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This course focuses on managerial challenges facing firms that operate (or intend to operate) in emerging markets, and ways in which these challenges can be addressed. Such challenges refer to interfaces between firms and elements in their internal and external environments.

Exposure to the dilemmas and opportunities that arise within international and multicultural work environments needed in dealing with a global business environment. Strategies for adopting organizational practices that address these issues will be discussed. Emphasis will be placed on the management of people and groups in international organizations. The focus of the course is on the interaction between people in international work settings rather than interactions between specific countries and/or cultures.

Special topics in business administration.

Designed to expose students to a new cultural and institutional setting in ways that will not only educate them about this particular setting but will also help them gain a broader understanding of the complexities of working in a multi-cultural business environment.

Establishes essential knowledge for developing global corporate strategies. Key topics include market entry considerations, organizational challenges and opportunities in a multinational corporation, competing in diverse institutional environments, and tackling significant challenges in global business. Prerequisite: BUS 710.

The language and tools of macroeconomics, the political economy factors that underlie their use, and how they influence a business. Topics in economic growth and gross domestic product, fiscal policy and monetary policy, exchange rates, trade and investment in the global economy.