Postgraduate Course: Outward Investment from Emerging Markets (CMSE11112)
Course Outline
| School | Business School |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 15 |
ECTS Credits | 7.5 |
| Summary | This course is aimed to provide students with an overview of scholarly conventions, managerial approaches and practical impacts of outward investment from emerging markets. It also aims to provide students with an appreciation of additional complexities and challenges of international business for firms from emerging economies. The course covers a wide range of materials relating to emerging markets including major emerging economies (BRICs - Brazil, Russia, India and China) as well as dynamic emerging nations such as Nigeria, Turkey and the UAE. |
| Course description |
The 2015 UNCTAD World Investment Report (p1) notes "in 2014, nine of the 20 largest investor countries were from developing or transition economies" understanding outward investment from emerging economies is thus an increasingly vital topic to address in building theoretical and practical understanding of international business.
The course is intended to help students to develop analytical skills and engagement in contemporary issues about international business and emerging markets. The course is divided into six sessions on some of the general issues driving outward investment from emerging markets, including development strategy, government policy, global economic integration, geographical distribution of FDI, global competitiveness, entry strategy at firm level and challenges for both firms and governments of developing economies.
The course draws on a combination of theoretical discussion, case examination - of emerging economies and organisations within those geographies - and group and individual working to help students understand current theories, practices, debates and trajectories of outward investment from emerging economies.
The course works through 6 taught sections (some running over two lecture sessions) and a final set of group presentations. Each section address a key theme or debate so that, in combination, students are given a rounded view of contemporary theory and practice relating to Outward Investment from Emerging Markets.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | For Business School PG students only, or by special permission of the School. Please contact the course secretary. |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- understand specific issues associated with globalisation and development strategy for emerging economies
- identify challenges that firms and governments in the developing countries are facing in the era of global business evolution
- evaluate appropriate entry strategies for firms operating in international markets
- summarise major changes in the world economy and patterns of outflows of FDI from emerging markets
- demonstrate their ability to articulate the opportunities and challenges for firms from emerging markets in the era of globalization and entry strategies in international markets
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Reading List
| The core theoretical concepts in the class can be found in the core text book - Dunning J. and Lundan S. (2008) Multinational Enterprises and the Global Economy (2nd ed), Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
A. Research and Enquiry
This course will support students in learning skills in researching, analysing and critiquing outward investment from emerging economies theory and practice.
B. Personal and Intellectual Autonomy
In-class activities and assessment tasks will encourage students to critically reflect on FDI practice, form their own views in debates on contemporary issues, and explore case situations (organisational, national and regional) that are of personal interest to them.
C. Communication
The programme will provide ample opportunities for students to shape their verbal, written and presentational communication skills in relation to the core topic in a range of settings (paired, group and class working).
D. Personal Effectiveness
In-class and assessment working will provide students with opportunity to demonstrate their personal effectiveness in group and individual work situations.
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| Keywords | IBEM-OIEM |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Ling Liu
Tel: (0131 6)51 1429
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Course secretary | Mr Peter Newcombe
Tel: (0131 6)51 3013
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