Learning Objectives
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After having followed the course the students should be able to:
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Describe, explain, compare and assess different regimes underpinning global business standards
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Use theories to formulate and justify relevant research questions applied to the politics of global business standards
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Produce coherently argued answers to such research questions.
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The Politics of International Business Standards:
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Assessment
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Home Assignment
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Marking Scale
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7-step scale
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Censorship
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Internal examiners
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Exam Period
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December/January
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Aids
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Please, see the detailed regulations below
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Duration
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Please, see the detailed regulations below
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Examination
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Individual home assignment, 10-15 pages. One grade on the 7-point scale is given by the examiner and a second internal examiner. Re-exam if ill when the paper is due or if the paper does not pass: individual home assignment 10-15 pages.
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Course Content
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This course discusses the politics of the processes of harmonization and standardization, and investigates the ‘grey area’ that exists between international business and national, regional, and international political systems. The course provides students with an insight into how global business standards are forged and broken and develops student’s analytical skills in understanding the politics of standard setting, as well as their knowledge of the variety of comparative political and economic systems that are changing under broader processes of economic globalization and regionalization.
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Teaching Methods
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Lectures.
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