INTBUS (International Business)

INTBUS 151 - (15 pts)🏳

INTBUS 151G - Business across Borders (15 pts)🏳

Business on a global scale presents unique challenges and 1084 unrivalled opportunities to companies equipped to cross national boundaries. Set against a background of current events, the course explores the influence of international trade and multinational corporations on the contemporary global economy.

Restriction: BUSINESS 101, 111, INTBUS 201, 202 Italian

INTBUS 201 - Foundations of International Business (15 pts)🏳

Explores the distinctive nature of business conducted beyond the boundary of the domestic market. Examines how firms reach multinational scale while exposed to the turbulence and complexity of international political and economic forces.

Prerequisite: Either 15 points from BUSINESS 102, 112, 113, MGMT 101 and 15 points from BUSINESS 115, ECON 111, 151, 152, 191, or 15 points from ECON 111, 151, 152 and 30 points in International Relations and Business

Restriction: INTBUS 210, 211 and Economics 890

INTBUS 202 - Foundations of Strategy (15 pts)🏳

Examines how firms compete. Focuses on the frameworks and tools needed to make sense of the competitive landscape in order to formulate and implement strategies. Considers the challenges and constraints that managers face in increasingly complex environments and industries.

Prerequisite: 15 points from BUSINESS 102, 112, 113, MGMT 101, or 15 points from ECON 151, 152 and 30 points in International Relations and Business

INTBUS 300 - Firms across Frontiers (15 pts)🏳

Examines international business theories underlying the existence and development of international firms. Analysis of contemporary international business issues.

Prerequisite: INTBUS 201 or 202

Restriction: INTBUS 301, 302

INTBUS 305 - Governing International Business (15 pts)🏳

Firms that compete internationally need to employ political strategies and understand the governing institutions that affect their ability to do business. Examines the interactions between international firms and governing institutions, and explores the implications of the international regulatory framework for specific industries.

Prerequisite: BUSINESS 200 or INTBUS 201

Restriction: INTBUS 304

INTBUS 306 - Global and Regional Business (15 pts)🏳

Focuses on the conduct of business in the world's regions. Examines globalisation, regionalisation and market integration and their impact on firms.

Prerequisite: BUSINESS 200 or INTBUS 201

Restriction: INTBUS 310, 311, 312, 313

INTBUS 307 - International Management and Strategy (15 pts)🏳

Examines theories and practices of management in a cross-border context. Focuses on strategies and their implementation in international markets and how management changes when done internationally.

Prerequisite: INTBUS 201 or 202 or 210 or 211

Restriction: INTBUS 303

INTBUS 308 - Special Topic (15 pts)🏳

Prerequisite: INTBUS 201 or 202 or 210 or 211

INTBUS 309 - Directed Study (15 pts)🏳

INTBUS 333 - International Business Strategy (15 pts)🏳

Examines how multinational enterprises (MNEs) and smaller internationalised companies compete successfully across borders. Considers how firms decide which markets to enter and how to pursue growth, and how they might do so given their position in dynamic industrial, national and global contexts.

Prerequisite: INTBUS 201 or 202

Restriction: INTBUS 300

INTBUS 337 - International Management (15 pts)🏳

Explores issues in the management of global enterprises, including evolving forms and management practices in cross-border business. Provides an understanding of cross- cultural and human resource management in international contexts.

Prerequisite: INTBUS 201 or 202

Restriction: INTBUS 307 Leadership and Governance