Consulting Project
MIB offers stimulating academic activities alongside a series of professional development experiences in the field. Each Practical Work Activity (PWA) ends with a written report and a final presentation evaluated and graded by a Board of Examiners.
Following the Business Talks scheduled in the 1st. term, the collaboration with companies continues during the 2nd. term of the MIB programme, when each participant must carry out mandatory Practical Work Activities dealing with issues related to companies’ internationalization processes or further development on international markets. Topics and contents of the activities are jointly drafted with the hosting/coordinating companies, and the participant is thereby directly involved and plays an active role in the internationalization process.
Each PWA is designed and tailored according to the MIB requirements:
- The Field Work, where participants join small groups focused on projects designed and coached by partner firms. The aim of this activity - scheduled in the 2nd. term - is to allow participants to acquire fundamental methodological knowledge on field research and to grow their team-working skills. The knowledge acquired during class lectures and business talks will be employed in real-life situations to complement the participants' training and to prepare them for working life. A FW tutor supports the team work.
- The Internship takes place during the last quarter of the Master’s programme, students will be engaged in a curricular internship, an in-company individual activity guided and monitored by a company tutor, lasting from 3 to 6 months (at least 500 hours are mandatory).
In order to maintain consistency with the Master's programme, the internship must have as its possible contents:
- Measuring a new potential market
- Identifying a suitable distributor in a local market
- Selecting foreign suppliers
- Analyzing the legal regulations regarding a foreign market