Master of Business Development
Geopolitik og organisatorisk resiliens
Fra geopolitisk kompleksitet til organisatorisk styrke og langsigtet værdiskabelse.
Start: 1. dec
About the course
Efterår 2027
| Undervisning: | 1., 2., 9., 14., 15. december (9-16) |
| Eksamen: | 12. og/eller 13. december |
| Sted: | CBS, Dalgas Have 15, 2000 Frederiksberg |
| Undervisere: | Stine Haakonsson & Ole Willers |
| Type: | Valgfrit kursus |
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