BUS303 Lecture 1: International-Business-Notebook
25 Jul 2018
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Lecture recordings: request these from course tutor rohan muir rmui012@aucklanduni. ac. nz. Ib is buying and selling (trading/ licensing/ investigating) where buyer and seller are situated in different nation-states. Ib, as an academic discipline is particularly interested in actors who act as both buyer and seller in the same transaction. International business is business differentiated by its international context. Why study ib: the international task environment is qualitatively different- it requires specialized analysis, this course is as much about the international" as it is about the business". Ib does not mean business between dissimilar places (it involves this very often though) International (political concept) on one side, which is a focus of: focus on fields such as international relations. International political economy- interested in who the political economy works: sociology, etc. Business (about economics primarily) on the other side, which is a focus of: micro-economics, strategy/strategic management, management, marketing, accounting, etc.
