Master in International Business

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS 6 ECTS

• Introduction to International Economics
• Main Economic Indicators
• Long-run economic growth
• The aggregate demand – aggregate supply model
• Fiscal policy.
• Money, banking and Central Banks.
• Monetary policy.
• The balance of payments.
• The effect of public policies on the trade balance
• International trade
• Country case studies: analyzing countries’ economic perspectives in the long run.

NEW TECHNOLOGIES IN INTERNATIONALIZATION 3 ECTS

• Introduction to new technologies in a globalized environment.
• The information economy.
• Big data and smart data in international economy
• Artificial intelligence, blockchain, smart contracts: new analysis systems through new technologies

DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS 3 ECTS

• Concept and measurement of development
• Inequality and poverty
• Internal factors that condition development processes
• Productive sectors
• External insertion
• Cooperation for development

• ""Trends and perspectives of the world economy"".
• ""Strategy and commercial planning"".
• Means of payment""
• ""Foreign trade"".

INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL LAW 3 ECTS

• Introduction to law.
• Company law
• Tort law
• Contract Law: formation and performance of contracts
• International and world trade law

STATISTICS APPLIED TO INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS 3 ECTS

• Statistical knowledge
• Variables: Types and data representation
• Numerical description of frequency distributions
• Estimation
• Topics

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ENGLISH 3 ECTS

• The analysis of the economic discourse: most outstanding characteristics of the texts economic.
• The description of trends and movements in the field of the economy.
• Production and understanding of different types of graphics
• Connection and sequencing of ideas.
• The expression of cause and effect in the economic language.
• The use of numeric expressions in the economic language in english
• The use of metaphoric expressions in the economic discourse
• Techniques for reading comprehension of economic texts in english

PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW AND EUROPEAN UNION LAW 3 ECTS

• Preliminary remarks – a review of the past
• What is Public International Law?
• Who is involved in the Public International Law?
• What can Public International Law do for you?
• EU formation – another review of the past
• Who is involved?
• What can EU law do for you?
• What can you do for EU law?

BUSINESS ECONOMICS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ANALYSIS 3 ECTS

• Economic information of the company. Analysis of financial statements. Ratios. Liquidity
• Strategy and business planning. Analysis tools. The importance of objectives. Continuous improvement
• The weighted average cost of capital. Wacc. Creation of economic value.
• Risk in investment analysis. Risk management. Scenarios. Simulation. Project finance
• Analysis of investments. The value of money in the time. Cash flow.
• Financial decisions.
• Main financing instruments. Shares, bonds and obligations. Loans. Other Financing instruments
• Financial markets. The stock market. Derivatives markets. The currency market.
• The value of the company. Valuation methods

WORLD ECONOMY 3 ECTS

• Economic basic principles
• Economic distortions
• Bubbles, pyramids and financial crash
• Worldwide money
• Worldwide productivity
• Economic regional blocks

INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL ECONOMICS 6 ECTS

• Introduction to international financial system.
• Financial markets
• Risk-rewards fundamental concepts
• Financial assets. Valuation
• Market Efficiency Theory.
• Portfolio Theory. Diversification.
• Reversion to the mean. CAPM. VaR. WACC.
• Fixed income assets. Bonds.
• Derivatives: options, futures, forwards, swaps.
• Currency markets.
• Real options

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC LAW 3 ECTS

• International economic law: particularities. Introduction. Sources. Material scope.
• General framework of commercial relations. Historical and normative evolution. Market access principles and obstacles to international trade in goods and services
• The wto. The institutional legal system
• wto. Relations between wto law and domestic law
• solution of controversies. Institutional structure, procedures and decisions. Thematic block iii. -investments
• International investment law. Protection standards. Apris; treatment and expropriation
• Solution of controversies. International arbitration, international court of justice, national courts.
• Breton woods system and other forums. General presentation. G-8. G20.cef.g24. United nations sanctions.
• Institutional structure. Functioning. Features thematic block v. Bilateral and regional scope
• Trade agreements and regional integration processes regional agreements. Eu. Mercosur. Dog. Nafta. Asean. Ecowas.
• International development law background. Goals: from the mdgs to the sdgs

INTERNERNSHIP

• El Minor
• Masters Thesis defense