INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT

The increasing concern about threats to the conducting of international business in the environment is a significant factor that warrants operational and strategic adjustments to cope with the new environmental laws and regulations. Multinational companies are expected to operate under an environmental ethic beyond simply what the law requires. This course incorporates environmental ethics and analysis into the traditional core subjects of international business courses and references a wide body of literature that can be utilized. ObjectivesTo provide students with a broad and deep understanding of the external drivers of change and the opportunity and challenges presented to businesses operating in an international context, including the macroeconomic & regulatory factors in which concepts like globalisation have to be examined and managed. A specific focus will be on understanding the global business environment.