- Inter-faculty Studies in Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
- Bachelor's degree, first cycle programme, Computer Science
- Bachelor's degree, first cycle programme, Mathematics
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Computer Science
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Mathematics
(in Polish) Korporacje transnarodowe 2400-ZEWW959-OG
1/Transnational corporations definitions and classifications
2/Scale of operations
3/Country origin
4/Attributes (including foreign direct investment as separate from foreign portfolio investment)
5/Organization and structure
a)vertical and horizontal integration, diversification
b) cooperation with focus on strategic alliances
6/Geographic structure of FDI
7/Sectoral structure of FDI
8/Determinants of foreign market entry
9/Transnational corporations theories, including:
a/those dealing with market structure and oligopolistic reaction (S. Hymer, C. Kindleberger, F.T. Knickerbocker)
b/those dealing with currency areas (R.A. Aliber)
c/international product life cycle (R. Vernon)
d/internalization theory (P. Buckley, M. Casson)
e/eclectic paradigm of international production (J.H. Dunning)
f/investment development path theory (J.H. Dunning)
g/externalization theories
h/global commodity chains concept
i/born globals
j/3D theory of R. Grosse
10/Stages and forms of expansion on foreign markets
11/Forms of control and ownership
12/Keiretsu and chaebols
13/Transnational corporations from emerging markets
14/The role of clusters in attracting transnational corporations
15/The effects of transnational corporations activity on their home and host countries
16/The state - transnational corporations relationship:
a/conflicts and policies concerning transnational corporations in developed countries
b/conflicts and policies concerning transnational corporations in developing countries
c/conflicts and policies concerning transnational corporations in East European countries
17/The spillover effect
18/Round tripping
19/Transnational corporations and the role of UNO
20/International regulation of transnational corporations
a/codes of conduct
b/bilateral investment treaties
c/dispute resolution mechanisms
d/promoting foreign direct investment
21/Internationalization measures as applied to transnational corporations and foreign direct investment
22/Transnational corporations’ investments in Poland and those of Polish firms abroad
23/Transnational corporations’ investments in China and those of Chinese corporations abroad
Type of course
Course coordinators
Learning outcomes
Knowledge:
Students have basic knowledge of firms’ internationalization process and of its effects on economic, social and political structures in their home and host countries.
Students understand and have enhanced knowledge of main transnational corporations theories, and have basic knowledge about the functioning of transnational corporations.
Students know methods and tools, including those on acquiring data, which allow to examine transnational corporations, their structures and endogenous and exogenous processes.
Students have knowledge concerning norms and regulations dealing with the functioning of transnational corporations.
Students have knowledge about the processes of change in transnational corporations and the causes, progress, scale and consequences of such changes.
Skills:
Students have skills of identifying the process of firm internationalization, viewing it from the perspective of transnational corporations theory.
Social competences:
Students show skills of professional task execution, linked to knowledge of theory and empirical research.
S_W01, S_W02, S_W03, S_W04, S_U01, S_U02, S_U03, S_U04, S_K01
Assessment criteria
Examination after course completion.
Bibliography
- J. H. Dunning, S.M. Lundan: Multinational Enterprises and the Global Economy. Cheltenham 2008
- EY Europe Attractiveness Survey 2025
-M. Gorynia: Przedsiębiorstwo w biznesie międzynarodowym. Warszawa 2021.
- UNCTAD: World Investment Report 2025. New York and Geneva 2025.
- R. Wolniak: Korporacje transnarodowe, w: A. Bąkiewicz, U. Żuławska: Rozwój w dobie globalizacji. Warszawa 2010.
Additional information
Information on level of this course, year of study and semester when the course unit is delivered, types and amount of class hours - can be found in course structure diagrams of apropriate study programmes. This course is related to the following study programmes:
- Inter-faculty Studies in Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
- Bachelor's degree, first cycle programme, Computer Science
- Bachelor's degree, first cycle programme, Mathematics
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Computer Science
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Mathematics
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