2008/09 Undergraduate Module Catalogue

LUBS3250 Transnational Corporations in the World Economy

10 creditsClass Size: 100

Module manager: Dr Hanna Gajewska De Mattos
Email: hgdm@lubs.leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) View Timetable

Year running 2008/09

Pre-requisites

LUBS2140	Intermediate Microeconomics
LUBS2610	Intermediate Macroeconomics

This module is not approved as an Elective

Objectives

To understand the growth and spread of TNCs in the context of the changing structure and organisation of the world economy.

Syllabus

The growth and spread of TNCs; Theories of foreign direct investment and TNCs; The globalisation of business and the international division of labour; and Consequences and policy responses in developed and underdeveloped economies.

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Lecture	11	1.00	11.00
Seminar	5	1.00	5.00
Private study hours			84.00
Total Contact hours			16.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			100.00

Private study

For each 10 credits of study taken, the expectation is that the normal study time (including attendance at lectures and tutorials, self-study and revision) is 100 hours.

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

Students will be expected to take an active role in class group discussion, based on material distributed before the class.

Methods of assessment

Exams

Exam type	Exam duration	% of formal assessment
Standard exam (closed essays, MCQs etc)	2 hr 00 mins	100.00
Total percentage (Assessment Exams)		100.00

Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated

Reading list

The reading list is available from the Library website

Last updated: 25/03/2009

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