The Master of Science in Business Studies trains students to analyse complex organisational issues and to produce well thought out solutions to address them. This requires not only a thorough knowledge of specialist business literature, but also the ability to apply that knowledge in practice. Business Studies takes a multidisciplinary approach to organisational issues in context. Analyses and solutions that are perfectly rational when considered in the framework of any one given disciplinary area - such as economics, psychology, sociology or political science - will almost always have unexpected repercussions in other areas of the organisation.

Many lecturers in the MSc in Business Studies are researchers in the Finance Group at the Amsterdam Business School, one of the top ten research-oriented finance departments in Europe.

The Finance Group regularly hosts guest lectures on topics in Business Studies, given by visiting experts from all over the world. The ABS's researchers are international experts and it has a thriving English-taught PhD programme, providing excellent opportunities for students who wish to go on to doctoral studies following their MSc.

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