Multinational Firms in the World Economy

The course assesses the determinants of multinationals' actions, covering also selected aspects of organization and management of multinational firms. The global value chains will be presented and explained. The course shows why the activity of multinational enterprises (MNEs) has expanded so rapidly and explains why some countries have seen more such activities than others. Effects of FDI and MNEs on will be analyzed and presented.

Literatura podstawowa:

John H. Dunning, Sarianna M. Lundan, Multinational enterprises and the global economy, E. Elgar Publishing, 2008, chapters 1, 3-5, 7, 10, 11.

A.M. Kowalski, Internationalization of Firms, Warsaw School of Economics 2015, chapters 5, 6, http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4249722;

UNCTAD, "World Investment Report 2021. Investing in sustainable recovery", New York

and Geneva: United Nations, 2021 https://unctad.org/system/files/officialdocument/

wir2021_en.pdf, chapter 1.

Literatura uzupełniająca:

Pineli, A., Narula, R., & Belderbos, R. (2021). FDI, multinationals and structural change

in developing countries. In N. Foster-McGregor, L. Alcorta, A. Szirmai, & B. Verspagen

(Eds.), New Perspectives on Structural Change: Causes and Consequences of Structural

Change in the Global Economy, Oxford University Press.

Narula, R., Asmussen, C. G., Chi, T., & Kundu, S. K. (2019). Applying and advancing

internalization theory: The multinational enterprise in the twenty-first century. Journal

of International Business Studies, 50(8), 1231?1252. doi:10.1057/s41267-019-00260-6

Witt, M.A. (2019). De-globalization: Theories, predictions, and opportunities for international business research, Journal of International Business Studies , (2019) 50, pp. 1053?1077.

egzamin testowy: 50.00%

referaty/eseje: 25.00%

inne: 20.00%

prezentacje indywidualne lub grupowe: 5.00%