Undergraduate Course: International Business and the Multinational Enterprise 2B (BUST08009)
Course Outline
| School | Business School |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 8 (Year 2 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
| Home subject area | Business Studies |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
None |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | The course will examine the role of the multinational enterprise and the process of foreign direct investment; issues relating to culture, technology, intellectual property rights and finance are discussed; the international regime and the interaction between governments and investors will also be reviewed. This course is designed to be complementary to International Business 2Ah. |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | Visiting students should usually have at least 1 introductory level Business Studies course at grade B or above (or be predicted to obtain this) for entry to this course. We will only consider University/College level courses. |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2014/15 Semester 2, Available to all students (SV1)
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Learn enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
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Web Timetable |
Web Timetable |
| Class Delivery Information |
Plus tutorials (one hour per week for 8 weeks) |
| Course Start Date |
12/01/2015 |
| Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Lecture Hours 20,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 8,
Summative Assessment Hours 2,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
166 )
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| Additional Notes |
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| Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) |
Written Exam
75 %,
Coursework
25 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Exam Information |
| Exam Diet |
Paper Name |
Hours & Minutes |
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| Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May) | | 2:00 | | | Resit Exam Diet (August) | | 2:00 | |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
This course takes as its theme the strategies and operational activities of the multinational enterprise doing business in the global economy. This includes an assessment of the relationship between MNEs and the host governments of the nations states in which the MNE locates its operations.
Specifically, the course team aims to introduce you to:
. why enterprises choose to expand their operations across national borders;
. the alternative strategies enterprises may adopt to exploit overseas markets;
. the organisational implications of international operations including the implications for individual managers;
. operational aspects of multinational enterprise including: sourcing and logistics, technology management, protection of intellectual property rights and financial management;
. the interactive relationships between MNEs and host governments and the arguments for and against promoting (or constraining) inward foreign investment by host governments;
. the challenge of international marketing and exporting in a world of fluctuating exchange rates and non-tariff barriers.
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Assessment Information
| 1 case study (group assignment) = 25%; 1 degree exam = 75%; resit exam = 100%. |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
International Business: Globalisation and Trade 2A (BUST08008) is recommended. |
| Syllabus |
Not entered |
| Transferable skills |
Not entered |
| Reading list |
Strongly recommended for purchase
.International Business compiled by Alan Brown & Stephen Harwood (2013, 3rd edition).
Optional purchase
¿Hill C. (2006), International Business (Competing in the Global Marketplace), 6th edition, McGraw-Hill/Irwin.
¿Czinkota, M.R. & Kotabe, M. (1998), Trends in International Business: Critical Perspectives, Blackwell.
.Dicken, P. (2007), Global Shift: Mapping the contours of the world economy, 5th edition, Sage.
.Kotler, P. (2000), Marketing Management, Prentice Hall.
Vernon-Wortzel, H. & Wortzel, L.H. (1995/1997), Global Strategic Management: The Essentials, 2nd or 3rd edition, Wiley.
.Bartlett, C.A. & Ghoshol, S. (1999), Transnational Management: Text, Cases and Reading in Cross-Border Management, 2nd edition, Irwin.
.Dunning, J.H. (1988), Explaining International Production, Unwin Hyman.
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| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Study Pattern |
Not entered |
| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Mr Mehdi Safavi
Tel: (0131 6)50 3799
Email: |
Course secretary | Miss Sara Dennison
Tel: (0131 6)50 3825
Email: |
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