THE RISE AND FALL OF MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS (2 Credits)

Learning outcomes:

On successful completion of this Course, students will be able to: Identify key concepts about multinational companies; Describe several theories as well scholars related to multinational companies; Explain issues and policy options made by the state in international as well as domestic level on multinational companies; Analyze the behaviour of actors in the concept of multinational companies.

Topics:

1. Introduction To Multinational Companies;
2. General concepts of Multinational Companies;
3. Exploiting Opportunities;
4. Theories of MNCs;
5. Multinational Enterprise to 1930: Discontinuities and Continuities;
6. Multinationals from the 1930s to the 1980s;
7. Video screening and Discussion;
8. Innovative Multinational Forms: Japan as a Case Study;
9. The Emergence of the Global Shareowner;
10. The Social Impacts of Multinational Corporations;
11. The Governance of Multinationals in the Twentieth Century;
12. Multinational Corporations and the Future of Global Governance;
13. Case Study and Presentation.