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EXPLORING ENTREPRENEURIAL OPTIONS (BA4015)

The course Entrepreneurial Approaches provides highly customized paths for a variety of business contexts, including new ventures, franchises, corporate ventures, socially responsible companies, and family-controlled enterprises. Students are expected to critically assess the readings, to have the ability to work in groups, and to present ideas orally and written in English.

MULTINATIONAL BUSINESS FINANCE (BA4018)

This course deals with the theory and practice of multinational financial management. Topics include: foreign exchange risk management, multinational working capital management, managing intra-corporate fund flows, foreign investment analysis, debt and equity financing, international financial crises, and Foreign Direct Investment.

COMPUTATIONAL FINANCE (BA4020)

This course is an introduction to applied computational methods for finance and the valuation of financial firms and elements of capital structure: equity, bonds, and options and additional methods for optimization of securities portfolios and hedging risk. We emphasize implementation and use selected models. Aimed at providing the necessary technical and analytical skills useful for graduate school work, working in financial firms or investment banks.

INTERNATIONAL MARKETING SEMINAR (BA4045)

The course introduces advanced marketing concepts and their use in the management-specific theories and applications. Students consider how to combine market research data, financial data, and business strategy to make marketing decisions that best meet customer demands and desires, respond to competitors, and reach financial and strategic objectives. The course is case-driven, with background given on advanced marketing topics though case studies, supported by lectures, discussions, simulations, and written analyses. The course will also examine the marketing function from a variety of professional and critical perspectives. The course considers marketing within national and multi-national contexts. A key component of the course is to develop a thoughtful and critical understanding of marketing practices and to gain the ability to implement concepts in professional environments. This course is intended as a capstone course for Marketing majors as their final course in the program sequence. It leverages all of the subject areas studied in the program and it is highly recommended that students complete all of the required courses before enrolling in the class. The course will also prepare students for graduate-level academic and professional work in the field of marketing.

BUSINESS INTEGRATION CAPSTONE (BA4050)

Teams of student-managers compete in a complex international business simulation designed to allow them to demonstrate mastery of department-level, major and discipline specific learning objectives. The teams operate a company in the international athletic footwear industry. Using a hands-on experiential approach, teams make strategic management, marketing, human resources, operations, facilities, finance, and corporate social responsibility decisions over ten fiscal years. Students are evaluated on their

company’s performance, but also on written individual and group analyses of the simulation and on a final comprehensive exam.

STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT: A GLOBAL PERSP. (BA4080)

Concentrates on functional skills already acquired by students in the area of general management and corporate and business-level strategy. Through case studies, lecture/discussions, presentations, and the Business Strategy Game simulation, students perfect analytical skills, problem-solving ability, and the application of strategy concepts to the formation and implementation of strategy.

TOPICS IN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS (BA4091)

Introduces a variety of issues pertinent to firms and individuals operating in an international context. Subjects change every semester. Recent topics included: Marketing of New Products, Market Research, and Consumer Behavior.
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ACCOUNTING AND MANAGEMENT CONTROL (BA5001)

Overview of management control, managerial accounting, as well as financial and performance reporting, management by exception, balanced scorecard, cost accounting, etc. Takes a critical approach to using accounting and performance management tools in managerial decision making. The course focuses on how conventional management tools can inform decision-making, and how to consider financial, strategic, and ethical mitigating factors in more ambiguous and nuanced contexts.

MODULE: SUSTAINABLE ASSET MANAGEMENT (BA5004)

Throughout this module students will explore, critique and utilize various methods of sustainable investment including socially responsible investing and shareholder activism, green bonds, microfinance, and impact investing.