IDENTIFYING DATA 2023_24
Subject (*) DATA ANALYSIS FOR INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS Code 16675209
Study programme
International Markets (2016)
 Cycle 2nd
Descriptors Credits Type Year Period
3 Optional First 1Q
Language
Anglès
Department Economics
Coordinator
MARTÍN BOFARULL, MÓNICA
 E-mail monica.martin@urv.cat
mariavictoria.soldevila@urv.cat
Lecturers
MARTÍN BOFARULL, MÓNICA
SOLDEVILA LAFON, MARIA VICTÒRIA
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General description and relevant information <p>This course explores the nature and scope of the international environment in which today‘s business operate. The aim of the course is to provide the key macroeconomic variables and to explain how they are defined and measured in order to enable the students to interpret macroeconomic data properly. </p>

Competences
Type A Code Competences Specific
 A2 Develop professional abilities (leadership, negotiation, communication, etc.) which enable the student to perform tasks of coordinating teams in companies, institutions and public organisations or non-profit organisations operating within the international area.
 A4 Prepare sector reports and design innovation strategies which facilitate the insertion and/or improvement of the positioning (upgrading) of the company in global value chains.
Type B Code Competences Transversal
Type C Code Competences Nuclear

Learning outcomes
Type A Code Learning outcomes
 A2 Acquire the necessary skills to take on the tasks of management and analysis of companies and institutions, incorporating the dynamics of internationalization.
 A4 Know how to apply advanced quantitative instruments to the analysis of different economic sectors.
Type B Code Learning outcomes
Type C Code Learning outcomes

Contents
Topic Sub-topic
1. Economic activity and economic growth
2. Income and inequality
3. Wages and productivity
4. Prices
5. Labour market and public sector
6. Internacional trade

Planning
Methodologies  ::  Tests
  Competences (*) Class hours
 Hours outside the classroom
 (**) Total hours
Introductory activities
1 0 1
Lecture
A2
A4
 6 9 15
IT-based practicals in computer rooms
A2
A4
 6 12 18
Problem solving, exercises
A2
A4
 6 12 18
Practical cases/ case studies
A2
 4 16 20
Personal attention
1 0 1
 
Mixed tests
A2
A4
 2 0 2
 
(*) 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
Methodologies
  Description
Introductory activities Introduction to the contents of the subject.
Lecture Development of the theoretical contents of the subject in the master class.
IT-based practicals in computer rooms Search and analysis of data using ICT.
Problem solving, exercises Students analyse and solve problems or practical exercises related to a project and presentation of the results
Practical cases/ case studies Examination of a (real or simulated) situation in which students have to find a solution to the case, respond to a series of specific questions and make an overall reflection.
Personal attention Resolution of students' doubts.

Personalized attention
Description

Resolution of the student's doubts outside the school hours. The professor's visit hours will be announced in the course program.


Assessment
Methodologies Competences Description Weight        
Problem solving, exercises
A2
A4
 Analysis and resolution of exercises related to a project and presentation of the results 40%
Practical cases/ case studies
A2
 Approach to a situation (real or simulated) in which the student has to give an argued solution to the issue, solve a series of specific questions or carry out a global reflection 30%
Mixed tests
A2
A4
 Resolution of a practical case on subject contents with short questions proposed by the teacher. 30%
Others  
 
Other comments and second exam session

For the second call students have to pass a final exam (60%) and must deliver the Project (including tasks and presentation) (40%). If the Project (tasks and presentation) had been delivered previously, the mark can be preserved.

Sources of information

Basic

OECD Statistics, WTO Statistics, Eurostat, World Bank Open Data. IMF Data
Complementary

Recommendations
(*)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.