The Nature of Danish Capitalism

While the global world today is uniform in many aspects of market-based organization, such as openness to trade and travel, local differences in institutions and methods of capitalism do exist. Often such differences can be important to know, appreciate, and even understand for global business to be successful locally. Current institutional arrangements are often path dependent and this course will equip the students with the tools to disentangle the nature of the many types of capitalism found in the world, by focusing on capitalism generally and Denmark specifically.

Course leader

Martin Jes Iversen - Department of Strategy and Innovation

Target group

This is a bachelor level course. CBS Summer University courses at Copenhagen Business School is open to all and welcomes domestic and international students as well as professionals.

Course aim

Explain and discuss central elements of capitalism in national and global contexts with reference to theory and history.

Explain how capitalist institutions and methods shape modern concerns and issues.

Understand how and why the Danish version of capitalism came to be, including the pro and cons and general features.

Be able to make institutional analysis based on history, empirical data, and theoretical concerns.

Credits info

2.5 EC
This is an intensive 2-week course. 2-week courses cannot be combined with any other courses.

Fee info

DKK 5750: Tuition fee - Non European students
DKK 2875: Tuition fee - Open University students