Entrepreneurship and Retail Management

What Entrepreneurship and Retail Management offers

The Bachelor of Science degree in Entrepreneurship and Retail Management immerses you in the world of retail and commerce. You can expect a very hands-on approach with workshops and practical challenges giving you the chance to develop your insights, explore business concepts and apply your creativeness as you turn ideas into concepts and then into reality. You’ll develop an entrepreneurial mindset and cultivate expertise in consumer behaviour, international e-commerce, sustainable business and the business-to consumer market. Gaining insights into the success of organisations such as Amazon, Apple, Tesco, Ahold Delhaize, Ikea and Zara, you’ll explore topics such as finance, marketing, human resource management and change management from an international point of view.  

If your ambition is to run your own company, then this degree gives you the knowledge and skills you need wherever you end up in the world  – and you get to establish your own start-up company from day one. In the belief that doing business carries the power to add value to society and the environment, we’ll help you set up and scale up your business and prepare you for the new economy in which meaningful entrepreneurship is crucial.

Retail & Entrepreneurship in practice

You work on assignments from real companies in each year of the course, collaborating in small groups and drawing on the skills and experience of lecturers, entrepreneurs and professionals in retail. This method of working means you learn to draw on feedback to adapt your ideas and become more flexible, while also developing your teamwork and leadership skills. It also means you get hands-on experience of what it’s like in international retail and entrepreneurship. Companies we work with include Ikea, Zara, Amazon, Apple, Tesco and Ahold.

Gain international experience

In your third year, you take a minor subject either at one of the NHL Stenden Grand Tour partner locations in Thailand, South Africa or Bali, or through an exchange programme to one of over 170 partner universities of applied sciences. Our participation in RUN-EU means you can join Short Advanced Programmes and carry out projects with partner institutions in Europe. There’s a wide choice of minors available, so there’s bound to be something to perfectly suit your interests and enable you to explore the wider world of international retail.

The #6 reasons to study at NHL Stenden

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