INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS HISTORY
Code: 364547
SYLLABUS
1. As old as history: an introduction to the internationalization of companies from a long term perspective
- Item 1. Relevance and usefulness of studying the history of international companies.
- The importance of the moment
- Lessons learned throughout history
- Models and tests
- Item 2. A historical overview of the key theories about the internationalization of companies, from the 1950s until 2013
2. Leadership internationalization of companies before the Industrial Revolution
- Item 3. Trade in the East: the Silk Road, Zheng He travel to the East India Company
- Item 4. Trade in the West: the market for wool trade in Europe, the triangle of colonial trade between Europe, Africa and America
3. Technological Revolutions and new international companies
- Item 5. New technologies and new international transportation companies
- Item 6. New technologies and new business international trade and industry
4. Types of international companies (XIXth-XXIst centuries)
- Item 7. Multinational
- Item 8. Alternatives multinationals: SMEs specialized networks (ethnic, professional, religious) and clusters
5. The influence of the environment (XIXth-XXth centuries)
- Item 9. The role of states in international business associations and banks
- Item 10. Culture, migration and gender in international companies
6. International comparisons (XIXth-XXth centuries)
- Item 11. Developed economies: North America and Western Europe
- Item 12. Developing Economies: China and Latin America
BIBLIOGRAPHY
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Revista
Business history [Recurs electrònic] London : Frank Cass Publishers, part of the Taylor & Francis Group.
CREDITS: 3 credits
CLASS CONTACT HOURS: three hours weekly
EXAMINATIONS: Continuous evaluation (grade based on periodical exercises, assignments and papers) or based on the grade received in a midterm exam, a final exam/paper.
LANGUAGE: English. The same course is also offered in Spanish.