Postgraduate Course: Developing Knowledge-based International Businesses in Emerging Economies (CMSE11111)
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 | 15 |
| Home subject area | Common Courses (Management School) |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
None |
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 (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | For Business School PG students only, or by special permission of the School. Please contact the course secretary. |
| Additional Costs | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | No |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2013/14 Semester 1, Available to all students (SV1)
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Learn enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
Web Timetable |
Web Timetable |
| Course Start Date |
16/09/2013 |
| Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
150
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Lecture Hours 19,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 8,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 3,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
120 )
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| Additional Notes |
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| Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| No Exam Information |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
Knowledge and Understanding:
On completion of the course students will have learned:
* the key concepts and approaches used in the analysis of capability upgrading and innovation processes in emerging markets, and
* how to apply those concepts to the analysis of choices facing real-life firms (whether they be domestically owned or MNC subsidiaries) and policy-makers operating in emerging markets.
Cognitive Skills:
On completion of the course students should have demonstrated that they are able to:
a) find and analyse relevant literature on an issue related to technology and innovation in emerging markets, and
b) organise a coherent argument concerning that issue, amply supported with evidence from the relevant literature.
Key Skills:
On completion of the assessed course work students should be able to:
a) carry out research on a topic and prepare an essay presenting the results of that research;
b) make arguments on the issues dealt with in this course. |
Assessment Information
Assessment will be based on three components:
1. One individual essay, worth 50%
2. One group report, 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 | Developing Knowledge |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Richard Woodward
Tel: (0131 6)50 8345
Email: rick.woodward@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Rachel Allan
Tel: (0131 6)51 3757
Email: Rachel.Allan@ed.ac.uk |
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