• Introduction
• National and international business taxation
• Corporate tax systems
• Choice of legal structure and financing
• Corporate tax rate
• International business taxation: direct business, production sites, subisidiaries
• International tax planning: wealth structures
• International tax planning: financial instruments
• European tax law

Prerequsites to registering in the module:
- Successful completion of English I
- Successful completion of further modules from the first year of studies with a value of 45 ECTS.

Introduction to the field of International Management.
Basic introduction to: internationalization process and -environment, reasons for internationalization, actors in the international environment, the role of culture, instruments for the identification and evaluation of markets, market entry strategies, international human resource management, international marketing, organizational structures and the leadership and management of international companies.

The following conditions need to be met prior to registering for the module:

• successful completion of English I
• successful completion of additional first year programme modules amounting to at least 45 credit points.

The course covers fundamental frameworks, models, and methods with regard to innovation. Topics include managing innovation within firms, process innovation, innovation decision-making, open innovation and technology transfer, and innovation culture. A real-life case which is set up in cooperation with a company partner serves to apply knowledge on innovation management in a practical project. The developed solution should be scientifically sound and applicable in practice.

The following conditions need to be met prior to registering for the module:

• successful completion of English I
• successful completion of additional first year programme modules amounting to at least 45 credit points.

Grundlagen und Berufsbilder der Wirtschaftsinformatik, E-Business, E-Commerce, Collaborative Systems, Informationssysteme und -strategie, Enterprise Resource Planning, Geschäftsprozessmanagement, Informationsmanagement, Wissensmanagement, Benutzergerechte Gestaltung von Informationssystemen, IT-Projektmanagement, Nachhaltige Informationssystemgestaltung, Fallstudien zum Informationsmanagement

Introduction (e.g., Data, Information and Knowledge; Tasks of Information Management); Information Economics; Managing Information Demands (e.g., Information Requirements Analysis; Information Overload) Managing Information Supply (e.g. Information Quality; Meta-Data Management); Information Management Systems (e.g., Databases, Data Warehousing; Data Mining); Managing Information and Communication Technology (e.g., Predicting ICT Trends and Developments); Information Management Case Studies

The following conditions need to be met prior to registering for the module:

• successful completion of English I
• successful completion of additional first year programme modules amounting to at least 45 credit points.

Finanzwirtschaftliche Modelle, Finanzmathematik, Investitionsrechnung, Finanzierung, Finanzinstitutionen, Derivative Finanzinstrumente, Unternehmensfinanzierung, Unternehmensbewertung

Basics of financial accounting, stocktaking and inventory, modes of accounting (stock accounts, income statement accounts, private accounts, goods and inventory accounts, payment accounts in due consideration of reconsignments) reductions and discounts, income calculations, documentary evidence, system of value added tax and its accounting, accounting of further cases in trading firms and production companies, accounting of wages and salaries, accounts receivables, accounts payables, accounting problems of fixed assets (depreciation, amortization, revaluation, special forms of depreciation and index to appendices) accounting problems of current assets(calculation of goods and materials employed and its accounting, cases of valuation of receivables, inventory changes), accruals and deferrals, accrued liabilities, liabilities, problems of hidden reserves (creation and disclosure).

Part Private Banking:

• Banking and financial intermediation
• Characteristics of selected asset classes
• Fundamentals of portfolio management and asset allocation
• The wealth management process
• Client goals and constraints

Part Law of Asset Management:

• Introduction to the Law of Asset Management
• Scope of Asset Management Law & Regulation
• Types of Regulation

Part Cross-Curricular Integration Course:

• Recognition and application of contents presented in the lectures, in particular through case studies which combine the economic and legal perspective.

The following conditions need to be met prior to registering for the module:

• successful completion of English I
• successful completion of additional first year programme modules amounting to at least 45 credit points.

Corporate Finance:

• Investment Decision Rules
• Capital Budgeting
• Capital Structure
• Financial Distress and Payout Policy
• Corporate Valuation
• Long-Term Financing
• Short-Term Financing

Decision Theory:

• Expected utility theory
• Mean-variance theory
• Prospect theory.
• Asymmetric information
• Market efficiency
• Behavioral Finance

The following conditions need to be met prior to registering for the module:

• successful completion of English I
• successful completion of additional first year programme modules amounting to at least 45 credit points.

• Benefits of Enterprise Systems
• Life-Cycle of Enterprise Systems (esp. design and implementation, success factors, knowledge transfer, and training)
• Enterprise Resource Planning Systems (especially in the area of Financial Accounting, Management Accounting, Procurement, Manufacturing, and Sales and Distribution).
• Customer Relationship Management (esp. Strategies in CRM, Tools and Methods, components of CRM systems).
• Supply Chain Management (Logistics, Warehousing)
• Latest technological developments (esp. In-Memory-Computing, Cloud-Computing, Mobile Devices)
• Case Study: Enterprise Processes in SAP

The following conditions need to be met prior to registering for the module:

• successful completion of English I
• successful completion of additional first year programme modules amounting to at least 45 credit points.

See course description.