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3.00 Credits
Credits: 3 Examines science and technology policies and international trade, with emphasis on relationships and interactions. Assesses roles of science and technology as economic drivers, and explores strategies employed by companies and governments to link research and development to economic growth and competitiveness. Examines research and development systems and technology-related trade policies of United States, Japan, Europe, major developing countries, and selected newly industrialized economies, emphasizing policies affecting trade and technology. Explores specific cases involving interactions among science, technology, and international trade. Hours of Lecture or Seminar per week 3 Hours of Lab or Studio per week 0
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3.00 Credits
Credits: 3 Examines international business environment and challenges facing companies in conducting operations in increasingly interconnected global marketplace. Focuses on issues of management and organization, and resolution of conflicts that may arise between business organizations and home and host governments. Also focuses on role of multinational corporations in international environment, and impact on global trade, economic development, and political system. Also studies trade and international investment theories and world financial environment. Explores broad issues such as sovereignty of decision making and global impact of business activities. Hours of Lecture or Seminar per week 3 Hours of Lab or Studio per week 0
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
Credits: 1-3 Offers specialized courses on various aspects of international commerce and policy. Hours of Lecture or Seminar per week 1-3 Hours of Lab or Studio per week 0
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3.00 Credits
Credits: 3 Provides opportunity for study abroad under supervision of Mason faculty. Notes Course topics, content, and locations vary. Hours of Lecture or Seminar per week 3 Hours of Lab or Studio per week 0
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3.00 Credits
Credits: 3 Focuses on techniques for financing trade and payment methods, including letters of credit, counter trade, and other approaches. Covers issues of direct concern in financing international business operations, such as preparing financing proposals, risk insurance, international taxation, pricing policies, and currency conversion and foreign exchange risk management. Introduces foreign direct investment, alliances and acquisitions, joint ventures, and other methods for investing overseas. Hours of Lecture or Seminar per week 3 Hours of Lab or Studio per week 0
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3.00 Credits
Credits: 3 Surveys types of regulations imposed by United States, foreign governments, and international institutions on transnational business activities. Reviews principal regulatory bodies in United States and overseas, and powers and authorities. Covers tariffs and customs regulations; product safety and environmental restrictions; intellectual property, copyright, trademark, and patent regulations; and licensing rules. Also covers special restrictions that may be imposed because of political considerations such as embargoes, munitions controls, and antibribery and antiboycott regulations. Prerequisites ITRN 603 or permission of instructor. Hours of Lecture or Seminar per week 3 Hours of Lab or Studio per week 0
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3.00 Credits
Credits: 3 Focuses on legal aspects of international trade regulation by studying international legal and political regime established under WTO, and assessing impact of domestic economic legislation on U.S. trade regulations. Hours of Lecture or Seminar per week 3 Hours of Lab or Studio per week 0
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3.00 Credits
Credits: 3 Identifies and assesses approaches to foreign policy decision making within the United States and offices involved with political and trade issues. Examines congressional and executive processes and their interrelationship. Exercises involve historical and simulated cases; gives attention to conflicting interests of private and institutional entities. Assesses tension between political and economic issues within context of national security concerns. Hours of Lecture or Seminar per week 3 Hours of Lab or Studio per week 0
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3.00 Credits
Credits: 3 Examines growing relationship between environmental interdependence and developing world economy. Assesses increased globalization of environmental and health issues with a focus on the impact on those issues on international transactions involving trade and development. Attempts to develop an understanding of relationship of scientific knowledge to global environment in context of existing political and economic institutions. Emphasizes formulating and assessing policies and structures for corporations, nations, regions, and international organizations. Tensions among free trade, international competitiveness, and regulatory responses are central. Gives attention to practices of nations and international organizations, emerging forms of regional and international cooperation, and growing use of multilateral agreements. Hours of Lecture or Seminar per week 3 Hours of Lab or Studio per week 0
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3.00 Credits
Credits: 3 Examines current developments in European market integration from global perspective. Emphasizes impact of single market, and proposed economic and monetary union of United States and other major trading partners. Examines European economic relations with Eastern Europe, former Soviet Union, and Lome Pact countries. Hours of Lecture or Seminar per week 3 Hours of Lab or Studio per week 0
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