International Business
Business Administration 346
Section: D100
Term: 2000 Summer
Instructor: Dr. D. Thomas
Office:
WMX 3345
Phone:
291-5409
email:
dcthomas@sfu.ca
Discussion Topics: Course Objectives:
This course is an introduction to international business. It is designed to make students
aware of the dynamics of conducting business activities across national borders.
Contemporary topics in international business are explored within a framework that integrates
the functional areas of business and that views international business as a natural extension
of business activities into the global marketplace.
Course Coverage:
- Developing a global perspective on business
- The cultural, political, legal, and economic environment of international business
- International trade
- Foreign direct investment
- Regional economic cooperation
- The international financial system
- International business operations
- Foreign market entry modes
- Managing the international business
Course Organization:
The methods used in this course will include lecture, videos, class discussion, written
assignments, case analysis, and experiential exercises. Students are expected to be active
International Business
participants in the learning experience as opposed to passive receptacles for information.
Students are expected to master material assigned in readings, presented in class lecture,
discussion, and from their outside of class activities.
Grading: (Tentative)
20% Participation
20% Quizzes and Assignments
20% Project
20% Midterm Examination
20% Final Examination or Case
100%
Required Texts: Wild, Wild & Han; International Business: An Integrative Approach,
Prentice-Hall: 2000. (www.prenhall.com/wild)
Recommended Texts:
Materials/Supplies:
Prerequisite/Corequisite: Prerequisites:
BUS 312 or ECON 345; 60 credit hours.
BUS 312 or ECON 345 may be taken concurrently.
Notes:
This outline is derived from a course outline repository database that was maintained by SFU
Student Services and the University’s IT Services Department. The database was retired in
2014 and the data migrated to SFU Archives in 2015.