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International Strategy - Period 3
Business & Economics Program
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Dates: mid Aug 2025 - early Jul 2026
International Strategy - Period 3
OVERVIEW
CEA CAPA Partner Institution: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Primary Subject Area: Business
Instruction in: English
Course Code: E_IBA2_IS
Transcript Source: Partner Institution
Course Details: Level 200
Recommended Semester Credits: 3
Contact Hours: 84
Prerequisites: The course builds explicitly on the student?s current understanding of 1.2 Organizational Theory, 1.2 Economics for the Global Era, 1.1 People in Business and Society, 2.1 HRM & OB as well as 2.1 BIS.
DESCRIPTION
This course will provide students with a better understanding of the core strategic choices that firms must make when they expand abroad. The fast-changing dynamics of industries caused by globalization pressures have made it essential for organizations to understand the global competitive environment and adapt quickly. As a result of these pressures? intensification, it is vital that (future) managers understand how organizations internationalize and which consecutive strategic choices firms must make. The course aims to provide future managers with a better understanding of how firms can create and sustain competitive advantage in an international environment and on the way organizations expand abroad. The course has a theoretical component as well as a practical component.
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU Amsterdam) awards credits based on the ECTS system. Contact hours listed under a course description may vary due to the combination of lecture-based and independent work required for each course therefore, CEA's recommended credits are based on the ECTS credits assigned by VU Amsterdam. 1 ECTS equals 28 contact hours assigned by VU Amsterdam.
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU Amsterdam) awards credits based on the ECTS system. Contact hours listed under a course description may vary due to the combination of lecture-based and independent work required for each course therefore, CEA's recommended credits are based on the ECTS credits assigned by VU Amsterdam. 1 ECTS equals 28 contact hours assigned by VU Amsterdam.