Type A
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Competences Specific | | A1 |
Analyse the international markets through advanced techniques and approach which allow facilitating important information to international companies and/or companies willing internationalisation. |
| A7 |
Evaluate potential threats and opportunities for public institutions at the local and regional levels of processes linked to economic globalization. |
Type B
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Code |
Competences Transversal |
Type C
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Code |
Competences Nuclear |
Type A
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Code |
Learning outcomes |
| A1 |
Understand the idiosyncrasy of the emerging countries' institutions and markets, as well as know how to identify business opportunities in these economies.
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Understand the idiosyncrasy of the emerging countries' institutions and markets, as well as know how to identify business opportunities in these economies.
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Type B
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Learning outcomes |
Type C
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Learning outcomes |
Topic |
Sub-topic |
1. Introduction |
1.1. Recent changes in the world economy.
1.2. Economies, countries and emerging powers.
1.3. The BRICS |
2. Development Theories |
2.1. Development Economics: Antecedents
2.2. Origins and pioneers of Development Economics
2.3. Orthodox theories of Development Economics
2.4. Heterodox theories of Development Economics |
3. Structural change and economic development |
3.1. Structural change in economic development
3.2. Structural change in BRICS
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4. Integration in global value chains as a development path
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4.1. Introduction
4.2. Analysing 'global value chains'
4.3. Measurement of value chains (TIVA) |
5. BRICS |
5.1. Factors affecting economic development and growth
5.2. Growth models
5.3 Countries
5.4 Economic crises
5.5 Riscs |
Methodologies :: Tests |
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Competences |
(*) Class hours
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Hours outside the classroom
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(**) Total hours |
Introductory activities |
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2 |
2 |
4 |
Seminars |
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5 |
5 |
10 |
Lecture |
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15 |
17 |
32 |
Presentations / oral communications |
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2 |
10 |
12 |
Personal attention |
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2 |
0 |
2 |
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Mixed tests |
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2 |
9 |
11 |
Extended-answer tests |
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2 |
2 |
4 |
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(*) On e-learning, hours of virtual attendance of the teacher. (**) The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students. |
Methodologies
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Description |
Introductory activities |
Activities designed to make contact with students, collect information from them and introduce the subject. |
Seminars |
Case studies |
Lecture |
Description of the contents of the subject. |
Presentations / oral communications |
Pupils make an oral presentation on a particular subject |
Personal attention |
Tutorials |
Description |
Attention hours will be announced on the first day of classes |
Methodologies |
Competences
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Description |
Weight |
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Presentations / oral communications |
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Pupils make an oral presentation on a particular subject
Pupils must make two presentations:
- Development Project (25%)
- Comparative Project presentation (20%) |
45% |
Mixed tests |
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Activities, problems or cases to solve. Students must respond to the activity by using their theoretical knowledge of the subject in a practical fashion.
Pupils must pass two types of mixed tests:
- Classroom activities (5%)
- Comparative presentation tasks (20%) |
25% |
Extended-answer tests |
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Open questions about a particular issue. Pupils have to explain, relate, organize and present their knowledge of the subject. They must give extended answers. |
30% |
Others |
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Other comments and second exam session |
Second call: extended-answer test (60%) + Comparative Project (40%) |
Basic |
Rougier, Eric, Combarnous, François , The Diversity of Emerging Capitalisms in Developing Countries: globalization, institutional convergence and experimentation, , Rougier
Naudé, W., Szirmai, A. y Haraguchi, N. , Struc tural Change and Industrial Development in the BRICS, , Oxford
PB Anand, Shailaja Fennell, and Flavio Comim, Handbook of BRICS and Emerging Economies, ,
Vercueil, J. , Les Pays Emergents, , Bréal
Bond, P. and Garcia, A, BRICS: an anti-capitalist critique, ,
Cooper, Andrew F., BRICS: a very short introduction, ,
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Materials de l'assignatura |
Complementary |
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Informes OCDE Informes PNUD Informes Banc Mundial Informes FMI |
Subjects that it is recommended to have taken before |
DATA ANALYSIS FOR INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS/16675209 |
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(*)The teaching guide is the document in which the URV publishes the information about all its courses. It is a public document and cannot be modified. Only in exceptional cases can it be revised by the competent agent or duly revised so that it is in line with current legislation. |
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