Global Business Environment

Catalog description

MBAL 5405 Global Business Environment -- This course explores the global competitive business environment and provides students with a framework to formulate strategies in the global marketplace. Students perform analysis and evaluation of models of business-government relations across major geographic regions and industries through international business, economic, socio-cultural and political lenses. Global business environment topics include national competitiveness, international trade policy, multinational investment, political and economic risk, economic interdependence, and cross-cultural management. Students use these contexts to examine foreign market entry strategies including exporting, international joint ventures, strategic alliances, and foreign direct investment. The course is delivered in Spanish and is available to students in the Online Master of Business Administration for Latin America program, a one-year intensive program available exclusively for working professionals in Latin America.