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ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Nurturing an Entrepreneurial Mindset
Mercedes Delgado, professor and researcher at CBS and MIT and co-director of the Entrepreneurship Concentration of the CBS Executive MBA, elaborates on the 2-week Entrepreneurship module and the favourable innovation landscape of Denmark.

DIGITALISATION
The 5th industrial revolution in full swing - business leaders prepare
The rapid evolution and emergence of new technologies like artificial intelligence and big data, keeps transforming the business world. Stefan Henningsson, professor at CBS, Department of Digitalisation, explains the effect these technological advancements have on business leaders and businesses in general.

CAREER & PERSONAL GROWTH
Integrated Strategy Project – bringing everything together
The last step of the EMBA journey with Copenhagen Business School is designed to enable participants to use their acquired tools and develop an impactful strategy for their organisations. Here, Associate Professor Mogens Bjerre tells us all about the purpose and benefits of the Integrated Strategy Project (ISP) in action.

CAREER & PERSONAL GROWTH
The Financial Times places the CBS Executive MBA among the world’s top 100
The Financial Times Executive MBA ranking is a valuable tool to compare Executive MBA programmes around the world. In the 2022 ranking the CBS Executive MBA is placed again among the world's top 100 Executive MBA programmes on rank #62.

MARKETING & COMMUNICATION
Mastering marketing: a transatlantic perspective
The Executive MBA cohort recently travelled to Chicago as part of the Marketing course led by Associate Professor Mogens Bjerre. In the following, he offers a flavour of what to expect from the module – and how the illuminating trip can reframe your thinking. One of the defining tenets of the CBS EMBA is the…

ENTREPRENEURSHIP
INNOVATION
Staying agile through innovation
Innovation plays a critical role in achieving competitive advantage across all industries. Researcher in Corporate Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Professor at SDA Bocconi, and Copenhagen Business School Executive MBA Innovation Course Professor, Mikkel Draebye, clarifies the importance of innovation. In most industries, doing something new like finding new ways to service customers, innovating the communication channels…

LEADERSHIP
SUSTAINABILITY & ESG
Succession through the lens of an EMBA
Signe Cederstrøm with her father Finn Cederstrøm. Photo Credit: Resino Printing inks. Tasked with taking the reins of her father’s internationally-renowned ink business, Signe Cederstrøm knew that she needed to gain more of a theoretical springboard to succeed. The EMBA at Copenhagen Business School provided her with just that. Building a leader Resino Inks A/S…

STRATEGY & ORGANISATION
Strategic planning is like rafting
Professor Marie Louise Mors compares strategic planning to river rafting around large rocks. You can take more than one route and the current can change. Through the Executive MBA, Mors equips business leaders with the tools to choose the right path.

LEADERSHIP
SUSTAINABILITY & ESG
DIGITALISATION
How can the CBS Executive MBA help you become a sustainable leader?
Tina Hørbye Christensen is the CFO of a top engineering consultancy, she says her Executive MBA helped her master sustainable leadership.

FINANCE & ECONOMICS
PARTICIPANT STORIES
Macroeconomics and financial markets: The inside track with the CBS Executive MBA
A critical component of the CBS Executive MBA programme, Macroeconomics and Financial Markets provides executives with an overview of the wider economic climate and how and why it influences organisations worldwide.

CAREER & PERSONAL GROWTH
"You could call me a 'learn-aholic' "
After many years in IT and software development, Anne Nørklit Lønborg’s constant thirst for new knowledge took her to CBS. Four years after graduating, Anne looks back at the network, the new perspectives and unexpected skills she gained from the EMBA programme.

LEADERSHIP
PARTICIPANT STORIES
"Making money is not the goal, it's about using money to create a better world"
With a background in culture and the arts, Janne Villadsen is perhaps not your average CBS student. As the Program and Development Director of Denmark's Heartland Festival, part of Janne's role is to build partnerships between the arts and commercial sectors. Here's how her EMBA is contributing.