in the field of International Business. We have developed a strong position in Asian studies, especially China, and later India and South East Asia. Also other emerging markets like the transition countries in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union have been in the focus for our research. We intend to cover further emerging markets in the future, such as Africa and Latin America. The research on Asia and emerging markets is now reflected in the research centers: Asia Research Center ARC (established 1995) and in Center for International Business and Emerging MarketsCIBEM (established 2009)

The Center for Corporate Governance CCG(established 2005) covers research both on international comparative and domestic studies as well as broader theoretical themes.

The core research areas of the department - international business, corporate governance, emerging markets, and Asian studies - make it necessary to analyze and understand complex economic and social phenomena that span the domains of traditional disciplines and functional specializations. The research profits from the fact that many of the currently most fruitful areas of inquiry develop at the interface between traditional disciplines.

The researchers at INT are often members of more than one research center. Though the majority of researchers have their disciplinary background in economics and management, we also have researchers in fields such as political science, sociology, and anthropology.

The staff at INT consists of around 30 researchers (professors, associate and assistant professors as well as PhD students and postdocs), eight administrative staff and a number of student research assistants.