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HAI GLEI - Corporate Response to European Integration Q2

Faculty
Ole Strömgren (CBS), Martin Jes Iversen (CBS) and Neil Fligstein (UC Berkeley)
Course Coordinator
Martin Iversen, mi.lpf@cbs.dk
Prerequisite
Admission to the GLOBE Programme
Prerequisite/progression of the course
GLOBE students only - no exceptions
Course content, structure and teaching
The course will be divided in three themes.
The first theme covers a general introduction to the theories of institutional change and to the European institutions in terms of the relevant legal frameworks and the political decision-taking processes. These theories will be used for analysis of the corporate strategic consequences of European integration.
The second theme concerns particular industries in relation to European integration. In other words how did specific industries change congruently with the integration process and why were some corporations able to use the new market opportunities while others failed to develop a coherent strategic response to the new challenges.
The third theme concerns an in-depth comparative study of different internationalized companies in relation to European integration. The students will work in groups and choose a North European company within one of the focus sectors and with this point of departure compare the strategic development of the corporations.
All classes and lectures are based on intensive research within the areas including guest lectures by course book authors and international leading researchers.
Learning Objectives
After having completed the course the students should be able to:
  • To describe the content of the most important European Constitutions, Acts and Directives
  • To understand the dynamic relationship between European integration and corporate growth strategies with in various business sectors
  • To analyze European economic integration through economic integration theories as presented by Neil Fligstein
  • To integrate the dynamics of economic integration and the theories of the institutional approach as represented by David Soskice and Douglass North
  • To synthezise the development of the economic key sectors seen in relation to European integration
Type of examination, exam aids and assessment
Exam form: Individual oral 20 minutes examination based on group (3-5 students) assignments of 8 pages per student, graded by internal examiners on the 7-point scale. The grade is based both on the written report and on the oral performance. Make-up and re-examination takes place according to the same rules as the regular examination.
A real life business case will be analysed by the students prior to the exam in a group assignment. In the assignment – and the oral exam - the students have to be able to work on three different analytical levels: the macro level of institutional change in Europe, the meso level of particular industries´ reaction to these institutional changes and finally the micro level in terms of an analysis of a concrete case in relation to strategic responses to European institutional changes.
Exam aids: None
Teaching methods
The course is based on a combination of lectures, case based guest lectures, written assignments and student presentations.
Course literature
Neil Fligstein: Euro-Clash, Oxford University Press (2008) and Compendium

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