Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU)

This introduction to the module Business in Emerging markets includes notes derived directly from lecture material produced by Dr Stuart Barrett, Dr Stephen R. Buzdugan and Dr Yontem Sonmez. Key thinkers in this document include: Adam Smith, Ricardo and Malthus, Solow, William Nordhouse and Paul Romer. The document covers the following topics: Current context of business in emerging market. Exploring GDP (how to calculate, spending and producing). Production functions/equations - spend...

Week 2 lecture notes on module Business in Emerging Markets. All notes are derived directly from lecture material produced by Dr Stuart Barrett, Dr Stephen R. Buzdugan and Dr Yontem Sonmez through a combination of direct quotes, indirect quotes, and visual information. This document includes information from the following key thinkers: Walt Rostow, Harrod Domar, Arthur Lewis, Adam Smith, Ricardo, Paul Prebisch, Acemoglu and Robinson, Douglas North. This document covers the following: Li...

Week 3 lecture notes on module Business in Emerging Markets. All notes are derived directly from lecture material produced by Dr Stuart Barrett, Dr Stephen R. Buzdugan and Dr Yontem Sonmez through a combination of direct quotes, indirect quotes and visual information. Includes notes on the following key thinkers: Krugman. The document covers the following topics: An introduction to the East Asian miracle - underpinning growth. Krugman - a contrarian view. Is the east Asian model for ...

Week 4 lecture notes on module Business in Emerging Markets. All notes are derived directly from lecture material produced by Dr Stuart Barrett, Dr Stephen R. Buzdugan and Dr Yontem Sonmez through a combination of direct quotes, indirect quotes and visual information. Includes notes on the following key thinkers: Michael, P. Todaro and Stephen, C. Smith. The document covers the following topics: Doing business in China: context - The rise of the consuming middle class. China as a marketp...

This introduction to the module Business in Emerging markets includes notes derived directly from lecture material produced by Dr Stuart Barrett, Dr Stephen R. Buzdugan and Dr Yontem Sonmez. Includes notes on the following key thinkers: Acemoglu and Robinson and Nancy Birdsall. The document covers the following topics: Context and demographics (Africa). Why is Africa poor? - Poverty, centralised political institutions, and colonialism on growth. Aid, weak institutions, the missing midd...

This document contains an overview/introduction to The (OLI) Eclectic Paradigm, with all notes derived from academic work by Letto-Gilles (2012) and Dunnings (1977). The document covers the following: Ownership advantages Locational advantages Internalisation advantages The differences between the triumvirate of variables belonging to Dunnings Eclectic Paradigm

The content of this document are notes derived from academic writings, namely, journal articles and textbooks. Covers key thinkers on the topic of the variable I (internalisation) from the OLI paradigm in relation to FDI and the global business environment. More specifically it covers the following: Letto-Gilles Chapter 4: Hymers seminal work (neoclassical approach) Two strands of growth Motivation for firms to invest abroad Vertical integration Letto-Gilles Chapter 8: Internalisatio...

This document includes notes developed directly from the work of Cavusgil in his textbook 'International Business' and covers the following topics: Chapter 11: Building competitive advantage How to become globally competitive Foreign market entry strategies Chapter 14: Key characteristics of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Pros and cons of FDI Resource of asset seeking motives Economies of scale achieved through internalisation The role of internalisation in FDI Discussion ...

Discusses the Location element of the OLI Eclectic paradigm from the perspective of Dunnings also Porter on competitiveness. All content is derived from academic writings in the form of journal articles and textbooks. With direct and indirect quotes. Indicates what information is most relevant to exam questions. Dunning, 2001, pp. 173-190. Covers: How the OLI variables interlink, the relevance of Location in the framework, the role of governments in the Location variable, the effect of techno...

All notes are derived from academic writings, namely journal articles and textbooks. This document covers the following: Ramamurti, 2005 pp. 23-27. Covers: Tier 1 & 2 bargaining, how markets become favourable for FDI, how obsolescing bargaining is overcome by Biltaeral Investment Treaties (BIT's) and general bargaining power. Peterson, 2005 pp. 4-14. Covers: Overview of bilateral investment treaties. Provost and Kennard, 2015. Covers: Negatives of bilateral investment treaties and proo...