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International Finance and Trading Organizations

- Einingabær námskeið í samstarfi við Viðskiptadeild Háskólans á Akureyri

Yfirlit

With a change in international business, business managers need to be familiar with some of the most common international trading organizations, and their role in forming the business environment.
Analyzing the European Union (EU), the European Free Trade Association (EFTA), European Economic Area (EEA) and the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
Also, organizations like the World Trade Organization (WTO).
The importance of international finance organizations, for example under unusual circumstances, like at times of economic crisis.

Hagnýtar upplýsingar

We will discuss the service provided by the Bretton Woods organizations, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank (WB).
We will discuss the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), Nordic Investment Bank (NIB), and the European Central Bank (ECB)

Námskeiðið er fyrir þá sem áhuga hafa á þessu efni, í meistara- eða grunn-námi háskóla.

Fyrirkomulag fjarnáms

Allt kennt í Zoom kennslu, kennt á ensku. Fyrirlestrar verða líka teknir upp á vef.

Efnisskrá

Learning Outcomes:

  • Be able to discuss how it may affect a firm in international trade when it operates either inside or outside trade blocs
  • Have knowledge of international business organization operations and understanding their services to firms in the international business environment.
  • Understand how International Finance Organizations can be important for companies planning foreign business operations
  • Have knowledge of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank (WB) in times of crisis.
  • Have knowledge of data availability at institutions like the World Bank.

 

Reading material. Following reading material is optional, not required:

Daniels, Radebaugh, and Sullivan (2021). International Business: Environments & Operations, Global Edition, 16th Edition. Pearson, Harlow, England ISBN-13: 978-0133457230 https://www.pearson.com/en-gb/subject-catalog/p/international-business-environments--operations-global-edition/P200000008801/9781292406374

 

The course is graded as follows; three out of four highest Quiz scores will be kept for grading. 

Zoom participation 

 

10

%

Quizzes 3 out of 4 

 

60

%

Case & Theory summary

30

%

  

 

 

 

100

%

           

 

Dagskrá

Þriðjudaga klukkan 17.00 / Tuesdays at 17.00

Kennarar

Óttar Guðjónsson hefur lokið M.S. hagfræði frá H.Í. og meistaranámi í fjármálum frá London Business School. Óttar hefur víðtæka reynslu og þekkingu vegna fjölbreyttra starfa sinna á fjármálamarkaði.
Helga Kristjánsdóttir Ph.D. hagfræði H.Í. og M.B.A., reynsla af fjármálamarkaði og ráðgjöf.       

Umsagnir um námskeið

Fyrirspurnum var svarað skilmerkilega af kennara og nýttist nám vel til að nálærdómsviðmiðum námskeiðsins. Þá var vinnuálag í námskeiðinu var hæfilegt. Nægur tími var gefinn til að leysa verkefni, miðað við umfang þeirra. Fyrirmæli voru skýr, einkunnum fyrir verkefni var skilað innan tilsettra tímamarka og uppsetning námskeiðsins í kennslukerfi Canvas var skýr. Námskeiðið hefur verið að fá yfir 8 af 10 mögulegum, í einkunn.

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