International business and development

Professor
Academic discipline: Economia applicata (SECS-P/06)
Field: Attività formative affini o integrative
Type of training activity: Related/supplementary

63 hours
of face-to-face activities

9 credits

hub: PARMA

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Learning objectives

To provide analytical tools to the students, who can interpret the behavior and the role of the multinational enterprises. It is expected to make their integration at level of international management easier

Prerequisites

Microeconomics

Course unit content

Elements of industrial organization; theory of multinationale enterprises; global value chains; inernational strategy of the firm; national industrial policy; policies of international institutions; focus on policies attracting foreign direct investments

Full programme

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Bibliography

Lipczynski Wilson Goddard “Industrial organization: Competition, Strategy, Policy”, FT Prentice Hall 2009;
Isabel Faeth, “Determinants of foreign direct investments: a tale of nine theoretical models”, Journal of Economic Surveys (2009), vol. 23, no. 1, pp. 165-196;
slides by the teacher

Teaching methods

Traditional lessons plus non mandatory presentations by the students

Assessment methods and criteria

Written examination

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