Hanken School of Economics Courses

Organising for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

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Learn how to tackle sustainability challenges through the 17 SDGsThe world is facing unprecedented and pressing social and environmental challenges.The United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals have been developed to tackle these issues and are a call for action to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure that all people enjoy peace and action towards sustainability.Achieving these goals requires rethinking our society’s action everywhere, from governments to businesses.On this course, you’ll explore the what, why and how of the 17 SDGs and understand what key global challenges remain as we work towards a sustainable and inclusive world.The course is designed for anyone who’d like to learn more about the Sustainable Development Goals and how to achieve them.This course will be of particular use to students interested in the key concepts and practices of sustainability, and private-sector workers, policymakers, and civil society workers who want to implement the Sustainable Development Goals at work.

Principles of Service Management

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Find out what the discipline of service management can do for your businessToday an increasing number of companies compete on service, not product. As a result, understanding a service-based approach to business is essential - even for product-based businesses.On this course you’ll learn the latest thinking in service management, exploring a service-centric perspective to marketing and management. You’ll examine service as a business model, the value creation process, customer perceived quality and promise management.Ultimately, you’ll discover how service-based thinking can help you better serve your customer, and overcome a range of business challenges.This course would be particularly relevant to business professionals and managers interested in the potential of adopting a service-based strategy, whether their firms are currently operating in an industrial or consumer context, or a manufactured goods or services context. It is also relevant for business students wishing to specialise in service management and marketing.

Principles of Wealth Management

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Learn the skills you need to grow and manage wealth over timeRelying on a strong theoretical background, this fascinating course educates you in the basic concepts of finance and wealth management - including diversification, risk and return and market efficiency - and how to grow and manage wealth over time.Identify asset classes, understand the power of compound interest and the importance of time value of moneyYou’ll cover traditional theories in finance as well as more recent developments in financial markets. Learn about asset classes such as stocks and bonds and about financial instruments such as derivatives. Explore overarching principles of finance such as compound interest, the time value of money, investment risk and modern portfolio theory.In addition, you’ll get an introduction to the history of finance, the dynamics of market crashes, negative interest rates and the role of central banks within an economy.Study with the prestigious Hanken School of EconomicsFounded in 1909, the Hanken School of Economics is one of the oldest business and management schools in the Nordic countries and is the recipient of three international awards, which roughly only 1% of all business schools in the world hold: EQUIS, AACSB and AMBA.With strong ties to the academic world and private sector, it’s a fantastic place to join courses on both finance and wealth management.Additionally, the course also offers you the unique opportunity to gain insight from Dr. Björn Wahlroos, a one-time professor at Hanken and the Chairman of the Board of Sampo Group and UPM Kymmene.Dr. Wahlroos is also a former Chairman of Hanken and of Nordea, the largest bank in Scandinavia, and has written three books on economics and financeThis prestigious course is designed for both Bachelors and Masters students interested in learning about basic and more advanced topics in the finance and wealth management fields.It will also be useful for professional practitioners working within the wealth management industry.To fully understand all content within this course, a mathematical knowledge of upper secondary level is required. However, learners without this level of mathematical knowledge will still find the course useful, but may not be able to engage with the mathematical rationale behind all theories.The course features mathematical formulae. If you are using a screen reader, you may need one that is able to read this.