MG4B5      Half Unit
Business in the Global Environment

This information is for the 2016/17 session.

Teacher responsible

Dr Veronica Rappoport-Redondo NAB5.29

Availability

This course is available on the IMEX Exchange, MPA in European Public and Economic Policy, MPA in International Development, MPA in Public Policy and Management, MPA in Public and Economic Policy, MPA in Public and Social Policy, MSc in Human Resources and Organisations (International Employment Relations and Human Resource Management), MSc in International Management, MSc in Management, MSc in Management (CEMS MIM), MSc in Management (MiM Exchange), MSc in Management and Strategy and MiM Exchange. This course is available with permission as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit.

Priority will be given in the following order: MSc International Management, IMEX exchange students (home and visiting); other students from the Department of Management and International Relations; all other LSE students

Course content

The course looks at the process of globalisation at three levels: industries, firms and nations. Its goal is to develop a solid understanding of the external, economy-wide factors that affect the performance and management of firms in today's global economy. Topics include the changing structure of industries; the response of companies, both those based in the advanced industrial countries and those based in emerging markets, to increasing international competition; and differences between countries in their institutions and policies.

Teaching

15 hours of lectures and 10 hours of seminars in the MT.

Students on this course will have a reading week in Week 6, in line with departmental policy.

Formative coursework

Case and problem set assignments.

Indicative reading

Useful books for background reading are Robert Feenstra and Alan Taylor, International Economics, Worth Publishers, 2012; Giorgio Barba Navaretti & Anthony J Venables, Multinational Firms in the World Economy, Princeton, 2004; and Andrew Abel, Ben Bernanke and Dean Croushore, Macroeconomics, Addison-Wesley Longman Publishing, 2011. Detailed reading lists will be provided for each of the ten lectures.

Assessment

Exam (100%, duration: 2 hours) in the main exam period.

Key facts

Department: Management

Total students 2015/16: 38

Average class size 2015/16: 33

Controlled access 2015/16: Yes

Value: Half Unit

Guidelines for interpreting course guide information

Personal development skills

  • Team working

Course survey results

(2012/13 - 2014/15 combined)

1 = "best" score, 5 = "worst" score

The scores below are average responses.

Response rate: 72%

Question

Average
response

Reading list (Q2.1)

2.3

Materials (Q2.3)

2

Course satisfied (Q2.4)

2.6

Lectures (Q2.5)

2.6

Integration (Q2.6)

2.2

Contact (Q2.7)

2.2

Feedback (Q2.8)

2.5

Recommend (Q2.9)

Yes

40%

Maybe

39%

No

21%