MSIM 5012 Foreign Investment & Trade Policy
Discusses the requirements for conducting and expanding international business operations. Major topics include direct foreign investment, foreign subsidiary acquisition, technology transfer arrangements, licensing, franchising, joint ventures, and various types of strategic alliances and partnership between companies based in different countries. Also discusses the history and effect of various international rules, regional economic agreements and national trade and antitrust laws as well as the identification of major trade barriers and the implications for trade, finance, and business regulations.