Starting in the late 1990s, “globalization” became a buzzword to describe the apparent integration of markets in the world economy. Many authors and pundits claimed that the world was converging towards a market-friendly democratic place, while gurus and consulting firms were rapidly producing formulae and advice on how to make profits out of the global economy. Decades later, new realities show that globalization does not necessarily mean political, cultural, and economic convergence and that, in fact, forces against it are strong.
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Global Challenges in Business SpecializationUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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2 hours to complete
Course Orientation
2 hours to complete
4 videos (Total 8 min), 6 readings, 1 quiz
4 hours to complete
Module 1: How Did We Get Here? Why Does It Matter?
4 hours to complete
10 videos (Total 125 min), 1 reading, 2 quizzes
3 hours to complete
Module 2: The Big Disappointment: The World Did Not Converge
3 hours to complete
5 videos (Total 81 min), 1 reading, 2 quizzes
2 hours to complete
Module 3: Why We Trade and How We Do It
2 hours to complete
5 videos (Total 43 min), 1 reading, 2 quizzes
2 hours to complete
Module 4: Why Do We Have Multinationals? What Determines the Type of Multinational?
2 hours to complete
6 videos (Total 63 min), 3 readings, 1 quiz
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TOP REVIEWS FROM GLOBAL STRATEGY I: HOW THE GLOBAL ECONOMY WORKS
by PSMar 31, 2021
Thoroughly enjoyed learning the concepts taught in this course by Prof. Bucheli.
by NMApr 11, 2020
What a perfect and concise course!. I would highly recommend it to get good knowledge of mechanism of world economy.!
by SRApr 10, 2020
Marcelo is great, very interesting course, looking forward to Part II
by AASep 7, 2020
This is a great learning experience. The course is very interesting and insightful.
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