CONTENTS & SCHEDULE

SESSION	CONTENT / READING
Module 1: Basics of International Business
1	Introduction: An overview of International Business
2	Understanding the key agent of IB - Multinational Enterprise Reading: Chapter 2, Text 1
3	International Trade to International Business Reading: Chapter 6, Text 1
4	International Product Life Cycle
5	Standardization Strategy Case of Matshushita,
6	Modes of Entry and Networking Swedish Cases,
Module 2: Successful Global Business Practices
7	Multinationals in India & Foreign Direct Investment Case of BAT,
8	Forms of Inorganic Growth Case of Tata Corus,
9	International Strategy in Technology and R&D Reading: Global Technology Management, Chapter 10, Text 2
10	International Strategies in Production & International Division of Labor Reading: Chapter 10, Text 1
11	International Strategies in Human Resource: Comparison of Japanese, Chinese, American & European Practices Reading: Chapter 12, Text 1
Module 3: India in the Global Context
12	Globalization Process in India: 1947 - 2004 Reading: Globalization Process in India: A Historical Perspective since Independence, 1947, Amar KJR Nayak, et al (2005), South Asian Journal of Management, Vol. 12, Issue 1, January-March 2005, (Refer to the above Journal in XIMB library)
13	Language, Culture, and Tradition in Global Perspective Country Presentations by Student Participants
14	Multinational Companies from the Emerging Economies. Reading: Going Global, Lessons from Late Movers, Christosopher A. Barlett and Sumantra Ghosal, Harvard Business Review, March-April, 2000,
15	Landscaping the Global Markets - China, S.E. Asia, & Africa Readings:

Please Note: Some of the ideas and research data that will be discussed in the class are drawn from the instructor's research work that are unpublished. These shall be mentioned whenever it will be discussed in the class. These ideas and data are not to be quoted without the permission of the instructor or without due acknowledgement.