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[ 971IMM2MFGK22 ] KS The Multinational Firm in the Global Economy
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Workload Education level Study areas Responsible person Hours per week Coordinating university
3 ECTS M1 - Master's programme 1. year Economics Karin Mayr-Dorn 2 hpw Johannes Kepler University Linz
Detailed information
Original study plan Master's programme Economics (Economic Policy Analysis) 2025W
Learning Outcomes
Competences
  • Apply microeconomic theories of multinational firms and foreign direct investment (FDI) on real world examples.
  • Interpret main empirical findings on multinational firms and FDI.
  • Predict the location, activities, and economic effects of multinational firms in home and host countries.
Skills Knowledge
  • Determine optimal location, production and sourcing decisions of multinational firms.
  • Determine spill-over effects of multinational firms on domestic firms.
  • Horizontal foreign direct investment
  • Vertical foreign direct investment
  • Internationalization versus outsourcing (‘boundaries of the firm’).
Criteria for evaluation Exam and homework exercises
Methods Microeconomics
Language English
Study material Barba Navaretti, Giorgio and Anthony J. Venables (2006), Multinational Firms in the World Economy, Princeton University Press.
Changing subject? No
Is completed if 977BAECMFGK10: KS The Multinational Firm in the Global Economy (4 ECTS)
On-site course
Maximum number of participants 100
Assignment procedure Assignment according to priority