Course Description:    International strategic management is about setting the corporate direction and implementing strategy through all of the challenges of the foreign business environment.  Basic challenges of strategic management requires answering the following questions:

1. What products and/or services does our the firm plan to sell?
2. Where and how will it make those products and services?
3. Where and how will it sell them?
4. Where and how will it acquire the necessary resources?
5. How does it expect to outperform its competitors.

Course Objectives:    Students  learn to manage the process of shaping strategies and taking them into the marketplace, from the perspective of all management stakeholders. In addition, students will learn to address and coordinate strategic implementation incorporating elements and exploit different cultures, time zones, and economic conditions that influence their management decision process.

• The Challenges of International Strategic Management
• Strategic Alternatives
• Components of an International Strategy
• Developing International Strategies
• Levels of International Strategy

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International Vs. Global Strategy

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International Competitive Advantage