ISM Summer University in the Baltics online

July 3 – July 20, 2023
In Summer 2023 ISM Summer University in the Baltics program will be delivered online in a remote mode via MS Teams platform.

Spend three weeks of your summer studying at one of the best business universities in the Baltic countries. Whether you are a graduate or undergraduate, enroll in the ISM Summer University and enjoy your time studying. ISM Summer University in the Baltics will take place from July 3rd to July 20th, 2023.

Why ISM Summer University?

The ISM Summer University in the Baltics will enable students to study during the best time of the year in one the fastest changing regions of Europe:

  • ISM has been ranked among the world’s 200 top business schools by EDUNIVERSAL
  • Four out of five palms give ISM the leading position in Lithuania and ranks it among the best business schools in Central and Eastern Europe
  • World-class faculty from well-acknowledged European and USA universities
  • The ISM Summer University has already attracted more than 400 students coming from Europe, Asia, Australia and the USA

Courses

The following courses are suggested for the ISM Summer University in the Baltics 2023.

Each course will be lectured in English and take place in the morning or in the afternoon session (4 times a week – 3 weeks long). The examination will take place on the last day of the course. Each student can select one or two or even three courses based on the number of courses offered. If a course will not be selected by a minimum number of 15 students, it will not be delivered during the program and the students who have initially selected such a course will be offered an opportunity to choose from remaining courses.
This course provides a balanced analysis of e-commerce theory and business strategies. The first half of the course focuses on e-commerce models and their applicability in practice. Second half of the course aims to investigate how businesses are using e-commerce tools to achieve success. Students will be encouraged to apply newly developed skills to develop individual or team projects. The course is intended to provide knowledge for students to discuss critical issues that determine the success of e-commerce projects. Students will be able to identify different e-commerce models and apply them in practice. E-marketing and its effect on customers will be also touched during this course. Therefore by the end of the course students will be able to come up with ideas and initiatives to better plan, develop, manage and operate effective and efficient e-businesses.
Course E-Commerce 2023
With a globalized society, International Marketing is core set of competencies that enables the majority of organizations when they look for growth opportunities. Although interconnectedness between countries is continuously growing, there remain certain regional idiosyncrasies that require deep knowledge and specific actions from companies wishing to expand internationally. The aim of this course is to provide core knowledge and understanding of International Marketing framework, emphasizing how companies develop strategies to approach different markets, and how daily lives of consumers are influenced by the International dimension of corporate decisions.
Course International Marketing 2023
The overall objective of this course is to introduce students to a software suite that aggregates cloud based business analytics, app development, and low-code software solutions in order to equip them with practical knowledge of business oriented mobile application development, processes automation, virtual agents and preparation of business reporting.

The course is aimed to develop skills in business analytics as well as to gain certain competences how to employ low-code software tools for business intelligence. During the course students will explore low-coding solutions and databases: dataverse concepts, data storing solutions, basic app user interface development, they will learn how to develop certain applications: modifying forms, adding controls, displaying data, developing model driven apps, common data model integration. The course will include material on mobile asset tracking (e.g. integrate APIs, extract datasets from GPS, Barcodes and QR codes), automating processes, etc. During the course students will be introduced to such tools as PowerBI and other relevant software for business analytics.
Low-Code Solutions for Business Analytics 2023
The module provides the reader with the general understanding of the European economic development from the beginning of the modern economic growth in England in the wake of the Industrial revolution to the economic downturn caused by the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020-2021. The course also introduces the reader to the concept of aggregate production and growth and the main measure of macroeconomic growth – the GDP. The flow of the module is strongly attached to the changing economic regimes in Europe which happened half-chronologically, half-geography based. These begin with the first globalisation and implementation of the classical economic thought in the 1800s and then run through the collapse of the laissez-faire system during WWI, the formation of the Keynesian ideas of active involvement of the government in the economy, their success and failure in the post WW2 Europe, the turn back to deregulation and the modern approach of active government intervention.

On the parallel side, the course covers the two distinctive and radical economic regimes – the right-wing authoritarian one and the centrally planned Communist one. As the economic regimes are connected to the respective economic theories and thinkers, the course touches on them in each topic as well. Each economic event is evaluated through the lens of income per capita – whether in the short- or long-term an average citizen benefited or lost from the change implemented or sustained. And whether the lessons learned helped governments achieve better results in the following years. The course summarises the lead-up and reasons for the current macroeconomic thought. It gives the reader a comprehensive understanding of how the 150 years of European economic integration-disintegration and economic regime changes created the macroeconomic thought we have today. The module is containing theoretical lectures, reading papers and their presentations, and a final exam.
European economy from the Industrial Revolution to Covid-19 2023

Faculty

Simas Šarmavičius
Domantas Širvinskas

Domantas Širvinskas is a digital marketing specialist with 12 years experience in the market, working with B2B and B2C businesses, also governmental institutions, mainly providing social media communication and ad buying services; he is one of the pioneers of social media marketing in Lithuania. Domantas also is a founder of digital marketing school “EduMint”, teaching local businesses main skills needed to get the biggest use of online marketing tools.

Ricardo Fontes Correia

With an academic career started in 2003, Ricardo Fontes Correia is ISM visiting Professor since 2013 and currently Associated Professor at the Polytechnic Institute of Bragança (Portugal) where he is the head of the Master programme in Tourism Marketing. Ricardo has served as an external consultant in programs such as the European Union Agris Program and Interreg. He has served as a consultant for the international company Deloitte & Touche and we should also emphasize his regular participation in research programs, conferences and international scientific meetings, as well as the publication of several chapters in books and articles in international journals.

Džiugas Petruškevičius

Mr. Džiugas Petruškevičius is a professional in Data Platform & Web Development Solutions, working at FrontIT company covering Baltics region. During recent years he was delivering a Data Management course at ISM University of Management and Economcis for full-time undergraduate students. Lecturer is  passionate about business analytics solutions, especially in areas of IoT and Artificial Intelligence. If you are interested in how artificial intelligence and technology can integrate with humans and society, Mr. Džiugas Petruškevičius would be a great discussion partner. Currently he is also involved in developing his smart home project from scratch.

Adomas Klimantas

Adomas Klimantas is a PhD candidate at the University of Oxford (Economic and social history). His primary field of interest is the long run macroeconomic growth analysis - from historical GDP constructions to the analysis of 100-year growth patterns in the Baltics and Europe. Adomas is also an entrepreneur in the field of light technologies, working with business development and general business management. Finally, he is a passionate lecturer, having experience in both full-course teaching as well as giving voluntary guest lectures in schools all across Lithuania. 

Fees

Students from partner institutions. Till 1 March, 2023
Students from other institutions. Early bird fee. Till 1 March, 2023
Students from other institutions. Regular fee. From 1 March till 1 April, 2023
Fee for one course (6 ECTS)
440 EUR
620 EUR
720 EUR
Fee for 2 courses (12 ECTS)
880 EUR
1000 EUR
1440 EUR
Fee for 3 courses (18 ECTS)
1300 EUR
1500 EUR
2160 EUR

Vilnius and Lithuania in short

  • Lithuania is among top 40 countries in the world for the quality of life
  • Lithuania has been ranked 11th in the World Bank’s Doing Business 2020 report. You can set up a business here in one day
  • Lithuania has been ranked 1st in CEE for university-business collaboration in R&D (Global Competitiveness Report 2017-2018)
  • Vilnius is famous for its green spaces and cool vibe. It has been ranked by the New York Times alongside Copenhagen, Barcelona and Capetown as a hip and well managed place to live
  • Vilnius has been ranked as Nr. 1 city in Tech Startups in the FDI Attraction Index by Financial Times

Application deadline

Early bird application deadline is on March 1st, 2023. The final application deadlines is on April 1st, 2023.
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