Students writing their Master thesis with the Department of International Business (exception: M.Sc. in International Business) will have to attend this colloquium and present their work in progress in order to obtain advice on the overall direction of the thesis, its structure, its theory part and its methodology from the director of the department, the supervisor and fellow students (Exception: M.Sc. in International Business). In order to write the Master thesis and participate in the colloquium, students will have to attend beforehand the seminar “B497 Introduction into Research Methodology for M.Sc.”, also offered by the Department of International Business. The final mark for the M.Sc. thesis will be based on the written thesis. The presentation during the colloquium will not be marked.