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Week |
Subject |
Related Preparation |
1) |
Introduction |
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2) |
Differences across countries |
Reading |
3) |
Organizing for global competition: The main forms and the role of history |
Reading |
4) |
Drivers of globalization |
Reading |
5) |
Strategies for global value creation: Adaptation, Aggregation, Arbitrage |
Reading |
6) |
Strategies for global value creation: The AAA Framework |
Reading |
7) |
Strategies for global value creation: The AAA Framework / Midterm |
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8) |
Organizing for global competition: Innovation |
Reading |
9) |
Serving the poor profitably |
Reading |
10) |
E-Commerce in the global Environment |
Reading |
11) |
International transfer pricing (taxes and duties) |
Reading |
12) |
Business operating environment |
Reading |
13) |
World Class Business Environment |
Reading |
14) |
Review |
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Course Notes: |
RGS: Chapter 1 "Semiglobalization and Strategy"
"Trade and investment theory", Ch 6, Fundamentals of International Business |
References: |
Ohmae, K. (1989): Managing in a Borderless World, Harvard Business Review, May/June 1989
Levitt, Th. (1983): The Globalization of Markets, Harvard Business Review, May/June
Perlmutter, H (1969). ‘The tortuous evolution of the multinational corporation’, Columbia Journal of World Business, Volume 4, pp. 9-18.
Santos, Doz and Williamson, "Is your innovation Process Global?" MIT Sloan Management Review, 45 (4), 2005
Vachani, S. and N. Craig Smith (2004). ‘Socially responsible pricing: Lessons from the pricing of AIDS drugs in developing countries. California Management Review Article, HBSP #CMR300.
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Program Outcomes |
Level of Contribution |
1) |
Grasp basic theoretical and conceptual knowledge about the field and relations between them at the level of practice. |
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2) |
Possess basic knowledge about the causes and effects of political transformations in societies. |
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3) |
Possess knowledge about quantitative, qualitative and mixed research methods in social and behavioral sciences. |
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4) |
Recognize historical patterns while evaluating contemporary political and social developments. |
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5) |
Demonstrate interdisciplinary and critical approach while analyzing, synthesizing and forecasting domestic and foreign policy. |
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6) |
Conduct studies in the field professionally, both independently or as a team member. |
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7) |
Possess consciousness about lifelong learning based on Research & Development. |
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8) |
Communicate with peers both orally and in writing, by using a foreign language at least at a level of European Language Portfolio B2 General Level and the necessary informatics and communication technologies. |
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9) |
Apply field-related knowledge and competences into career advancement, projects for sustainable development goals, and social responsibility initiatives. |
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10) |
Possess the habit to monitor domestic and foreign policy agenda as well as international developments. |
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11) |
Possess competence to interpret the new political actors, theories and concepts in a global era. |
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12) |
Evaluate the legal and ethical implications of advanced technologies on politics. |
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