Economics of Internationalisation and Competitiveness (academic track) (5 cr)

Evaluation scale

0-5

Objective

The student can express theoretical and conceptual knowledge in the fields of competitiveness, regional economic development, quality of the business environment, and internationalization (KU1).
The student is able to provide recommendations to issues related to competitiveness and internationalization by collecting and analyzing relevant data (IS1).
The student is able to review academic literature critically and analyze issues of competitiveness from the perspectives of multiple stakeholders in consideration of global and local aspects (IS2).

Content

Competitive advantage, competitiveness of firms, internationalization of firms, globalization, competitiveness of regions, regional economic development, quality of the business environment, diamond model, clusters, emerald model, gap model

Materials

Porter, M. (2008) On competition.

Completion alternatives

Group assignments, individual assignment, active participation

Student workload

Lectures 35h Assignments 50h Independent study 50h

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Sufficient / satisfactory (1-2)
- The student is aware of the concepts of competitiveness and internationalization and is able to draw conclusions at the basic level (KU1)

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Good / very good (3-4)
- The student understands the core concepts and principles of competitiveness and internationalization. He is able to collect and analyze relevant data and make proper suggestions for solving issues of competitiveness and internationalization (KU1, IS1).

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Excellent (5)
- The student understands concepts and principles of competitiveness and internationalization in details. He is able to review academic literature critically, analyze issues of competitiveness from the perspectives of multiple stakeholders in consideration of global and local aspects, and make educated suggestions based on the analysis of collected relevant data (KU1, IS1, IS2).

Qualifications

1st year studies

Further information

Students will continue to do a project and also write their theses in a topic area of this track.