Course content
The International Business course provides an advanced theoretical understanding of the strategies and tactics of multinational firms. The course's premise is that multinational firms increasingly need to consider their non-market environment — or their relations with governments, interest groups, and the general public — in addition to and in conjunction with the market environment. The course employs a series of teaching cases to explore and examine the strategies firms use to cope with, compete in, and influence their market and non-market environments for continued survival and success. In the process, the course promotes sensitivity to the social and ethical challenges that arise when firms engage with societal problems through their non-market activities and awareness of how managers shape ethical conduct in and by multinational firms.
In relation to Nordic Nine
The International Business course supports the development of several transformative Nordic Nine capabilities. First, the course aids the development of deep business knowledge on the strategic challenges faced by multinational enterprises (NN1). Second, the course sensitises students to the varied ways in which the activities of multinational enterprises can both exacerbate and positively contribute to the resolution of societal challenges, in isolation as well as in collaboration with other societal actors, including advocacy networks, humanitarian organizations, and national and intergovernmental organizations (NN3). Finally, the course supports students’ ability to detect, discuss and address ethical challenges and dilemmas involving multinational enterprises, and aids the development of the leadership skills to do so (NN5).
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