University of Copenhagen

This course connects the microscopic description of chemical reactions with macroscopic measurable quantities and explores the processes responsible for chemical changes: molecular collisions, elementary reactions, surface phenomena, catalysis, absorption isotherms, theory of the activated complex, and diffusion controlled reactions.

This course introduces "open" tools and methods for processing and visualizing data types such as structured data, text data, and temporal data. It discusses the opportunities and challenges in relation to working with large amounts of data, including ethical conditions regarding data acquisition, storage, aggregation, publication, and use. The course applies theories and concepts to define and analyze issues relating to large amounts of data. Students learn to develop solutions for retrieval and sorting structured and unstructured data, as well as process and represent data visually. The course largely involves hands-on cases working with relevant data sets, including an introduction to the language Python and the use of Python for data analysis such as text mining and sentiment analysis. It also introduces the principles behind FAIR data and explores ethical issues when working with open data.

This course provides students with an analytical qualitative foundation for developing a business strategy for an organization based on tools within the area of strategic management, and draws on different theories of economic value creation. The course begins by covering central terms, concepts, and definitions in the area of strategy such as the mission, vision, and strategy of an organization, and then looks into different ways in which a strategy can be developed. In connection to this, behavioralism is discussed along with the idea of bounded rationality. This is followed by a discussion on how the environment of a company can be mapped and analyzed and how Porters Five Forces framework builds on the neoclassical theory and the structure of conduct performance paradigm. The course determines competitive advantages and how economic value is created through the internal resources, activities, and competencies of the firm. Furthermore, tools for mapping and analyzing the political and cultural context of the company are presented in connection to principal/agent theory and behavioralistic theory. After this, corporate strategies, business/competitive strategies, international strategies, growth strategies, and strategies on innovation are discussed. The different roles for the patterning company and the size of the corporation are covered drawing on transaction cost theory. When looking at the competitive strategies of the company, the course discusses the importance of long-term commitment and game theory. Furthermore, it is concerned with entrepreneurship, innovation, and internationalization. Finally, it looks at how to evaluate different strategies concerning their suitability, acceptability, and feasibility. The last section of the course looks at how companies can implement their strategies through organizational and management design and manage strategic change. Again, the course returns to the ideas of bounded rationality and the management of stakeholders introduced within behavioral theory.