Sample Global Economics and Business Seminar Topics:
Week 1
Economic Policy and Global Business
Weeks 2 and 3
Doing Business with the BRICs (Brazil, Russia, India and China)
Week 4
International Trade and Investment: Theory, Policy and Practice
Weeks 5 and 6
The Political Economy of the European Union
Week 7
Foreign Aid and the Developing World
Week 8
Fiscal Policy, Debt, and Financial Crisis
Week 9
Monetary Policy and the Global Financial Architecture
Weeks 10 and 11
Immigration and Labor
Week 12
Energy, the Environment and Climate Change
Week 13
International Accounting Standards and Financial Reporting Practices
Week 14
Mode of Entry and Strategic Alliances
Week 15
Culture, Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility
Week 16
Student Research Presentations and Final Exam
Quote from our student
"You will never see that many different perspectives in such a short amount of time. The Global Economics & Business Program gave me access to a great variety of prominent guest speakers."
Thomas Fischer, Friedrich Alexander University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
GEB in Europe
The GEB practicum in Brussels, Paris, and London take you to the heart of the transatlantic economy.
GEB in China
The GEB practicum in Beijing, Shanghai, and Hong Kong opens up a new world of economics and business.