Course Learning Outcomes:

Upon successful completion of the course, the learner is expected to be able to: 

• Distinguish how domestic business differs from international business on a business, legal and political level. 
•  Understand international monetary system, exchange rates and economic conditions 
•  Comprehends trade rules and free trade agreements
  • the policies and government dynamics between the two 
• Understands imports/exports and the international system of tariffs and duties 
• Recongized and develops an awareness of the different governmental and non-governmental bodies involved in international business including: IMF, UN, WTO (and GATT), OECD, NATO, and OPEC.
• Distinguish among strategies used by corporations in the international market on a competitive basis.
• Apply skills learned in the class to real life corporate problems through X-Cultures module 
• Apprehend issues involved in entering foreign markets, global production and outsourcing as well as logistics and supply chain issues
•  Analyze the ethics involved in cross border transactions and to understand the dynamics with differing legal systems. 
• Design the appropriate international growth strategy in a given situation