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Postgraduate Course: Outward Investment from Emerging Markets (CMSE11112)

Course Outline
SchoolBusiness School CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) AvailabilityAvailable to all students
SCQF Credits15 ECTS Credits7.5
SummaryThis course is aimed to provide students with an overview of the scholarly conventions on outward investment from emerging markets. It also aims to provide students with an appreciation of additional complexities and challenges of international business for firms from emerging economies. The course covers a wide range of materials relating to major emerging markets with the major focus on major emerging economies (BRICs: Brazil, Russia, India and China)

The course is divided into ten sessions on some of the general issues driving outward investment from emerging markets, including development strategy, government policy, global economic integration, geographical distribution of FDI, global competitiveness and global business revolution, entry strategy at firm level and challenges for both firms and governments of developing economies.
Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements For Business School PG students only, or by special permission of the School. Please contact the course secretary.
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2014/15, Not available to visiting students (SS1) Quota:  None
Course Start Semester 2
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 150 ( Lecture Hours 20, Seminar/Tutorial Hours 10, Other Study Hours 117, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 3, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 0 )
Additional Information (Learning and Teaching) Other study
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 80 %, Practical Exam 20 %
Additional Information (Assessment) The assessment methods for the course consist of two parts:
(1) Group presentation which counts for 20% of the total mark; and
(2) Individual assignment which counts for 80% of the total mark.
Feedback Not entered
No Exam Information
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the module, students should be able to:
» understand specific issues associated with globalisation and development strategy for emerging economies;
» explain specific features and business environment of major emerging markets;
» summarise major changes in the world economy and patterns of outflows of FDI from emerging markets;
» identify challenges that firms and governments in the developing countries are facing in the era of global business evolution;
» evaluate appropriate entry strategies for firms operating in international markets.

Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
KeywordsOIEM
Contacts
Course organiserDr Ling Liu
Tel: (0131 6)51 1429
Email: Ling.Liu@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMr Peter Newcombe
Tel: (0131 6)51 3013
Email: Peter.Newcombe@ed.ac.uk
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