Choose department Department of Computer Science Department of Business and Economics Department of Law Department of Engineering Department of Preliminary Studies MBA Department of Applied Engineering Department of Sport Science Department of Psychology MPM Department of Business and Economics Dean: Dr. Stefan Wendt Email: vhd@ru.is Website: https://www.ru.is/departments/vidskiptadeild Teachers View Choose major BSc in Business Administration with a minor in law MAcc, Accounting and Auditing - 90 ECTS BSc in Business Administration BSc in Business Administration with a minor in Computer Science BSc in Economics and Finance BSc in Economics and Management Exchange studies - BSc Business Exchange studies - MSc Business Diploma in Business and retail management MSc in Tourism and Hospitality Management - 90 ECTS MTHM, Tourism and Hospitality Management - 90 ECTS MSc in Innovation Management - 90 ECTS MINN, Innovation Management - 90 ECTS MSc in Business Management - 90 ECTS MBM, Business Management - 90 ECTS MSc in Marketing - 90 ECTS MM, Marketing - 90 ECTS MSc in Human Resource Management and Organizational Psychology - 90 ECTS MHRM, Human Resource Management and Organizational Psychology - 90 ECTS MSc in Corporate Finance- 90 ECTS MCF, Corporate Finance - 90 ECTS MSc in Information Management - 90 ECTS MIM, Information Management - 90 ECTS MDMD, Digital Management and Data Analysis MSc in Digital Management and Data Analysis MSc in Innovation Management - 90 ECTS Semesters: 3 Years: 1 ETCS: 90 About major Meistaranám í stjórnun nýsköpunar leggur áherslu á nýsköpun og frumkvöðlastarfssemi. Nemendur öðlast hæfni til að að stýra nýsköpunarstarfimismunandi skipulagsheilda við þróun á nýjum ferlum, vörum og þjónustu, ásamt því að nemendur geti leitt frumkvöðlastarf á breiðum grunni, þar á meðal til að stofna ný fyrirtæki. Námið eflir þekkingu og næmni nemenda fyrir nýjum tækifærum, þjálfar skapandi og lausnamiðaða nálgun og miðar að því að nemendur geti gert slíkar lausnir að veruleika.     Learning Outcomes View Degree title MSc in Innovation Management

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Haustönn/Fall 2024 Introduction to Management and Business Concepts V-700-IMBU ECTS 0 Creative Approaches and Entrepreneurial Mindsets V-702-CREM ECTS 7,5 Innovation and Entrepreneurship: A field of knowledge and practice V-703-INEN ECTS 7,5 Fundamentals in Tourism and Hospitality Management V-704-FTHM ECTS 7,5 Financial Reporting and Accounting Standards I V-705-FIR1 ECTS 7,5 Auditing, Auditing Standards and Ethics in Accounting and Auditing V-706-AUD1 ECTS 7,5 Strategic Management V-712-STJO ECTS 7,5 Organizational Psychology V-715-ORPS ECTS 7,5 Staffing: from recruitment to termination V-730-STRT ECTS 7,5 Labour law V-731-LALA ECTS 3,75 Digital and Information System Management V-733-DIGI ECTS 7,5 Change management and leadership V-736-CMLE ECTS 7,5 International Marketing V-736-INMA ECTS 7,5 Fundamentals in Accounting and Finance V-737-FAFI ECTS 7,5 Advanced and digital marketing V-738-ADDM ECTS 7,5 Branding and Strategic Marketing V-741-BRAN ECTS 7,5 Enterprise Architectures V-746-ENAR ECTS 7,5 Internship V-748-INTE ECTS 7,5 Applied Derivatives V-766-APDE ECTS 7,5 International Finance V-767-INTF ECTS 7,5 Corporate Taxation V-772-TAX1 ECTS 7,5 Fixed Income Analysis V-818-FINC ECTS 7,5 Performance Management V-830-PEMA ECTS 3,75 Portfolio Management V-862-PORT ECTS 7,5 Year 1. year Semester Fall 2024 Level of course N/A Type of course Elective Prerequisites No prerequisites. Schedule No schedule found. Lecturer David Skovmand Content The purpose of the course is to give students advanced knowledge of systematic and analytical methods of considering and performing investment decisions and the skills and competences to apply this knowledge. The following topics and concepts are covered: Risk and uncertainty in financial returns, financial performance measurement, basic utility theory, portfolio theory, optimal investment and portfolio choice, efficient frontier, models of the expected return (CAPM and APT), pricing and risk management in bond markets and mutual fund investments. Learning outcome - Objectives Knowledge: At the end of the course students possess in-depth knowledge of:- Key concepts to describe a key characteristics of single financial assets and portfolios of financial assets, including mean, variances, and covariance and correlation for asset returns - Financial risk measures and basic risk management tools - Models employing discrete and continuous random variables - Portfolio theory and utility theory in relation to optimal portfolio choice Skills:  Students develop skills to:- Estimate mean, variance, covariance, beta and multifactor betas from the historical record of returns - Apply performance measures to investment decisions - Apply measures of financial risk - Characterize the efficient frontier of portfolios - Apply utility theory in relation to optimal portfolio choice - Work with factor models such as CAPM and APT in particular the Fama-French 3-factor model - Apply Excel to solve the problems in particular numerical solution and linear regressionCompetence:  Students develop their competences to: - Measures and interpret the performance of investment decisions - Manage individually and in investment management teams portfolios of financial assets - Identify, justify and implement decisions to optimize portfolio composition Course assessment Reading material No reading material found. Teaching and learning activities Language of instruction English Equity Analysis V-863-EQUI ECTS 7,5 Master´s Thesis - partial submission V-888-THHL ECTS 15 Research Proposal V-898-REPR ECTS 0 Master´s Thesis V-898-THES ECTS 30 Exchange Studies X-699-EXCH ECTS 30 Vorönn/Spring 2025 Consumer Behavior V-712-COBE ECTS 3,75 Innovation Management V-713-INNM ECTS 7,5 Business Ethics V-714-BETH ECTS 3,75 Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Context V-715-ENIC ECTS 3,75 Business Process Management V-716-BPMA ECTS 7,5 Entrepreneurial Finance V-733-ENTR ECTS 7,5 Branding and Strategic Marketing V-741-BRAN ECTS 7,5 Internship V-748-INTE ECTS 7,5 Financial Reporting and Accounting Standards II V-765-FIR2 ECTS 7,5 Business Research Methodology I V-765-REM1 ECTS 3,75 Applied Derivatives V-766-APDE ECTS 7,5 Consolidated Financial Statements V-767-SARE ECTS 7,5 Sustainability Reporting and Assurance V-774-GESS ECTS 7,5 Business Intelligence and Analytics V-784-REK5 ECTS 7,5 Topics in Emerging Technologies V-819-TEMT ECTS 3,75 Business Research Methodology II V-825-REM2 ECTS 3,75 Tourism Marketing V-840-TOMA ECTS 7,5 Training and Development V-840-TRDE ECTS 3,75 Equity Analysis V-863-EQUI ECTS 7,5 Accounting for derivatives and other financial instruments V-871-AFLE ECTS 7,5 Master´s Thesis - partial submission V-888-THHL ECTS 15 Research Proposal V-898-REPR ECTS 0 Master´s Thesis V-898-THES ECTS 30 Exchange Studies X-699-EXCH ECTS 30 Sumar/Summer 2025 Management Accounting V-793-MAAC ECTS 7,5 Information Technology in Accounting V-804-INTA ECTS 7,5 Sustainable Finance V-817-SUFI ECTS 3,75 Sustainable Leadership V-836-SLEA ECTS 3,75 Design Thinking for Information Security: An Interdisciplinary Approach V-847-THIS ECTS 7,5