Cont Problems

Contemporary Problems in International Economics (MBA)

Syllabus

MBA 515

Quarter/Year: SPRING/2016

Instructors: Sergey Feofilov PhD

Bohdan Chomiak MA

Email: sfeofilov@gmail.com Credit Hours: 3

chomiak98@gmail.com

Course Description

This is an advanced course in International Economy that will explore key drivers making global players look for new instruments to implement their strategy within the radically changing environment; growing importance of regionalization is to be considered as a reaction to lower development rates and squeezing consumption; impact of the current trends over population security and well-being and also over growth potential of the world economy.

Course Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

1. Understand the most important development factors and management instruments of the global economy.

2. To identify merits and to discuss drivers of international competition, role of transnational corporations/monopolies in organization, financing and commodity trade, industrial, finance, trade, service sectors.

3. Understand issues related to international transfer pricing such as exchange rate fluctuations, country risk, interest rate differences, and basis.

4. Realize the latest changes of the global economy and urgent needs in development of new instruments of global/regional management.

5. To increase their skills of selecting sources and filtration of big data flows to enhance effectiveness of their decisions

6. Apply theory of Geopolitical “Geoeconomic” Studies to solutions to case studies, practical examples and exercises.

7. Distinguish adjusted trade and financial instruments to a wide variety of national economies of both small and developed countries/businesses.

8. Identify instances in which trade protection may be warranted

9. Discuss the politics behind protectionism and open markets...