3 ECTS credits
75 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 8020297GNR for all students in the 1st semester at a (G) Postgraduate - preliminary level.

Semester
1st semester
Enrollment based on exam contract
Impossible
Grading method
Grading (scale from 0 to 20)
Can retake in second session
Yes
Taught in
English
Faculty
Faculty of Social Sciences & SolvayBusinessSchool
Department
ES Academische eenheid
Educational team
Tom Vermeiren (course titular)
Activities and contact hours
21 contact hours Lecture
Course Content

The course deals with the multitude of aspects that are part of the Investment Analysis and Plant Location Decision Making process: investment decision, location decision methodology, critical factor analysis, financial decision methodology, risk analysis.

Content overview:

Part 1: Goals, Strategy and Actions

Part 2: Location decision methodology

Part 3: Project definition and intangibles

Part 4: ROI analysis

Part 5: Exam – Defend your position

Course material
Course text (Required) : Hand-outs: GUILD-PLI database on FDI
Additional info

Study material

·       Powerpoint slide deck (manual)

·       Case studies

Learning Outcomes

General Competences

Global business expansions take form in various forms such as International Alliances, Foreign Direct Investments and Mergers & Acquisitions.

This course elaborates on Foreign Direct Investment which is a major growth component of all organisations that want to strengthen their position outside their home market.

As a result of this course the students will acquire a practical understanding of:

·       Rational decision analysis

·       International Investment Project Appraisal

·       Location decision making

Valuable insights help policy makers to understand the economic attractiveness of their location from an international investor perspective.

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Other Exam determines 100% of the final mark.

Within the Other Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • Group paper with a relative weight of 100 which comprises 100% of the final mark.

Additional info regarding evaluation

Interactive half day Group exercise : Defend your position (group paper)

Students also obtain individual marks based on their class participation

Allowed unsatisfactory mark
The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context

This offer is part of the following study plans:
Postgraduate Certificate Economic Diplomacy: Standaard traject
Postgraduate Certificate International Trade and Investment: Standaard traject
Postgraduate Certificate Flagship Programme in Economic Diplomacy and International Business: Standaard traject