University of South Florida
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Dr. Hemant Merchant (PhD, Purdue) is a Professor of International Business Strategy at the University of South Florida at St. Petersburg (USA). He has taught at prestigious universities in Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Thailand, and the United States where he has been consistently recognized for his unconventional and innovative approach to strategic problem-solving. Dr. Merchant is currently ranked as the 10th most prolific International management scholar in the world. An award-winning researcher, his work examines the performance drivers of firms who compete in Emerging markets worldwide and also service sector firms.
Research areas:
– Emerging markets; – International joint ventures; – Service sector firms.
Teaching areas:
– Emerging Markets; – International Business; – International Management.
Code
GRAV028
Credits
6
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Course Description
This course is designed to facilitate a more “practical” understanding of strategic issues facing companies who manage (or intend to manage) their operations within as well as across national boundaries. The course focuses on the real challenges companies face in a ‘international management’ context. In general, these challenges pertain to identifying, evaluating, and making tradeoffs across international, national-, industry-, firm-, and personal- level contexts. Thus, this course will discuss strategy formulation- and implementation-related issues as well as generate solutions to companies’ international management dilemmas.
Learning Outcomes
During this course, you will:
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