BE855-7-AU-CO:
International Business Environment
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2024/25
Essex Business School
Colchester Campus
Autumn
Postgraduate: Level 7
Inactive
Thursday 03 October 2024
Friday 13 December 2024
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05 February 2020
Requisites for this module
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This module is designed to provide students with an advanced understanding of the external context within which international businesses operate and the opportunities and challenges it poses to entrepreneurial firms, large and small.
It begins by explaining the rationale for studying international business from the perspective of the entrepreneur. It then introduces to students key international trade theories and practices, and the application of such to the study of entrepreneurship. The several remaining lectures are dedicated to discussing the external challenges facing international firms, particularly economic, financial, political/legal, technological and cultural challenges.
The main aim of the module is to enable students to obtain a thorough and critical understanding of the complex process of international business activity and the different ways large and small firms manage the process of change associated with internationalisation.
On successful completion of the module, student should be able to
1. Obtain a critical understanding of the reasons businesses expand to international markets, and the costs and benefits of internationalisation to entrepreneurs
2. Understand and critique different theories of international trade and assess their applicability to the study of entrepreneurship
3. Obtain a critical understanding of the economic, political/legal, technological and cultural issues and challenges that surround international expansion
4. Obtain a critical understanding of the global flows of resources, ideas, knowledge and people, as key features of the global enterprise
5. Critically evaluate ways in which challenges might be overcome and firms can maintain a competitive position.
No additional information available.
The following learning and teaching methods will be used to inform the pedagogic structure of the module:
Lectures
Seminars
Discussion of case studies
Discussion of journal articles
Class exercises
Group work
Signposting to other support.
This module does not appear to have a published bibliography.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
| Coursework / exam |
Description |
Deadline |
Coursework weighting |
| Exam |
Main exam: Remote, Open Book, 120 minutes during Summer (Main Period)
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| Exam |
Reassessment Main exam: Remote, Open Book, 120 minutes during September (Reassessment Period)
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Exam format definitions
- Remote, open book: Your exam will take place remotely via an online learning platform. You may refer to any physical or electronic materials during the exam.
- In-person, open book: Your exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer to any physical materials such as paper study notes or a textbook during the exam. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, open book (restricted): The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer only to specific physical materials such as a named textbook during the exam. Permitted materials will be specified by your department. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, closed book: The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may not refer to any physical materials or electronic devices during the exam. There may be times when a paper dictionary,
for example, may be permitted in an otherwise closed book exam. Any exceptions will be specified by your department.
Your department will provide further guidance before your exams.
Overall assessment
Reassessment
Module supervisor and teaching staff
Prof Vania Sena, email: vsena@essex.ac.uk.
Vania Sena
vsena@essex.ac.uk
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No external examiner information available for this module.
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No lecture recording information available for this module.
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