INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

Anno accademico 2017/2018 - 2° anno
Docenti Crediti: 9
SSD: SECS-P/01 - Economia politica
Organizzazione didattica: 225 ore d'impegno totale, 171 di studio individuale, 54 di lezione frontale
Semestre:
ENGLISH VERSION

Contenuti del corso

  • GLOBALISATION AND THE MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE

    - Concetti di base e trend relative all’internazionalizzazione

    - Prospettiva istituzionale

    - Prospettiva resource-based

  • STRATEGY AND ORGANIZATION OF THE MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE

    - Strategie di entrata in mercati esteri

    - Dinamiche concorrenziali

    - Strategie globali

    - Organizzazione e innovazioni all’interno dell’impresa multinazionale

    - Management delle risorse umane

  • NEW ISSUES IN IB

    - Mercati emergenti

    - Imprese che originano in mercati emergenti


Testi di riferimento

  • GLOBALISATION AND THE MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE

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

  • STRATEGY AND ORGANIZATION OF THE MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE

    Peng, M. e Meyer, K. (2016) International Business. Cenage Learning (Second Edition) - chapters 12, 13, 14, 15 e 16

  • NEW ISSUES IN IB

    - Elia, S. and Santangelo, G.D. (2017) The evolution of strategic asset-seeking acquisitions by emerging market multinationals. International Business Review, 26(5): 855-866.

    - Emergent Giants Multinationals from China, India, Brazil, Russia, and even Egypt are coming on strong. They're hungry -- and want your customers. They're changing the global game”, Business Week 31 July 2006. (pp.1-11) http://oldsite.mahindrausa.com/pdfs/news/MUSA_Business-Week_article.pdf

    - Guillen, M.F. & Esteban Garcia-Canal, E. (2009) “The American model of the multinational firm and the “new” multinationals from emerging economies”. Academy of Management Perspectives, Vol. 23( 2): 23-35.

    - Khanna, T. & Palepu, K.G. (2010) “The Nature of Institutional Voids in Emerging Markets: Why Markets Fail and How to Make Them Work” in Khanna, T. & Palepu, K.G. Winning in Emerging Markets. Harvard Business School Press. (pp.1-29)

    - Khanna, T., Palepu, K.G. & Sinha, J. (2005) Strategies that fit emerging markets, Harvard Business Review 83, 63-76.

    - Meyer, K. (2015) “What is ”strategic asset seeking FDI?”, Multinational Business Review, 23, 57-66.

    - Amazon in Emerging Markets. Case study by Nguyen-Chyung, A. and Faulk. E. (2014) WDI Publishing, pp. 1-36

    - "Xiaomi Challenges Global Smartphone Leaders". Case study by Meyer, K. and Zhu, J. in Peng, M. and Meyer, K. International Business 2016 (Second Edition), pp. 506 – 510.


Programmazione del corso

GLOBALISATION AND THE MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE
 *ArgomentiRiferimenti testi
1*Globalizing BusinessPeng, M. e Meyer, K. (2016) chapter 1 
2*Formal Institutions: Political, Economic and Legal SystemPeng, M. e Meyer, K. (2016) chapter 2 
3*Informal Institutions: Culture, Religion and LanguagesPeng, M. e Meyer, K. (2016) chapter 3 
4*Firm Resources: Competitiveness and GrowthPeng, M. e Meyer, K. (2016) chapter 4 
5*Starting International BusinessPeng, M. e Meyer, K. (2016) chapter 6 and 11 
STRATEGY AND ORGANIZATION OF THE MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE
 *ArgomentiRiferimenti testi
1*Foreign Entry StrategiesPeng, M. e Meyer, K. (2016) chapter 12 
2*Competitive DynamicsPeng, M. e Meyer, K. (2016) chapter 13 
3*Global Strategies and AcquisitionsPeng, M. e Meyer, K. (2016) chapter 14 
4*Organizing and Innovating in the MNEPeng, M. e Meyer, K. (2016) chapter 15 
5*People in the MNEPeng, M. e Meyer, K. (2016) chapter 16 
NEW ISSUES IN IB
 *ArgomentiRiferimenti testi
1*The Nature of insitutionsl Voids in Emerging MarketsKhanna, T. & Palepu, K.G. Winning in Emerging Markets. Harvard Business School Press. (pp.1-29) 
2*Strategies that fit emerging marketsKhanna, T., Palepu, K.G. & Sinha, J. (2005) Harvard Business Review - Amazon in Emerging Markets. Case study 
3*Emerging MultinationalsBusiness Week 2006 - Guillen, M.F. & Esteban Garcia-Canal, E. (2009) Academy of Management Perspectives 
4*strategic-asset seeking FDI by emerging multinationalsMeyer, K. (2015) Multinational Business Review - Elia, S. & Santangelo, G.D. (2017) International Business Review - "Xiaomi Challenges Global Smartphone Leaders". Case study 
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