Programs

RUDN Global Expansion

A corporate business-education program for company teams taking their product and business into international markets. The content is assembled around the client's request, the program runs from 6 months and combines corporate team tracking with on-site modules in focus countries.

Curriculum

What you will study

4 modules — from strategy and finance to people, operations, and growth

01
1

New product in a new market

Corporate tracking: build a new product strategy

  • Market and competitive analysis
  • Value proposition
  • Product-market fit
  • Unit economics and pricing strategy
02
2

Business as a scalable system

Corporate tracking: a comprehensive business strategy

  • Strategic management
  • Strategic marketing
  • Data management
  • Change management
03
3

Managing international development

On-site module: the market-entry model

  • Market-entry models
  • Foreign-trade management
  • International sales
  • International partnerships
04
4

Finance and supply chains of an international company

On-site module: package the product and validate the market

  • International financial management
  • International logistics and supply-chain management
  • Business valuation and value management

About the program

RUDN Global Expansion is a corporate program for companies entering international markets that want to do it with a working strategy rather than just optimism. It consists of four educational-and-practical blocks, corporate tracking of the team to build managed growth, and an on-site module in a focus country. The format and schedule are adapted to the company's goals, request and participants.

Who it is for

  • Executives focused on taking the company into international markets
  • Heads of development and new-product directions in corporations
  • Managers responsible for business development

Program goals

  • Gain systematic knowledge for the company's international development and market entry
  • Create and implement a working international-development strategy
  • Master best practices in foreign trade
  • Build a network of B2B and B2G contacts in focus countries

Advantages

  • International level of professors and business practitioners, with modern hands-on tools
  • Mentoring and expert support from professional practitioners
  • International modules in Asia, the Middle East, Latin America and Africa
  • Access to the global network of RUDN alumni from 160 countries, business communities and decision-makers in focus countries

How we design and run the program

  1. A meeting with the company to clarify the request and define the participants
  2. Preparation and approval of the program, its key blocks, format and timeline
  3. A strategy session with key participants: goals, tasks, timelines and areas of responsibility for market entry
  4. Selecting and agreeing experts, a business tracker and practitioners
  5. Delivering the modules according to the approved program
  6. A strategy session to defend the projects and define the next steps

Graduates may hold positions as

  • General Director
  • Director of a foreign branch/network
  • Director of International Development
  • Marketing Director
  • Product Development Director

Format and qualification

Duration is from 6 months. On campus, online and international (field) modules, with a schedule that fits the team. On completion you receive a RUDN professional diploma.

Faculty & Experts

Irina Gerasimenko

Irina Gerasimenko

Expert in strategic transformation and change management

Стратегия

More than 16 years in the strategic transformation of companies with annual turnover of up to 20 billion roubles. She leads the leadership and change-management block.

Olga Vasilieva

Olga Vasilieva

Senior lecturer

Личная эффективность

Author and host of a series of trainings on developing intellectual potential and personal effectiveness.

Anna Pak

Anna Pak

Expert in customs and tariff regulation

ВЭД

Eurasian Economic Commission, Department of Industrial Policy.

Nikolay Shilkin

Nikolay Shilkin

Consultant on entering global markets

Международный бизнес

Advises transnational corporations operating in Russia and Russian companies expanding into global markets.

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