LappeenraNta UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, FINLAND

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LappeenraNta UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, FINLAND

• Studijní výmenný program ERASMUS

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Lut - predstavení

• Lappeenranta je mesto, které leí na brehu jezera
  Saimaa v jihovýchodním Finsku, asi 30 km od
  hranice s Ruskem.
• Patrí do kraje Jiní Finsko a provincie Jiní
  Karélie.
• ije zde asi 59 000 obyvatel, co mesto radí na
  11. místo mezi nejvetí finská mesta.

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Lut - predstavení

• Zaloena roku 1969
• Sídlí ve meste Lappeenranta na brehu 3.nejvetího
  jezera Evropy Saimaa uprostred lesa
• Poskytuje prestiní vzdelání v oblastech
  technologie a obchodu
• V dnení dobe na universite studuje kolem
• 5 000 studentu

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Lut - predstavení

• Pres 400 prednákových místností, velkokapacitní
  prednáková aula
• Moderní interiér, v kadé místnosti projekce,
  pocítace, promítace, mikrofony
• Knihovna a volný prístup k pocítacum (100 kusu)
• 2 kolní jídelny se védskými stoly a samostatnou
  obsluhou
• Kaple, telocvicna, posilovna,
• sauny, koleje
• Nespocetne mnoho kolních
• spolku jachtarský, beecký, nábo-
• enský, tanecní, atd.

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Lut struktura

• Faculty of technology
• Faculty of technology management
• Information Technology (obory, ústavy)
• Industrial Management
• School of business
• Accounting
• Business Law
• Finance
• International Marketing
• International Technology and Innovation
• Management
• Knowledge Management
• Management and Organization
• Strategy Research
• Supply Management

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Studijní podmínky

• Výber z 16 odborných predmetu (ekonomicky
  zamerené z ruzných oboru) dalí doplnkové
  predmety (jazyky, predmety o Finsku)
• Semestr rozdelen na 2 periody, studijní kurzy
  jsou vypisovány podle potreb profesoru jako
  intenzivní (týdenní), jednoperiodické ci
  dvouperiodické
• Výuka probíhá ve fintine, anglictine, ci v
  dalím jazyce, který profesor ovládá a studenti
  uprednostnují
• Prednáky ani cvicení nejsou povinná
• Povinné jsou úkoly, zprávy, prezentace, projekty

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Studijní Podmínky

• 1 ECTS (kredit) zahrnuje práci v rozsahu 26 hodin
  zahrnující prednáky, cvicení, projekty, domácí
  úlohy a zkouky
• Vypsán 1-2 termíny zkouek (2 zkoukové období po
  2 týdnech)
• Zkouky se konají hromadne pro nekolik predmetu
  zároven, nekolik dozorcu
• Délka písemných testu - 4 hodiny
• Neexistence ústního zkouení (pouze výjimecne)
• Známkování od 1-5 grades (5 nejlepí, u nás A)

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Mé vybrané predmety

• International Financial Management
• Innovation and Competitiveness
• Integrated Marketing Communication
• Business Forecasting
• Transportation Systems
• Finnish Society and Culture

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Intern. Financial Management

• School of business, Finance, Period 3
• Lecturer(s) Professor, D.Sc. (Econ. Bus. Adm.)
  - Minna Martikainen
• Aims The aim of the course is to provide an
  analytic framework for understanding how
• cross-border financing, valuation, risk
  management, and investment decisions are
• influenced by a variety of factors including
  exchange rates, legal rules, international
• tax considerations and country risk. The course
  provides the understanding how firms
• can create, measure, and sustain value across
  borders.
• Contents The course consists of the four
  different areas in international financial
  management.
• The part including currencies and asset prices
  concentrates in the mechanisms of
• exchange rates. The area of multinational
  financial decision making considers several
• of the central financial decisions multinational
  firms must make. The part of cross border
• valuation and financing considers how the
  valuation and financing decisions
• must be modified in a cross-border setting.
  Institutions and Finance part includes the
• topics of investors behavior and risk
  management.
• Teaching Methods Lectures 24 h, 3rd period.
  Course work (Assignment on a topic of mutual
  agreement, which has to be written individually
  3 cases). Exam.
• Elective advanced studies -level course in
  Finance.
• Part of the CBU studies provided in LUT.
• Assessment Graded 05 on the based on 80 exam
  and 20 course work.
• Course Material 1. Madura, J., International
  Financial Management, 8th edition, or later
  version

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Innovation and Competitiv.

• School of business, International Technology and
  Innovation, Period 3
• Lecturer(s) Ph.D. Hannes Toivanen
• Lecturer(s) responsible Professor, D.Sc. (Econ.
  Bus. Adm.) Ari Jantunen
• Aims This course explores the relationship
  between innovation and competitiveness of firms,
• industries, and nations. Assigned literature,
  lectures, and class work consider critical
• issues in competitive strategy and public
  policy. The course provides an accessible
• overview of major theoretical perspectives on
  innovation and key methods employed
• to measure and assess the impact of innovation.
• Contents What is innovation, the innovation
  process and firm, industrial organization and
• innovation, national systems of innovation,
  measurement of innovation, special aspects
• of innovation, contemporary challenges of
  innovation.
• Teaching Methods 21 h of lectures. Read 1 book by
  Schumpeter. Exam.
• Assessment 0-5
• Course Material Will be announced later, see
  web-pages.

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Integra. Marketing Commun.

• School of business, International Marketing,
  Period 4
• Lecturer(s) Lecturer, D.Sc. (Econ. Bus. Adm.) -
  Liisa-Maija Sainio
• Aims To familiarize the student to the concept
  and process of marketing communication. To
• give the students basic skills in the design,
  implementation and managing of
• communication as part of the marketing process.
• Contents The role of marketing communication in
  the marketing strategy of an enterprise. The
• concept and implementation of integrated
  marketing communication. The design,
• implementation and managing of advertising,
  sales promotion and public relations. The
• introduction of electronic and print media,
  media choice, creative process and
• execution of promotion campaign. The services in
  campaign planning, advertising
• business and advertiser-agency relationship.
  Legal and ethical issues in advertising.
• The course is focused especially in
  mass-communication, because there is a separate
• course available in personal selling and sales
  management.
• Teaching Methods 28 hours of lectures, 14 hours
  of exercises, groupwork and individual ad
  analysis
• report, 4th period. Written exam. Obligatory
  course in International Marketing subject
  studies.
• Assessment 0-5, Written exam 50, individual ad
  analysis 30, groupwork 20.
• Course Material
• 1. Percy, Rossiter Elliott (2001) Strategic
  Advertising Management, Oxford University Press.
• 2. Assigned reading.

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Business Forecasting

• Faculty of technology management, Industrial
  Management, Period 4
• Lecturer(s) Professor, Lic.Sc. (Econ. Bus.
  Adm.) - Seppo Pitkänen
• Aims Ability to predict by conventional
  quantitative methods, and knowing the
  possibilities of
• the other approaches.
• Contents Must know Forecasts role in business
  planning and decision making. The foundations
• of statistico-empirical, intuitive,
  qualitative-structural and simulation forecasting
  methods at the practical level.
• Should know Special issues on cross-impact
  analysis.
• Nice to know Combination of quantitative and
  qualitative methods.
• Teaching Methods Lectures 28 h, exercises 14 h 1.
  period.
• Assessment 0-5, examination 80 - 100 , exercise
  report 0 - 20 .
• Course Material Will be distributed to the
  participants.
• Prerequisites Basic skills in statistics
  (hypotesis testing, etc.), matrix algebra and
  elementary
• differential calculus. Recommended A course
  dealing with economis/business decision
• making, or marketing research.

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Transportation Systems

• School of business, Supply Management, Period 4
  int.
• Lecturer(s) Professor, D.Sc. (Econ. Bus. Adm.)
  - Olli-Pekka Hilmola
• Aims Finlands logistical position in Europe as
  well as in the global context. Course will give
  basic understanding from different transportation
  modes (air, road, sea and rail), and their
  relation to users (e.g. companies) financial and
  non-financial performance.
• Combining different modes of transportation to
  represent overall transportation service (e.g.
  automation and containers). Role of Russia and
  Asia in the transportation flows of Europe. Third
  party logistic solutions. Value enhancement in
  logistical services and processes, MA waves, and
  the reasons for service provider integration.
• Contents Among lectures, course contains case
  exercises (which will combine the issues of
  different transportation modes together), and by
  participating in all of these, studentwill have
  some amount of basic points for exam.
• Teaching Methods Lectures 14 h and cases 12 h as
  intensive teaching in the 4th period.
• Assessment 0-5, examination (70 ) ja accepted
  case exercises (30 ).
• Course Material 1. Häkkinen, Lotta (2005).
  Operations Integration and Value Creation in
  Horizontal Cross-Border Acquisitions. Turku
  School of Economics and Business Administration,
  A-6 (Doctoral Diss.). Available at URL
  http//www.tukkk.fi/julkaisut/vk/Ae6_2005.pdf
• 2. Woxenius, Johan (1998). Development of
  Small-Scale Intermodal Freight Transportation in
  a System Context. Chalmers University of
  Technology, Report 34 (Doctoral Diss.). Available
  at URL http//www.mot.chalmers.se/staff/johwox/_p
  rivate/English/Reports/199820 Dissertation20Woxe
  nius.pdf
• 3. Laine, Jouni (2005). Redesign of Transfer
  Capabilities Studies in Container Shipping
  Services. Helsinki School of Economics, A-254
  (Doctoral Diss.). Available at URL
  http//helecon3.hkkk.fi/pdf/diss/a254.pdf
• 4. Ivanova, Oksana, Tero Toikka Olli-Pekka
  Hilmola (2006). Eurasian Container Transportation
  Market Current Status and Future Development
  Trends with Consideration of Different
  Transportation Modes. Lappeenranta University of
  Technology, Department of Industrial Engineering
  and Management. Research Report 179.
• 5. Additional material provided by the lecturer
  (notes, articles and case exercises).
• Prerequisites Recommended to have taken some
  logistical courses before, e.g. from topics of
  supply chain management and production control.

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Finnish Society and Culture

• Lecturer(s) Dr. Kalle Michelsen, Professor
  (Finnish History, Political Culture, Social and
  Economic System)
• M.A. Kristiina Korjonen-Kuusipuro, Reseacher
  (Finnish Culture), Dr. Mika Tonder, Senior
  lecturer, (Landscapes, mentalities)
• Aims The aim of this course is to introduce
  Finland and South Karelia to foreign students.
• The course provides basic information of Finnish
  history (focusing on Karelia and
• Karelian issues) from 1809 to the present,
  culture (arts, architecture and landscape),
• political system and international issues as
  well as social and economic systems
• (demography, ethnic, regional, gender and
  equality issues, trade, industry, science and
• technology).
• Teaching Methods 22 h lectures in English. The
  course is divided in following parts
• A) History (4 lectures)
• B) Culture (4 lectures)
• C) Lifestyle (4 lectures)
• D) Society (4 lectures)
• E) Economic Systems (2 lectures)
• F) Nature and Landscape (4 lectures)
• G) Exam (2 lectures)
• Assessment Passed on the basis of participation
  60 and a written examination 40.
• Course Material Portraying Finland. Facts and
  Insights. Otava 2005. (Available in the library)

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Zhodnocení

• Vysoká úroven vzdelání
• Studijní samostatnost
• Mezinárodní spolupráce
• Monost výuky ve svetových jazycích
• Prátelská a príjemná spolecnost i prostredí
• Vysoký standard ubytování (koleje)
• Dobrá dostupnost okolí (doprava)
• Monost sportování, finské kultury, atd.
• Nevýhoda financne nárocné

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