This module will show students how to manage projects and teams Students will learn how to deal with clients, understand the role of marketing, the basics of accounting and leadership, thus preparing them for their future role as responsible employers.

exercises, research, writing, case study

Paper, Portfolio, exercises, minimum 70% mandatory presence, continuous assessment

The Pro Bono Project gives the student an opportunity to draw a close connection to the practice. Through the preparation of a Pro Bono project, the students gain a deeper insight into the three main areas of professional activity: concept phase, execution phase and reflection phase. In this way the students can complement and/or test their theoretical studies with practice-relevant work.

Project work under supervision, project management,
Individual selection of methods

Grade drawn from:
Pro Bono Application
Conceptual Phase
Execution Phase
Reflection Phase
Project Documentation
Project Presentation/Critical Review

This module, to be undertaken in the third semester, allows students to compose a Preliminary Study. The Preliminary Study serves as a basis for the Master's Thesis. It contains a research question, an in-depth theoretical investigation as well as a conceptual outline for the Historical and Theoretical Report as well as the Technical Report.

Lecture: researching, writing

Paper & Presentation (Preliminary Study); 75% mandatory presence, continuous assessment

The Master's Thesis builds upon the Preliminary Study. It includes a developed hypothesis which is verified (or falsified) within the context of a given or freely chosen design project.

design studio, exercises, experiment, research, writing, visualising, modelling, presenting, case study

Successfully passed module "Preliminary Study"

Grade drawn from: Thesis (80%), Presentation and Defense (20%);
75% mandatory presence

Just as the doctoral consortium, the summer school serves multiple purposes in the students' education: Whereas the doctoral consortium aims at presenting the own work to an international audience, the summer school is supposed to deepen the students' methodological skills. In addition, working together with professors and PhD students from abroad also contributes to developing the students' social and communicative skills in an international and intercultural environment.

In preparing their proposals and applications for a summer school, students will be assisted by lecturers of the Institute of Information Systems at the University of Liechtenstein. Accepted students will take part in the summer school. A reflection of the lessons learned at the summer school together with the lecturers is also part of the module.

The primary objective of the summer school is to get further insights into the research methods applied by the PhD students and to discuss evolving questions with other young scientists.

The students will be assessed in this module through:

• Competitive selection process of the summer school
• Specific mechanisms of the summer school

Module availability:
On application at an internationally renowned summer school, such as organized e. g. by the European Research Center for Information Systems (ERCIS).

Just as the doctoral consortium, the summer school serves multiple purposes in the educational programme of the students: Whereas the doctoral consortium aims at presenting the own work in an international frame, the summer school intends to deepen methodological skills in a specific field of choice relevant to the PhD theses of the students. In addition, working together with professors and PhD-students from abroad also contributes to social and communicative skills of the students in an international and intercultural environment.

Doctorate entrepreneurship and management students participating in an international Ph.D. summer school study contemporary issues in research design and/or methodology.

The primary objective of the summer school is to get further insights into the research methods applied by the PhD students and to discuss evolving questions with other young scientists and leading experts in the field.

The students will be assessed in this module through:

• Competitive selection process of the summer school
• Specific mechanisms of the summer school

Module availability:
On application at an internationally renowned summer school, such as organized e. g. by the Swiss National Science Foundation or Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis and Collection.

The module "Research Methods in Information Systems" aims at deepening the students' skills in research design. It focuses on pivotal issues of conducting and structuring research activities as part of information systems research.

Subjects dealt with in the module comprise (but are not limited to):

• Introduction into design science
• Design science vs. behavioral science
• Rigor vs. relevance
• Design science in information systems research
• The design science research process
• Reviewing the literature
• Design science examples
• Design science challenges
• Theorizing in design science
• Publishing design science

• Lecture
• Self-study
• Presentation by students

Students successfully participating in the module will

• know how to explain the design science approach as related to 'traditional' approaches in research,
• be able to differentiate between major constructs and issues in information systems research, such as relevance, rigor, truth, and utility,
• know about the major contributions on design science published in information systems research,
• be able to structure the design science research process,
• be capable of conducting rigorous literature reviews as part of design science research,
• know about major evaluation methods,
• be aware of the role of theories in design science research, and
• know the major information systems outlets for publishing design science research.

The students will be assessed in this module through:

• Presentations
• Discussions

Besides a more in-depth knowledge in epistemology doctoral students in entrepreneurship and management research require an applicable base of research methods and tools.

The course will cover the following topics:

• Epistemology in entrepreneurship and management research
• Research design and the use of theory
• Research questions and hypotheses
• Quantitative methods
• Qualitative methods
• Mixed method procedures
• Transdisciplinary research

Participant centered learning approach consisting of individual paper development workshops

The students will be able to clearly understand and communicate the epistemological underpinning of their research work, differentiate between different schools of thought, design research, processes corresponding to their research questions, select suitable qualitative and quantitative research methods, evaluate their own research with respect to validity, reliability and generalizability.

The students will be assessed in this module through:
Paper; ready to be submitted to a scientific conference (e.g. AOM) or journal.

For all organizational details please get in touch with Prof. Dr. Marco Furtner (marco.furtner@uni.li).

Ziel der Lehrveranstaltung ist es, den Studierenden die grundlegenden Kenntnisse der internationalen Vermögensplanung und -gestaltung unter besonderer Berücksichtigung des Erb-, Ehegüter-, Anfechtungs- und Insolvenzrechts auf nationaler und internationaler Ebene zu vermitteln.

Die Lehrveranstaltung behandelt folgende Themenfelder:

• Internationales Erb-, Ehegüter-, Anfechtungs- und Insolvenzrecht
• Asset Protection – Grundlagen und Strukturen
• Asset Protection im Scheidungsrecht
• Asset Protection bei Testamentsvollstreckung und Vollmacht
• Asset Protection – Erbrecht und Trust Litigation

Interaktive Vorlesungen, ergänzt durch Case Studies aus der Praxis; eingehende Diskussion unter Einbeziehung der Studierenden.

Ganz im Zeichen der Vermögensplanung und -nachfolge steht das achte Modul. So ist der erste Teil dem internationalen Erb- und Ehegüterrecht gewidmet. Den Studierenden werden zunächst die internationalen prozessrechtlichen Grundlagen Liechtensteins wie auch der umliegenden Länder (Deutschland, Österreich, Schweiz) im Hinblick auf das Ehe- und Ehegüterrecht eingehend erläutert, ebenso die internationalen Abkommen aus diesen Bereichen. Hierzu gehört auch die Feststellung der anwendbaren Rechtsnormen, deren Prüfung sowie die einzelnen Anknüpfungstatbestände. Im Anschluss wird das materielle Ehegüterrecht der einzelnen Rechtsordnungen sukzessive behandelt und einander gegenübergestellt. Auch im Hinblick auf das internationale Erbrecht werden zunächst die Abkommen sowie die liechtensteinischen kollisionsrechtlichen Bestimmungen intensiv erörtert. Im Besonderen wird sodann auf das internationale Erbrecht nach Stiftungen und Anstalten eingegangen, bevor die prozessuale Vorgehensweise erläutert wird. Ein Überblick über das internationale Insolvenz- und Anfechtungsrecht, insbesondere im Hinblick auf gesellschafts- und erbrechtliche Sachverhalte, rundet den ersten Teil ab. Im zweiten Teil liegt das Augenmerk auf den Möglichkeiten der Asset Protection, also dem Schutz erworbenen Vermögens vor dem Zugriff Dritter. Nachdem die Grund-lagen funktionierender Asset Protection (wie zum Beispiel die Zulässigkeit der Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit eines Asset Protection Trusts usw.) eingehend erörtert wurden, kommen die Möglichkeiten und Erfordernisse zunächst aus ehegüter-rechtlicher Sicht, sodann aus erbrechtlicher Perspektive zur Sprache. Im Mittelpunkt steht dabei die Arbeit an konkreten, realen Fällen.

Das fünfte Modul ist als Wahlmodul ausgestaltet. Entweder erfolgt die Teilnahme an einer fünftägigen Studienreise in die USA oder die Studierenden belegen ein frei wählbares Modul der anderen Executive Masterstudiengänge in Inter-national Taxation oder Bank- und Finanzmarktrecht. Ebenfalls besteht auch die Möglichkeit, eine schriftliche Case Study im Rahmen des „I&F Family Wealth Preservation Award“ zu bearbeiten. Das Reiseprogramm ist auf die Lerninhalte des Studiengangs abgestimmt und umfasst Vorlesungen und Workshops an ange-sehenen Universitäten, Besichtigungen internationaler Organisationen wie Botschaften und Vorträge in renommierten Rechtsanwaltskanzleien und bei anderen hochrangigen Vertretern der Geschäftswelt. Dabei werden Themen des loka-len Rechtskreises vor dem Hintergrund der liechtensteinischen und kontinentaleuropäischen Rechtsordnung diskutiert. Die Studienreise wird von einem ansprechenden Rahmenprogramm zum Ausgleich abgerundet.

Interaktive Vorlesungen mit Fallbeispielen, Workshops, Vorträgen.

Die Studierenden wenden die im Studiengang erworbenen Kenntnisse an.