Master in International Business

International Economics 6 ECTS

Introduction to International Economics
Main Economic Indicators
Long-run economic growth
The aggregate demand – aggregate supply model
Fiscal policy.
Money, banking and Central Banks.
Monetary policy.
The balance of payments.
The effect of public policies on the trade balance
International trade
Country case studies: analyzing countries’ economic perspectives in the long run.

New Technologies in Internationalization 3 ECTS

Introduction to new technologies in a globalized environment.
The information economy.
Big data and smart data in international economy
Artificial intelligence, blockchain, smart contracts: new analysis systems through new technologies

Development economics 3 ECTS

Concept and measurement of development
Inequality and poverty
Internal factors that condition development processes
Productive sectors
External insertion
Cooperation for development

International Trade 3 ECTS

"Trends and perspectives of the world economy".
"Strategy and commercial planning".
Means of payment"
"Foreign trade".

International Commercial Law 3 ECTS

Introduction to law.
Company law
Tort law
Contract Law: formation and performance of contracts
International and world trade law

Statistics applied to International Economics 3 ECTS

Statistical knowledge
Variables: Types and data representation
Numerical description of frequency distributions
Estimation
Topics

International Economic English 3 ECTS

The analysis of the economic discourse: most outstanding characteristics of the texts economic.
The description of trends and movements in the field of the economy.
Production and understanding of different types of graphics
Connection and sequencing of ideas.
The expression of cause and effect in the economic language.
The use of numeric expressions in the economic language in english
The use of metaphoric expressions in the economic discourse
Techniques for reading comprehension of economic texts in english

Public International Law and European Union Law 3 ECTS

Preliminary remarks – a review of the past
What is Public International Law?
Who is involved in the Public International Law?
What can Public International Law do for you?
EU formation – another review of the past
Who is involved?
What can EU law do for you?
What can you do for EU law?

Business Economics and Financial Statements Analysis 3 ECTS

Economic information of the company. Analysis of financial statements. Ratios. Liquidity
Strategy and business planning. Analysis tools. The importance of objectives. Continuous improvement
The weighted average cost of capital. Wacc. Creation of economic value.
Risk in investment analysis. Risk management. Scenarios. Simulation. Project finance
Analysis of investments. The value of money in the time. Cash flow.
Financial decisions.
Main financing instruments. Shares, bonds and obligations. Loans. Other Financing instruments
Financial markets. The stock market. Derivatives markets. The currency market.
The value of the company. Valuation methods

World Economy 3 ECTS

Economic basic principles
Economic distortions
Bubbles, pyramids and financial crash
Worldwide money
Worldwide productivity
Economic regional blocks

International Financial Economics 6 ECTS

Introduction to international financial system.
Financial markets
Risk-rewards fundamental concepts
Financial assets. Valuation
Market Efficiency Theory.
Portfolio Theory. Diversification.
Reversion to the mean. CAPM. VaR. WACC.
Fixed income assets. Bonds.
Derivatives: options, futures, forwards, swaps.
Currency markets.
Real options

International Economic Law 3 ECTS

International economic law: particularities. Introduction. Sources. Material scope.
General framework of commercial relations. Historical and normative evolution. Market access principles and obstacles to international trade in goods and services
The wto. The institutional legal system
wto. Relations between wto law and domestic law
solution of controversies. Institutional structure, procedures and decisions. Thematic block iii. -investments
International investment law. Protection standards. Apris; treatment and expropriation
Solution of controversies. International arbitration, international court of justice, national courts.
Breton woods system and other forums. General presentation. G-8. G20.cef.g24. United nations sanctions.
Institutional structure. Functioning. Features thematic block v. Bilateral and regional scope
Trade agreements and regional integration processes regional agreements. Eu. Mercosur. Dog. Nafta. Asean. Ecowas.
International development law background. Goals: from the mdgs to the sdgs

Internernship

El Minor

Masters Thesis defense