Università Roma Tre

The idea of multinational firms with a particular national identity is becoming obsolete as firms continue to maximize the opportunities created by global markets. Firms have reallocated various activities around the world in response to value creation opportunities. The course is intended to offer students a more comprehensive view on globalization impacts over transnational business issues. Leading transnational choice across markets in a today business arena/environment is more and more connected with both corporate governance and intercultural management
The course provides a critical interpretation of instruments and systems of corporate governance, particularly with regard to the management of relationships between companies and stakeholders, such as shareholders, managers, employees, customers, suppliers, financial institutions.
The course examines case studies and readings that focus on general concepts of “culture” as well as in particular on issues of intercultural competence, cultural identity and cultural diversity from a strategic, organizational, and marketing perspective.

1. Globalization and competitiveness
• UNCTAD – World Investment Report 2016 (pag. 36-70)
• UNCTAD – World Investment Report 2013 (pag. 122-174)
• Mihir A. Desai, The Decentering of the Global Firm, World Economy, 32, 2009, pp. 1271-1290
2. Corporate Governance
• G20/OECD Principles of Corporate Governance 2015 pag 1/61 http://www.oecd.org/daf/ca/Corporate-Governance-Principles-ENG.pdf
• OECD Corporate Governance and financial crisis Key findings and main messages 2009 pag 7-55 http://www.oecd.org/corporate/ca/corporategovernanceprinciples/43056196.pdf
• OECD Corporate Governance Board Practices:Incentives and Governing Risks 2011 pag 1-39 http://www.oecd.org/daf/ca/49081438.pdf
• ASSONIME Note e studi. La corporate Governance in Italia: autodisciplina remunerazioni e comply or explain 2015 pag 63-71 e 76-115
3. Intercultural Management
• Hofstede, G. (2011). Dimensionalizing Cultures: The Hofstede Model in Context. Online Readings in Psychology and Culture, 2(1). http://dx.doi.org/10.9707/2307-0919.1014
• Center For Creative Leadership, (2014), Leader effectiveness and Culture: The Globe Study. http://www.ccl.org/leadership/pdf/assessments/globestudy.pdf
• De Mooij M., Hofstede G., (2010), Application to global branding and advertising strategy and research, International Journal of Advertising, 29(1), pp.85-110.
• Marc E., Mendenhall, B. Sebastina Reiche, Allan Bird, Joyce S. Osland, (2012) Defining the global in global leadership, Journal of World Business, n. 47, 493-503;
4. Readings and slides on the course web page.