LEARNING OUTCOMES
- The enhanced awareness of differences in global market environments, including political, regulatory and cultural issues
- Understanding of the dynamics and suitability of various marketing strategies and activities for different global market environments, including the adaptation issues
- Ability to analyze markets and plan global marketing activities
- Understanding of the related ethical and social responsibility issues.
Credits: 6
Schedule: 10.01.2023 - 16.02.2023
Teacher in charge (valid for whole curriculum period):
Teacher in charge (applies in this implementation): Hannu Seristö
Contact information for the course (applies in this implementation):
Professor Hannu Seristö
Email: hannu.seristo@aalto.fi
Teaching assistant
Doctoral student Hanne Savolainen
Email: hanne.savolainen@aalto.fi
CEFR level (valid for whole curriculum period):
Language of instruction and studies (applies in this implementation):
Teaching language: English. Languages of study attainment: English
CONTENT, ASSESSMENT AND WORKLOAD
Content
valid for whole curriculum period:
The course provides a theoretically grounded overview of developing and implementing marketing strategies in global dimension and scale. The course covers key concepts and principles of marketing - emphasizing the opportunities and challenges brought about by the global dimension - including decisions on product, pricing, distribution, and promotion. Naturally, the dynamics of competition and competitiveness is a red thread in the course. Globalization, world politics, trade regulation and the changes in firms’ operating environment overall are addressed, as are the needs to adjust marketing strategies and activities due to these changes.
Workload
valid for whole curriculum period:
Lectures and assignments.
DETAILS
Substitutes for Courses
valid for whole curriculum period:
Prerequisites
valid for whole curriculum period:
FURTHER INFORMATION
Further Information
valid for whole curriculum period:
Teaching Language : English
Teaching Period : 2022-2023 Spring III
2023-2024 Spring IIIEnrollment :
Students are admitted to the course in the following priority order: 1) Global Management / CEMS / Open university students, 2) Management and International Business students, 3) BIZ exchange students, 4) other students.