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De/Briefing Papers Corporate Log & Biographies Term Paper
Company Links Country, City & Hotel Links Travel Links
Course Policies Trip Policies & Notes Itinerary

 

Week Date Assignment Discussion Topic
1 1/19 g Introduction; 
Basic Global Business Concepts
2 1/26 Chapter 2, pages 483-496, and Culturegrams
Passport and Visa Information, as well as biography due (see Trip Policies)
Cultural Environment;
Film: Doing Business in Mexico
g 1/29 g Speaker: Mrs. Ruth Greenberg, Accent
Room change -  217 Hayward
3 2/02 Chapters 3 and 4 Political and Legal Environments;
Economic Environment
4 2/09 Chapters 5 and 6, and "Country Life Cycle" article Economic Development;
Trade Theories;

Governments' Role In Trade & Investment
5 2/16 Chapter 7
Position paper for Term Project due
Economic Integration;
Films: Who Runs the Union? European ABC: The Single Currency
6 2/23 Chapters 9 and 10;
Written Corporate Briefing Reports due
Foreign Exchange; 
Foreign Exchange Price Theory
7 3/01 Oral Corporate Briefing Reports MEDIA CLASSROOM -  Gutman Library
8 3/03-3/15 EUROPEAN CORPORATE VISITS g
9 3/22 Chapter 13 Market Screening and Identification
10 3/29 Chapters 17, 14, and 8 Market Entry Decisions: Export, Contractual, and Investment
11 4/05 Chapter 16 and 19 
Corporate Logs and Debriefing Reports due
Global Marketing Strategies;
Multinational Accounting Strategies
12 4/12 Chapters 20 and 21 Multinational Financial Strategies; 
Global Human Resource Management; 
Film: Travel Abroad Safely
13 4/19 Presentations/Term Papers due Room change -  Gibbs Hall Conference Room 
14 4/26 Presentations/Term Papers due Room change -  Gibbs Hall Conference Room 
Review for Final Exam
g 5/03 FINAL EXAM g

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GRADING

  Grade Points Percent
Corporate Briefing 100 14
Corporate Debriefing 100 14
Corporate Log 100 14
Trip Professionalism g50 g7
Position Paper g50 g7
Term Paper 150 21
Final Exam 150 21
TOTAL 700 100

 

A = 651-700   B = 581-612   C = 508-542
A- = 630-650   B- = 560-580   C- = 490-507
B+ = 613-629   C+ = 543-559   F =

gg0-489

 

Author/contact information:
Prof.Steve Frumkin, Ph.D.
Philadelphia University
School of Business Administration

School House Lane & Henry Avenue
Philadelphia, PA  19144-5497
Ph: 215-951-2764
Fx: 215.951.2652
E-mail: FrumkinS@PhilaU.edu

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Date of creation: July 02, 1997.
Date of last update: December 19, 2005 .
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