• Demonstrate knowledge of diverse topics in the study of business in a global context as presented in readings and lectures.
• Persuasively answer questions about business in global governance, using the readings from the course and following academic standards appropriate to a third year bachelor course.
• Apply these approaches to the main contemporary dilemmas facing international economic institutions, states, firms and civil society in the global political economy.
• Compare, evaluate and discuss approaches based on the syllabus and lectures.

The course gives students factual and theoretical knowledge of selected cases of business challeges in a broader macroeconomic and global context, covering  business strategies developed in light of dominant megatrends and the policycrisis, as well as international business regulation. The theoretical approaches are discussed and compared based on their inherent theoretical strengths and weaknesses as well as their practical relevance. 

The specific content and structure is presented in the course plan on Canvas. The course provides a multifaceted understanding of the role of business in global governance from both a business and a societal perspective.

In relation to Nordic Nine

NN1: You have deep business knowledge placed in a broad context. For BGG this is done through focus on business in the broad context of global trade, global value chains, global security conflicts or global financial networks.

NN3: You recognize humanity's challenges and have the entrepreneurial knowledge to resolve them. For BGG this is done through looking at energy shocks, inequality, war, stagflation, supply shocks, climate change. These are some of the mega­challenges that we deal with and try to imagine solutions to using creativity and evidence.

NN4: You are competitive in business and compassionate in society. For BGG this means that there are no societies based just on competitiveness, so we look at labor, inequality, climate change disruptions.

NN7: You produce prosperity and protect the prosperity for the next generation. For BGG this means that prosperity is impossible without peace, good governance, stable micro-finance and a livable habitat. How do we get to secure those?