Course description
Title of the Teaching Unit
World Trade Business Game (Globex)
Code of the Teaching Unit
21ICI17
Academic year
2025 - 2026
Cycle
Number of credits
3
Number of hours
30
Quarter
2
Weighting
Site
Montgomery
Teaching language
English
Teacher in charge
HEINEN Marie-Lise
Objectives and contribution to the program
At the end of this business game, students will be able to understand mechanisms ruling current international trade in order to adapt their professional behavior (communicate, decide, choose the best option, use specific techniques) thanks to a living experience of the interaction between key international economic players, the dynamics of exports development, the role and behavior of Nation States and multinationals, and the importance of the human actors in the world trade mechanisms.
Competency Goals :
CG 1 Disciplinary Knowledge
CG2 Operational
CG4 Open to the world
CG6 Communicate orally and in writing in English
Prerequisites and corequisites
English (minimum C1)
Basics of Strategy and Marketing
Economics
General Accounting & Cost Accounting
See pedagogical document for all details.
Content
See pedagogical method
Teaching methods
GLOBEX is a dynamic role play of simulation of the real international economic context. The dynamics is based upon the participants' behaviors. Actually participants play the roles of either economic agents from developing or industrialized countries, or operators in the world market such as multinational companies or international organizations.
So, it's organized in two steps:
- Introduction to the business game and its relations to the real world trade
- business game: several rounds of role play, with breaks for the analysis of the situation /progress so far
Assessment method
- Attendance at the plenary session and the preliminary test, completed successfully, are required to participate in the business game.
- Active participation in the two full and consecutive days at the business game is mandatory. In case of non-participation or partial participation, the student is not allowed to take the exam and is sent immediately to the September session (for which other arrangements can be organized)
- Evaluation based on participation at the introduction session, results of the premiminary test, active participation at the business game and
individual written exam
References
Reference books:
- Daniels J., Radebaugh L. & Sullivan D., International Business: Global Edition – Environments & Operations, Pearson Education, 17th edition, 2021 (EN) or
- Venin E. & collectif, Exporter, 28th edition (minimum 26th), Foucher, 2024 (FR)
For more, see the pedagogical document.