The title of the section of the course

Section 1 Sustainable development vs Business

Section 2. Transformation of Business structure for  Sustainable development

Section 3. The Global Goals and why they matter for business

Section 4. Leading for better business and a better world

Section 5. Sustainable Business: Sustainable finance and Renewing the social contract

Section 6. The Future of Sustainable Business










The goal of the course:  to acquire theoretical knowledge and practical skills to address the organization and conduct of various types of business activities in the market economy under the Russian Federation legislation .

The main objectives of the study subjects are:

to study the essence, types, features of business entities;

to  get acquainted with the organizational and legal forms of entrepreneurship, types of entrepreneurial activity; 

to study the features of the processes of organization, reorganization and liquidation of an entrepreneurial firm;

to familiarize yourself with the financial, accounting, marketing mechanisms necessary for doing business.


The main goal of the course is formation of knowledge and the basic concepts of essence and a role of a transfer in innovative economy, bases of the state and interstate regulation of process of transfer of technologies, features of a transnational, interregional and interindustry transfer of technologies, as well as skills of the analysis of systems, tools, methods and mechanisms of a transfer of technologies.

To achieve this goal in the course of teaching the following tasks are solved:

·          to study essence, the place and a role of a transfer of technologies in innovative economy, feature of institutional interaction of participants of innovative process in Russia and foreign countries;

·          to master methods and instruments of advance of innovative technologies;

·          to analyse features of a transnational, interregional and interindustry transfer of technologies;

to study bases of state regulation of a transfer of technologies and also questions of protection of results of intellectual activity at transfer of technologies in the Russian Federation.

The purpose of studying the discipline is to familiarize students with the basic theoretical paradigms of corporate governance; to form a holistic understanding of corporate governance among students, its role in the composition of management sciences, give skills in analyzing strategies, and skills in developing strategies.

 “Business valuation and company’s cost management”

is to study the theory and practice of business valuation and company value management. Theoretical knowledge and practical skills in this area of entrepreneurship are necessary for organizing appraisal work in addressing topical issues of restructuring (creating new business lines, changing the organizational structure of an enterprise), and reorganizing a business (buying and selling, merging, separating, merging, absorbing) and also substantiation of production and commercial, investment and financial decisions from the standpoint of changes in the market capitalization of an enterprise. Special attention is paid to cost management, as an integrating process, aimed at the qualitative improvement of strategic and operational decisions taken at all levels by focusing on key cost factors


The purpose of discipline "Company’s FEA" is to explore modern concepts,
approaches and methods to control the foreign economic activity of a firm; to consider external
and internal factors of doing international business.
The main objectives of the discipline are:
− to study the methodology of organization of foreign economic activity at the level of a
firm;
− to explore the nature and methods of management of foreign economic activity of the
company in the conditions of unstable economy;
− to develop students’ practical skills in the finding and selection a strategic foreign
partner and analyzing activities of foreign companies in the Russian market, finding the
solution to the problems of business internationalization;
− to develop students’ practical skills of analyzing tendencies in the world markets;
competent assessment of financial risks, skills of the independent analysis and its
application to certain practical tasks: diagnostics and control of actions of the
international companies and Russian companies implementing economic activity with
foreign partners.

The purpose of the discipline- the formation of students ' knowledge about the theory and
practice of prohibitions and restrictions in the field of foreign trade, as well as the development of
skills in the field of control over compliance with prohibitions and restrictions on the import into
the customs territory of the EAEU and export from the customs territory of certain categories of
goods.

The goal of the course: CORPORATE SECURITY is familiarize students with the basic theoretical paradigms of corporate security; form students a holistic view of corporate security as the basis for the development of entrepreneurial activity (business) and the most important component of the national (socio-economic) security of modern Russian society.


The purpose of studying the discipline is to form students' knowledge in the field of international

trade, as well as to teach them to apply this knowledge in practice. The course explains the basics of

international trade theories and outlines the different important organizations and it’s regulations that are

impacting international trade. In addition, students can learn types and content of international purchase

and sale contracts, to master legal regulation and payment operations under international trade contracts


The goal of the course Econometrics (advanced level) is to familiarize students with modern econometrics and its applications. Studied are the methods of analysis of spatial data, time series and panel data. The emphasis is given to modern research methods, illustrated by applications from micro- and macroeconomics, as well as from finance. A special feature of the course is the use of specialized software that allows to perform econometric modeling at a professional level.

This course is a core course of the economic block for master students with specialization in International Business. 

The aim of the "International trade" course is to develop students' knowledge, abilities, and skills in terms of methods of studying of market conditions and executing the modern procedures of International trade at the world markets, using current international information sources and programs.

 Course objectives:

  • to familiarize students with the basic theoretical approaches to the study of the economic situation, as well as general aims and objectives of market analysis;
  • providing the students with a system of indicators for the evaluation of the changes and trends of development of the world markets;
  • familiarize students with the forms and methods of work in the international market of participants in international commercial transactions;
  • provide students with a holistic view of the organization of commercial work in various world markets;
  • to study different forms and ways of foreign trade transactions;
  • teach students how to organize work on the preparation and conclusion of contracts on the basis of the rules and customs used in international practice

The subject "Microeconomics" is aimed at helping students develop the understanding of economic theory and corresponding business practices, as well as the ability to use economic concepts and methods of analysis in the elaboration and adoption of business problems.

 

Course objectives:

-     study of modern concepts related to business, types of companies, their costs and profits;

-     the acquisition of systematic knowledge of laws, rules, and errors of the functioning of the economic mechanism of organizations, reviewing options for their construction, advantages, and disadvantages;

-     maintain knowledge of market balance, elasticity and usefulness, and about the issues of consumer demand, supply and consumer behavior;

-  study of the mechanism of interaction of government agencies with business and determine the impact of data structures on the performance of commercial organizations.

In this course we discuss innovation activities of large, medium and small companies;  financing sources at different stages of their development; supporting innovation infrastructure; closed and open innovation strategies; forms of the state support to innovative companies.