Multinational Corporations

3 Credits · Level: Undergraduate

Multinational Corporations This course, at first, examines various theories of foreign investment, which emphasize the role of technology and knowledge in the decision to invest abroad. Detailed discussions on R&D, patents and licensing are undertaken. Works of Dunning and Porter from the 1990s are emphasized. Students are required to write a research paper following Dunning’s J-Curve model. In the second part of the course foreign investment in Natural Resources and Banking are discussed. Finally, the last part of the course consists of public policy issues like transfer pricing, taxation of foreign profits, AIDS and pharmaceutical MNCs, and so on. SFS Qatar students only.