Introduction to international business, commerce, and finance
Course: International Business, Commerce And Finance
Structural unit: Educational and scientific institute of international relations
Title
Introduction to international business, commerce, and finance
Code
ОК 01
Module type
Обов’язкова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
First
Year of study when the component is delivered
2023/2024
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
1 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
4
Learning outcomes
Know the subjects of international business and the legal forms of international business; the types of international business, its internal and external micro and macro environment; the socio-economic nature of marketing, its methodology, principles, and functions; the concepts, subject matter, objectives, and goals of management.
Be able to identify the needs and interests of the company in a specific business environment for use in management processes; reasonably justify the orientation of the company's products/services to the needs of consumers as the main principle of marketing, considering national specificities
in a particular country.
Master practical skills of the organization of the international marketing research in the corporation.
Ability and readiness for verbal and written professional communication in English and other languages, to formulate proposals for solving business issues.
Form of study
Full-time form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
1. Knowledge of the basics of economic theory.
2. Ability to analyze the main approaches to the organization of economic activity and
implementation of corporate goals.
3. Understanding the risks and problems that may arise in the organization of cross-border
business processes.
4. Business terminology in English.
Course content
Module 1
1. The essence, stages of development, and characteristics of international business
2. Theories and philosophy of international business
3. The subjects of modern international business
4. Types and environment of international business
5. International integration associations and their role in modern business
Module 2
6. Socio-economic essence of marketing, methodology, principles, and functions
7. International marketing and its specificity
8. The essence, characteristic features, and technology of management as a science and field of activity
9. International management, its economic mechanism, functions, and tendencies of development
10. Ukraine in modern international business
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
1. Lawrence J. Gitman, Carl McDaniel Introduction to Business, 2018
2. Mason A. Carpenter, Sanjyot P. Dunung International Business, 2011
3. G. Ietto-Gillies Transnational Corporations and International Production, 2018.
4. Charles W. L. Hill International Business: Competing in the Global Marketplace, 2017.
5. Julian Gaspar, James Kolari Introduction to Global Business: Understanding the International Environment & Global Business Functions. 2015.
6. Douglas Wilson David Dusseau Introduction to Business, 2016.
7. McGraw-Hill Introduction To Business, Student Edition, 2017.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, seminar, individual work
Assessment methods and criteria
1. Oral answers, comments, discourse, solving tests and solving individual tasks – up to 60 points.
2. Test control work – up to 30 points.
3. Oral answer on the test: up to 10 points.
Language of instruction
English
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