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Business in the Global Environment (MN425)

Course lecturers:
Professor Leslie Hannah and Sir Geoffrey Owen

Class teachers:
Chris Colvin, Eric Golson and Rajiv Maltuse

When taught:
Michaelmas Term, 2010-2011

How examined:
Two assessed essays, both double blind-marked

Course availabile to:
Students reading MSc International Management (IMEX); MSc Management and Strategy; all LSE MPA programmes; other LSE MSc students, numbers permitting

Course desctiption:
The course looks at the process of globalisation at three levels: industries, firms and nations. The topics include: the changing structure of industries, using sectors such as automobiles and electronics to illustrate the new international division of labour; the response of companies, both those based in advanced industrial countries and those based in emerging markets, to increasing international competition; differences between countries in their institutional policies, focusing in particular on financial systems and corporate governance and on government industry and technology policies.

Useful links:
LSE course guide

LSE course Moodle page
Includes syllabus, downloadable course readings, lecture slides and essay guidelines (LSE username and password required)















Last updated on 24 August 2010