Contemporary Issues Affecting the Global Business Environment

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This course introduces students to contemporary issues facing businesses that operate in the global market. Students will learn about the changing global business environment on a macro-level. The course focuses on the evolving rhetoric surrounding international trade and its impact on business activity, the now of investment to developing countries and emerging markets, and the status of global and regional integration and/or potential disintegration. Through the study of these current real-world topics in international business, students will learn about challenges and opportunities of doing business in an interconnected global environment while working with international organizations, local governments, and global competitors. Previously ECON 1054.