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Sauder School of Business > University of British Columbia

BASM 530 International Trading Environment

Prerequisites
MBA Core

Exactly how global is the global economy? This course analyzes the forces that determine the pattern of trade (who exports what to whom) and of the actions governments and firms may take to alter it. What determines the competitiveness of nations? How significant are country differences in productivity and endowment? Answers are found in a broad range of models, from David Ricardo’s theory of comparative advantage, over neoclassical and modern theories of international trade, to Michael Porter’s “diamond” model of national competitiveness. Another central theme in this course involves the instruments governments use to conduct trade policy. We evaluate the various justifications offered for interfering with the “natural” pattern of trade, and analyze the GATT (now the WTO), NAFTA, and other institutions in this context. Foreign exchange markets are also briefly surveyed in this course. Finally, we look at the question if we live in a “borderless” world or if the transaction costs of international business are still much higher than those associated with domestic business.

This course was called BAIM 500 prior to September 2008.
Please note that MBA modules with BAIM codes have been recoded to enure that the designation corresponds to the appropriate discipline.
Credit will not be granted for both BAIM 500 & BASM 530.

Sauder School of Business > University of British Columbia
BASM 530 The International Trading Environment

Prerequisites
MBA Core

Exactly how global is the global economy? This course analyzes the forces that determine the pattern of trade (who exports what to whom) and of the actions governments and firms may take to alter it. What determines the competitiveness of nations? How significant are country differences in productivity and endowment? Answers are found in a broad range of models, from David Ricardo’s theory of comparative advantage, over neoclassical and modern theories of international trade, to Michael Porter’s “diamond” model of national competitiveness. Another central theme in this course involves the instruments governments use to conduct trade policy. We evaluate the various justifications offered for interfering with the “natural” pattern of trade, and analyze the GATT (now the WTO), NAFTA, and other institutions in this context. Foreign exchange markets are also briefly surveyed in this course. Finally, we look at the question if we live in a “borderless” world or if the transaction costs of international business are still much higher than those associated with domestic business.

This course was called BAIM 500 prior to September 2008.
Please note that MBA modules with BAIM codes have been recoded to enure that the designation corresponds to the appropriate discipline.
Credit will not be granted for both BAIM 500 & BASM 530

Sauder School of Business > University of British Columbia

BAEN 580D - Entrepreneurial Finance and Private Equity

Prerequisite
MBA Core

Private equity financing of entrepreneurial companies, as well as more mature businesses is becoming increasingly important in the global economy. This course examines both the strategic as well as financial challenges of this form of financing. It introduces students to both the entrepreneur’s and investor’s perspective of evaluating a financing deal, and explores many of the managerial challenges faced by the two parties. The class will include lectures, cases studies, exercises and guest speakers. There will be a group project that analyzes a private equity transaction, either in terms of a completed or pending transactions, or in terms of a financing proposal that is related to a student’s business plan.

Detailed course outline

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Sauder School of Business > University of British Columbia

COHR 301 Business and Management Values

Balancing organizational, personal, and community interests in a global economy. In addition to standard management textbooks and readings, the class will draw from the work of poets, fiction writers, essayists, and social critics.

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Desautels Faculty of Management at McGill University

BUSA 615
3 credits
Global Competitiveness

Business Admin: Review of theories and practical case applications on the dynamics of global competitiveness; study of how countries develop and sustain competitive advantage in the rapidly expanding global economy; in-depth analysis by groups of the evolution and status of world competitiveness in selected countries.

Offered by: Management
Terms
Fall 2008
Instructors
Guy Stanley