Course description

This course in International Management provides an understanding of how the economic, geopolitical and cultural dimensions of the international business environment shape international business investment and transacting, and how international firms are managed in this environment. It provides students with an appreciation of the increased complexities and opportunities that international markets provide vis-à-vis operations exclusively in a home market. As international management requires a nuanced way of thinking and managing in different contexts, learning about the challenges and opportunities that are presented in this complex international business environment is fundamental to this course. Key issues covered in this course include: market selection, modes of entry and operations, strategy choices on where abroad to operate and by what means, capability building for international advantage, structuring firms for organisational form advantage, consideration of alternative systems of exchange abroad, decision taking in risky and uncertain international contexts and managing under adverse conditions. Both smaller and large firm internationalisation is a feature of this course.

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