DBA801 The Developed World (3 cr.)

Prerequisite(s): DBA803
This course continues the themes developed in DBA800 and focuses on the consumers, economics, and institutions of the industrialized nations.  Challenges and opportunities facing firms doing business in the developed counties are explored.

Upon completion of this course, students are expected to be able to do the following:

1. Evaluate the composition of the industrialized countries’ economic output.
2. Analyze the challenges and opportunities of doing business in an industrialized country.
3. Analyze the trade patterns of industrialized nations.
4. Summarize the economic and political risks faced by the developed countries.
5. Analyze the roles of the institutions that form the global financial systems.