Optimization in Business

URL study guide

https://studiegids.vu.nl/en/courses/2024-2025/E_IBK2_OPTB

Course Objective

This course will not be lectured anymore. One extra exam will be offered to students that participated the course last year, but not succeeded. Take a look at rooster.vu.nl for the exact exam date.

Course Content

Consult the study guide 2022-2023 for the course description (incl. literature).

Teaching Methods

n/a

Method of Assessment

Sweep exam, see Canvas or contact lecturer

Literature

Wooldridge, J. M. (2020). Introductory Econometrics: A Modern Approach (7th ed.). Chapters 1-9, 13, 17.

Target Audience

This is a second year elective BA-level course directed at quantitatively oriented students in the programs “Bedrijfskunde” and “International Business Administration”.

Additional Information

The entire course will be taught in English. You will work with R and RStudio. These programs are available on computers at the VU campus. R/RStudio can also be downloaded for free if you prefer to work on your own computers.

Recommended background knowledge

Data-driven Decision-Making in Business (Period 2.4) Business Mathematics Business Statistics