Investment strategies of TNCs
Course: International Economy
Structural unit: Faculty of Economics
            Title
        
        
            Investment strategies of TNCs
        
    
            Code
        
        
            ВБ 1.1.1 (МІД)
        
    
            Module type 
        
        
            Вибіркова дисципліна для ОП
        
    
            Educational cycle
        
        
            First
        
    
            Year of study when the component is delivered
        
        
            2021/2022
        
    
            Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
        
        
            5 Semester
        
    
            Number of ECTS credits allocated
        
        
            5
        
    
            Learning outcomes
        
        
            PLO5. Apply analytical and methodical tools for understanding the logic of making economic decisions by various economic agents (individuals, households, enterprises and state authorities).
PLO10. Analyze the functioning and development of economic entities, to identify functional areas, to calculate relevant indicators that characterize the performance of their activities.
PLO17. Perform interdisciplinary analysis of socio-economic effects and problems in one or more professional fields, taking into account the risks and possible socio-economic consequences.
        
    
            Form of study
        
        
            Distance form
        
    
            Prerequisites and co-requisites
        
        
            To know: the basic principles of enterprise operation; trends and principles of global economy development; basics of general and financial management in the company; basic principles of investment activity; basic approaches to the analysis of statistical information.
To have the skills to search, analyze, synthesize, process and visualize statistics, work with analytical and statistical reports of international organizations, company reporting.
        
    
            Course content
        
        
            Discipline discovers the main features of the global environment of TNCs, the place and role of TNCs in the global movement of capital, the dynamics of investment activities of TNCs, features of organizational and managerial structures of TNCs, as well as the economic mechanism of TNCs, the financial mechanism of TNCs, economic impact of TNCs , investment strategies of TNCs, functioning of TNCs in Ukraine.
        
    
            Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
        
        
            Transnational corporations / I.O. Davydova, К.Y. Velichko, O.I. Liver. Kharkiv: Fort Publishing House, 2018. 175p.
Transnational corporations: a textbook / Rogach OI K .: KNUTSH, 2019. 400p.
Yakubovsky SO Transnational corporations: features of investment activity: [textbook. manual.] / Yakubovsky SO, Kozak YG, Logvinova LK: Center for Educational Literature, 2019. 472 p.
        
    
            Planned learning activities and teaching methods
        
        
            Lecture, practical lesson, independent work, control test, homework, testing, survey, discussion of problematic issues, project, exam
        
    
            Assessment methods and criteria
        
        
            Semester assessment of such types of work as: discussions, surveys, testing, control tests are carried out during classes that take place on schedule.
The student's independent work consists in the systematic elaboration of normative-legislative acts and reports on the evaluation of economic entities. The mastered material is subject to verification at each seminar in the form of an oral interview. In addition, the results of self-study are checked in the form of short written works or testing (twice during the modular weeks), each of which is evaluated with a maximum of 5 points.
Oral interview, homework check, discussion - 20 points / 12 points
Modular test - 10 points / 6 points.
Testing - 10 points / 6 points
Project implementation - 20 points / 12 points
final grade (exam) - 40/24 points
        
    
            Language of instruction
        
        
            English
        
    Lecturers
This discipline is taught by the following teachers
                    Oksana
                    
                    Bulkot
                
                
                    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