Academic Catalog

BUS490 INTERNATIONAL JOINT VENTURE

Course Code: 3530490
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): 3(3-0)
ECTS Credit: 6.0
Department: Business Administration
Language of Instruction: English
Level of Study: Undergraduate
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Offered Semester: Spring Semesters.

Course Content

This is an intermediate and advanced course on international business. Students will learn basic economic and international strategic theories of cooperation through international strategic alliances and other forms of joint ventures. Students will be familiarized with both theoretical issues of strategic cooperation in international business and practical ways of achieving and managing international alliances, including joint ventures. Therefore, there will be three parts in this course: (1) theories of strategic alliance, (2) practices of establishing cooperation, and (3) managing ongoing alliance patterns in international business.