COURSE TITLE: Business and Public Policy
UNITS OF CREDIT: 2
INSTRUCTOR: Vinod Aggarwal
E-MAIL ADDRESS: vaggarwa@haas
CLASS WEB PAGE LOCATION (HTTP URL):
MEETING DAY(S)/TIME: Wednesday, 4:00-6:00 PM
PREREQUISITE(S):
CLASS FORMAT:Mixture with a focus on cases.
REQUIRED READINGS:
David
Baron, Business and its Environment, 4th edition. Some additional materials.
BASIS FOR FINAL GRADE: ABSTRACT OF COURSE'S CONTENT
AND OBJECTIVES:
This course introduces students
to the political and social (nonmarket) environment of business in the
United States, Europe, and Japan. Topics include domestic political institutions
and policymaking, corporate political strategies, government regulation
and deregulation, industrial policy, trade policy making, and international
institutions. The course focuses on how executives should design
and implement complementary market and nonmarket strategies.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH:
Vinod
Aggarwal is Professor in the Department of Political Science, Affiliated
Professor of Business and Public Policy in the Haas School of Business,
and Director of the Berkeley Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Study Center
(BASC) at the University of California at Berkeley. He founded and
is currently Editor-in-Chief of the journal Business and Politics. Prof.
Aggarwal received his B.A. from the University of Michigan and his M.A.
and Ph.D. from Stanford University. He teaches regularly in the MBA
program as well as in the Berkeley Executive EducationProgram. Prof.
Aggarwal has consulted with the Mexican Government, the U.S. Department
of Commerce, OECD, the Group of Thirty, IFAD, UNCTAD, the World Bank, WTO,
and major multinational corporations. He has authored or edited 11 books
and published over 45 articles. In 1997, he won the Cheit Outstanding Teaching
Award at the Haas School of Business.