Multinational enterprises
Course: International Business, Commerce And Finance
Structural unit: Educational and scientific institute of international relations
            Title
        
        
            Multinational enterprises
        
    
            Code
        
        
            ОК 08
        
    
            Module type 
        
        
            Обов’язкова дисципліна для ОП
        
    
            Educational cycle
        
        
            First
        
    
            Year of study when the component is delivered
        
        
            2024/2025
        
    
            Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
        
        
            3 Semester
        
    
            Number of ECTS credits allocated
        
        
            4
        
    
            Learning outcomes
        
        
            Know the history, trends, principles, definition of MNEs, as well as the peculiarities of their international operations and different environments of multinational business; the basic theoretical approaches to the study of multinational enterprises, stages of theory evolution, features of modern concepts of MNEs.
Be able to find out the main trends and patterns of development MNEs international investments; to prepare references and recommendations on Multinational Enterprises export issues for state authorities.
Master the skills of convincing defense of one’s point of view on problematic issues of MNEs in developed countries.
Solve collective tasks, problems case studies, team discussion relating to MNE s operations in the developing countries.
Autonomy in preparation of analytical notes and recommendations on specific topical theoretical and practical issues of MNEs operations
        
    
            Form of study
        
        
            Distance form
        
    
            Prerequisites and co-requisites
        
        
            - Knowledge of the basics of World Economy, Macroeconomics, Microeconomics.
- Ability to analyze and contemporary trends of multinational firm’s activity.
- Have the basic skills of analysis and synthesis, critical thinking, working out of a considerable amount of statistical material while providing one’s conclusions and proposals.
- Proficiency in English.
        
    
            Course content
        
        
            Introduction
Topic 1. The Global Economy and The Rise of Multinationals
Topic 2. Theory of Multinational Enterprises (MNEs) 
Topic 3. Multinational Enterprises technological innovations 
Topic 4. Multinational Enterprises international investments 
Topic 5. Multinational Enterprises financial system
Topic 6. Multinational Enterprises and export of host countries 
Topic 7. Multinational Enterprises and global value chains 
Topic 8. Host countries investment regulation and MNEs 
Topic 9. MNEs in developed countries 
Topic 10. MNE s and developing countries 
Topic 11. MNEs and New industrial countries
        
    
            Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
        
        
            1. Stopford, John M., and L. T. Wells Jr. (1972). Managing the Multinational Enterprise: Organization of the Firm and Ownership of the Subsidiary. NY: Basic Books.
2. Hossiso, K. (2018). K. Activities of U.S. Multinational Enterprises in 2016. Survey of Current Business, Volume 98, Number 9, 1-16.
3. Jude, C.; Levieuge, G. (2017). Growth effect of foreign direct investment in developing economies: The role of institutional quality. The World Economy, 40(4). 715-742.
4. Lindner, T., Müllner, J., & Puck, J. (2016). Cost of capital in an international context: Institutional distance, quality, and dynamics. Journal of International Management, 22, 234–248.
5. Malik, K, and Berg, M. (2015). A conceptual framework for intra-company technology transfer: cases of leveraging production process innovations across MNEs, Technology Analysis & Strategic Management, Vol. 27 (10). pp. 1129-1142.
        
    
            Planned learning activities and teaching methods
        
        
            Lecture, seminar, individual work (underlined in the syllabus), viewing the fragments of educational documentaries
        
    
            Assessment methods and criteria
        
        
            1. Surveys at seminars, tasks for individual work, consideration of hypothetical interstate disputes, analysis of the dispute in the case-study format, judging speech contest – up to 30 points.
2. Modular control work – up to 30 points.
3. Examination – up to 40 points.
        
    
            Language of instruction
        
        
            English
        
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