Obuda University |
[GGTNJ1KTNC] International economic relations – Japan’s economy (English, optional) |
Institute: | Gazdaság- és Társadalomtudományi Intézet (1084 Budapest, Tavaszmező u. 15-17.) | Credit: | 2 | ||||||||
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Type of classes: | Nappali | Language: | angol | Semester: | 2016/17/1 | ||||||
Level: | Gazdálkodási és menedzsment BSc alapszak; Kereskedelmi és marketing BSc alapszak; Műszaki menedzser BSc alapszak; | ||||||||||
Responsible Teacher: | Dr. Medve András | Teacher(s): | Dr. Szekeres Valéria; | ||||||||
Pre requirements: | English exam of intermediate level type A or B, or accomplishment of a course for terminology. For students of business and management: English terminology I-II. | ||||||||||
Consultations (total/week): | Heti | Lectures: | 1 | Practice lectures: | 1 | Labs: | 0 | Consultations: | 0 | ||
Type of Exam: | félévközi jegy | ||||||||||
Aim of the subject: | The objective of this course is to provide an in-depth introduction, within the frame of lectures and seminars, to the Japanese economy and business, by the help of studying the basic terms of international economics. |
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Requirements during the semester (homeworks, essays, excercises, teamworks, presentations, part and final oral/written exam etc.): |
Mid-term Course requirements requirements over the course: Students are required to attend regularly the seminars and to give a short lecture on a topic of international economics or Japanese economy. To receive a credit, students are also required to take a written exam during the last seminar. |
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Week of semester |
Topics of lectures/practices | ||||||||||
1. | Introduction | ||||||||||
2. | The basic trade model I | ||||||||||
3. | The basic trade model II | ||||||||||
4. | Capital movements and international companies | ||||||||||
5. | Trade policies and trading arrangements | ||||||||||
6. | Formation of the modern Japanese economy | ||||||||||
7. | Democratization after the World War II | ||||||||||
8. | Period of the rapid growth | ||||||||||
9. | Industrial policy and industrial organizations | ||||||||||
10. | Presentations I | ||||||||||
11. | Presentations II | ||||||||||
12. | The „lost” 1990s – the period of stagnation | ||||||||||
13. | Characteristics of labour market | ||||||||||
14. | Test | ||||||||||
Compulsory literature: |
Flath, David: The Japanese economy, Oxford University Press, 2000. (some parts) Dennis R. Appleyard, Alfred J. Field, Steven. L. Cobb: International economics, McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2008. (some parts) Ito, Takatoshi: The Japanese economy, The MIT Press, 2001. (some parts) |