COURSE OUTLINE
This module is designed to provide students with an advanced understanding of the external context within which international businesses operate and the opportunities and challenges it poses to firms. The students will develop an understanding of the main forces that have increased the economic interdependence between nations and enable them to take a wider perspective to answer the question. The module also introduces to students some basic economic and political concepts and applies these to the study of the international economic environment- in a historical and contemporary context. We are witnessing a retreat from globalisation in recent times which makes such an approach very salient. The module will draw on the current debates and fears surrounding Brexit inasmuch as they are related to the effects of international economic environment on UK industry.
COURSE AIMS
The main aim of the module is to enable students to obtain a thorough and critical understanding of the complex process of international business activity ad the different ways large and small firms manage the process of change associated with internationalisation.
This module is designed to provide students with an advanced understanding of the external context within which international businesses operate and the opportunities and challenges it poses to firms. The students will develop an understanding of the main forces that have increased the economic interdependence between nations and enable them to take a wider perspective to answer the question. The module also introduces to students some basic economic and political concepts and applies these to the study of the international economic environment- in a historical and contemporary context. We are witnessing a retreat from globalisation in recent times which makes such an approach very salient. The module will draw on the current debates and fears surrounding Brexit inasmuch as they are related to the effects of international economic environment on UK industry.
COURSE AIMS
The main aim of the module is to enable students to obtain a thorough and critical understanding of the complex process of international business activity ad the different ways large and small firms manage the process of change associated with internationalisation.