Postgraduate Course: Developing Knowledge-Based International Businesses in Emerging Economies (BUST11183)
Course Outline
| School |
Business School |
College |
College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type |
Standard |
Availability |
Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) |
SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits |
20 |
| Home subject area |
Business Studies |
Other subject area |
None |
| Course website |
None
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Taught in Gaelic? |
No |
| Course description |
The course will focus primarily on the relationships between Multi- National Corporations and domestic firms in emerging markets. In it, we will look at the strategies of both types of firms and how those strategies shape both collaboration and competition. We will examine technology transfer and the development of innovation capacity, to see how domestic players in emerging markets learn from their relationships with MNCs, gradually enhancing their ability to become independent players in the Global Knowledge-Based Economy. We will analyse the dynamics of these relationships, which can involve both co-operation (during which the emerging market firms learn first how to imitate) and competition (as they learn how to innovate and begin to do more of the things that the MNC partners have reserved for themselves in the past). We will consider successful examples of knowledge-based economy development from the Pacific Rim and then look at the lessons for China, India and the transition economies of Central and Eastern Europe. The course will include a look at some of the most troublesome investment climate and corporate governance issues in emerging markets, and how they affect those countries' ability to attract foreign capital and modernise their economies. |
Entry Requirements
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites |
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| Prohibited Combinations |
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Other requirements |
None
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| Additional Costs |
None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites |
None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
| Students will learn to identify and analyse some of the most important business environment issues in real-world businesses in, or dealing with, emerging economies. They will learn to recognise and deal with perspectives and concerns relating to some of the most important aspects of the globalisation of business in emerging economies from two points of view: that of domestic actors and that of MNCs. |
Assessment Information
One group report, worth 50%.
Examination, worth 50%.
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Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
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| Syllabus |
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| Transferable skills |
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| Reading list |
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| Study Abroad |
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| Study Pattern |
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| Keywords |
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Contacts
| Course organiser |
Dr Richard Woodward
Tel: (0131 6)50 8345
Email: rick.woodward@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary |
Ms Victoria Lawford
Tel:
Email: Victoria.Lawford@ed.ac.uk |
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