Strategic analysis of international markets
Course: International Economics
Structural unit: Faculty of Economics
            Title
        
        
            Strategic analysis of international markets
        
    
            Code
        
        
            ОК 10
        
    
            Module type 
        
        
            Обов’язкова дисципліна для ОП
        
    
            Educational cycle
        
        
            Second
        
    
            Year of study when the component is delivered
        
        
            2021/2022
        
    
            Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
        
        
            2 Semester
        
    
            Number of ECTS credits allocated
        
        
            8
        
    
            Learning outcomes
        
        
            PLO 5. To present and discuss the results of scientific and applied research and marketing projects in national and foreign languages
PLO 8. To use methods of interpersonal communication to meet collective challenges, negotiate, conduct scientific discussions in the sphere of marketing.
PLO11. To apply the methods of marketing strategic analysis and interpret its results to improve a market player’s activity
PLO 15. 
To collect necessary data from different sources, process, and analyze its dynamics using modern methods and specialized software
PLO 16.
To be able to distinguish between scientific and practical research problems and solve them using marketing theories and methodology, as well as general and specific research methods.
PLO 17. 
Be able to make public the results of own scientific research in a professional environment and present them with the use of modern technological tools.
        
    
            Form of study
        
        
            Distance form
        
    
            Prerequisites and co-requisites
        
        
            Successful mastering of the courses "Marketing", "Marketing Research", "International Marketing", "Business  Marketing", "Statistics", "Probability Theory for Economists", "Mathematical Statistics for Economists".
        
    
            Course content
        
        
            The curriculum consists of the following modules:
Module 1. "Research of international markets"
1. "The essence and specifics of international marketing research" which considers the essence, specifics, complexity, types, stages of international marketing research; the influence of cultural environment on international marketing research, development of goals and objectives in international marketing research, comparative analysis of market environment factors of two or more countries in international research ..
2. "Sources of marketing information. Procedures for conducting international marketing research ", which discusses the sources of international secondary marketing information, methods and specifics of collecting primary information in international research, features of development and translation of the questionnaire, determining the equivalence of data, ethics of international marketing research.
        
    
            Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
        
        
            Starostina A.O. Marketing research of national and international markets: textbook.-K.: LLC "Lazarii-Poligraf", 2012.
Malhotra N.K. Marketing studies. Practical guide. - M.: Izd. House "Williams", 2006.
Kumar V. International marketing research. – Prentice Hall, 2000.
Craig C.S. and Douglas S.P. International marketing research: 2nd Edition Chichester, UK: John Wiley& Sons, 2009.
        
    
            Planned learning activities and teaching methods
        
        
            Lectures, seminars, individual work
        
    
            Assessment methods and criteria
        
        
            Semester assessment:
1. Presentation of group mini-projects (Min. - 24 points, Max. -40 points).
2. Presentation of a group research project (Min. - 12 points, Max.-20 points).
Final assessment in the form of an exam (Min. - 24 points, Max. - 40 points).
A student is not allowed to take the exam if he / she scored less than 36 points during the semester. To be admitted to the exam, you must complete an independent project, pass all homework to get scores up to 36. The score for the exam cannot be less than 24 points to get an overall positive grade for the course.
        
    
            Language of instruction
        
        
            Ukrainian
        
    Lecturers
This discipline is taught by the following teachers
                    Alla
                    
                    Starostina 
                
                
                    Department of  Marketing and Business-Administration 
Faculty of Economics
            Faculty of Economics
Departments
The following departments are involved in teaching the above discipline
                        Department of  Marketing and Business-Administration
                    
                    
                        Faculty of Economics