BA437-637: International and Global Business: Week 1

Textbook: Hill, Charles, W. L. & Hult. G. T. (2019).  International business: Competing in the international marketplace (13th ed.).

Focus of Week One
Globalization and its effect on how companies compete effectively in a global marketplace, the effect of big business on the global market, global interdependence and the integration of global business systems and institutions.

Complete details of assignments are in your Blackboard classroom. See box below for some recommended resources to complete assignments.

Assignment 1.1
Review Chapter One and PowerPoint Chapter 1 Summary

Discussion Board:

• Locate an article about a company who is currently successfully doing business globally..
• Post a substantive reply to one other student’s post.

Assignment 1.2 Research assignment

• 13th Edition - BA437-637: Read the Closing Case, General Motors in China.
• 12th Edition - Read the closing case,  Uber: Going Global fro Day One
• BA637 Only: Additionally, identify and discuss why a business type other than the Joint Venture could be effective for an American company expanding their business into a foreign market.. 

The library provides various types of electronic resources to support the topics discussed in Week One of BA437-637.. Click on resource types below to access.

eBooks
These electronic books can be accessed directly from this LibGuide by clicking on the title. 

Journal Articles
Scholarly articles from the Bellevue University Library databases as well as from credible business magazines. Click on the title to link to the full text.

Streaming Videos
Videos from library databases, as well as those freely available on the web, are included. Some are embedded while others are accessed with a link to the video.

Websites
Useful credible websites directly related tor Week One are listed.