INTL 466
International Business Strategy in
Non-Market Environments

Professor Benjamin F. Jones

Course Description

Globalization presents unique opportunities and challenges for business growth and development. Beyond traditional factors such as cost and market size, the ability to achieve competitive advantage through globalization is increasingly determined by the firm's ability to assess non-market factors such as the stability of political regimes, the impact of corruption and the risks posed by weak legal systems that limit the enforceability of contracts. Contentious international policy issues such as labor rights, free trade, and the protection of intellectual property together with international organizations such as the WTO, the IMF, and the World Bank further influence risks and opportunities in a given national environment. This course provides tools and frameworks to incorporate non-market factors into business strategy analysis. The course will explicitly integrate cases with insights from the latest economics and political science research to provide the international business manager with a sophisticated and strategic perspective on globalization.

Recent Syllabus

A syllabus for the course as taught in the Winter quarter of 2010 can be found here.