MKH_MEOB International Trade

Faculty of Economics and Administration
Autumn 2009
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. Ing. Jaroslav Jakš, DrSc. (lecturer)
doc. Ing. Petr Pirožek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Ing. Petr Pirožek, Ph.D.
Department of Business Management – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Contact Person: Vlasta Radová
Timetable
Sat 17. 10. 16:20–19:30 P201, Sat 28. 11. 16:20–19:30 P312, Sat 12. 12. 12:50–16:15 P201
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 30 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/30, only registered: 0/30
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The main objective of the course is to obtain knowledge of the principles of international trade. At the end of this course, students should be able to understand the basic forms of international trade, explain concepts and basic characteristics of the world economy and the global economic environment, learn about the most important institutions in this area, to explain issues of foreign trade, describe and analyze the territorial and commodity structure of international trade; assess and develop arguments for trends in international trade for each territories / commodity.
Syllabus
  • The fundamental stages of International trade (IT)
  • Selected theoretic background of IT - political-trade regime, precaution
  • Selected theoretic background of IT - international agreements with political-trade nature
  • Optimal trends of international trade
  • Main exporters position in IT; states; regions
  • Main importers position in IT; states; regions
  • The role of energy materials in IT
  • The role of textile in IT
  • Position of China and India in IT
  • Position of Russia in IT
  • Foreign trade of the Czech Republic from 1992 - present
  • Future and trends in foreign trade
Literature
  • NEŠVERA, Václav and Václav KUBIŠTA. Postavení České republiky v mezinárodním obchodě. Vyd. 1. V Praze: Vysoká škola ekonomická, 2001, 49 s. ISBN 8024501686. info
  • KUBIŠTA, Václav. Mezinárodní měnové vztahy. 1. vyd. Praha: Oeconomica, 2005, 84 s. ISBN 8024506165. info
  • KUBIŠTA, Václav. Mezinárodní ekonomické vztahy. Vyd. 1. Praha: HZ Editio, 1999, 378 s. ISBN 80-86009-29-7. info
  • CIHELKOVÁ, Eva. Světová ekonomika : základní rysy a tendence vývoje. 2. vyd. Praha: Oeconomica, 2004, 257 s. ISBN 8024506874. info
  • ŠIMKOVÁ, Eva. Ekonomika zahraničního obchodu. Vyd. 1. Hradec Králové: Gaudeamus, 2005, 124 s. ISBN 8070414154. info
  • HRALA, Václav. Geografie světového hospodářství : vybrané kapitoly. 4. vyd. Praha: Oeconomica, 2005, 194 s. ISBN 8024508575. info
  • BENEŠ, Vlastislav. Zahraniční obchod. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2004, 328 s. ISBN 8024705583. info
Teaching methods
Lectures with a presentation of examples and real situations, case studies.
Assessment methods
Student has to work out one POT (work amended by tutor) in the semester. Presentation of POT is obligatory and it is a necessary condition to approach the exam. Exam will proceed within actual examination period. With respect to the scope of the course, the student has to choose one of the topics as a POT setting, present it and hand it in. The necessary condition of successful passing the exam is reaching more than 60 % of the total points, it means at least 61 points (final test = 90 points; plus POT evaluation = 10 points).
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
General note: nezapisují si studenti, kteří absolvovali předmět KHMEOB.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023.
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