| Degree Programme in Business Management 2008-2009 |
Study unit
00083 International Business Operations 5 CR |
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| The students will be able to |
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• analyse international operating environments
• understand the significance of the development stage of the business sector, the product and the market cycle in a company’s internationalisation effort
• recognise a company’s growth and internationalisation opportunities and requirements, and make market choices
• identify internationalisation strategies and the business and service models which support them
• understand the significance of networks and partnerships in growth and internationalisation
• compare and choose suitable forms of operation for each market
• identify the main functions related to international business
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| Content |
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• internal (company resources and competences) and external (political, economic, legal, sociocultural) international business environments
• stages and life cycle models of growth and internationalisation
• growth strategies and business models to support them
• choosing and developing a market
• choosing a form of operation to suit each market
• networks and partnerships in growth and internationalisation
• main functions related to internationalisation
• challenges posed by internationalisation to developing different functions in a company
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| Description |
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Students demonstrate competence in understanding the challenges related to internationalisation, and in recognising the main internationalisation strategies and the related business models and forms of operation. Competence is based on analyses of a company’s operations and markets. Students use basic research methods to analyse and develop international business operations. In the segment related to Swedish language (5 cr), students attain at least skill level B1.2 as defined in the Common European Framework.
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| Prerequisites |
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Networked Business Operations theme or equivalent knowledge. |
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| Version |
2.0 |
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| Updated |
Jun 26 2006 |
