EKONOMSKO-POSLOVNA FAKULTETA


Subject
 INTERNATIONAL ECONOMY 
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Study unit code    D405 2012

Level Study program or it's part Year Semester
1 B400 ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS SCIENCES 1 Winter
1 B400 ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS SCIENCES 2 Winter

ECTS kredits 15

Hours - Lectures 45
Hours - Individual Student's Work 45

Lecturers
izr. prof. dr. JURŠE MILAN
izr. prof. dr. LOGOŽAR KLAVDIJ
red. prof. dr. OPLOTNIK ŽAN JAN
 dr. ZBAŠNIK DUŠAN

Languages - lectures slovene
Languages - tutorial slovene

Content (Syllabus outline)
Global marketing topics (4 ECTS) " Globalisation and its implications for firm's strategy. " Internationalisation strategies in market position development on global market. " Price and cost aspects of internationalisation and international competitiveness of a firm. " Developing marketing strategies and programmes for global markets. " Relationship marketing in international business to business marketing. " Conceptual aspects of international marketing management. Operations and supply chain management in global market (4 ECTS) " Globalisation and operations management " Lean Production and Just-in-time Systems " Global Manufacturing and Supply Chain Management " Facility Location Planning " Inventory Management International economic system and world trends analysis (3 ECTS): " Development of international economic system " Key topics of International political economy " Global role of main international institutions (WTO, International monetary fund, World bank) " Regional integrations and their purpose (EU, NAFTA, ASEAN, MERCOSUR...) " World economic trends analysis (raw material and financial markets, sector and regional analysis) International finance (4 ECTS): " International financial markets analysis " International trade finance " Derivatives and structured financial products " International financial diversification " Risk management of international projects " Asset management and portfolio management  
Readings
Temeljni literatura in viri / Textbooks: • Cova, Bernard, Pervez, Ghauri, and Robert, Salle (2003). Project Marketing: Beyond Competitive Bidding. New York: John Wiley and Sons. • Douglas, Susan P., and C. Samuel Craig (1995). Global Marketing Strategy. New York: Mc Graw- Hill. • Gadde, Lars-Erik, Hakan, Hakansson (2001). Supply Network Strategies. New York: John Wiley and Sons. • Gillespie, Kate, Jeannet, Jean-Pierre and Hubert D. Hennessy (2006), Global Marketing: An Interactive Approach. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. • Govindarajan, Vijay and Anil K. Gupta (2001), The Quest for Global Dominance. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. • Gummesson, Evert (2003), Total Relatioship Marketing – Rethinking Marketing Management: From 4 Ps to 30 Rs. Second edition. Oxford: Butterworth Heinemann. • Hutt, Michael D., and Thomas W. Speh (2001). Business Marketing Management: A Strategic View of Industrial and Organizational Markets. • Jeannet, Jean-Pierre (2000), Managing with a Global Mindset. London: Pearson Education. • Johansson, Johny K. (2003). Global Marketing: Foreign Entry, Local Marketing, and Global Management. Chichago: Richard D. Irwin. • Lambin Jean-Jacques, Ruben Chumpitaz, Isabelle Schuiling, (2007). Market Driven Management: Strategic and Operational Marketing (Hardcover) .Palgrave Macmillan • Lasserre, Philippe (2002). Global Strategic Management. New York: Palgrave. • Pyndt, Jacob, Torben Pedersen 5 Jan 2006), Managing Global Offshoring Strategies: A Case Approach (Paperback). Copenhagen Business School Press. • Rugman Alan M., (2006), International Business (Paperback).FT Prentice Hall. • Rugman, Alan (2001). The End of Globalization. New York: Amacom. • Verdin, Paul and Nick Van Heck (2001). From Local Champions to Global Masters: A Strategic Perspective on Managing Internationalization. New York: Palgrave. • Nabor aktualnih θlankov (Readings). • Bowersox, Donald, J., Closs, David J. in Cooper, M. Bixby. 2002. Supply Chain Logistics Management. Boston: McGraw-Hill. • Burt, David N., Dobler, Donald in Starling, Stephen L. 2003. World Class Supply Management. New York: McGraw-Hill. • Christopher, Martin. 2004. Logistics and Supply Chain Management. London: FT Prentice Hall. • Daniels, John D., Radebaugh, Lee H. in Sullivan, Daniel P. 2004. International Business: Environments and Operations. Upper Saddle River: Pearson in Prentice Hall. • Greasley, Andrew. 2006. Operations Management. Chichester: Wiley. • Leenders, Michiel R., Fearon, Harold E., Flynn, Anna E. in Johnson, P. Fraser. 2002. Purchasing & Supply Management. Boston: McGraw-Hill. • Reid, R. Dan in Sanders, Nada R. 2002. Operations Management. New York: Wiley. • Shenkar, Oded in Luo, Yadong. 2004. International Business. New York: Wiley. • Stevenson, William. J. 2002. Operations Management. Boston: McGraw-Hill. • Stock, James. R. in Lambert, Douglas M.. 2001. Strategic Logistics Management. Boston: McGraw- Hill. • Vonderembse, Mark A. in White, Gregory P. 2004. Operations Management: Concepts, Methods, and Strategies. Hoboken: Wiley. • Balaam, N.D., Veseth, M. (2001); 'Introduction to International Political Economy', 2nd. Ed., izbrana poglavja 1-6, Prentice Hall. • Hoekman, B.M., Kostecki, M.M. (2001);'The Political Economy of the World Trading System', 2nd. Ed., izbrana poglavja 1-11, Oxford University Press. • Gandolfo, Giancarlo (2002); 'International Finance and Open-Economy Macroeconomics', Springer Verlag, • Obstfeld, M., Rogoff, K. (1996); 'Foundations of International Macroeconomics', MIT Press, Cambridge • Project LINK research center, Univeristy of Toronto, http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/link/ • The Economist, World bank publications, spletne strani WTO, EU – θlanki, empiriθni podatki • Shapiro, Alan. 2002. Foundations of Multinational Financial Management. New York: Wiley & Sons, Inc. • Allen, Steven. 2003. Financial Risk Management: A Practioner,s Guide to Managing Market and Credit Risk. New Yersey: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. • Brigham, Eugene in Ehrhard, Michael. 2002. Financial Management: Theory and Practice. Thomas Learning Inc. • Saunders, Anthony. 1999. Financial Institutions Management: A Modern Perspective. New York: Irwin McGraw – Hill. • Hull, John. 2002. Options, Futures and other Derivatives. London: Prentice – Hall Int.. • Eiteman, David, Stonehill, Arthur in Moffett, Michael. 2000. Multinational Business Finance. Addison – Wesley Publishing Comp. • Solnik, Bruno. 2000. International Investment. Addison – Wesley. 
Objectives and competences
The key aim of the marketing module is to get acquainted with the key development and research streams in global marketing. The key aim of the operations and supply chain management modul is to become acquainted with problems and modern trends of operations management in global environment. The key objective is to become familiar with main factors of world economic trends, contemporary economic system and current economic trends The key objective of the international financial module is to study and analyse integrated world financial community. There are constraints as well as opportunities facing the business firm, government, and the individual investor that become apparent only in a worldwide setting. 
Intended learning outcomes - knowledge and understanding
understanding of key research and development streams in global marketing; developing research capability for analysing original topics in global marketing; developing research capability for analysing original topics in global operations and supply chain management. Once we extend beyond the domestic economy, a rich variety of business opportunities exists that must be utilized with the appropriate financial arrangements. We intend to cover many aspects of these international financial transactions the financial manager may encounter.  
Intended learning outcomes - transferable/key skills and other attributes
research capability and ability to communicate research results to the professional community,  
Learning and teaching methods
lectures, seminar and discussions, student individual research 

Assessment Weight (%)
Project 100  
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