BUSI 4707
Regionalism and Globalization
Trends in globalization versus supra- and sub-national regionalism. Role of international institutions (e.g. OECD, WTO). Strategy adaptation and integration within and across trade blocs (e.g. NAFTA, EU, Mercosur, ASEAN). Strategies for sub-national markets with similarities across different countries.
2025
Topics
- Introduction: Course, Djelic and Quack
- Globalization, Free Trade and Kadloor and Islamia
- Global Governance and the Report 1 - Export Anheier
- Protectionism, Inequality and Dias and Mendes
- Trade Blocs: EU, NAFTA, Report 2 - Nelson, Intro to
- Geopolitics, Globalization and Group Proposal Igoe
- Glocalization and Glocality of Group Report and Bragazzi; Jeon
- Class (Presentations)
Readings
- enhance their understanding of, and may work in, regionalization and globalization: Alasuutari P. 2016. The Synchronization of National Policies: Ethnography of the Global Tribe
Prerequisites & course information
Prerequisite(s): third-year standing in B.Com., B.I.B., or Minor in Business, and BUSI 2702 . Lectures three hours a week.