Course Objectives
This course is an introduction to a number of important issues that both challenge and provide opportunities for international business today and tomorrow. In doing so, we will consider the technological, legal, and political environments in which international business is situated in the period of globalization. Such issues include the rise of offshoring and reshoring work and production, the gig economy, Artificial Intelligence, and rival platform systems in the commercial environment. By completing the course, students will be able to identify key contemporary international business issues, develop a sense of the various economic, managerial, and technical challenges these present, and gain opportunities to think critically about business change and business opportunities in this dynamic environment.