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Specific aims of this course are the following:
a) To provide a foundation of knowledge with respect to the global business environment.
b) To apply principles of economics and international trade theory in order to understand and to evaluate the fast development of international trade.
c) To examine dynamic processes of change in the international business environment, including globalization, the rapid liberalization of trade and capital movements, and the consolidation of regional trading blocs.
d) To examine the international institutions and regulatory structures characterizing the global and the European economy, and to assess their impact on market competition, industries and operatives.
e) To explore key issues in regional business environments with comparisons between trends in established, emerging, and transition economies.
f) To introduce key theories of economic growth, and to use theory to elucidate key topics and macro economic situation.
g) To integrate concepts of the theory of trade and growth and how they influence each other.
h) To learn tools for presenting to an audience one of the topics we discussed in class.