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2017/2018 BA-BPOLO1354U Business and Global Governance
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| Business and Global Governance |
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| Language | English |
| Course ECTS | 7.5 ECTS |
| Type | Mandatory |
| Level | Bachelor |
| Duration | One Quarter |
| Start time of the course | Third Quarter |
| Timetable | Course schedule will be posted at calendar.cbs.dk |
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Study Board for BSc/MSc i International Business and Politics,
BSc
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| Last updated on 09-08-2017 | |
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| To achieve the grade 12, students should meet the
following learning objectives with no or only minor mistakes or
errors: After completing the course students should be able to show
empirical knowledge and analytical skills in the area of business
and global governance, defined as i) non-market business strategies
towards international and global institutions and governance
arrangements, ii) how the international and global political,
societal and institutional framework for business is shaped by
businesses, NGOs, governments and international institutions, and
iii), how global governance arrangements impact businesses.
Specifically, students should be able to:
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The course gives students factual knowledge of selected cases of business strategies and institutional forms, governance principles and regulatory content of major sources of international business regulation. It also covers important normative and explanatory theories and approaches to business and global governance as defined here. The approaches are discussed and compared based on their inherent theoretical strengths and weaknesses, and the course also stresses evaluation of their applicability in business practices and in empirical analysis.
The course includes classical empirical cases and theories, but it also emphasizes contemporary relevance of both cases and theories. Therefore the specific content and structure varies from year to year and is presented in the course plan on Learn. The course gives a multifaceted understanding of the role of business in global governance, seen from both a business and a societal perspective. The first week focuses on selected theoretical approaches to business in global governance, emphasizing perspectives on business lobbying and business strategies towards the political environment, as well as discussions of public versus private interests and the notion of regulatory capture. Each of the following four weeks then focuses on a particular policy area: trade and investment, finance, innovation and technical standards, and sustainability. In each policy area we discuss analyses, drawn from the existing scholarly literature, of policy evolution and business involvement as political actor and/or target for regulations. In the discussions we draw on the theoretical perspectives presented in the first week, but we also consider the theoretical contributions found in the case studies.
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| Lectures and discussions of topics from the readings. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| The course will use the IT-platform Socrative to provide students with feedback about their level of understanding during classes. The teachers will be available during office hours and other appointment hours to the students. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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