International Competitive and Corporate Strategy

The objectives of this course are: - To gain a better understanding of what international competitive strategy means, and the differences with international management. - Describe a typology of competitive strategies when firms face the international scenario. - Explore main topics in corporate strategy: Headquarters and its relationship with subsidiaries; subsidiaries performance and capability development; international corporate diversification. - How organizational capabilities affect MNEs capacity to compete overseas - Understand the dynamics of international competitive rivalry - To help the students develop potential topics for their theses and supervised projects.