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Foreign Trade Operations

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Course Unit Code116-0318/02
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated4 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Compulsory
Level of Course Unit *Second Cycle
Year of Study *First Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredSummer Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
KAU40doc. Ing. Lenka Kauerová, CSc.
Summary
This subject covers all main aspects of developing international business, the
topic is to equip the students with techniques and procedures used in foreign
trade operations. The students should be able to solve a current foreign
international operations.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
1. Formulate key business processes and their specific operations
2. Explain the course of commercial transactions
3. Explain the elements of contracts in business relationships
4. Assess the possibility of applying the instruments of payment and delivery terms
5. Assess the risk of business operations
6. Assess specifics bound transactions
Course Contents
1. Introduction to Foreign Trade Operations.
2. The essence and evolution of international relations.
3. Autonomous trade instruments, support of export.
4. Entry forms on foreign markets.
5. Algorithm of trade operations.
6. Contractual security and the legal regime trade operations.
7. Customs and currency regulations.
8. Foreign trade financing.
9. INCOTERMS.
10. International shipping.
11. Prices in foreign trade.
12. Insurance and the insurance contract.
13. Information about foreign markets and their security.
14. Trading with the European Union.
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
HILL, Charles W.L. and G. Thomas M. HULT. Global Business Today. 14th ed. New York: McGraw Hill, 2015. 541 p. ISBN 978-00-781-1291-1.
USUNIER, Jean-Claude and Julie Anne LEE. Marketing Across Cultures. Harlow: Prentice Hall, 2013. ISBN 978-0273757733.
HILL, Charles W.L. and G. Thomas M. HULT. Global Business Today. 14th ed. New York: McGraw Hill, 2015. 541 p. ISBN 978-00-781-1291-1.
MACHKOVÁ, Hana a Eva ČERNOHLÁVKOVÁ. Mezinárodní obchodní operace. 6. aktul. a dopl. vyd. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2014. 256 s. ISBN 978-80-247-4874-0.
ŠTĚRBOVÁ, L. a kol. Mezinárodní obchod ve světové krizi 21. století. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2015. 368 s. ISBN 978-80-247-4694-4.
Recommended Reading:
HILL, Charles W.L. and G. Thomas M. HULT. Global Business Today. 14th ed. New York: McGraw Hill, 2015. 541 p. ISBN 978-00-781-1291-1.
KOLÍNSKÁ, E. a kol. Mezinárodní obchod v 21. století. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2010. 228 s. ISBN 978-80-247-3396-8.
MACHKOVÁ, Hana. Mezinárodní marketing: Strategické trendy a příklady z praxe. 4 vyd. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2015. 200 s. ISBN 978-80-247-5366-9.
VYSEKALOVÁ, Jitka. Emoce v marketingu. Jak oslovit srdce zákazníka. 1 vyd. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2014. 296 s. ISBN 978-80-247-4843-6.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Tutorials, Project work
Assesment methods and criteria
Task TitleTask TypeMaximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks)
Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing
Credit and ExaminationCredit and Examination100 (100)51
        CreditCredit45 25
        ExaminationExamination55 26