World Economy and Business

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Department of Software Engineering

Synopsis:

This course is presented in Czech.

However, there is an English variant in the program Informatics (N1801 / 4793).

The course introduces students of technical university to the international business. It does that predominantly by comparing individual countries and key regions of world economy. Students get to know about different religions and cultures, necessary for doing business in diverse societies as well as indexes of economic freedom, corruption and economic development, which are needed for the right investment decision. Seminars help to improve on the knowledge in the form of discussions based on individual readings. It is advised to take bachelor level of this course BIE-SEP as a prerequisite.

Requirements:

Student needs to create and present working paper of specific structure to pass. There are two written exams (30 and 60 percent) of a mix of multiple choice and open-ended questions. Active participation during seminars is also required (10).

Syllabus of lectures:

1. Introduction to course. Level of economic development; why are some countries rich and some poor? Natural resources, culture or economic institutions and policies

2. Religion and language, describing differences and history, causes of misunderstandings and conflicts

3. Cultural differences ? economic and managerial point of view, Hofstede cultural dimensions

4. Economic geography, the most important natural resources in Europe and the World.

5. Population as a resource (HR), human capital, economic impact of depopulation (Europe, East Asia)

6. Basic economic characteristic (GDP, TFP, indebtness, openness of economy, inflation, unemployment) of selected particularly European countries

7. Economic institutions and policies in reaction to globalisation

8. Influence of democracy (Democracy index EIU) and political freedom (The Freedom house index) on business environment

9. Economic freedom in the world (Index of economic freedom from The Heritage foundation and The Frazer Institute, The Economic freedom of the world)

10. Definition and distribution of corruption (CPI from Transparency international) and quality of business environment (World Bank index - Doing business: The Ease of doing business and distance to frontier)

11. Human Development Index (UNDP) as an arguably best indicator of successful institutions and macroeconomic policies

12. Cost and benefits of MNCs (strategies, M&A, technologies)

13. Ethics in international business

Syllabus of tutorials:

1. Economic institutions and policies as a main factor for economic development; Olson M. (1996): Big bills left on the sidewalk: why some nations are rich, and others poor.

2. Effectivity of economic cooperation in potentially conflict environment; Huntington S. (1993): Clash of Civilizations. Foreign Affairs, introduction, Summer 1993.

3. Comparison of cultures with 5 cultural dimensions of Hofstede

4. Comparison of larges importers and exporters of key resources

5. First and second demographic transformation, practical impact of population decline and ageing of population in developed world, changes on market of goods and services

6. Practical part of working paper ? PC lab, regression a correlation

7. Test I.

8. Analysis of Democracy Index and The Freedom House index

9. Analysis of Index of economic freedom and The Economic freedom of the world index

10. Analysis of CPI and Doing business index

11. Analysis of HDI

12. Presentation of working papers

13. Test II.

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Study materials:

Cavusgil, S.T., Knight, G., Rieselberger, J., International Business: The New Realities, 2013.

Cihelková, E., Světová ekonomika ? nové jevy a perspektivy, Praha 2006.

Evan, T., Chapters of European Economic History, Praha 2014.

Štěrbová, L., Mezinárodní obchod ve světové krizi 21. století, Praha 2013.

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Further information:

https://moodle-vyuka.cvut.cz/course/view.php?id=2263

No time-table has been prepared for this course

The course is a part of the following study plans:

• Master branch Knowledge Engineering, in Czech, 2016-2017 (compulsory elective economic-management course)
• Master branch Computer Security, in Czech, 2016-2019 (compulsory elective economic-management course)
• Master branch Computer Systems and Networks, in Czech, 2016-2019 (compulsory elective economic-management course)
• Master branch Design and Programming of Embedded Systems, in Czech, 2016-2019 (compulsory elective economic-management course)
• Master branch Web and Software Engineering, spec. Info. Systems and Management, in Czech, 2016-2019 (compulsory elective economic-management course)
• Master branch Web and Software Engineering, spec. Software Engineering, in Czech, 2016-2019 (compulsory elective economic-management course)
• Master branch Web and Software Engineering, spec. Web Engineering, in Czech, 2016-2019 (compulsory elective economic-management course)
• Master program Informatics, unspecified branch, in Czech, version 2016-2019 (compulsory elective economic-management course)
• Master branch System Programming, spec. System Programming, in Czech, 2016-2019 (compulsory elective economic-management course)
• Master branch System Programming, spec. Computer Science, in Czech, 2016-2017 (compulsory elective economic-management course)
• Master specialization Computer Science, in Czech, 2018-2019 (elective course)
• Master branch Knowledge Engineering, in Czech, 2018-2019 (compulsory elective economic-management course)