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 Business Administration is divided into three units:

  • The unit for Marketing
  • The unit for Strategy and Organization
  • The unit for Accounting, Auditing and Finance

News  

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Companies affected by new legislation on sustainability reporting

Starting in 2024, companies must take sustainability seriously under the new CSRD regulations. A research project at Linköping University explores the impact of these rules and the shift from voluntary to mandatory sustainability reporting.

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New project aims to increase understanding of AI's value

AI is reshaping the retail industry, yet few companies know how to fully leverage this technology. A new research project aims to help businesses understand and harness AI’s full potential to create long-term business value.

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New world record in Swedish Agriculture

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Education

Single-subject courses

Business Administration 1, 30 credits

Business Administration 2, 30 credits

Business Administration 3 - Marketing Management, 30 credits

This course consists of three parts. The first part, Marketing and Consumer Behaviour 7,5 ECTS credits, centers on the processes and activities consumers engage in when acting on today’s markets. The second part, Service Management and Marketing...

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.

Publications

2025

JanErik Odhe, Pritam Padhi, Lars Witell (2025) Strategies for service growth Service innovation and management: digitalization, service infusion and customer experience, p. 45-58 (Chapter in book)
Joanna Pilawa, Lars Witell, Per Kristensson (2025) Service innovation in the eyes of customers: the Swedish innovation index Service innovation and management: digitalization, service infusion and customer experience, p. 143-155 (Chapter in book)
Lars Witell, Carolina Camén, Poja Shams (2025) Managing service toward better customer experiences: digitalization, service infusion, and service innovation Service innovation and management: digitalization, service infusion and customer experience, p. 1-13 (Chapter in book)
Klas Hedvall, Lars Witell (2025) Enabling a circular economy through green service strategies Service innovation and management: digitalization, service infusion and customer experience, p. 87-100 (Chapter in book)
Jasenko Flodin Arsenovic, Bo Edvardsson, Bård Tronvoll (2025) A little bit of that human touch: avoid and recover service failures Service innovation and management: digitalization, service infusion and customer experience, p. 101-111 (Chapter in book)
Lars Witell (Editorship) (2025) Service Innovation and Management: Digitalization, Service Infusion and Customer Experience.
Janet Johansson, Grace Gao, Seonyoung Hwang, Mengyi Xu (2025) From autoethnography to Critical Reflexive Retrospection: applying feminist collaborative methodologies for navigating intersectionality in Academia
Suvi Heikkinen, Janet Johansson, Astrid Huopalainen (2025) Cultivating powerlessness in leadership: Vulnerability and relational care through the lens of care ethics
Sofie Pilemalm, Rebecca Stenberg, Wael Alkusaibati, Nicklas Ennab Vogel (2025) Hur kan vi arbeta med civila insatspersoner som första insatsaktörer?: Huvudrapport
Rebecca Stenberg, Nicklas Ennab Vogel (2025) Civila insatspersoner - Identifiera och beskriva typer av nytta, vinst och kostnad

Contact us

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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