Business Administration (FEK)

Business Administration is a division at the department of Management and Engineering. The division offers education on undergraduate, masters, and PhD levels, and is an active research environment.

The Division of Business Administration is a large and dynamic workplace. We are the largest division within the Department of Management and Engineering, both in terms of staff numbers and the number of courses and programmes offered at undergraduate level. In addition, we have substantial commitments in research, doctoral education, and external engagement.

It is important for Business Administration to maintain a strong focus on both research and teaching. The interaction between research and undergraduate education creates many added benefits for our lecturers and researchers, as well as for the students we meet every day. We ensure that our undergraduate provision incorporates a high degree of up-to-date research findings, while our staff continuously update and develop their pedagogical methods and the content of their modules. Many of the research projects conducted within the division are carried out in collaboration with companies and organisations, which strengthens the links between our staff and the wider community.

News  

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New project to strengthen agricultural innovation in Ukraine

Linköping University has been awarded SEK 2 million in funding for a new collaboration with Ukrainian partners. The AgrInnEco project aims to strengthen innovation and entrepreneurship in the agricultural sector in the Kharkiv region.

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Customer confidence is crucial to how new technology is received

As customers, we can become both satisfied and more interested when a company offers digital, innovative services, such as an AI-based solution. At the same time, this can make us reject those services.

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Full inclusion generates knowledge for organisations

A new study from Linköping University shows that deaf employees in an organisation do not only adapt to a work environment shaped by hearing norms. Fully included, they can also drive change.

Education

Single-subject courses

Business Administration 1, 30 credits

Business Administration 2, 30 credits

Business Administration 3 - Marketing Management, 30 credits

Business Administration 3 – Marketing (723G83) 30 hp This course consists of three parts: Marketing and Consumer Behaviour, 7,5 hp I kursens inledande del presenteras och diskuteras den historiska utvecklingen av olika teoretiska fält....

We educate business and management students who have proven to be highly attractive in the job market, with a good reputation both in terms of knowledge and competence, ambition, and social skills. We offer education through our two business administration programs (one of them with language specializations), our single-subject courses, and our international masters- and bachelor programs. The education offers a dynamic and international study environment, with a large offer of courses taught in English for incoming students, and a large network of partner universities all over the world where our students can go for studies abroad.

Programmes

Research

The division has an active and dynamic research environment, with research that spans over the complex and multifaceted subject business administration. The research at the division contributes within mainly four areas:

  • Accounting, auditing and finance;
  • Marketing and innovation;
  • Management control, knowledge and projects;
  • Entrepreneurial organization and entrepreneurship.


Apart from this, several of our researchers contribute in interdisciplinary research projects and research programs both within LiU and in collaboration with other Swedish and international universities.

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Centre for Advanced Research in Responsible Internationalisation (CARRI)

The centre develops knowledge on how international collaborations in research and education can be conducted responsibly and contribute to enhanced quality and sustainable development globally.

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Agtech Sweden

Agtech Sweden aims to build up an innovation environment and activate a mobilisation aiming for tomorrow's agriculture.

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Overcoming behavioral barriers towards consumer product remanufacturing, STIGMA

The STIGMA project tackles waste prevention and product life extension issues and illuminates circular solutions to enable continuous product use/reuse, such as Product as a Service (PaaS) and Remanufacturing.

Publications

2026

Marcus Johansson, Therese Sandberg, Frederick J. Angulo, Alexandra Loew-Baselli, Andreas Palmborg, Andreas Pilz, Per-Eric Lindgren, Ivar Tjernberg, Anna Jonsson Henningsson (2026) Seroprevalence of anti-Borrelia IgG antibodies in blood donors in Sweden Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases, Vol. 17, Article 102721 (Article in journal) https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ttbdis.2026.102721
Xinyi Chen, Wen Zhang, Chang Hu, Yuqing Yuan, Joston Gary (2026) Physical Activity and Negative Emotional States Among Female College Students: A Three-Wave Cross-Lagged Study Behavioral Sciences, Vol. 16, Article 1706 (Article in journal) https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/bs16091706
Yu Yang, Joston Gary (2026) Under pressure, still adapting: A job demands-resources model of academic resource depletion and student adaptation in Chinese secondary schools Acta Psychologica, Vol. 270, Article 107870 (Article in journal) https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2026.107870
Inessa Laur, Wisdom Kanda, Birgit Leick (2026) Multi-Level Governance Through Public-Sector Intermediaries: Integration Versus Disintegration Management Revue, Vol. 37, Article 58329 (Article in journal) https://dx.doi.org/10.31083/MRev58329
Heiko Gebauer, Fabian Krabacz, Christoph Laroque, Jenny Rueffer, David Ziegler (2026) A process theory of data-centric marketing innovation Industrial Marketing Management, Vol. 138, p. 85-98 (Article in journal) https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.indmarman.2026.09.006
Marie Bengtsson, Erik Herzog, Steven Hirshorn, Johanna Wallén Axehill, Marianne Johansson, Marianne Klang (2026) When Competence Development Is Not Enough: Speeding Up Technical Leadership Development at NASA and Saab Aeronautics Beyond Digital Engineering: Seeking Wa in Systems Engineering, p. 1673-1690 (Conference paper) https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/iis2.70214
Yange Yang, Jinpeng Wen, Hejia Wan, Qiaoju Yang, Jiayi Guan, Lijun Min, Songbo Jia, Zhenzhen Wang, Joston Gary (2026) Digital health interventions for reducing occupational burnout in nurses: a systematic review and meta-analysis Frontiers in Public Health, Vol. 14, Article 1879258 (Article, review/survey) https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2026.1879258
Yang Lu, Li Rui (2026) Carbon-management decision support for prefabricated component production and delivery under dynamic energy-carbon signals Frontiers in Environmental Science, Vol. 14, Article 1897986 (Article in journal) https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2026.1897986
Shi Luo, Bin Chen, Xianxiong Li, Joston Gary (2026) Within-Person Longitudinal Associations Between Obesity-Related Eating Behaviors and Physical Activity Among Older Adults: A Three-Wave Random-Intercept Cross-Lagged Study Healthcare, Vol. 14, Article 2747 (Article in journal) https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare14172747
Yunyan Huang, Joston Gary (2026) Monetizing achievement: flow experience, game genre, and in-game consumption in the marketing communication of virtual goods Frontiers in Communication, Vol. 11, Article 1905570 (Article in journal) https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fcomm.2026.1905570

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General Information and Contact for Students

Study Advisers

Staff

Address

Visiting address

Division of Business Administration
Hans Meijers väg
A Building, entrance 17-19
Campus Valla
Linköping, Sweden

Postal address

Linköping University
Department of Management and Engineering
Division of Business Administration
SE-581 83 Linköping
Sweden

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