Global Business (LGVR)
This course aims to provide the fundamental elements for understanding global business and the context of globalization in which companies, particularly small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), operate.
First, globalization will be defined as a process, along with the characterization of its various dimensions. The critical debate around globalization and the dominant perspectives—often not grounded in rigorous data—will also be addressed. Part of this reflection is based on the contributions of critical management studies.
The course will further explore the implications of the different dimensions of globalization—economic, cultural, political, social, and managerial—for companies, highlighting how they influence business practices. Core topics such as risk and uncertainty in international trade, the opportunities and challenges of business internationalization, as well as the complexity and sustainability of commercial activities in a global perspective, will also be analyzed.
Globalization
Internationalization management
Management
Sustainability
Understand the concept of organizational culture, international contracts, and negotiations;
• Understand the diversity of organizational and cultural contexts;
• Develop diagnoses and conduct well-founded analyses of the challenges and opportunities related to a company’s internationalization;
• Identify the differences between internationalization processes and globalization
Introduction to globalization and internationalization
• Challenges and risks of internationalization
• Dimensions of globalization
• Globalization and internationalization topics
• Organizational theory and globalization
• Models and applications
Main:
Ferreira, M. P. e Reis, N. R. (2024). Negócios Internacionais. Ambiente e competição nos mercados globais. Edições Sílabo.
Martins, J. M. (2024). Internacionalização e Globalização de Empresas. Edições Sílabo
Dionísio, P., Rodrigues, V., Guerreiro, J. Canhoto, R. e Faria, H. (2025). AI_NOVATOR. Bertrand Editora.
Secondary:
Brochado, A., Lobo, C., Pacheco, L. & Maldonado, I. (2020). Drivers of and barriers to the SME internationalisation process in a small open economy. Economics Bulletin. 40 (4), 2932-2942
Santos, M., Brochado, A. & Esperança, J. (2016). Foreign direct investment patterns of global hotel chains. Journal of Business Research. 69 (11), 5235-5240
E-learning.
The preferred assessment regime is continuous assessment, consisting of two e-folios (written assignments in digital format) carried out during the semester, and one final assessment moment — the Global e-folio (e-fólioG) — taking place at the end of the semester. These components account for 40% and 60% of the final grade, respectively.
Students may, however, choose, within the established deadlines, to be assessed through a single examination moment, by taking a Final Assessment test (exam), which accounts for 100% of the final grade.