| 授業科目名 | 年度 | 学期 | 開講曜日・時限 | 学部・研究科 | 全担当教員 | 単位数 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33842:[2025 春セメスター]International Business(E) | 2025 | 春セメスター | 木2 | 経済学部 | 小林 美月 | 2 |
キャンパス
授業施設
授業で利用する言語
授業の概要と方法
Lectures cover basic concepts and theories in strategic management and international business.
Case studies are considered to be useful for students to understand the knowledge in company's strategy and management in general, and its international expansion activities.
Presentation and discussion encourage students to practice their expression and analytic skills.
This course requires students to read the English textbook on the reference. The textbook is supposed to be available at Ritsumeikan Coop Book Store.
The lecture aims at active-learning. After the lecture given by the instructor, students will be required to discuss the topic. Intensive reading and speaking are necessary for this course. Students who take this course are required to understand, speak, and write in English.
※It might be a chance to invite a guest speaker to the class (zoom) to have discussion with the students regarding certain topics.
受講生の到達目標
・Improvement of students’ intellectual curiosity and analytic capability.
事前に履修しておくことが望まれる科目
授業スケジュール
| 授業回数/ 担当教員（複数担当の場合） |
テーマ |
|---|---|
| キーワード・文献・補足事項等 | |
| 1 | Introduction of the course |
course requirement explanation
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| 2 | Ch.2 National differences in political, economic, and legal systems |
Collectivism and individualism, market economy and command economy, different legal systems
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| 3 | Ch.3 & Ch.4 National difference in economic development and culture |
Culture, society, the nation-state, religions and languages
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| 4 | Ch.8 Foreign direct investment |
Absolute advantage, comparative advantage, the product life-cycle theory, and Porter's diamond theory.
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| 5-6 | Presentation regarding countries' differences and firm's FDI |
preparation and presentation |
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| 7 | Ch. 13 The strategy of international business |
Global standardization strategy, localization strategy, international strategy , and transnational strategy
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| 8 | Ch. 14 The Organization of international business |
Vertical differentiation (centralization and decentralization) and horizontal differentiation (the design of structure)
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| 9 | Ch. 15 Entry strategy |
Timing of entry, scale of entry and strategic commitments, and entry modes
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| 10 | Ch. 17 Global production and supply chain management |
Production site selection, make-or-buy decisions, global purchasing and logistics, and coordination in global supply chains
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| 11 | Ch. 19 Global Human Resource Management |
Strategic role of global HRM, types of staffing policies, expatriate managers, global mindset, training for expatriate managers, and guidelines for performance appraisal |
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| 12-13 | Presentation regarding multinational enterprises' international operation |
Preparation for the presentation |
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| 14 | Course review |
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授業実施形態
A few lectures will be scheduled on Zoom.
Zoom URL and dates will be announced later in the class and on Manaba+R.
授業外学習の指示
成績評価方法
| 種別 | 割合(%) | 評価基準等 |
|---|---|---|
| 定期試験（筆記） | ||
| レポート試験 （統一締切日を締切とするレポート） |
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| 上記以外の試験・レポート、平常点評価 （日常的な授業における取組状況の評価） |
100 | Class discussion: 30%
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成績評価方法(備考)
受講および研究に関するアドバイス
教科書
| 書名 | 著者 | 出版社 | ISBNコード | 備考 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| International Business Competing in the Global Marketplace 13E | Charles W.L. Hill and G. Tomas M. Hult | McGraw Hill Education | 9781260575866 |
教科書(使用頻度、その他補足)
参考書
参考書(使用頻度、その他補足)
参考になるwwwページ
授業内外における学生・教員間のコミュニケーションの方法
備考
URL:https://secure.ritsumei.ac.jp/students/pathways-future/course/curriculum.html/