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International Marketing Management

Module name (EN):
Name of module in study programme. It should be precise and clear.
International Marketing Management
Degree programme:
Study Programme with validity of corresponding study regulations containing this module.
International Business, Bachelor, ASPO 01.10.2020
Module code: IBB-442
SAP-Submodule-No.:
The exam administration creates a SAP-Submodule-No for every exam type in every module. The SAP-Submodule-No is equal for the same module in different study programs.
P420-0244
Hours per semester week / Teaching method:
The count of hours per week is a combination of lecture (V for German Vorlesung), exercise (U for Übung), practice (P) oder project (PA). For example a course of the form 2V+2U has 2 hours of lecture and 2 hours of exercise per week.
4V (4 hours per week)
ECTS credits:
European Credit Transfer System. Points for successful completion of a course. Each ECTS point represents a workload of 30 hours.
5
Semester: 4
Mandatory course: no
Language of instruction:
English
Assessment:
Written exam (90 minutes / can be repeated semesterly)

[updated 25.11.2019]
Applicability / Curricular relevance:
All study programs (with year of the version of study regulations) containing the course.

IBB-442 (P420-0244) International Business, Bachelor, ASPO 01.10.2020 , semester 4, optional course
Workload:
Workload of student for successfully completing the course. Each ECTS credit represents 30 working hours. These are the combined effort of face-to-face time, post-processing the subject of the lecture, exercises and preparation for the exam.

The total workload is distributed on the semester (01.04.-30.09. during the summer term, 01.10.-31.03. during the winter term).
60 class hours (= 45 clock hours) over a 15-week period.
The total student study time is 150 hours (equivalent to 5 ECTS credits).
There are therefore 105 hours available for class preparation and follow-up work and exam preparation.
Recommended prerequisites (modules):
IBB-240 Marketing and Market Research


[updated 04.02.2020]
Recommended as prerequisite for:
Module coordinator:
Prof. Dr. Frank Hälsig
Lecturer:
Prof. Dr. Frank Hälsig


[updated 04.02.2020]
Learning outcomes:
After successfully completing this module, students will:
- know and be able to explain the principle, theoretical approaches, and determinants of international marketing,
- know the decision fields of international marketing and be able to apply them to companies from different industries,
- be able to systematically analyze, critically evaluate and apply different options of market engagement and
  forms of activity in foreign markets,
- be familiar with the essential features of international marketing and be able to develop appropriate options for
  companies taking into account the company´s respective international marketing strategy,
- be able to analyze, critically evaluate and apply the basic options for standardization and differentiation of the
  international marketing mix,  
- understand the relevance of the coordination perspective and reflect upon the extent of feedback effects
  between country markets,  
- be familiar with the theoretical principles and perspectives of international marketing.

[updated 04.02.2020]
Module content:
 
- Determinants of international marketing
- Basic decision-making variables in international marketing: market selection, market entry, timing and
  standardized or adapted marketing activities
- Decision-making options in the field of marketing instruments against the
  background of international market segmentation
- Decisions regarding the product or program range in
  international market cultivation (especially the degree of standardization against the
  background of the differentiation from culture-free vs. culture-bound products)
- Design and coordination of communication tools in the
  context of intercultural characteristics
- Special features of international sales and distribution policy:
  transnational distribution systems, global account management,
  interculturally varying incentive effects, consideration of different international
  distribution channels and structures
- Challenges of international price and condition management:
  pricing information and decisions, as well as pricing and price maintenance,
  the consideration of different discount and condition structures,
  international price differentiation, the problem of corruption  


[updated 04.02.2020]
Teaching methods/Media:
Lecture with exercises and case studies

[updated 04.02.2020]
Recommended or required reading:
- Berndt, R., Fantapie Altobelli, C., Sander, M. (aktuellste Auflage), Internationales Marketing-Management, Heidelberg
  u.a.
- De Mooji, M. (aktuellste Aufl.), Global Marketing and Advertising: Understanding Cultural Paradoxes, Thousand Oaks,
  CA
- Guenzi, P., Geiger, S. (ed.), Sales Management: A Multinational Perspective, Basingtoke UK, u.a., (latest edition)
- Hollensen, S. (latest edition), Global Marketing: A Decision-Oriented Approach, Harlow, England
- Kotabe, M., Helson, K. (latest edition), Global Marketing Management, international student edition, Hoboken, N.J.
- Morschett, D., Schramm-Klein, H., Zentes, J. (latest edition): Strategic International Management: Text and
  Cases, Wiesbaden
- Morschett, D., Schramm-Klein, H., Zentes, J. (latest edition): Strategic Retail: Text and Cases, Wiesbaden
- Müller, S., Gelbrich, K. (latest edition), Interkulturelles Marketing, München
- Nalge, T. T., Hogan, J.E. (latest edition), The Strategy and Tactics of Pricing, Upper Saddle River, N.J.
- Zentes, J., Swoboda, B., Schramm-Klein, H. (latest edition), Internationales Marketing, München


[updated 29.01.2020]
 
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