- To know corporate business strategies - To examine the vertical integration strategy (introduction and objectives, costs and benefits). - To analyze the diverfication strategy (introduction, motives, costs and benefits). - To understand the global strategies and the multinacional corporation. - To analyze resources and capabilities (especially, human resources) in the international process. - To understand external strategies and their impact on human resources. - To understand the role of the information technologies and innovation.

P.1. Corporate strategy 1. Vertical integration. 2. Management of the value chain: The process of fiirm's disintegration. 3. Diversification strategy. Managing the multibusiness firm. 4. International diversification strategy. Multinational strategies. P.2. Growing and development methods 5. Internal and external growth strategies. Mergers and acquisitions 6. Cooperation. Outsourcing. Networks. P.3. Strategy implementation 7. Selection and effective implementation of strategies 8. Financing business growth strategies 9. Business strategy in the s. XXI: recent trends.

The competences of knowledge and attitudes will be acquired through magisterial sessions, and preparation of case studies and other types of practices. The magisterial lectures are aimed to teach the necessary technical knowledge and will be reinforced with the discussion of cases in class. Number of exams: 1