Welcome to the course International Business Strategy 7,5 cr
On this page you will find information about your course, course registration and more. Here you will also find your course syllabus and the course timetable.
Register on your course!
Period for course registration in Ladok: 1 January – 14 January.
If you do not register on time, you will lose your place on the course. Please contact your course administrator before the end of the registration period if you are experiencing problems with course registration.
If you are conditionally admitted you are not able to register on the course yourself.
Course information
| Course and application code | FEA250, 21138 |
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| Study period and pace | This course is a half-time course given between weeks 3-12 |
| Syllabus and reading list | |
| Timetable | |
| Course co-ordinator | Ehsanul Huda Chowdhury |
| Questions about registration and admission |
The course International Business Strategy will be organized through CANVAS. Students will automatically be enrolled on the course in Canvas once they have registered for their course in Ladok. All information regarding the course will be available in CANVAS.
The course will be conducted through providing links to short videos on six topics of International Business strategy on Canvas for the students to watch. The introduction meeting and two discussion meetings will be held physically. The two discussion meetings will be held to discuss issues on the six topics that students will watch videos on. One compulsory seminar will be held via zoom where student groups will present and discuss their case study. Students are requested to watch the short videos on the topics and attend the two discussion meetings. Students need to submit an individual home exam as well as one group assignment on international business strategies case study and one group assignment on literature review on international business topics as exams for this course. The students need to submit their individual home exam and the two group assignments on Canvas as per deadline mentioned in the course manual to receive grades. The course manual will be available on Canvas one week before the start of the course. The course manual will have all required information regarding the course.
Course literature:
John J. wild and Kenneth L. Wild, International Business: The Challenges of Globalization, Eighth Edition, Pearson, 2016.
ISBN-13: 978-1-292-09504-2, ISBN-10: 1-292-09504-0.
Communication
The communication between students and teacher for this course will be held physically during introduction meeting, discussion meetings, and via zoom during seminar. Students will be also communicating through pre-scheduled zoom meetings as well as though e-mails, announcements on Canvas and discussion threads on Canvas. The course manual, course contents, timetables, and information will be uploaded on Canvas for the course and all-important announcements related to the course will be also on Canvas. Moreover, individual or group emails will be sent to the students’ email accounts regarding important matters related to course. The Introduction meeting will be held physically, and the date, time and location of the meeting will be notified to the student through canvas announcement one week before the course start.
This course has a open-book home exam for which students do not need to register separately.
The course is given by the Faculty of Education and Business.
Written exams
Registration for exams, including re-takes, is mandatory. You can register for exams via Ladok. You need to register at least ten days before the exam date. If you didn't register in time, you can not take your exam. No exceptions are made from this rule, we do not accept registrations when the deadline is passed.
If you are a distance study student and want to take your exam off-campus, you need to apply to do so at least three weeks prior to the exam date.
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