course descriptions international economy and business, ma
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COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
International Economy and Business, MA
University of Debrecen
Faculty of Economy and Business
Course title:Advanced Mathematical Methods in Economics Credits:5
Type: 2 hours lecture + 2 hours seminar
Type of assesment: exam
Semester: 1.
Prerequisities: -
Course description:
The aim of the course is to get the students acquainted with some advanced problems and
methods of mathematical analysis, linear algebra and statistics, in particular hypotheses
studies, some areas of regression analysis, basic time series techniques, methods of
multivariable statistical analysis and models, further the use of software in these areas.
Topics in linear algebra, Extrema and constrained extrema of functions, Ordinary differential
equations and systems, Elements of difference equations
Special problems and tests in hypotheses studies, Multiple regression, Multivariate statistical
analysis, clustering methods, Time series analysis, ARMA models
Suggested literature:
[1] Sydsaeter, K.--Hammond, P. (2008): Essential Mathematics for Economic Analysis,
Prentice Hall, ISBN: 9780273713241
[2] Sydsaeter, K.--Hammond, P.--Seierstad, A.--Strom, A. (2008): Further Mathematics for
Economic Analysis, Prentice Hall, ISBN: 9780273713289.
[3] Freeman, J. – Shoesmith, E. (2007): Statistics for business and economics, Thomson
Learning, ISBN 9781844803132
[4] Maddala, G.S. (2001): Introduction to econometrics, Wiley, ISBN: 9631941116
[5] Hair, J.-- Black, B.-- Babin, B.-- Anderson, R.-- Tatham, R. (2005): Multivariate Data
Analysis, Prentice-Hall.
[6] Hamilton, J. D. (1994): Time series analysis, Princeton, ISBN:9780691042893
[7] Mardia, K.V. – Kent, J.T. – Bibby, J.M. (1979): Multivariate statistics, Academic Press.
Course title:Advanced Microeconomics Credits:5
Type: 2 hours lecture + 2 hours seminar
Type of assesment: exam
Semester: 1.
Prerequisities: -
Course description:
The course is aimed at making students familiar with microeconomic models that are more
advanced than, but based on, the models of an introductory microeconomic course. The most
important models that are covered are various extensions of the consumer choice model
(Slutsky equation, intertemporal choice, choice under uncertainty), the behaviour of monopoly
and oligopolistic markets (monopolistic pricing, oligopoly models, game theory), general
equilibrium (general equilibrium theory, social welfare) and the theories of market failures
(public goods, externalities, information economics).
Suggested literature:
Varian, Hal R. (2009): Intermediate Microeconomics: A Modern Approach. W. W. Norton &
Company, New York, ISBN: 0393934241.
Bergstrom, Theodore C. – Varian, Hal R. (2010): Workouts in Intermediate Microeconomics.
W. W. Norton & Company, New York, ISBN: 0393935159.
McCloskey, D. N. (1985): An Applied Theory of Price. MacMmillan Publishing Company,
New York. ISBN: 0-02-378520-9 Freely available at the author's homepage at
http://www.deirdremccloskey.com/docs/price.pdf
Course title:Advanced International Economics (International
Trade Theory) Credits:5
Type: 2 hours lecture + 2 hours seminar
Type of assesment: exam
Semester: 1.
Prerequisities: -
Course description:
The objective of the course is to provide students with an advanced understanding of the most
relevant international trade theories, their applications and the empirical research methods of
the field.
Keywords: the changing pattern of world trade, the gravity model, the Ricardian model and
its extensions, the Ricardo-Jones-Viner (specific factors) model, the Heckscher-Ohlin model,
the standard trade model, external economies and international trade, interregional trade and
(the new) economic geography, imperfect competition and trade, performance differences
across producers (’new new trade theory’, the Melitz model), multinationals and outsourcing.
For our empirical analyses we use the UN Comtrade Database.
Suggested literature:
Compulsory readings:
Krugman, Paul R.—Obstfeld, Maurice—Melitz, Marc J. (2012): International Economics –
Theory and Policy, 9th Edition, Pearson, Chapters 1-8, ISBN: 9780132146654.
Caves, R. E.—Frankel, J. A.—Jones, R. W. (2007): World Trade and Payments, An
Introduction, 10th Edition, Pearson International Edition, Chapter 8.
Feenstra, Robert C.—Taylor, Alan M. (2011): International Trade, Worth Publishers, Chapter
7.
Recommended readings:
Caves, R. E.—Frankel, J. A.—Jones, R. W. (2007): World Trade and Payments, An
Introduction, 10th Edition, Pearson International Edition (Chapters 1-7., 9.).
Feenstra, Robert C.—Taylor, Alan M. (2011): International Trade, Worth Publishers,
Chapters 1-6.
Dunn, R. M. Jr.—Mutti, John H. (2004): International Economics, 6th Edition, Routledge,
London and New York, ISBN: 0415311543.
Feenstra, Robert C. (2004): Advanced International Trade – Theory and Evidence, Princeton
University Press, ISBN: 0691114102
Choi, E. K.—Harrigan, J (editors) (2003): Handbook of International Trade, Blackwell.
Course title:Advanced Macroeconomics Credits:5
Type: 2 hours lecture + 2 hours seminar
Type of assesment: exam
Semester: 2.
Prerequisities: -
Course description:
The aim of the course is to give students an introduction to the models of macroeconomics by
building on the knowledge they already have in macroeconomics. The course gives special
attention to models that have explicit microeconomic foundations. The objective is, on the one
hand, to teach students to think in terms of models about macroeconomic questions, and, on
the other hand, to make students capable of understanding the macroeconomic literature.
Suggested literature:
Mankiw, G. N. (2007): Macroeconomics. Worth Publishers, New York (pp. xxxvi+578,
SBN:978 0 7167 6213 3 0 7167 6213 7).
Williamson, Stephen D. (2011): Macroeconomics. Prentice Hall (pp.720, ISBN-10:
0131368737).
Sargent, Thomas J. (1993): Rational Expectations and Inflation. Prentice Hall. (pp. 275,
ISBN:0065002806).
Course title:International Political Economy Credits:5
Type: 2 hours lecture + 2 hours seminar
Type of assesment: exam
Semester: 3.
Prerequisities: -
Course description:
This master level course is situated at the frontier of the studies on macroeconomics, world economy
and public choice. The most important institutions and policies will be analysed within the framework
of the course. We assume the knowledge of formalised micro- and macroeconomic models and
approaches. We analyse and study the pros and contras, the costs and benefits of the given international
solutions. We endeavour to ease the orientation among the globalised economy, its institutions and
actions for those who will be employed later at big corporations or at the public sector. The course
covers a wide range of topics, starting from the nature of the political economy, the national systems
of political economy, the state and the multinationals, the trading system, the political economy of
regional integrations, the governance of the global economy.
Suggested literature:
Oatley, Thomas (2010): International Political Economy. Pearson, New York, ISBN: 978-0205723775
Gilpin, Robert (2001): Global Political Economy. Princeton University Press, Princeton – Oxford,
ISBN: 0691086761
Balaam, David M. – Michael Veseth (2001): Introduction to International Political Economy. Prentice-
Hall, New Jersey, ISBN: 9780130183491
Olson, Mancur (1993) Dictatorship, Democracy, and Development. American Political Science
Review 87. 3:5.
Hibbs, Douglas A. (2001): The politization of Growth Theory. Kyklos, Vol. 54, Facs. 2/3,
Landes, D. (2006): Why Europe and the West? Why not China? Journal of Economic Perspectives, 20.
évf. 2.sz
Kuran, T. (2004): Why the middle east is economically underdeveloped: historical mechanism of
institutional stagnation. Journal of Economic Perspectives, 18.évf. 3.sz.
Eichengreen, Barry – Andrea Boltho (2008): The Economic Impact of European Integration. CEPR
Discussion Paper No. 6820
Szilágyi Katalin – Szörfi Béla (2009): The Growth Effects of EU Transfers: An Empirical
Investigation. MNB Working Paper, forthcoming
Mehlum, Halvor – Moene, Karl O. – Torvik, Ragnar (2006): Institutions and the resource curse. The
Economic Journal, Vol. 116, Issue 508, 1-20.
Course title:Global Corporate Strategies Credits:5
Type: 2 hours lecture + 2 hours seminar
Type of assesment: exam
Semester: 1.
Prerequisities: -
Course description:
The objective of the course is to introduce the students the forming, planning and managing
of global strategies both theoretically and in practice. Using case studies we analyze how
corporations operate in different countries reveal, handle and solve problems. The topics
covered are in accordance with the current issues regarding studies of globalization. During
the course we also consider the relationship between the corporate sphere and international
organizations. Dealing with the above mentioned topics we develop an analytical and
multicultural approach which helps the students to recognize the most important factors of
global economic management. Case studies help us to make comparisons and draw
conclusions of how corporations operate in effect.
Suggested literature:
Gerry Johnson – Kevan Scholes – Richard Whittington (2008): Exploring Corporate Strategy:
Text & Cases, Prentice Hall, ISBN: 9780273711926.
Mike W. Peng (2009): Global Strategic Management, International Edition. South-Western
Cengage Learning, ISBN: 0324590989.
Pankaj Ghemawat (2007): Redefining Global Strategy: Crossing Borders in a World Where
Differences Still Matter, Harvard Business School Press, ISBN: 591398665.
Doing Business Reports, World Bank
Global Competitiveness Reports, World Economic Forum
Course title:Advanced International Marketing Credits:5
Type: 2 hours lecture + 2 hours seminar
Type of assesment: exam
Semester: 1.
Prerequisities: -
Course description:
This course focuses on marketing strategy and management within the context of global and
international markets. It evaluates cultural differences and aims to enhance students’ skills in
developing and implementing marketing strategies and decision making in international contexts. It
includes the following topics: global economic, socio-cultural and political-legal environment;
international marketing research; international segmentation, targeting and positioning, global market
entry strategies; product and pricing decisions in global marketing; international marketing channels
and marketing communication; organisation of international marketing activities.
This course provides students with an opportunity to improve their capacity to assess and solve
international business problems. It will provide practical experience in conducting research and
evaluating opportunities existing in international markets, developing plans for exploiting those
opportunities, and examine the risks facing business activities in those markets through
implementation of marketing plans. Through discussion, research and practical activity students will
develop the ability to prepare marketing programs that effectively reduce risk and take advantage of
opportunities in the marketplaces of the world.
Suggested literature: Compulsory reading:
Keegan, Warren J. – Green, Mark C. (2011): Global Marketing. Prentice Hall, Sixth
Edition, ISBN 0-13-702386-3
Recommended readings:
Albaum, Gerald – Duerr, Edwin (2008): International Marketing and Export Management.
Prentice Hall, Sixth Edition, ISBN 0-27-371387-6
Cateora, Philip R. – Gilly, Mary C. – Graham, John L. (2009): International Marketing.
McGraw-Hill, Fourteenth Edition, ISBN 0-07-338098-9
Course title:Advanced Development Economics Credits:5
Type: 3 hours lecture
Type of assesment: exam
Semester: 1.
Prerequisities: -
Course description:
The course covers a wide range of topics in development economics, starting with the
fundamental statistical techniques of international comparison (like the Geary Khamis
method), the basic theories of development and economic growth. This is followed by the
treatment of some fundamental problems like income ineuqality, the accumulation and role of
human capital, aid policies and their impact, innovation and imitation, main demographic
trends.
Suggested literature:
Compulsory:
Weil, D. N. (2009): Economic Growth, Pearson, ISBN 9780321564368.
Todaro, M. P. – Smith, S. C. (2009): Economic Development, Addison Wesley, ISBN 9781
40587424 3.
Recommended:
Hayami, Y. and Godo, Y. (2001): Development Economics From the Poverty to the Wealth
of Nations, Oxford U.P. ISBN: 0199243964.
Course title:International Economic Policy Credits:5
Type: 3 hours lecture
Type of assesment: exam
Semester: 2.
Prerequisities: -
Course description:
Master level students need a deeper look -in international comparisons- about the main targets
and tools of the modern economic policy. Economic growth, inflation, unemployment, low
fiscal deficit and balanced international flows, are the main targets. To harmonize and
optimize this set of aims the governments and central banks need to practice „art of economic
policy”, combining the tools of fiscal and monetary policy. We analyze the different pathes of
the contemporary economic policies, their connections and interactions with the global
economy. We focus on the institutions of the fiscal and monetary policies as well. At the end
of the course the students should be able to analyze different types and paths of national and
international economic policies.
Suggested literature:
Poterba, James M. – Hagen, Jürgen von (1999) Fiscal Institutions and Fiscal Performance.
The University of Chicago Press. Chicago-London, ISBN 0226676234.
Bernanke, Ben, S. – Laubach, Thomas – Mishkin, Frederic S. (2001) Inflation Targeting.
Lessons from the International Experience. Princeton University Press, Princeton, ISBN
9780691086897.
Todaro, Michael, P. – Smith, Stephen, C. (2011) Economic Development. 11th Edition.
Addison- Wesley, London-New York, ISBN 9781408284476
Tanzi, Vito (2011) Government versus Markets. The Changing Economic Role of the State.
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, ISBN 9781107096530
Dye, Thomas (2012) Understanding Public Policy. 14th Edition. Longman, London-New
York, ISBN 9780205238828
Course title:International Finance Credits:5
Type: 2 hours lecture + 2 hours seminar
Type of assesment: exam
Semester: 2.
Prerequisities: -
Course description:
The course is aimed at making the students familiar with the international financial system
and the main theoretical approaches to its understanding which is crucial in making business
and economic policy decisions. Students will be familiar with the most important long-run and
short-run models of open economies, and with the history of the development of the
international financial system including currency crises. Actual problems are also discussed.
Suggested literature:
Krugman, P. R. – Obstfeld, M. Melitz, M. J. (2012): International Economics: Theory and
Policy. Pearson Education Ltd. (pp.731, ISBN:0273754092)
Krueger, A. (1996): Whither the World Bank and the IMF? Journal of Economic Literature
36. 4: 1983-2020.
Vaubel, R (1986): A Public Choice Approach to International Organization. Public Choice
51.1. 39-57.
Dreher, Axel and Roland Vaubel (2004): The Causes and Consequences of IMF
Conditionality, Emerging Markets Finance and Trade 40, 3: 26-54.
Course title:The Law of International Economic Relations
Credits:5
Type: 3 hours lecture
Type of assesment: exam
Semester: 2.
Prerequisities: -
Course description:
The aim of the course: Because of the upsurge of trade, the economic law has become
international. That is the reason why it is necessary to be able to find the proper law for the
legal disputes, and to be familiar with the approval and implementation of the resolutions made
abroad. Basic international and European standards can be found in almost every field of the
civil law declared by the European Union or international treaties that are necessarily present
in each member country’s legal system. During the course, these standards will be outlined,
and the Hungarian Codex of Collision will be discussed.
Suggested literature:
László Burián – László Kecskés – Imre Vörös (2005): Hungarian international collision law.
Krim Bt., Budapest.
Ray A. August—Don Mayer—Michael Bixby (2009): International Business Law:
International Edition, 5th edition, Pearson, ISBN: 0136037755
Jason Chuah—Michael Furmston (2010): Commercial and Consumer Law, 1st edition,
Longman, ISBN: 1405873671
Course title:Advanced International Management Credits:5
Type: 2 hours lecture + 2 hours seminar
Type of assesment: exam
Semester: 4.
Prerequisities: -
Course description:
This course will provide broad background on a wide range of issues related to international
management. We examine the challenges facing managers that are competing in a dynamic
and global business environment. The study emphasizes intercultural awareness, effective
work performance, and a global perspective of management, business, and careers. The course
is heavily based on solving case studies related to the field.
Keywords: Assessing the Environment: Political, Economic, Legal, Technological, Managing
Interdependence: Social Responsibility and Ethics, Understanding the Role of Culture,
Communicating Across Cultures, Cross-cultural Negotiation and Decision Making,
Formulating Strategy, Global Alliances and Strategy Implementation, Organization Structure
and Control Systems, Staffing, Training and Compensation for Global Operations, Developing
a Global Management Cadre, Motivating and Leading
Suggested literature:
Compulsory readings:
Deresky, Helen (2011): International Management – Managing Across Borders and Cultures
– Texts and Cases, 7th (International) Edition, Pearson, ISBN: 9780132545556.
Recommended readings:
Brookfield Global Relocation Services (2011): Global Relocation Trends, 2011 Survey
Report.
Fisher, Roger—Ury, William (2003): Getting to YES – Negotiating an Agreement without
giving in, Random House Business Books. ISBN 1844131467, 9781844131464
Hofstede, Geert—Hofstede, Gert Jan—Minkov, Michael (2010): Cultures and Organizations,
3rd Edition, McGraw—Hill. ISBN 0071664181, 9780071664189
KPMG IES (2010): Thinking Beyond Borders.
KPMG IES (2010): Global Assignment Policies and Practices 2010.
Moran, Robert T.—Harris, Philip R.—Moran, Sarah V. (2007): Managing Cultural
Differences – Global Leadership Strategies for the 21st Century, Elsevier. ISBN 0750682477,
9780750682473
World Economic Forum (2011): The Global Gender Gap Report, Geneva, Switzerland. ISBN
92-95044-62-2 ISBN 978-92-95044-62-3
Course title:Transnational Corporations in the World Economy Credits:5
Type: 2 hours lecture + 2 hours seminar
Type of assesment: exam
Semester: 3.
Prerequisities: -
Course description:
The aim of the subject is to familiarize the students with topics such as the presence and
behavior of transnational corporations (TNCs), their decision making mechanism and also
their changing role in the world economy. During the course we consider the most relevant
theories of capital flows. Working capital flows generated by TNCs bare an important role in
world economy thus it is substantial to understand the driving factors such as factors of
globalization or factors of information communication technologies. Topics covered by the
course are comprehensive, ranging from TNCs in developing countries, through their
subsidies, until the economic and social effects of their.
Suggested literature:
Dicken, Peter (2011): Global Shift: Mapping the Changing Contours of the World Economy
Sixth Edition. Sage. ISBN: 9781849207676
Navaretti G. B–Venables, A J. (szerk.) (2006): Multinational Firms in the World Economy,
Princeton University Press. ISBN: 9780691128030
Blonigen, B. A. (2005): A Review of the Empirical Literature on FDI Determinants. NBER
Working Paper No. 11299.
Dunning, J. H. (1993): Multinational Enterprises and the Global Economy, Addison – Wesley,
Workingham Berks, England. ISBN 978 1 84376 525 7
Siebert, H. (2006): Locational Competition: A Neglected Paradigm in the International
Division of Labour. World Economy, vol. 29. 2. szám, 137-160.
UNCTAD: World Investment Reports. New York.
Course title:International Trade Policy Credits:5
Type: 2 hours lecture + 2 hours seminar
A számonkérés módja: gyj.
Semester: 3.
Prerequisities (ha vannak): -
Course description:
The objective of the course is to provide students with an advanced understanding of the most relevant
theoretical and empirical questions in international trade policy.
Keywords: the scope and the history of international trade policy, the instruments of trade policy, the
political economy of trade policy, a society- and a state-centered approach to trade politics, trade and
development: import substitution industrialization, economic reform, controversies in trade policy,
preferential trade agreements and regional questions in trade policy, international commodity
arrangements, the political economy of international trade cooperation, the GATT/WTO systems and
its challenges. For our empirical analyses we use the UN Comtrade Database and the relevant databases
of WTO (PTA, Tariff Data, Trade Policy Reviews).
Suggested literature:
Compulsory readings:
Krugman, Paul R.—Obstfeld, Maurice—Melitz, Marc J. (2012): International Economics – Theory
and Policy, 9th Edition, Pearson Chapters 9-12, 22, ISBN: 9780132146654
Oatley, T. (2010): International Political Economy, 4th Edition, Pearson International Edition,
Chapters 1-9, 16, ISBN: 9780205723775.
Kerr, W. A.—Gaisford, James D. (eds) (2007): Handbook on International Trade Policy, Edward
Elgar, Parts I., II. ISBN: 9781843769392
Recommended readings:
Kerr, W. A.—Gaisford, James D. (eds) (2007): Handbook on International Trade Policy, Edward
Elgar. ISBN: 9781843769392
Choi, E. K.—Hartigan, J. C. (eds) (2003): Handbook of International Trade, Blackwell Publishing.
ISBN: 0405120622
Choi, E. K.—Hartigan, J. C. (eds) (2005): Handbook of International Trade, Volume II, Economic and
Legal Analyses of Trade Policy and Institutions, Blackwell Publishing. ISBN 1405142510,
9781405142519
Cimoli, M.—Dosi, G.—Stiglitz, J. E. (eds) (2009): Industrial Policy and Development – The Political
Economy of Capabilities Accumulation, Oxford University Press. ISBN 0199235260, 9780199235261
Hoekman, B.—Kostecki, M. M. (2001): The Political Economy of the World Trading System – The
WTO and Beyond, Second Edition, Oxford University Press. ISBN 019829431X, 9780198294313
King, P.—King, S. (eds) (2005): International Economics and International Economic Policy – A
Reader, 4th Edition, McGraw-Hill/Irwin. ISBN: 9780070346413
Trebilcock, M. J.—Howse, R. (2005): The Regulation of International Trade, 3rd Edition, Routledge.
ISBN 0415700345, 9780415700344
Matsushita, M.—Schoenbaum, T. J., Mavroidis, Petros C. (2006): The World Trade Organization –
Law, Practice, and Policy, The Oxford International Law Library, Oxford University Press. 978-0-19-
920800-5
Course title:Internal Market of the European Union Credits:5
Type: 2 hours lecture + 2 hours seminar
Type of assesment: exam
Semester: 3.
Prerequisities: -
Course description:
ismeretanyag: The internal and external side of common trade policy, elements of common
trade policy, relations of the EU with third countries. The EU and the WTO, bilateral and
multilateral trade relations. Instruments of economic and social cohesion. Objectives and tasks
of the structural funds and subsidized activities. Competition policy: regulations concerning
firms and member states. Efforts towards enhancing the competitiveness of the European
economy: Lisbon strategy, Europe 2020, research framework programs.
kompetenciák: the students will be familiar with the organization and functioning of internal
market and will be able to use this knowledge in business life.
Suggested literature:
kötelező:
Ali M. El-Agraa (2011): The European Union: Economics and Policies. Cambridge University
Press, 518 oldal, ISBN 100273679996.
ajánlott:
EURÓPA 2020 Az intelligens, fenntartható és inkluzív növekedés stratégiája, Brüsszel, 2010,
COM(2010) 2020 Az Európai Bizottság közleménye.
European Business: Facts and figures. Eurostat Statistical Books, 2011 edition, ISBN 978-
9279124075.
Internal market Scoreboard 2010 No. 21. European Union, 2010, ISSN 1830-5881.
Course title:International Factor Mobility Credits:5
Type: 2 hours lecture + 2 hours seminar
Type of assesment: exam
Semester: 3.
Prerequisities: -
Course description:
ismeretanyag: Theories of international movement of factors (classical, neoclassical, marxist,
Keynes, post-Keynes, neomarxist, eclectic). International movement of workforce and it
changes in the 19th and 20th century. Forms, incentives and consequences of capital export in
the world economy and in national economies. Flow of technology and techniques.
kompetenciák: students with the above mentioned knowledge will be familiar with world
economic flows and happenings.
Suggested literature:
Kötelező irodalom:
Solimano, A. (2010): International Migration in the Age of Crisis and Globalization: Historical
and Recent Experiences. Cambridge University Press, ISBN: 9780521142489
Richard E. Caves (2007): Multinational Enterprise and Economic Analysis, 3rd Edition,
Cambridge University Press, ISBN 9780521677530.
Ajánlott irodalom:
Steiner, N (2009): International Migration and Citizenship Today. Routledge, ISBN13: 978-
0415772990
Solimano, A. (2010): International Migration in the Age of Crisis and Globalization: Historical
and Recent Experiences. Cambridge University Press. ISBN: 9780521142489
Giorgio Barba Navaretti & Anthony J. Venables with Frank G. Barry, Karolina Ekholm, Anna
M. Falzoni, Jan I. Haaland, Karen Helene Midelfart, & Alessandro Turrini (2004):
Multinational Firms in the World Economy, Princeton University Press, ISBN:
9780691128030
Course title:Corporation Law in the European Union Credits:5
Type: 2 hours lecture + 2 hours seminar
Type of assesment: exam
Semester: 4.
Prerequisities: -
Course description:
The aim of the course is to study the foundation and operation of different business
associations established by the law of the European Union and by the International Law, and
to get the students acquainted with the practice of the Hungarian and the European Registry
Court.
Suggested literature:
Compulsory readings:
The corporate law of the European Union (In: Fézer- Károlyi- Petkó- Törő: Business
Associations) Kossuth University Press, Debrecen, 2007
First Council Directive 68/151/EEC of 9 March 1968
Second Council Directive 77/91/EEC of 13 December
1976 Council Regulation (EEC) No 2137/85 of 25 July 1985 on the European Economic
Interest Grouping (EEIG)
Council Regulation (EC) No 2157/2001 of 8 October 2001 on the Statute for a European
company (SE)
Council Regulation (EC) No 1435/2003 of 22 July 2003 on the Statute for a European
Cooperative Society (SCE)
Council regulation (EC) No 1346/2000 of 29 May 2000 on insolvency proceedings
Recommended readings:
European corporate law (edited by: Miskolczi Bodnár Péter) KJK-KERSZÖV Press, Budapest
2003.
Fézer-Károlyi-Petkó-Törő: The liquidation of companies. Kossuth University Press,
Debrecen, 2007.
Course title: Regional Differences of Business Practices Credits:5
Type: 2 hours lecture + 2 hours seminar
A számonkérés módja: gyj.
Semester: 4.
Prerequisities: -
Course description:
The goal of this course is to analyze the business processes and practices of the most important
regions of the world economy. We analyze the past and recent tendencies of economic
development, trade policy and the business environment of the selected regions. The course is
heavily based on students’ research activity and analyses of these regions.
EU as economic power. The US. NAFTA. Japan. South-East-Asia and the Pacific Basin.
China’s role in the World Economy. India. Latin America. Africa and the Middle East. Russia
and the former members of the Soviet Union. Non-EU member European countries.
Suggested literature:
Compulsory readings:
Robert Heilbroner-William Milberg (2011): The Making of the Economic Society, 13th
Edition, Pearson, ISBN13: 9780132822381, ISBN10: 0132822385.
Moran, Robert T.—Harris, Philip R.—Moran, Sarah V. (2007): Managing Cultural
Differences – Global Leadership Strategies for the 21st Century, Elsevier.
World Bank (selected years): Doing Business Report
World Economic Forum (selected years): Global Competitivenes Report
Recommended readings:
1. IMF: Global Financial Stability Report
2. IMF: World Economic Outlook
3. OECD: OECD Economic Outlook
4. UNDP: Human Development Report
5. UNCTAD: Development and Globalization: Facts and Figures
6. UNCTAD: Least Developed Countries Report
7. UNCTAD: Trade and Development Report
8. UNCTAD: World Investment Report
9. World Bank: Global Development Finance
10. World Bank: World Development Report
11. WTO: Annual Report
12. WTO: International Trade Statistics
13. WTO: World Trade Report
Course title:Theory and Practices of Regional Development Credits:5
Type: 2 hours lecture + 2 hours seminar
A számonkérés módja: gyj.
Semester: 4.
Prerequisities: -
Course description:
The aim of the course is to get the students familiar with regional theories, regional policy and
the practical methods in regional development. They will study about the history of the
European regional policy, and the political and political economical background of the
European cohesion
support. During the semester the students will get an overview of the advantages and
disadvantages of the regional aids. The course covers a wide range of topics starting from
regional science, location theories, growth and development economics, the New Economic
Geography. This is followed by the Regional policy of the EU; the policy and governance of
regional development; tools and institution of regional development; programming, planning,
action plan; methods of programming, implementation and monitoring.
Suggested literature:
Enyedi György (2010): The Region. Akadémiai Könyvkiadó, Budapest. ISBN
9789630580373
Imreh Szabolcs (2008): Management of EU-funded Projects. Jatepress, Szeged. ISBN
978 963 482 884 6
Mustó István (2004): Development economies – development policies, Competitio, III. évf.
2. sz. 46-58.
Krugman, Paul (1990): Geography and Trade (Gaston Eyskens Lecture Series). Cambridge,
MA: MIT Press. ISBN 0 262 11 159 4.
Course title:International Agreements, Organizations and their
Economic Effects Credits:5
Type: 2 hours lecture + 2 hours seminar
Type of assesment: exam
Semester: 4. (International Business Management Specialization)
3. (International Economic Analysis Specialization)
Prerequisities: -
Course description:
The aim of the course is to introduce the students to international agreements. The course gives
special emphasis to the international and regional agreements which play important roles in
world economy. It covers the most significant agreements (those giving the base for today's
global system) in chronological order. During studying legal documents, students will also get
acquainted with inner reasons and driving forces.
Suggested literature:
Compulsory readings:
Original text of the international agreements
Annual reports and analysis of the organisations (WTO, ASEAN, NAFTA, EU, NATO)
Archer, Clive: International Organizations (Routledge, 2001) ISBN: 9780415246903
Margaret P. Karns - Karen A. Mingst: International Organizations: The Politics and Processes of
Global Governance, (Lynne Rienner Publishers 2009) ISBN: 9781555879631
Recommended readings:
Thomas G Weiss, David P Forsythe, Roger A Coate: The United Nations and Changing World
Politics; Westview Press; Sixth Edition, Sixth Edition edition (December 22, 2009) 504 old. ISBN:
9780813344355
Kelly-Kate S. Pease: International Organizations (5th Edition); Prentice Hall; 5 edition (March 2,
2011) ISBN: 9780205075874
Course title:Econometrics Credits:5
Type: 2 hours lecture + 2 hours seminar
A számonkérés módja: gyj.
Semester: 3.
Prerequisities:
Course description:
After completing the course, students will be able to carry out independent econometric
analysis on economic and social datasets. They are capable of transforming economic
problems into testable empirical models, create and test hypotheses, and find the correct
estimation methods. They are able to use the GNU econometrics software GRETL.
Suggested literature:
Compulsory readings:
Gujarat. D.N. Basic Econometrics. McGraw-Hill 2003 vagy 2009 ISBN 978007 127625 2
Asteriou, D. and Hall, S.G.: Applied econometrics : a modern approach using EViews and
Microfit, Palgrave MacMillan, 2007, ISBN 0230506402.
Recommended readings:
Greene W. H. Econometric Analysis, Prentice Hall 2003, ISBN 131108492.
Course title:Spatial Structure of the World Economy Credits:5
Type: 2 hours lecture + 2 hours seminar
Type of assesment: exam
Semester: 3.
Prerequisities: -
Course description:
The course explores contemporary geographic topics and perspectives relating to the world
economy. It provides theoretical and practical foundation for understanding the global
economy in an era of shifting borders, restructuring economies, and regional realignments.
We explore the economic factors which influence location decisions of households and firms,
and also theories of how these decisions induce the formation of cities. Economic theory is
combined with geography to address critical problems of growth, distribution, and
development, along with their impact on international business.
Suggested literature:
Compulsory readings:
Peter Daniels, James Sidaway, Michael Bradshaw, Denis Shaw (2012): An Introduction to
Human Geography, 4th Edition, Pearson, ISBN: 9780273740704.
Danny Mackinnon, Andrew Cumbers (2011): Introduction to Economic Geography –
Globalization, Uneven Development and Place, 2nd Edition, ISBN: 9780273727279.
Recommended readings:
Combes, P. P., Mayer T. and Thisse, J. F. (2008), Economic geography. The integration of
regions and nations. Princeton University Press. ISBN: 9780691139425.
Fujita, M., Krugman, P. and Venables, A. J. (2001), The Spatial Economy: Cities, Regions
and International Trade. The MIT Press, Cambridge. ISBN: 026206204.
Course title:Political Economy of Transition Credits:5
Type: 2 hours lecture + 2 hours seminar
Type of assesment: exam
Semester: 3.
Prerequisities: -
Course description:
The origin and theory of the different economic systems. Historical variations of European
Communism. The main differences between the socialist and the capitalist systems. The Great
Transformation of Central Eastern Europe. Liberalization, stabilization and privatization.
Fiscal and welfare reforms in Post-Socialist countries. Double challenge of Globalization and
Europeanization. Transition and EU integration. Similarities and differences between the
former socialist countries and groups. Present challenges and future prospects in the region.
The students of the course can apply the political economy approach, and the lessons of the
last decades experiences, analyzing future possibilities and perspectives of the transition
countries.
Suggested literature:
László Muraközy (2004) Yet Another Change of System. What can be Learnt from History
and what Cannot. Debrecen University, Debrecen, ISBN: 9634727964.
János Kornai (2008) From Socialism to Capitalism. Central European University Press.
Budapest – New York, ISBN: 9789639776166.
László Csaba (2007) The New Political Economy of Emerging Europe, Second, revised and
extended edition. Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, ISBN 9789630584593.
Estrin, Saul – Kolodko, Grzegorz W. – Uvalic, Milica eds. (2007) Transition and Beyond.
Palgrave Macmillan Houndmills, Basingstoke – New York, ISBN: 9780250546974
János Kornai – Haggard, Stephan – Kaufman, Robert R. eds. (2001) Reforming the State.
Fiscal and Welfare Reform in Post-Socialist Countries. Cambridge University Press.
Cambridge – New York, ISBN: 0521773016
Beblavy, Miroslav (2007) Monetary Policy in Central Europe Routledge. Abingdon, Oxon –
New York, ISBN: 9780415404129
Course title:Economics of Integration Credits:5
Type: 2 hours lecture + 2 hours seminar
A számonkérés módja: gyj.
Semester: 4.
Prerequisities: -
Course description:
The objective of the course is to analyze the world economy through global and integrational
processes and to analyze the relations between the motivating factors. We consider topics such
as the development of the world economy, international factor mobility and the role of
transnational corporations. We also cover global integrations, the main trends in international
integration processes and their driving forces and also custom unions and common markets,
regarding the theoretical background as well.
Suggested literature:
Baldwin, R. (2006): The Economics of European Integration. McGraw-Hill/Irwin,
ISBN: 0073322423.
Jovanovic, M. N. (ed.) (2011): International Handbook on the Economics of Integration,
Volume II, Edward Elgar Publishing, ISBN 9781849806008.
Mcdonald, F. – Dearden, S. (2004): European Economic Integration, 4th Edition. Prentice Hall
Publications, ISBN: 0273679082.
Maddison, A. (2007): Contours of the World Economy 1-2030 AD: Essays in Macro-
Economic History. Oxford University Press, ISBN: 0199227209.
Course title:Comparative Economics Credits:5
Type: 2 hours lecture + 2 hours seminar
Type of assesment: exam
Semester: 4.
Prerequisities: -
Course description:
The aim of the course is to enable the students to understand the operation of economic
systems in the modern world economy. We seek answers to questions such as: how do (or do
not) different economic systems work; what is the role of institutions when applying general
economic theory in practice; or what is the role of institutions in laying the foundations of
sustainable growth.
Suggested literature:
Compulsory readings:
Rosser, J. B., Jr. – Rosser, M. V. (2003): Comparative Economics in a Transforming World
Economy. The MIT Press, ISBN: 0262182343.
Kennett, D. A. (2005): A New View of Compartative Economics. South-Western College
Publication, ISBN: 0324170734.
Angresano, J. (1995): Comparative Economics. Prentice Hall. ISBN: 0133816338.
Gregory, P. – Stuart, R. C.(2001): Russian and Soviet Economic Performance and Structure.
Prentice Hall, ISBN-10: 0321078160.
Recommended readings:
Dawson, J. (2003): Causality in the freedom-growth relationship. European Journal of
Political Economy. 19(3), 479-497.
Grandstein, M. (2004): Governance and growth. Journal of Development Economics, 73(2),
505-518.
Heitger, B. (2004): Property rights and the wealth of nations: a cross-country study. CATO
Journal. 23(2), 381-402.
Tridimas, G. and Winer, S. (2005): The political economy of government size. European
Journal of Political Economy. 21(3), 643-666.
Course title:Economic Growth in the World Economy Credits:5
Type2 hours lecture + 2 hours seminar
Type of assesment: exam
Semester: 4.
Prerequisities: -
Course description:
The course is aimed at introducing students into the theories of economic growth and making
them familiar with the fundamental models and explanations of economic growth with special
emphasis on those approaches that have developed in the past twenty years. A special
emphasis is given to the ways these models can be applied to understand cross-country
differences of income and convergence or the lack thereof.
Suggested literature:
Jones, Ch. I. (2002): Introduction to Economic Growth. W. W. Norton & Company. New York
and London. (pp. 256, ISBN: 0393977455)
Weil, D. (2009): Economic Growth. Pearson, Boston Mass. (pp. xxii+563, ISBN:9780321-
564368)
Jones, Ch. – Romer, P. M. (2010): The New Kaldor Facts: Ideas, Institutions, Population, and
Human Capital. American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, 2(1): 224–45.
Course title:International Communication and Business Protocol Credits:5
Type: 2 hours lecture + 2 hours seminar
A számonkérés módja: gyj.
Semester: 4.
Prerequisities: -
Course description:
Contents: psychological basis of verbal and nonverbal communication; principles of business
communication in general and in the global markets; social and religious traditions/ habits in
different cultures; business communication in cross-cultural environment; main rules of
business events and business protocol; most common mistakes in the field and ways for
avoiding/correcting them.
Competencies: having the course students will be able; to build and keep good business
connections; to communicate effectively in cross-cultural environment; to organize business
events and behave gently on them; to avoid the most common mistakes in the field.
Suggested literature:
Literature:
Compulsory: GUDYKUNST, William B.: Cross-Cultural and Intercultural Communication,
Thousand Oaks, Amsterdam, 2003 ISBN 7619 2900 2
Recommended: Pápai, V. - Bakonyi I.: Business and Intercultural Communication,
Szechenyi University, Győr, 2000
Trompenaars, F. – Hampden - Turner, Ch.: Riding the Waves of the Cultural Diversity in
Business, Nicholas Brealey Publ., London, 1999. , ISBN: 9780786311255.
Course title:Special Territories in the EU and Europe Credits:3
Type: 2 hours seminar
A számonkérés módja: gyj.
Semester: 3.
Prerequisities: -
Course description:
ismeretanyag: Overseas countries and territories. Outermost regions. Other special territories:
Channel Islands, Isle of Man, Åland, Faroe Islands, Athos, enclaves: Kaliningrad, Gibraltar,
Ceuta and Melilla. Microstates. In all cases the focus is on economic aspects.
kompetenciák: students discover a special aspect of European economy, i.e. beyond „normal”
national economies.
Suggested literature:
kötelező:
Murray, Fiona: The European Union and Member State Territories: A New Legal Framework
Under the EU Treaties, 2012, 285 p., T.M.C. Asser Press, ISBN 978906704-8255.
Armstrong, Harvey and Read, Robert (1995): Western European micro-states and EU
autonomous regions: The advantages of size and sovereignty. World Development, Volume
23, Issue 7, Pages 1229-1245, part 1, 2 and 6.
Armstrong, Harvey and Read, Robert (2000): Comparing the economic performance of
dependent territories and sovereign micro-states. Economic Development and Cultural
Change, Volume 48, Issue 2, Pages 285-306, part 1,2,4 and 6.
Torello, Alessandro (2005): Kaliningrad, Adrift in Europe. SAIS Review Volume 25, Number
1, Pages 139-141.
Tachiaos, Antony-Emil N. (ed.): Mount Athos and the European Community. Institute for
Balkan Studies, 1993, selected parts.
Dózsa, Dániel (2008): EU Relations with European Micro-States - Happily Ever after?
European Law Journal, Vol. 14, Issue 1.
ajánlott:
Overseas countries and territories on the official homepage of the European Union
Outermost regions on the official homepage of the European Union
Course title:Economy, Education, Culture and Society in Modern
Hungary Credits:3
Type: 2 hours lecture
Type of assesment: exam
Semester: 3.
Prerequisities: -
Course description:
This course offers a general overview of the history of Hungarian Kingdom in the period of
the „long 19th century” - from the Reform Age until the outbreak of World War I. At the
beginning of the period entire society in Hungary and especially those of having feudal
privileges faced an overall crises while in most parts of Western Europe the first waves of the
industrial revolution were „taking off”. The crises of the feudal system, reformer concepts and
political programs to go toward and integrate into the developing Western region of Europe,
ideas to shape bourgeois nation, to develop national and individual self-government(s), the
Hungarian Revolution and War for Independence the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867,
the system of the Dual Monarchy, industrial modernization, question of minorities and a new
type of crises in the years prior to World War I are decisive factors of the long 19th century in
Hungary. On the basic knowledge of decisive factors, as a second step, the course examines
into social stratification, structure and functions of educational system, process of social
mobility, changes in social inequality, shaping of modern national culture.
Several outstanding Hungarian movies help the understanding of the spirit of the period.
Suggested literature:
Hungary in the Twentieth Century. Romsics, Ignác. Budapest-New York. (Columbia U.
Press) 1999. ISBN 9789631348309
East Central Europe in the 19th and 20th centuries. Tibor Iván-Berend- György Ránki-Éva
Pálmai Budapest, 1977.163. ISBN: 9789630513098
Economic development in East-Central Europe in the 19th and 20th centuries. Iván Tibor
Berend-György Ránki. New York, Columbia Univ. Press 1974. ISBN 0231083491,
9780231083492
Inert Transformation: Social History of Hungary from the Reform Era to World War I. In:
Gábor Gyáni - György Kövér - Tibor Valuch: Social History of Hungary from the Reform
Era to the End of the Twentieth Century. Atlantic Studies on Society in Change No. 113.
East European Monographs No. DCXLII. New Jersey, 2004. 3-267. ISBN 0880335408,
9780880335409
The Market in interwar Central Europe. (ed. Teichova, Alice-Mosser, Alois- Patek, Jaroslav.
Prag, Karls-Universität, 1997.
Enyedi, Ildikó, My Twentieth Century (Az én XX. századom, 1988) - Movie
Course title: Field Research in Practice Credits:3
Type: 2 hours seminar
A számonkérés módja: gyj.
Semester: 2.
Prerequisities: -
Course description:
The aim of the course is to introduce the field research practice in management and economics
to the students, through a research project. The first part of the course provide the basic
methodological knowledge, the next part is directed project work (sampling, data collection,
data analysis etc.).
By the end of the course, students should be able to:
design a research operatively.
collect and record data.
analyze data with statistical software.
write and present the results.
Suggested literature:
Babbie, Earl R. (2011): The Basics of Social Research, 5th edition. Nelson Education,
Toronto, ISBN: 9781133594147
Faiza Qureshi, Gareth Norris, Dennis Howitt, Duncan Cramer (2012): Introduction to
Statistics with SPSS for Social Science. Longman, London, ISBN: 9781408237595.
Taylor B.; Sinha G.; Ghoshal T. (2006): Research Methodology: A Guide For Researchers In
Management And Social Sciences. Prentice Hall of India, New Delhi, ISBN: 978-81-203-
2991-1.
Course title: Geopolitics Credits:3
Type: 2 hours lecture
Type of assesment: exam
Semester: 3.
Prerequisities: -
Course description:
This course introduces students to geopolitical analysis. It begins with an introduction to
geopolitical theory, its analytics tools and schools of thoughts (Anglo-Amercian, French,
German) and with an illustration of the conceptual development of the early 20th Century.
Geopolitics is understood as the systematic study of territorial and geostrategic conflicts, and
of the geographic, demographic, and technological bases of State power and prestige. The
second third of the course focuses on the geoplitical and geostrategic tendencies of the Cold
War era (the course analyzes how, after WWII, the US and the USSR managed to restructure
their spheres of influence) as well as on the post Cold War concepts of geopolitics. Finally,
the course illustrates how to analyze current geopolitical questions in connection with the
USA, EU and Russia through caseworks.
Suggested literature:
Brzezinski, Zbigniew The Grand Chessboard: American Primacy and Its Geostrategic
Imperatives. New York, Basic Books, 1998, ISBN: 9780465027262.
Cohen, Saul B.: Geopolitics. The Geography of International Relations. London, Rowman &
Littlefield, 2009, ISBN: 9780742556768.
Petersen, Alexandros: The World Island. Eurasian Geopolitics and the Fate of the West. Santa
Barbara, Praeger, 2011, ISBN: 9780313391385
Brzezinski, Zbigniew: Strategic Vision. America and the Crisis of Global Power. New York,
Basic Books, 2012, ISBN: 9780465029549
Gray, Colin S.: War, Peace and International relations. An Introduction to Strategic History.
London-New York, Routledge, 2007, ISBN: 9780415386388
Kennedy, Paul: The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers. London, Random House, 1987, ISBN:
9780679720195
Klare, Michael T.: Rising Powers, Shrinking Planet. The New Geopolitics of Energy. New
York, Metropolitan Books, 2008, ISBN: 9780805080643.
Course title:Internationale Beziehungen Credits:3
Type: 2 hours seminar
A számonkérés módja: gyj.
Semester: 2.
Prerequisities: Intermediate language exam in German (Level B2)
Course description:
The course is for students who speak German at a high conversational level and who would
like to extend their language knowledge. The topics dealt with cover questions of international
economics and politics by outlining the fundamental economic challanges of the future. In
introductory texts students are acquianted with the most important vocabulary and expressions
of the topics and they develop their vocabulary with lexical exercises.
In connection with newspaper articles we discuss global problems such as population growth,
overpopulation, migration, emerging markets and environmental-pollution. We emphasize the
development of students’ communicational skills.
Suggested literature:
Pintér Márta, Polakovits Sarolta, Tefner Zoltán, Weltpass 2010, AULA Kiadó,
ISBN: 9789639698864
Olaszy Kamilla, Pákozdiné Gonda Irén, Aktuelle Wirtschaftsthemen 2007, OLKA,
ISBN: 9789630636841
Olaszy Kamilla, Europäische Union-Internationale Beziehungen 2005, OLKA
ISBN: 9634608078
Newspapers: Wirtschaftswoche, Handelsblatt, Spiegel
Course title:Advanced Readings in World Economy Credits:3
Type: 2 hours seminar
A számonkérés módja: gyj.
Semester: 3.
Prerequisities: Good command of Business English
Course description:
The aim of the course is to assist students to improve their skills and competences in reading,
speaking and presenting in major areas of international business. Special attention is paid to
enhancingstudents’ oral communicative competences, such as reasoning, responding,
interrupting, giving opinion, agreeing, disagreeing, and summarizing.
Topic areas concentrate on global business issues and include a range of genres from
professional magazines to official publications by international organizations.
Students are required to
o participate in class discussion based on assigned reading material
o prepare a presentation on one of the chapters of the World Development Report
published by the World Bank
o reflect upon and discuss the presented issues in class.
Suggested literature:
Coursebook: Cotton, D: International Business Topics, Nelson Ltd, 1994 ISBN: 978-
0237502799
World Development Report, World Bank
Progress Reports of the EU
Articles from the webpage: www.economist.com
Course title:Global Problems Credits:3
Type: 2 hours lecture
Type of assesment: exam
Semester: 3.
Prerequisities: -
Course description:
The aim of this course is to raise consciousness about the globalization and the debates
referring to its significance, consequences. Themes to be discussed: globalization; global
problems, and new challenges in economics due to the globalizing world; new tendencies of
the world economic development, poverty, inequality, social polarization and potential
answers, economic policies.
Suggested literature:
Todaro, M. P. – Smith S. C. (2006): Economic Development. Addison Wesley, Boston. ISBN
978-0321278883
Szentes T. et al. (2011): Fejlődés-gazdaságtan. Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest. ISBN:
9789630589819
Benerjee, A.V. – Duflo, E. (2011): Poor Economics. A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight
Global Poverty. Public Affairs, New York, 303. old, ISBN: 9781586487980.
Course title:Intercultural Communication Credits:3
Type: 2 hours seminar
A számonkérés módja: gyj.
Semester: 3.
Prerequisities: -
Course description:
The aim of the course is to give basic understanding of intercultural communication and
intercultural management. The course provides the theoretical knowledge acquired in the
practical application of case studies, processing and analyzing. The course will help students
to understand their own culture better and to be open to other countries and cultures.
Suggested literature:
Lillian Chaney, Jeanette Martin (2010): Intercultural Business Communication. 5th Edition,
Pearson 2010, ISBN: 9780132127905.
Lustig, Myron; Koester, Jolene (2009): Intercultural Competence. Interpersonal
Communication Across Cultures. International Edition, 6th Edition, Pearson 2009, ISBN:
9780205705191.
J. Adler, Nancy; Gundersen, Allison (2008): International dimensions of organizational
behavior, 5th Edition, International Student Edition Mason: Thomson South-Western 2008,
ISBN: 9780324360745.
Hoecklin, Lisa (1995): Managing Intercultural Differences. EUI series, 1995, selected
chapters, ISBN: 9780201427707.
Course title:Introduction to Social Science Research Credits:3
Type: 2 hours seminar
A számonkérés módja: gyj.
Semester: 2.
Prerequisities: -
Course description:
The aim of the course is to give students insight to the whole research process in economics
and management. According to the time constraints, it could be only an introduction, but it
found an appropriate basis for further development. The approach of this course is learning-
by-doing, thus students have to perform an own group research during the semester, with the
help of the instructor.
By the end of the course, students should be able to:
Formulate good research questions and design appropriate research.
How to collect data for different types of research problems.
Analyze data
Write and present the results
Critically evaluate research
Suggested literature:
Babbie, Earl R. (2011): The Basics of Social Research, 5th edition. Nelson Education, Toronto,
ISBN: 9781133594147
Kumar, Ranjit (2005): Research Methodology. A Step-by-Step Guide for Beginners. 2nd
edition. SAGE Publications Ltd., London. ISBN: 9781412911948
Taylor B. – Sinha G. – Ghoshal T. (2006): Research Methodology: A Guide For Researchers
In Management And Social Sciences. Prentice Hall of India, New Delhi. ISBN
8120329910, 9788120329911
Course title:Interkulturelle Kommunikation Credits:3
Type: 2 hours seminar
A számonkérés módja: gyj.
Semester: 2 .
Prerequisities: Intermediate language exam in German (Level B2)
Course description:
In this seminar we acquaint students with the basic consepts of intercultural communication.
We analyze the models of Hall and Hofstede, which describe cultural dimensions of
communication. We deal with stereotypes and cultural differences in verbal and non-verbal
communication. The most important aim of the course is to develop students’ awareness of
intercultural situations by analyzing case studies. This intercultural sensitivity is necessary for
students in order to operate in an appropriate way in intercultural situations. We emphasize
the importance of cultural competences in learning foreign languages.
We study problems and misunderstandings in German-Hungarian business communication
and we try to solve these problems. The language of the course is German.
Suggested literature:
Michael Schugk, Interkulturelle Kommunikation, 2004, Verlag Vahlen, ISBN:3800631032
Christine Sontag, Sylvia Schroll-Machl, Alexander Thomas, Beruflich in Ungarn 2007,
Vandenhoeck&Ruprecht, ISBN 9783525490082.
Begegnen-Verstehen-Handeln, Handbuch für Interkulturelles Kommunikationstraining
1993, IKO-Verlag für Interkulturelle Kommunikation ISBN: 388939292.
Agnes Derjanecz, Interkulturelle Marketingkommunikation: Verbraucherverhalten und
Werberezeption in (West) Deutschland und Ungarn, CultureScan, Jahrgang 1, Nr.2,
November 2001
Course title:Economics of Urbanization Credits:3
Type: 2 hours lecture
Type of assesment: exam
Semester: 3.
Prerequisities: -
Course description:
The course is focusing on historic, economic, social and environmental effects of rapid
urbanization. The world is urbanizing at an ever faster rate, and much of the change is
concentrated in cities of the global south where migration and accelerated flows of global
capital are transforming cities. The course examines the causes and effects of rapid
urbanization in developing countries. We examine urban growth not just in built
environmental terms but also with respect to the shift from an industrial to a service economy,
and the importance of real estate developments and urban mega-projects in changing the
nature and character of urban governance. In addition to examining both local and
transnational forces that drive contemporary urbanization, the course focuses on key issues
that emerge in rapidly growing cities of the developing world, ranging from growing income
inequality and socio-economic exclusion, environmental challenges and rising violence to
fragmented yet sprawling and underserviced landscapes that often lack effective institutions
for sustainable metropolitan management.
Suggested literature:
Fujita, M. – Thisse, J.-F. (2004): Economics of Agglomeration: Cities, Industrial Location and
Regional Growth. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, U.K. ISBN 0 521 80524 4
UNDP: World Urbanization Prospects. United Nations, New York. 2004 ISBN 92-1-141396-
0
The Challenge of Slums: Global Report on Human Settlements 2003. London, UK: Earthscan
Publications, 2003, pp. 148-188. ISBN: 9781844070374.
Glaeser, Edward L., and Alberto F. Ades. "Trade and Circuses: Explaining Urban Giants."
The Quarterly Journal of Economics 110, no. 1 (1995): 195-227.
Sassen, S. (1991): The global city: New York, London, Tokyo, Princeton University Press,
Princeton, N.J. ISBN 0 691 07063 6
Course title:The Social History of the Intelligentsia Credits:3
Type: 2 hours lecture
Type of assesment: exam
Semester: 2.
Prerequisities: -
Course description:
This course, as a first step, offers a general overview of the history of Hungarian Kingdom in the period
of the „long 19th century” - from the Reform Age until the outbreak of World War I. At the beginning
of the period entire society in Hungary and especially those of having feudal privileges faced an overall
crises, while in most parts of Western Europe the first waves of the industrial revolution were „taking
off”. The crises of the feudal system, reformer concepts and political programs to go toward and
integrate into the developing Western region of Europe, ideas to shape bourgeois nation, to develop
national and individual self-government(s), the Hungarian Revolution and War for Independence the
Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867, the system of the Dual Monarchy, industrial modernization,
question of minorities and a new type of crises in the years prior to World War I are decisive factors
of the long 19th century in Hungary. On the basic knowledge of decisive factors, as a second step, the
course examines into social stratification, functions of educational system, process of social mobility
and shaping new class structure with special emphasis on those groups denoted „honoratiors”, „gentle
and educated middle class” or „intelligentsia”.
Several outstanding Hungarian movies help the understanding of the spirit of the period.
Suggested literature:
The Social History of the Hungarian Intelligentsia, 1825–1914, by Janos Mazsu, Atlantic Research
and Publications, Boulder, Atlantic Studies on Society in Change 89., New York, Columbia
University Press, 1997. 292.p. ISBN 9780880333627
Hungary in the Twentieth Century by Romsics, Ignác. Budapest-New York. (Columbia U. Press)
1999. ISBN 9789631348309
East Central Europe in the 19th and 20th centuries by Tibor Iván-Berend-György Ránki- Éva Pálmai,
Budapest, 1977. 163. ISBN: 9789630513098
Inert Transformation: Social History of Hungary from the Reform Era to World War I. In: Gábor Gyáni
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INTERNATIONAL ECONOMY AND BUSINESS FULL TIME PROGRAMME
ENGLISH CURRICULUM
Credits
1. 2. 3. 4.
L+S L+S L+S L+S
Advanced Mathematical Methods in
Economics2+2 5
Advanced Microeconomics 2+2 5
Advanced International Economics 2+2 5
Global Corporate Strategies 2+2 5
Advanced International Marketing 2+2 5
Advanced Development Economics 3+0 5
Advanced Macroeconomics 2+2 5
International Economic Policy 3+0 5
International Finance 2+2 5
The Law of International Economic Relations 3+0 5
Electives 4+4 12
International Political Economy 2+2 5
Elective 0+2 3
Thesis writing seminar I. 0+2 5
Specialization 6+6 15
Advaced Readings in World Economy 0+2 0
Advanced International Management 2+2 5
Thesis writing seminar II. 0+2 10
Specialization 6+6 15
Advaced Readings in World Economy 0+2 0
Transnational Corporations in the World
Economy2+2 5
International Trade Policy 2+2 5
International Market of the EU 2+2 5
International Factor Mobility 2+2 5
Corporation Law in the European Union 2+2 5
Regional Differences of Business Practices 2+2 5
Theory and Practises of Regional Development 2+2 5
International Agreements, Organizations and
their Economic Effects2+2 5
(3 subjects should be chosen out of 4 in each semester) 30
DISCIPLINE-SPECIFIC CORE SUBJECTS
International Business Management Specialization
Semesters
Courses
Econometrics 2+2 5
Spatial Structure of the World Economy 2+2 5
International Agreements, Organizations and
their Economic Effects2+2 5
Political Economy of Transition 2+2 5
Economics of Integration 2+2 5
Comparative Economics 2+2 5
Economic Growth in the World Economy 2+2 5
International Communication and Business
Protocol2+2 5
(3 subjects should be chosen out of 4 in each semester) 30
Physical education
International Economic Analysis Specialization
International Economy and Business, MA
Objectives and Perspectives
The aim of the program is to prepare specialists in economics and business using the basic
skills acquired in the fields of international-, micro- and macroeconomics, international
politics, European integration, international law, regional studies, civilization/globalization
and their chosen specialisation enable them to analyse, plan, make decisions and control the
activities of business organisations and institutions in an international context.
The program provides education at a Master�s level and as such, it expects students to arrive
with a sound theoretical basis acquired in their earlier Bachelor�s studies. The program aims
to expand the knowledge acquired at a Bachelor�s level, and intends to teach students how to
put the acquired skills into practice. This purpose is reached in two types of courses: Lecture-
type courses are offered with the aim of presenting theoretical issues, whereas practice-
oriented seminar-type courses are launched with the purpose of giving room to debates,
interactive discussions, and group or individual presentations on current and relevant topics of
the field.
The program provides students with the necessary background knowledge and they can
continue their studies in our doctoral (PhD) program.
Requirements Duration of Studies: 4 semesters for academic studies
Number of ECTS credits: 120
Number of teaching (contact) hours: 1275
Subjects
General Core Module 5x5 credits
Mathematical Methods 5
Economics (Advanced Micro-, Macro-, and International
Economics)
15
International Political Economy 5
Professional Core Module 7x5 credits
Global Corporate Strategies 5
Advanced International Marketing 5
Advanced Development Economics 5
International Economic Policy 5
International Finance 5
The Law of International Economic Relations 5
Advanced International Management 5
Advanced Professional Module (with two different
specializations)
6x5 credits
International Business Management Specialization
Transnational Corporations in the World Economy 5
International Trade Policy 5
Internal Market of the EU 5
International Factor Mobility 5
Corporation Law in the European Union 5
Theory and Practices of Regional Development 5
International Agreements, Organizations and their Economic
Effects
5
International Economic Analysis Specialization
Econometrics 5
Spatial Structure of the World Economy 5
International Agreements, Organizations and their Economic
Effects
5
Political Economy of Transition 5
Economics of Integration 5
Economic Growth in the World Economy 5
International Communication and Business Protocol 5
Professional Optional Subjects 5x3 credits
Thesis writing 15 credits
a) Students who graduate in the Master�s program acquire or know
- social and economic concepts and the factors that influence them at local, regional, national
and international levels
- decisional theories in the economy, international economy, world economy, business
administration and analytical methods,
- problem solving techniques necessary for research, analysis of special literature results and
innovative work,
- directing methods of colleagues, groups, projects and larger organisations,
- national and international special literature and research results,
b) Students who complete the Master�s course are able to
-acquire and represent national, European and universal values and they can present these
values in the world of corporations, regions, state and international organisations,
-fulfill, organise and direct complex special functions relevant to work, apply methods
creatively, formulate professional opinions , prepare and make decisions,
- recognise, understand and make relations inside the corporation, region, state and
international organisation, and between the organisation and the business environment,
-recognise individually the problems, the new environmental phenomena in the operation of
these organisation,
- apply the economic, financial, marketing and management theories at international levels,
- analyse the geopolitical, social, cultural and religious aspects of the international
environment,
- formulate efficient international business strategies,
- apply negotiation and convincing techniques efficiently