International Trade

• • Globalisation and the internationalisation of trade and investment
  • Organisational participants and international monetary systems
  • Ethics, sustainability and CSR –contemporary challenges
  • Theories of international trade and investment
  • Regional economic integration and understanding emerging markets
  • Strategy and organisation in the international firm
  • Global opportunity assessment
  • Analysing internal and external environmentsand setting internationalisation strategy
  • Exporting and countertrade
  • Licensing, franchising and other contractual arrangements
  • Foreign direct investment and collaborative ventures
  • Review
  • Review

In order to enrol in this subject, you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:

Additional requirements

No additional requirements

This subject provides students with a framework for understanding the field of international trade. The subject examines the environment for international trade and investment, particularly political, social, economic, technological, environmental and other factors that influence strategic firm-level plans and senior management decisions about a firms cross-border trade and investment activities. Students will be required to understand relevant macro-level international trade and investment theories and the global system and issues surrounding the conduct of international business from an organisational strategy and operational perspective. An applied understanding of international trade and investment will be encouraged through students analysing and examining the constraints affecting entry to new markets and specific market entry options and global business activities.

• Take-Home Exam (40%)
• International Market Entry Plan - Part A (35%)
• International Market Entry Plan - Part B (15%)
• Free Trade and trade protection (10%)

Current study term: 13 Nov 22 to 12 Feb 23