Master of Business Development

What is MBD?

Master of Business Development is a flexible executive master programme for those passionate about developing, creating and leading. The programme is focused on business development and is targeted at employees in the private sector. A full MBD degree consists of mandatory courses, core courses, electives and finally a master project. You have great flexibility in deciding how to structure your education.
MBD is based on how organizations and the labour market are structured today. This means that we offer a practice-oriented education where you develop skills and insights that create great value for yourself as well as your organization. And most importantly, you can implement your skills directly in your work, creating value immediately.
With an MBD you'll gain insight into a wide range of topics incl. business and organisational development, digitalisation, innovation, strategic communication, personal development, finance and management. You can strengthen your abilities and your business in the direction you want and at a pace that suits you.

We have designed a flexible continuing-educational programme where we provide the building blocks for you. The programme consists of mandatory courses, core courses, elective courses and a master project that you put together in your own way. However, we recommend that you start with one of our mandatory courses, which form the foundation of the program.
A full master degree can be completed in 2-6 years.
Learn more about the structure of the MBD.

A full master degree

MBD lectures take place on weekdays between 9 am and 5 pm.
The address is CBS, Dalgas Have 15, 2000 Frederiksberg.
MBD offers courses in both English and Danish

The choice is yours. An MBD at CBS is designed to give you the flexibility to tailor your degree so that it suits you and your ambitions. You choose whether you want to take a single course, multiple courses or the full executive master programme.

Or begin with a single course

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Who can study MBD?

The MBD is for individuals who dream of continuing their education in management, digitalization, strategy and business development.
MBD is also relevant for companies that want to upskill their employees.
Find information about the admittance criteria.

MBD Event: Resonans

<h6 class="xmsonormal">Resonans er et værdifuldt redskab for din ledelse og organisatoriske udvikling – men ved du, hvordan du skal bruge det effektivt i praksis? </h6>
Det kan du få inspirerende bud på til dette event med MBD-underviserne Rasmus Johnsen og Jacob Vase. 
Med udgangspunkt i den tyske sociolog Hartmut Rosa's teori om resonanserfaringer, dykker vi ned i hvordan acceleration påvirker din organisatoriske struktur og menneskelige relationer. Gennem en kombination af teoretiske indsigter og hands-on øvelser lærer du, hvordan resonans kan bruges til at fremme autentiske interaktioner, øge kreativiteten og skabe meningsfulde forbindelser i dit arbejdsmiljø.
 
<h6 class="xmsonormal subtitle-1">Kom med og få:</h6>
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<li class="xmsonormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;">Indsigt i, hvordan resonans kan anvendes til at skabe et arbejdsmiljø, der understøtter spontane og ægte interaktioner. </li>
<li class="xmsonormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;">Lær at fremme meningsfylde relationer ved at implementere resonans som en komponent i din ledelsespraksis </li>
<li class="xmsonormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;">En introdukton til strategier som kan skabe en organisationskultur, der fremmer engagement og responsivitet.</li>
<li class="xmsonormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;">Konkrete værktøjer og strategier til at forbedre både individuelle og kollektive arbejdsoplevelser.</li>
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Eventet giver mulighed for at dykke ned i sociologiske teorier og lære, hvordan de kan anvendes praktisk i din organisation. Ved at forstå og implementere begrebet resonans, vil du være i stand til at skabe et mere dynamisk og engagerende arbejdsmiljø.

True ESG: Moving Beyond Compliance to Purpose

<h6>About the event</h6>
In the coming years, the EU’s Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and the Directive on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence will enhance transparency regarding companies' efforts in sustainability, ethics, and governance.
Amid these new demands, companies risk focusing excessively on compliance and merely meeting minimum requirements, rather than establishing a new purpose and comprehensive strategy for future ESG work. In essence, it is not solely about compliance, but also about developing ethical standards and prioritising efforts.
While compliance may currently dominate attention, strategy implementation is equally crucial. According to a 2023 survey by Morningstar Sustainalytics, 90% of companies either have or are developing a formal ESG strategy. However, many face significant challenges, such as concerns over performance, a lack of comprehensive data, and fears of greenwashing. Indeed, balancing ESG with growth targets remains one of the most prominent concerns.
So, how can companies transition from compliance to strategic implementation? What are the key challenges for Danish companies, and what should they consider when building a strategy based on reporting?
Building on the success of our previous event, <a href="/en/events/p16-the-end-of-esg" title="P16: The end of ESG?">'The end of ESG? Navigating the turbulent landscape'</a>, we are excited to invite you to our second event on current ESG challenges and opportunities. Once again, we have invited CBS Associate Professor Kristjan Jespersen and Simon Taylor, Senior Director and Co-founder at Position Green, to discuss ESG, focusing this time on the transition from compliance to strategy implementation and new insights from Position Green's anticipated new ESG100 report.

Benefits of a diverse, equitable and inclusive business and how to get there

Let us introduce you to the basic principles of diversity, equity and inclusion! Explore how embracing diversity, equity and inclusion can bring value to your organization and understand the barriers you might meet on the way.   Come by our event and learn how your organization can ensure a more representative, fair and inclusive environment for all employees. 
 
<h5 class="MsoNormal subtitle-1">About the speaker</h5>
You'll be in the company of our esteemed CBS professor Poornima Luthra. She has spent the last fifteen years researching and teaching university courses in the field of talent management, with a focus on Diversity and Inclusion. More recently, Poornima has taken her years of academic experience into the corporate world with the vision of making workplaces more inclusive for all.  of the books:
Poornima is also a highlighly acknowledged author within the field and has most recently published the follwoing titles:  
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<li>Diversifying Diversity: Your Guide to Being an Active Ally of Inclusion in the Workplace</li>
<li class="a-spacing-none a-text-normal">The Art of Active Allyship: 7 Behaviours to Empower You to Push The Pendulum Towards Inclusion At Work</li>
<li class="a-spacing-none a-text-normal">Leading Through Bias: 5 Essential Skills to Block Bias and Improve Inclusion at Work</li>
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WHY TAKE AN MBD AT CBS?  

Meet Christina Grøntved, CEO of the business foundation Incita. She found that every single course at the MBD programme helped change her behavior in her daily work and gave her the drive to make changes in her workplace practices. Hear why Christina would recommend taking an MBD at CBS.

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Our ambition is to educate the people who develop our society

When you do a master’s degree with us, you become part of that ambition, together with the 3,500 other individuals currently pursuing continuing education.
We train managers and experts to analyse and transform their practices through researched-based teaching closely tied to your everyday work life. Our teachers do research on the complex issues that you face.
At CBS you have the opportunity to discuss your practices with both internationally recognised teachers and the other participants. Our extensive experience shows that the wide variety of participants from Danish and international organisations serves to broaden your horizons and expand your network.

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Managing Open Innovation

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Marion Poetz, Associate Professor

Christoph Grimpe, Professor

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The course Managing Open Innovation discusses the value of sourcing external knowledge and introduces you to open innovation management theory and processes.

Managing Open Innovation 

<h6>Purpose and description of the course</h6>
This course provides the foundation for managing open innovation processes in firms. Comparing closed to open innovation approaches, the course focuses on outside-in open innovation processes, i.e. sourcing external knowledge from and collaborating with users, universities, suppliers, competitors, and the like for generating innovation. Moreover, the course discusses the interplay between innovation, exploration, exploitation, and search, and the growing importance of efficient search approaches across widely distributed sources of innovation. More specifically, we will discuss the concepts of local vs. distant search and related search methods for accessing and leveraging innovation-relevant knowledge.
The Managing Open Innovation course will particularly highlight the role of users and user communities as a source of innovation. Finally, the course will introduce participants to concrete search applications such as crowdsourcing for generating inputs to organizations’ innovation processes. 
<h6>Key themes in the course</h6>
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<li>Open vs. closed innovation approaches</li>
<li>Open innovation management and processes</li>
<li>Distributed sources of innovation</li>
<li>Open innovation methods for outbound, inbound and coupled innovation processes</li>
<li>Organizational antecedents of open innovation. </li>
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<h6>Your learning outcome</h6>
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<li>Develop a sound understanding of the open innovation approach</li>
<li>How to effectively search across and collaborate with different sources of innovation (internal and external to an organization) to develop innovations</li>
<li>Create and capture value in open innovation</li>
<li>Design and implement open innovation activities in firms. </li>
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<h6>Who should attend this course</h6>
The course is relevant to managers from all kinds of industries who want to influence their workplaces and careers by mastering new forms of innovation practices. More specifically, practices that are characterized by being more open, collaborative and multi-domain-spanning than traditional models.