Overview
Critical issues in the operation of multi-national businesses, including currency hedging, information security, sustainability, tax havens, risk, and changing geo-economic power.
This paper examines critical contemporary issues in the operation of multi-national businesses.
The paper will be delivered through a series of online lectures covering topics such as:
- Trade in the global economy
- International investment and global financial markets, currency hedging, tax havens and investment risk
- Global trade models
- Corporate risk, information security and intellectual property
- Changing geo-economic power and emerging markets
The lectures will be supported with guided readings, which will address key topics.
About this paper
| Paper title | Globalisation and International Trade |
|---|---|
| Subject | Doctor of Business Administration |
| EFTS | 0.1667 |
| Points | 20 points |
| Teaching period | Not offered in 2026 (Distance learning) |
| Domestic Tuition Fees ( NZD ) | $1,665.83 |
| International Tuition Fees | Tuition Fees for international students are elsewhere on this website. |
- Limited to
- DBA
- Notes
- This paper includes a compulsory on-campus component
- Contact
- otago-dba@otago.ac.nz
- Teaching staff
To be confirmed.
- Teaching Arrangements
The Distance Learning offering of this paper is a combination of remote and in-person teaching.
Taught both on campus and online through lectures and seminars.
- Textbooks
To be confirmed.
- Graduate Attributes Emphasised
- Global perspective, Interdisciplinary perspective, Communication, Critical thinking, Ethics, Research.
View more information about Otago's graduate attributes. - Learning Outcomes
Students who successfully complete the paper will gain:
- A highly developed understanding of the development of current issues in business and how they emerge
- A highly developed understanding of how businesses respond to issues and the ability to critically analyse those responses to determine their suitability to different situations
- A highly developed ability to develop appropriate solutions to issues based on undertaking appropriate research
Overview
Critical issues in the operation of multi-national businesses, including currency hedging, information security, sustainability, tax havens, risk, and changing geo-economic power.
This paper examines critical contemporary issues in the operation of multi-national businesses.
The paper will be delivered through a series of online lectures covering topics such as:
- Trade in the global economy
- International investment and global financial markets, currency hedging, tax havens and investment risk
- Global trade models
- Corporate risk, information security and intellectual property
- Changing geo-economic power and emerging markets
The lectures will be supported with guided readings, which will address key topics.
About this paper
| Paper title | Globalisation and International Trade |
|---|---|
| Subject | Doctor of Business Administration |
| EFTS | 0.1667 |
| Points | 20 points |
| Teaching period(s) | 1st Non standard period (28 June 2027 - 22 August 2027)
(Distance learning)
1st Non standard period (28 June 2027 - 22 August 2027) (On campus) |
| Domestic Tuition Fees | Tuition Fees for 2027 have not yet been set |
| International Tuition Fees | Tuition Fees for international students are elsewhere on this website. |
- Limited to
- DBA
- Notes
- This paper includes a compulsory on-campus component
- Contact
- otago-dba@otago.ac.nz
- Teaching staff
To be confirmed.
- Teaching Arrangements
The distance learning offering of this paper is a combination of remote and in-person teaching.
Taught both on campus and online through lectures and seminars.
- Textbooks
To be confirmed.
- Graduate Attributes Emphasised
- Global perspective, Interdisciplinary perspective, Communication, Critical thinking, Ethics, Research.
View more information about Otago's graduate attributes. - Learning Outcomes
Students who successfully complete the paper will gain:
- A highly developed understanding of the development of current issues in business and how they emerge.
- A highly developed understanding of how businesses respond to issues and the ability to critically analyse those responses to determine their suitability to different situations.
- A highly developed ability to develop appropriate solutions to issues based on undertaking appropriate research.