UTU/Asianet/MOOC: Introduction to Business in East and Southeast Asia, 3 ECTS, spring 2024

This course will be freely available for everyone during the spring  term 2024. The course period is January 8 – April 7,  2024

Registration for the course is open January 8 - February 18, 2024 (or earlier if the number of  participants reaches 200)

The course is worth 3 ECTS credits (ca 80  hours of work).

Goals: East and Southeast Asia is home to one-quarter of the world’s population and is a fast growing economic region. This course provides you with basic information about business and management practices in this macro-region. Students will learn transferable skills such as searching and summarizing new information, and identifying and understanding key issues related to business in Asia.

Contents:  The course is based on the  textbook Doing Business in Asia that students need to have access to in order to pass the course The course covers various aspects of business and management practices such as location decision, market access and supply chains. Students learn about individual countries as well as regional economic integration.

The course is divided into six modules:
          1.  Introduction to the Region
          2.  Location Decisions
          3.  Market Access and Modes of Entry
          4.  Supply Chains
          5.  Multicultural Communication
          6.  China
Once you have successfully completed all the tasks and exams, DigiCampus platform produces an automatically generated course certificate that can be verified digitally.

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