This course description is from Fall 2015. It will be updated shortly.

COURSE NUMBER: MBA215.1

COURSE TITLE: Business Strategies for Emerging Markets

UNITS OF CREDIT: 3.0

INSTRUCTOR: David Levine

E-MAIL ADDRESS: levine@haas.berkeley.edu

PREREQUISITE(S): None

CLASS FORMAT:

The course combines lectures, class participation, and cases.  A number of visiting speakers will help to tie the course theory to business practice.  Many of the examples will be current events from the Financial Times and articles I email.

REQUIRED READINGS: There will be cases, a brief course reader, and on-line articles.

BASIS FOR FINAL GRADE:

· Class Participation: 35%

· Case write-ups: 20%

· Final Project: 45%

ABSTRACT OF COURSE'S CONTENT AND OBJECTIVES:

This course helps students to:

1. Study the institutions of emerging markets that are relevant for managers.

2. Analyze opportunities presented by emerging markets.

3. Analyze the additional ethical challenges and issues of social responsibility common in emerging markets.

4. Learn to minimize the risks of doing business in emerging markets.

CAREER FIELD: All

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH:

David I. Levine is the Eugene E. and Catherine M. Trefethen Professor of Business Administration at the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley.  He is past chair of the University’s Center for Health Research, of the Advisory Board for Center for Effective Global Action (CEGA), and of the Haas School’s Economic Analysis and Policy Group.  Levine’s research in emerging markets has involved organizations and data from Kenya, Uganda, Senegal, Ghana, Mexico, Cambodia, Bangladesh, Indonesia, and China.