State-MNC Relations in the Automobile Industry
Understand the challenges faced by the automotive industry and the strategies they adopt in order to meet those challenges.
Duration
2 weeksWeekly study
8 hours
State-MNC Relations in the Automobile Industry
Explore the relationship between states and MNCs in the automobile industry
This course will give you the opportunity to examine the automobile industry, which is dominated by a few large firms who make an enormous economic contribution to national and global business environments. These companies face a number of threats and challenges, not least from the increasingly intrusive regulatory demands of states, dwindling demand and technological disruption.
You will have the chance to explore the various strategies that firms employ to manage and survive these pressures, which largely revolve around scaling up in order to share and spread increasing costs of production.
What topics will you cover?
- States and MNC relationships in the automobile industry
- Key features and challenges in the global automobile industry
- States and strategies in the global automobile industry
- State power resources and constraints on state power
- Final preparations for coursework
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What will you achieve?
By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...
- Describe the main features of the global business environment in the automobile industry sector
- Evaluate the state’s role in the automobile industry
- Identify the main challenges facing firms in the automobile industry
- Identify and critically assess some of the strategies used by firms to manage the challenges of the automobile industry
- Identify and critically assess some of the power resources relevant to the bargaining relationship between states and MNCs in the automobile industry
- Explain the key requirements of the coursework
- Evaluate key sources of data and information to support your answer to the coursework
- Demonstrate the essential skills required to produce high quality coursework
Who is the course for?
This course is for students studying MSc International Business Management.
Please note that the staff described in the ‘Who will you learn with?’ section below may be subject to change.
Who will you learn with?
Abiodun is a Lecturer in International Business and Course Director for the MBus in International Business Course at the School of Strategy and Leadership.
Who developed the course?
Coventry University
Coventry secured 5 QS Stars for Teaching and Online Learning in the QS World University Ranking 2020 and has received No. 1 in the world for Massive Open Online Courses in MoocLab’s World University Ranking 2021.
Established
1992Location
Coventry
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