Int'l Business Management
updated 2008 March 19
Prof. Richardson teaches the course May / June 2008
course textbook 2008
course textbook 2006
| IBM
600 May-Aug 2008
Int'l Business Management updated 2008 March 19 Prof. Richardson teaches the course May / June 2008 |
course textbook 2008 |
bb |
course textbook 2006 |
| Section A | Section B | Section C | Section D | Section E |
| Basic of Int'l Biz specific
to Canada
- Globalization Porter and Competitiveness -------------------------------- 6 Environments 6 E's effect on branding --------------------------------- Int'l Trade theories --------------------------------- Cultural environment - Hofstede - rules for doing business across cultures - mother tongue marketing - translations -------------------------------- Political and Legal environment o Political Environment o Political risk o Contingency planning o Defensive / Integrative o Personal risk o Bill C-45 -------------------------------- Economic environment --------------------------------- Physical/Geographic Environment --------------------------------- Weather extremes |
Govt
Influence on Trade
- continuation of the Political Environment - tariffs - dumping - subsidies -------------------------------- NGOs - o IMF o World Bank o WTO o OECD o ASEAN -------------------------------- o NAFTA o CAN-US relations ------------------------------- FDI concepts Govt control Investor control Globalization FDI FDI Trends, Cdn FDI Examples ------------------------------- FDI in Canada ------------------------------- UNCTAD FDI withdrawal |
Central
Banks
4X ForeignExchange Mrkt cross rates spot market forward market currency swaps futures contracts Exchange Rate determinants pegged currencies floating currencies Cdn $ issues -------------------------------- currency exchange debate fixed or float ------------------------------- class might be ONLINE ------------------------------- Country Evaluation and Selection - choosing mktg production sites, - weighing variables |
sources
of info on countries
- govt/assoc/corp -------------------------------- ethical and social considerations ethics -------------------------------- Pro-Active & Re-Active Reasons for going international -------------------------------- Collaborative Relationships - Types - Strategies. . licensing . franchising . mgmnt contracts . turnkey ops . joint ventures . equity alliances . consortiums ------------------------------- Ways to enter foreign mkts -------------------------------- Export and Import Strategies various intl mrkt entry modes ------------------------------------ Case Study Heineken |
Potential Disadvantages
of Exporting
-------------------------------- importing --------------------------------- LCs Letters of Credit --------------------------------- Freight Forwarders ExportFinancing CdnGovt - DFAIT, - CIDA - EDC, - CCC - PEMDs ------------------------------- Trading companies - keiretsu - sogoshosha -------------------------------- Countertrade Barter Global manufacturing and Supply Chain Management o Intranets/Extranets 4 IB o Kaizen o J.I.T. o TQM -------------------------------- HRM - Human Resource Management international development of managers. |
| 2005
Sept 14 Sept 21 speaker Sept 28 |
Sept 28
Oct 5 Minor Test Oct 12 Oct 19 |
Oct
26th
MID-TERM
Nov 2 |
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