Description du cours

Intitulé de l'Unité d'Enseignement

World Trade Business Game (Globex)

Code de l'Unité d'Enseignement

21ICI17

Année académique

2025 - 2026

Cycle

MASTER

Nombre de crédits

Nombre heures

Quadrimestre

Pondération

Site

Montgomery

Langue d'enseignement

Anglais

Enseignant responsable

HEINEN Marie-Lise

Objectifs et contribution de l'Unité d'Enseignement au programme

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

Prérequis et corequis

English (minimum C1)
Basics of Strategy and Marketing
Economics
General Accounting & Cost Accounting

See pedagogical document for all details.

Description du contenu

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Méthodes pédagogiques

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

Mode d'évaluation

- 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

Références bibliographiques

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.