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European management

Convenor: Prof. Klaus Nielsen
Assessment: This module is assessed by coursework worth 25%. The coursework deadline is18th November 2011, Absolute Cut-Off deadline, 9th December 2011. This module is also assessed by an exam worth 75%.

Aims

The aim of this module is to equip students with advanced knowledge of the nature of the European Union as a business environment, the economic underpinnings of European integration as well as the sources, content and evolution of EU public policy.

Learning objectives

By the end of this module, the students should have detailed and theoretically-informed understanding of the establishment and management of the single market and the evolution of economic policies in a number of policy areas, be aware of the impact of European integration on domestic structures (business-government relations, corporate governance), and have developed cognitive skills including critical evaluation, analytical investigation, and written and oral presentation.

Content

  • The political and economic logic of integration
  • The single European market, competition policy, and taxation
  • European networks: transport, energy and the information society
  • EU and varieties of capitalism: industrial relations and the social dimension
  • EU and varieties of capitalism: industrial policy, innovation and international competitiveness
  • EU and varieties of capitalism: corporate governance
  • Europe in the knowledge economy
  • Europe and the United States: cooperation and rivalry
  • Strategic management in the European Business context (industry structure and positioning)

Background reading

  • Pinder, J. (2001): European Union: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford UP, Oxford.
  • Dinan, D. (1999): Ever Closer Union. An Introduction to European Integration. Macmillan, Basingstoke.
  • Hall, P.A. and D. Soskice (2001): “Introduction: varieties of capitalism”, in Hall, P.A. and D. Soskice (eds): Varieties of Capitalism: the Institutional Foundations of Comparative Advantage. Oxford UP, Oxford.
  • Johnson, D. and C. Turner (2000): European Business. Policy challenges for the new commercial environment. Routledge, London.
  • Whittington, R. (2001): What is Strategy – and Does it Matter. Thomson Learning, London.