DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
Master's Degree in Global Politics and Euro-Mediterranean Relations
Academic Year 2017/2018 - 2° Year

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

Teaching Staff

Detailed Course Content

• Globalization and the Multinational Enterprise
  

  - Basic concepts and trend of internationalization

  - Institution-based view

  - Resource-based view

• IB STRATEGY AND THE ORGANIZATION OF THE MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE
  

  - Foreign entry strategies

  - Competitive dynamics

  - Corporate social responsibility

  - Corruption, firm entry and organization of multinational enterprise

Textbook Information

• Globalization and the Multinational Enterprise
  

  Peng, M. e Meyer, K. (2016) International Business. Cenage Learning (Second Edition) - chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 and 11

• IB STRATEGY AND THE ORGANIZATION OF THE MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE
  

  - Cuervo-Cazurra, A. (2006) Who cares about corruption? Journal of International Business Studies, 37(6): 803-822.

  - Menipaz E.,& Menipaz A. (2011) Corruption and international business in International Business, Chapter 2, pp. 68-82, Sage.

  - Peng, M. e Meyer, K. (2016) International Business. Cenage Learning (Second Edition) - chapters 10, 12, 13

  - Rabbiosi L. & Santangelo G.D. (2014) When in Rome, do as the Romans do, but cum judicio: Dealing with corruption after entry. Mimeo, pp. 1-30

  - Uhlenbruck K, Rodriguez P, Doh J, & Eden L (2006) The impact of corruption on entry strategy: Evidence from telecommunication projects in emerging economies. Organization Science 17(3): 402-414.

  - Fairphone. Organizing for Sustained Social Impact. Case study by Akemu, O. and Whiteman, G.. Rotterdam School of Management Erasmus University