Global Economies and Markets
Global Economies and Markets (GEM) area faculty apply the ideas and methodologies of economics to the analysis of the business environment in which firms operate and managers make decisions. The research in GEM area focuses on economic and market institutions, financial markets, economic development, and generally applied economics.
The first year course, GEM, offered by the area expands students’ knowledge of global economies and markets in three dimensions. First, it delivers insights and tools for analyzing markets in the global economy by studying topics including competition, market structure, efficiency, industry equilibrium and change. Second, it provides tools and concepts for analyzing the performance of national economies by focusing on the economic and political forces that shape production, trade flows, capital flows, interest rates, exchange rates and other variables that define the global economic landscape. Third, it applies the tools of international trade and finance to broaden students’ perspectives on how globalization affects the performance and strategies of nations and firms. The ultimate objective of GEM course is to help students develop frameworks for analyzing both opportunities and risks when operating in the global business environment.
Faculty
Alan R. Beckenstein
Wei Li
Peter L. Rodriguez
Frank E. Warnock
Peter Debaere
Professor Emeritus
Leslie E. Grayson
Adjunct Faculty
Peter D. Prowitt
Wolf-Dietrich Stoff
Seminars
Courses
GBUS 830-Management of International Business
GBUS 833-Business-Government Relations
GBUS 835-Competitive Dynamics
GBUS 8000-Global Business Experience
GBUS 8036-Managing in Emerging Economies
GBUS 8302-Regulatory Transformation and Competition in the New Economy
GBUS 8303-Emerging Markets Finance