Course: International Trade Environment

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Course title International Trade Environment
Course code KMG/MOPIM
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements Course does not contain work placement
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Švarc Zbyněk, doc. JUDr. Ph.D.
  • Demel Jaroslav, Ing. Ph.D.
  • Pěničková Zuzana, doc. Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
Lectures (topics): 1. Theory of internationalization. 2. Internationalization of the product. 3. Internationalization of innovations. 4. Specifics of international trade in individual sectors (A, I, S). 5. Trade and investment policy. 6. Internationalization of human resources - labor force movement. 7. Legal aspects of international trade - international treaties and EU acts. 8. Regionalism in international trade. 9. Development assistance in international trade. 10. Current development of foreign trade of the Czech Republic. Seminars (topics): 1. Assignment of a case study, Internationalization of a product 2. Internationalization of innovations. 3. - 4. Presentation of case studies. 5 - 6. Excursion to an internationalized company

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monological explanation (lecture, presentation,briefing), Dialogue metods(conversation,discussion,brainstorming), Self-study (text study, reading, problematic tasks, practical tasks, experiments, research, written assignments)
  • Class attendance - 28 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to introduce students to the different areas and aspects of the international trade and their practical application to the trade environment. The seminars are based on the application of the knowledge from the lectures. Further, the students in the seminars create fictitious firms whose trade operations would correspond with the trade relationships between the EU and third countries.
Students obtain knowledge in given course in accordance with requirements and course programme.
Prerequisites
Unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Written exam

Credit: Team presentation of case study (30%), min. 20/30 points Exam: Written test (70%), min. 40/70 points Attendance at the lectures: 85% Attendance at seminars and lectures of external lectures is mandatory
Recommended literature
  • Daniels, John D., Lee H. Radebaugh, Daniel Sullivan. International Business, Global Edition, 17th Ed.. New York, 2021. ISBN 978-12-924-0339-7.
  • Krugman, Paul. R, Maurice Obstfeld & Marc Melitz. International Economics: Theory and Policy, 11th Global Edition. New York, 2019. ISBN 978-12-922-1487-0.


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