Doing Business in Asia

This course is designed to provide an overview of various aspects of doing business in China, South Korea and Japan. The course is broadly divided into three parts. The first part of the course defining globalization and international business. The second parts deals with business context and business management. These two parts provide the overview the macro environment economies of China, South Korea and Japan, including the economy and culture, that affect business and management practices in each country. Such overview equips students with a firm basis to be able to analyze the key environmental factors that affect how business is conducted in those economies. The third part emphasizes on the practical aspects of doing business in China, South Korea and Japan - business opportunities and challenges facing foreign companies and business and management practices so students will gain an in-depth understanding of how to do business in those countries. In addition to broad knowledge of the region, assignments and projects will give students opportunities to further develop expertise in a selected country of his/her choice