IDENTIFYING DATA 2018_19
Subject (*) MASTER'S THESIS Code 16675301
Study programme
International Markets (2016)
Cycle 2nd
Descriptors Credits Type Year Period
9 Final master project First AN
Language
Anglès
Department Economics
Business Management
Coordinator
IRANZO SANCHO, SUSANA
E-mail josepmaria.arauzo@urv.cat
antonio.quesada@urv.cat
maria.llop@urv.cat
mercedes.teruel@urv.cat
mariavictoria.soldevila@urv.cat
luis.diaz@urv.cat
bernd.theilen@urv.cat
susana.iranzo@urv.cat
antonio.osoriodacosta@urv.cat
marialuz.caballero@urv.cat
irene.borras@urv.cat
Lecturers
ARAUZO CAROD, JOSEP MARIA
QUESADA ARANA, ANTONIO
LLOP LLOP, MARIA
TERUEL CARRIZOSA, MERCEDES
SOLDEVILA LAFON, MARIA VICTÒRIA
DÍAZ SERRANO, LUIS
THEILEN , BERND GEORG
IRANZO SANCHO, SUSANA
OSÓRIO DA COSTA , ANTÓNIO MIGUEL
CABALLERO GABAS, MARIA LUZ
BORRÀS GARRIDO, IRENE
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General description and relevant information The Master's Thesis consists of an autonomous, original and unpublished work that allows the student to show in an integrated way the training contents and the acquired competences associated with the master's degree. The Master's Thesis can be elaborated in Catalan, Spanish or English.

Competences
Type A Code Competences Specific
 A1 Analyse the international markets through advanced techniques and approach which allow facilitating important information to international companies and/or companies willing internationalisation.
 A2 Develop professional abilities (leadership, negotiation, communication, etc.) which enable the student to perform tasks of coordinating teams in companies, institutions and public organisations or non-profit organisations operating within the international area.
 A3 To train the student to elaborate strategic plans of international expansion for companies.
 A4 Prepare sector reports and design innovation strategies which facilitate the insertion and/or improvement of the positioning (upgrading) of the company in global value chains.
 A5 Develop management skills and technical knowledge to manage the complexity of the reality of the international company in a socially and environmentally responsible manner.
 A6 Evaluate the impact of the international institutional framework, especially the one of the European Union, and the derived policies and which affect the area in which the company or public institution carries out its activity.
 A7 Evaluate potential threats and opportunities for public institutions at the local and regional levels of processes linked to economic globalization.
 A8 Use advanced quantitative techniques to develop a research project within the international markets framework (research speciality).
 A9 Analyse innovative and relevant aspects of the new theoretical contributions in the field of international economics which allow to develop a research work in accordance with the challenges facing this academic discipline (research speciality).
 A10 Plan and organise the transfer and publication of the results of research projects (research speciality).
 A11 Train the student to participate in multidisciplinary, international and intercultural groups of advanced research (research speciality).
Type B Code Competences Transversal
 CT1 Manage and communicate complex information, within variety of topics, in a foreign language effectively.
 CT2 Make judgements on the basis of the efficient management and use of information.
 CT3 Solve complex problems critically, creatively and innovatively in multidisciplinary contexts.
 CT4 Work in multidisciplinary teams and complex contexts.
 CT5 Communicate complex ideas effectively to all sorts of audiences.
 CT6 Develop skills to manage career development.
 CT7 Apply ethical and socially responsible principles as a citizen and a professional.
 CT8 Develop sufficient independence to work on research projects and scientific and technological ventures within their discipline.
Type C Code Competences Nuclear

Learning outcomes
Type A Code Learning outcomes
 A1 Master the functioning of theoretical foundations of international markets.
 A2 Acquire the necessary skills to take on the tasks of management and analysis of companies and institutions, incorporating the dynamics of internationalization.
 A3 Propose internationalisation strategies which adequate to the characteristics of the companies and based on the markets which they are targeting.
 A4 Being able to develop innovative strategies to improve the positioning of the company in global chains and markets.
 A5 Integrar els coneixements teòrics en les realitats en que es poden projectar.
 A6 Acquire the necessary knowledge to allow the positioning of the company in the European market.
 A7 Being able to identify the opportunities and threats which arise from the new global realities and design strategies which address these challenges.
 A8 To propose and apply the most suitable methodology for the research topic.
Know how to use mathematical and econometric instruments appropriate to the type of data to analyze.
 A9 Identify, understand and evaluate the state of the art on the topic of specific research proposed.
Propose and implement the most suitable methodology for the research topic.
 A10 Introduce hypotheses and propose and justify research questions (and sub-questions).
Propose and implement the most suitable methodology for the research topic.
 A11 Acquire the ability to work in international research teams.
Type B Code Learning outcomes
 CT1 Manage and communicate complex information, within variety of topics, in a foreign language effectively.
 CT2 Make judgements on the basis of the efficient management and use of information.
 CT3 Solve complex problems critically, creatively and innovatively in multidisciplinary contexts.
 CT4 Work in multidisciplinary teams and complex contexts.
 CT5 Communicate complex ideas effectively to all sorts of audiences.
 CT6 Develop skills to manage career development.
 CT7 Apply ethical and socially responsible principles as a citizen and a professional.
 CT8 Develop sufficient independence to work on research projects and scientific and technological ventures within their discipline.
Type C Code Learning outcomes

Selection technique and assignment
Procedures

The choice and assignment of the subject and tutor of the Master's Thesis will follow the following procedure:

a) The student will have to fill out their request for topic proposal and tutor using the model available in Moodle space. In the event that the request does not include the tutor's proposal, the coordinator will do the assignment and will communicate it to the student.

b) The tutor's proposal will be made preferably among the teachers of the master's degree. However, the student can propose a teacher without teaching the master's degree and also request a co-authorization. The proposal must be accepted by the co-ordination. In the event that the topic request or tutor is not accepted, the coordination will be convened by the student to reorient the proposal.

c) The application must be submitted to the coordination of the Master's Thesis. The deadline for submission will be set in the Moodle space of the Master's Thesis.

d) In the event that the student has not submitted the application within the established period, it will be understood that he waives the tutoring of his work and the student's Master's Thesis record will be held in September.

The coordination of the Master's Thesis will inform the tutors and students of the possibility of carrying out the Master's Thesis in the URV's Service Learning Program as the proposals of organizations and institutions arrive. Proposals arising from students and / or teachers will be discussed among the people and entities involved and, if applicable, will be presented for inclusion within the URV's Learning Program.


Planning
Methodologies  ::  Tests
  Competences (*) Class hours
Hours outside the classroom
(**) Total hours
Introductory activities
2 0 2
Selecting/assigning the bachelor’s degree/master’s degree thesis
1 0 1
Mechanisms for coordinating and monitoring the bachelor’s degree/master’s degree thesis
33 0 33
Drafting of the bachelor’s degree/master’s degree thesis
0 175 175
Presentation and defence of the bachelor’s degree/master’s degree thesis
1 13 14
 
 
(*) On e-learning, hours of virtual attendance of the teacher.
(**) The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students.

Specific action plan / execution
  Description
Introductory activities nformation session on the content and structure of the master's degree project. Information on the deadlines and the documentation to be submitted.
Selecting/assigning the bachelor’s degree/master’s degree thesis Selection and assignment of the scope of the master's degree project to be developed.
Mechanisms for coordinating and monitoring the bachelor’s degree/master’s degree thesis Orientation and follow-up of the tutor to the student.
Drafting of the bachelor’s degree/master’s degree thesis The student will design and develop a research project in the field of economics that is related to any of the specialties offered by the master's degree.

The Master's Thesis must be carried out and presented by a single student. If the topic and / or methodology justifies it, it can exceptionally be performed and presented by a group of two students. It will be understood that it is carried out jointly by two / two students when they make the topic request and tutor jointly, and provided they obtain the approval of the coordination of the Master's Thesis.
Presentation and defence of the bachelor’s degree/master’s degree thesis Exposition and defense by the student of the Master's Thesis before an evaluation tribunal.

The periods of defense of the Master's Thesis are set in the academic calendar of the Master's degree in the FEE, which is available in the Teaching Guide. The specific date, time and place of defense of each Master's Thesis will be published in Moodle space.

Coordination and monitoring mechanisms
Description

The system and the periodicity of the tutorials will be established jointly between tutor and student.

In the event that the student completes the Master's Thesis coinciding with a mobility stay, the tutorials will be established through the e-mail or any other means that will make the tutoring possible.

In the case that the student develops all or part of the Master's Thesis in a collaborating entity, in addition to the tutor of the URV the student will have a tutor of this entity.


Evaluation criteria and procedures
Es durà a terme una avaluació interna (per part de la universitat) i una avaluació externa (per part del centre de pràctiques).
Methodologies Competences Description Weight        
Drafting of the bachelor’s degree/master’s degree thesis
The Master's Thesis can be performed:

a) At the URV itself or in another institution or company (the collaborating entity). In this last case, it is necessary to sign an agreement between the FEE and the collaborating entity).

b) Within a mobility program. In this case, the regulations for the Master's Thesis will be followed at the university of destination.

c) Within the framework of the Service Learning Program of the URV.
70%
Presentation and defence of the bachelor’s degree/master’s degree thesis
PRESENTATION OF THE MASTER'S THESIS:

The Master's Thesis must be presented on paper and electronic media. The specific dates for the delivery will be announced through Moodle.

DEFENSE OF MASTER'S THESIS:

The defense of the Master's Thesis will be done in a public and face-to-face manner before an evaluation board. The time assigned for each exhibition is 20 minutes and, later, the court will proceed to make the questions or suggestions that it deems appropriate.

The assessment board will be composed of 3 members, preferably teachers of the master, linked to the departments of the FEE who have not been Master's Thesis tutors of the students that evaluate. The grade awarded by the court is unique (agreed upon by the three members that form it).

Total or partial plagiarism in the preparation of the Master's Thesis entails, among other possible consequences, the rating of suspense (zero) in the Master's Thesis.

If the Master's Thesis is carried out within a mobility program, it will follow the regulations set for the Master's Thesis at the university of destination.

The student who wishes to review the qualification of the Master's Thesis will have to send the model of request of revision available in the Moodle space by electronic mail to the address that appears in the own application, within a maximum period of 5 calendar days from the publication of your qualification.
30%
Others
 
Other comments and second exam session

Master's Thesis has an only call in June (posposable in September).

The academic and enrollment regulations envisaged in their art. 12 the advance in January to the students, who having enrolled the Final Master's Degree course, are in a position to request the qualification and qualification of the subject in January through the request of the secretary of the center and within the established deadlines.

The academic and enrollment regulations envisaged in their art. 13 the delay of the call from June to September to students, who having enrolled the Final Master's Degree course, are in a position to request that they be assessed and qualified in September by means of an application to the secretary of the center and within the established deadlines.

The assessment board will be composed of 3 members, preferably teachers of the master, linked to the departments of the FEE who have not been Master's Thesis tutors of the students that evaluate. The grade awarded by the court is unique (agreed upon by the three members that form it).

Total or partial plagiarism in the preparation of the Master's Thesis entails, among other possible consequences, the rating of suspense (zero) in the Master's Thesis.

If the Master's Thesis is carried out within a mobility program, it will follow the regulations set for the Master's Thesis at the university of destination.

The student who wishes to review the qualification of the Master's Thesis will have to send the model of request of revision available in the Moodle space by electronic mail to the address that appears in the own application, within a maximum period of 5 calendar days from the publication of your qualification.


Sources of information

Basic

La bibliografia variarà segons el tema específic i s'acordarà amb el/la tutor/a.

Complementary

Recommendations


(*)The teaching guide is the document in which the URV publishes the information about all its courses. It is a public document and cannot be modified. Only in exceptional cases can it be revised by the competent agent or duly revised so that it is in line with current legislation.