Course Title: International Business Course Hours: 3 Teaching hours: 48

Course Code: MGT542 Area of Stud: Core

Course !"#ecti$e: The Course intends to inject the norms and critical issues among the
students regarding the area of management of international business environment in present
highly competitive world.
Course Contents:
%nit &: 'isionar A((roach of International Business && Hrs
Type of International Business, Environment of IB- Economic and olitical
Environment, the !uman Culture Environment, "ecent #orld Trade and $oreign
Investment Trend, Balance of Trade and Balance of ayments, %pproach of
%ccounts, &acro &anagement Theories and Institutions of IB.
%nit 2: )T! and *egional Trade Bloc &+Hrs
%pproach of #T', Impact of #T' on International Business (IB)* Tariff and non
Tariff Barriers, T"Is, T"I&s and +%T,. "egional Trade Blocs* ,%$T%, E-,
%,E%. / .%$T%.
%nit 3: Modali of Trade and In$est,ent - Hrs

$actor influencing Trade and Investment, 0etermination of Trading artners*
&odel of Independence, Interdependence and dependence, #orld $inancial
Environment* Cross .ational Co-'perative and %greements.
%nit 4: .oreign /0change Manage,ent 5Hrs
$oreign E1change &ar2et &echanism, 0etermination of E1change "ates, Euro
Currency &ar2et, International Ban2s and .on- Ban2ing $inancial ,ervices.
%nit 5: 1i"eration2 3ri$ati4ation and Glo"ali4ation 513G6 8Hrs
&odality of 3+, E1port &anagement* 3icensing, Institutions of 4oint 5entures,
Technology and +lobal Competition, +lobali6ation for ,ocial "esponsibilities.
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%nit 7: International Business 8i(lo,ac -Hrs
.egotiating International Business, International Business (IB) of Capital +oods
among Trading artners, Issues in %ssets rotection, &ultilateral and settlement,
Consortium %pproach, International %pproach.
,uggested "eadings
7. %lworthe, 4ulion ,, the Finance, Investment and Taxation Decisions of
Multinationals, 3ondon* Basial Blac2well, 7899.
:. Bhalla 5.;. and ,. ,hrivarama, International Business Environment and
Business, .ew 0elhi* %nmol,788<
=. Bhalla, 5.;. International Economy: Liberalization rocess, .ew 0elhi,
%nmol 788=.
>. 0aniel, 4ohn 0 and "adebangh, 3ee. !. International Business, .ew ?or2,
%ddison #iley, 7888.
<. alEitemand, 0.;. and ,topnehill, %3, Multinational Business Finance, .ew
?or2, %ddison #esely, 7898.
@. "ecent issues of %merican Economic and Business 4ournals.
A. #T'* Focus and ress !elease, "ecent Issues.
%ni$ersit 9uestion 3attern
Grou( A
Atte,(t onl T:o 9uestions;
Buestion 7 Case Base Buestion (Compulsory) -7>&ar2s
B:. and B=. $rom out of these one is compulsory (7>1:)
$rom this group , students should complete only two.
%ttempt only $our Buestions.
Total Buestion si1, each mar2 is eCual to 9 mar2s but of these students should
complete only four.
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