MULTINATIONAL CORPORATION’S GLOBAL STRATEGY (4 Credits)

Learning outcomes:

On successful completion of this Course, students will be able to: Identify key concepts in the field of global strategy of MNC; Describe several theories as well scholars in the field of global strategy of MNC; Illustrate contemporary issues, challenges and policy options made by the state in international as well as domestic level in the field of strategy of MNC; Integrate theory and empirics in an innovative and methodologically sound way in explaining issues of global strategy of MNC and challenges in both historical and contemporary issues.

Topics:

1. Emerging Markets and MNC Strategies;
2. International Expansion Through Acquisitions;
3. Corporate Violence and Human Rights;
4. Disaster Capitalism and the Ethics of Expansion;
5. GSLC: Building the next generation global enterprises;
6. Strategies of Labour Management;
7. Undermining Organized Labour;
8. Navigating Intellectual Property Rights in China;
9. GSLC: Building a Global Brand;
10. Opportunities in Emerging Markets: Business Model or State Policies?;
11. GSLC: Coevolving Local Adaptation and Global Integration;
12. Opportunities in Emerging Markets: Innovation or Political Patronage?;
13. Critical Reflection: Market and Non-Market Strategies.