Course Name | Multinational Corporations and Foreign Investments |
Code | Semester | Theory (hour/week) | Application/Lab (hour/week) | Local Credits | ECTS |
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ITF 409 | Fall/Spring | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
Prerequisites | None | |||||
Course Language | English | |||||
Course Type | Elective | |||||
Course Level | First Cycle | |||||
Mode of Delivery | - | |||||
Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course | Lecturing / Presentation | |||||
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Course Objectives | The objective of this course is to provide a knowledge about the nature, scope of Multinational Corporations, financial and economic factors to do business abroad, the structures and strategies of multinational corporations, the contribution of the Multinational corporations to the world economy, balance of payment effects and cost benefit analysis of multinational corporation. |
Learning Outcomes | The students who succeeded in this course;
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Course Description | Economic and financial factors which are effective in being multinational, structure of multinational corporations and strategies for entering foreign markets, analyzing the effects of trade and balance of payments. |
Related Sustainable Development Goals | |
| Core Courses | X |
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Media and Managment Skills Courses | ||
Transferable Skill Courses |
Week | Subjects | Required Materials |
1 | Introduction to Course | |
2 | Defining MNCs | Lecture Notes |
3 | Criticisms for and against MNCs | Lecture Notes |
4 | Transnational companies' strategies of development | Lecture Notes |
5 | Types of MNCs and the evolution of multinational strategies | Lecture Notes |
6 | Types of MNCs and the evolution of multinational strategies | Lecture Notes |
7 | Midterm | |
8 | Internationalization of the emerging MNCs | Lecture Notes |
9 | Internationalization of the emerging MNCs | Lecture Notes |
10 | Corporate social responsibility and irresponsibility | Lecture Notes |
11 | Corporate social responsibility and irresponsibility | Lecture Notes |
12 | Presentations | Lecture Notes |
13 | Presentations | |
14 | Presentations | |
15 | Review of Semester | |
16 | Final Exams |
Course Notes/Textbooks | Powerpoint presentations, daily news |
Suggested Readings/Materials | Newspapers of National and international broadcast news, the economic and financial data bases |
Semester Activities | Number | Weigthing |
Participation | 1 | 10 |
Laboratory / Application | ||
Field Work | ||
Quizzes / Studio Critiques | ||
Portfolio | ||
Homework / Assignments | ||
Presentation / Jury | 1 | 15 |
Project | 1 | 15 |
Seminar / Workshop | ||
Oral Exam | ||
Midterm | 1 | 20 |
Final Exam | 1 | 40 |
Total |
Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 4 | 60 |
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 1 | 40 |
Total |
Semester Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
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Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | 3 | 48 |
Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | ||
Study Hours Out of Class | 14 | 2 | 28 |
Field Work | |||
Quizzes / Studio Critiques | |||
Portfolio | |||
Homework / Assignments | |||
Presentation / Jury | 1 | 5 | |
Project | 1 | 20 | |
Seminar / Workshop | |||
Oral Exam | |||
Midterms | 1 | 15 | |
Final Exams | 1 | 30 | |
Total | 146 |
# | Program Competencies/Outcomes | * Contribution Level | ||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
1 | To be able to identify and analyze problems in the field of trade and finance, and to develop solutions. | X | ||||
2 | To be able to use the theoretical and practical knowledge gained in the field of International Trade and Finance. | X | ||||
3 | To be able to analyze the developments in global markets by using critical thinking skills. | X | ||||
4 | To be able to analyze and interpret data in the field of finance, commerce and economics by using information technologies effectively. | X | ||||
5 | To be able to acquire knowledge about the legal regulations and practices in the field. | X | ||||
6 | To be able to foresee and define the risks that could be encountered in the field of trade and finance and to take decisions to manage such risks. | X | ||||
7 | To be able to acquire and use verbal and numerical skills necessary for the nature of the International Trade and Finance program. | X | ||||
8 | To be able to obtain, synthesize and report the information related to the fields of trade and finance. | X | ||||
9 | To be able to contribute to the solution of problems as individual, team member or leader. | |||||
10 | To be able to evaluate the issues related to the field with an ethical perspective and social sensitivity. | |||||
11 | To be able to collect data in the areas of International Trade and Finance and communicate with colleagues in a foreign language ("European Language Portfolio Global Scale", Level B1). | |||||
12 | To be able to speak a second foreign at a medium level of fluency efficiently. | |||||
13 | To be able to relate the knowledge accumulated throughout human history to their field of expertise. |
*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest