International Business Strategy
(undergraduate)

This page contains hand-outs and supplementary materials for the International Business Strategy module that I taught to undergraduate students at the University of Bradford School of Management. The materials are for the academic year 1999-2000.

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Entire course General materials

Password protected fileAdobe Acrobat file Exit visas form (5 KB)
Week 1 (28/01/2000) Course overview & environment

Password protected fileAdobe Acrobat file Handouts (160 KB)
Password protected fileAdobe Acrobat file Reagan's world view (26 KB)
Cartoon © 1999 by David Hawk. Used with his kind permission (thanks David!).
Week 2 (04/02/2000) Culture and international business

Password protected fileAdobe Acrobat file Handouts (176 KB)
Week 3 (11/02/2000) Trade and investment theories Password protected fileAdobe Acrobat file Handouts (112 KB)
Week 4 (18/02/2000) The internationalisation of service firms Password protected fileAdobe Acrobat file Handouts (117 KB)
Week 5 (25/02/2000) Modes of foreign market servicing I Password protected fileAdobe Acrobat file Handouts (159 KB)
Password protected fileAdobe Acrobat file Acquisitions vs. Greenfields (70 KB)
Week 6 (03/03/2000) Modes of foreign market servicing II Password protected fileAdobe Acrobat file Handouts (113 KB)
Week 7 (10/03/2000) Reading week

(no handouts)
Week 8 (17/03/2000) Strategy, structure and control in MNCs Password protected fileAdobe Acrobat file Handouts (115 KB)
Password protected fileAdobe Acrobat file Societal Embeddedness (101 KB)
Week 9 (24/03/2000) Manufacturing & materials management Password protected fileAdobe Acrobat file Handouts (177 KB)
Password protected fileAdobe Acrobat file MNC Integration (49 KB)
Week 10 (31/03/2000) Global marketing and R&D Password protected fileAdobe Acrobat file Handouts (174 KB)
Week 11 (05/05/2000) International HRM and expatriate management

Password protected fileAdobe Acrobat file Handouts (129 KB)
Password protected fileAdobe Acrobat file Of Bumble-bees and Spiders (83 KB)
Password protected fileAdobe Acrobat file Who's in Charge? (103 KB)
Password protected fileAdobe Acrobat file Expatriate Failure Rates (60 KB)
Password protected fileAdobe Acrobat file Paucity of IHRM Research (60 KB)

Note: Many of the external web links listed on the International Business web resources are relevant for this session.
Week 12 (12/05/2000) Managing for international competitiveness Password protected fileAdobe Acrobat file Handouts (78 KB)
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