CONTENTS & SCHEDULE


SESSION
CONTENT / READING
Module 1: Basics of International Business
1
Introduction:
History & Evolution of International Business
2
Key agent of IB - Multinational Enterprise
Reading: Chapter 2, Text 1
3
Theories of International Trade - Precurssor to IB
Reading: Chapter 6, Text 1
4
International Product Life Cycle
International Product Life Cycle, Raymond Vernon
5
Standardization Strategy for Global Business
Case of Matsushita, XIMB-CCR, Amar KJR Nayak
6
Modes of Entry
Cases of 4 Swedish Cases, XIMB-CCR, Amar KJR Nayak
Module 2: Successful Global Business Practices
7
FDI Determinants & OLI Paradigms
Foreign Direct Investment: A Review of Literature, Amar KJR Nayak
http://www.ximb.ac.in/ximb/fileadmin/templates/XIMB/pdf/vilakshan-3.1.pdf pp.105-126
8
Production, Outsourcing & Financial Crossholdings
Rationalization and International Division of Labor
9
Investments in Technology, R&D
Case of Sharp Technologies
10
International Management-Human Resource
Comparison of Japanese, Chinese, American & European firms
11
Multinationals in India
Multinationals in India: FDI and Complementation Strategy in a developing country, Amar KJR Nayak (2008), Palgrave macmillan, U.K.
http://www.palgrave.com/PRODUCTS/title.aspx?PID=289177
13
Tradition, Culture & Langauge
Presentation by Student Participants
Module 3: Global Context Analysis
14
Internationalization Processes in Action
Reading: Japanese Competitiveness and Corporate Culture, A historical approach, Takeyoshi Ohgai
15
Globalization Process in India
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
16
The Emerging Multinationals - Indian, Russian & Chinese
New Kinds on the Block, Multinationals from emerging economies, Carl Fey, Amar KJR Nayak, & Wu Changqui.
17
Growth patterns of emerging Multinationals
Tata Corus, XIMB-CCR, Amar KJR Nayak & Christopher Kummer, Sweden
18 & 19
Case Studies on MNEs
Presentation from Student Participants
20
Review & Summary


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the ideas and research data that will be discussed in the class are drawn from the instructor's research work that are unpublished.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.