Foreign Trade Support
- Credits: 4
- Ending: Examination
- Range: 2C
- Semester: winter
- Year: 2
- Faculty of Commerce
Teachers
Included in study programs
Teaching results
Students will mainly acquire the following knowledge:
- ability to understand the issues of foreign trade support in the Slovak Republic,
- gain an overview of foreign trade support and external economic relations in different countries of the world,
- to use the basic forms of foreign trade support in the Slovak Republic for their own purposes.
Students will mainly acquire the following skills:
- propose solutions in the field of foreign trade support for the Slovak Republic,
- adopt solutions in the field of support for small and medium-sized international business,
- creatively use various methods and knowledge acquired in the field of foreign trade support from selected countries and apply them.
Students will mainly acquire the following competences:
- independence in solving specific problems related to foreign trade support in a changing international environment,
- responsibility in decision-making for the use of export support and investment activities within the Slovak Republic,
- the ability to present appropriately and professionally his/her position on the use of support for the internationalisation of small and medium-sized enterprises and overall support for foreign trade activity in Slovakia.
Indicative content
Introduction to the issue of foreign trade support. Legislative provision of support of foreign trade and investment activity in the Slovak Republic. Institutional support for foreign trade in the Slovak Republic. Support for investment activity in Slovakia. Examples of good practice: support of foreign trade activity in selected EU countries, USA, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Russia, Kazakhstan, Belarus, China, South Korea, Japan. Internationalisation of small and medium-sized enterprises in Slovakia. Possibilities of internationalization and financing of small and medium-sized enterprises in selected EU countries.
Support literature
1. RUŽEKOVÁ, Viera – PAVELKA, Ľuboš. Manuál exportéra : základná príručka obchodovania so zahraničím. Bratislava : Vydavateľstvo EKONÓM, 2023. 121 s. ISBN 978-80-225-5049-9.
2. KAŠŤÁKOVÁ, Elena - PÁSZTOROVÁ, Janka. Vybrané aspekty podpory zahraničného obchodu na Slovensku. 1. vydanie. Bratislava : Vydavateľstvo EKONÓM, 2020. [74 s.]. ISBN 978-80-225-4792-5.
3. KHALIL, Soliman (2017). Export Promotion Strategies and Export Values. LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing. ISBN-10 : 6202074604 https://www.amazon.com/Export-Promotion- Strategies-Values/dp/6202074604
Syllabus
1. Introduction to foreign trade support. Forms and models of support. 2. Legislative provision of foreign trade and investment support in the Slovak Republic. 3. Institutional support for foreign trade on the example of the Slovak Republic. 4. Forms and possibilities of export support on the example of the Slovak Republic. 5. Support for investment activity in Slovakia. Investment aid and investment incentives in Slovakia. 6. Examples of good practice: support for foreign trade activities in selected EU countries. 7. Examples of good practice: support for foreign trade activities in the USA, Canada, Mexico, Brazil. 8. Examples of good practice: support for foreign trade activities in the countries of the Eurasian Economic Union (Russia, Kazakhstan, Belarus). 9. Examples of good practice: support for foreign trade activities in selected Asian countries (China, South Korea, Japan). 10. Internationalisation of small and medium-sized enterprises and their importance in foreign trade on the example of the Slovak Republic. 11. Possibilities of internationalization of small and medium-sized enterprises in selected developed market countries and the EU. 12. Possibilities of internationalisation of SMEs in selected developing countries. 13. Financing options for the internationalisation of SMEs in the example of the Slovak Republic.
Requirements to complete the course
10 % active participation;
40 % semester paper and its presentation;
50 % written exam;
Student workload
Total study load: 104 hours
Attendance at seminars: 26 hours
Preparation for seminars: 13 hours
Preparation of the semester paper: 39 hours
Preparation for the written exam: 26 hours
Language whose command is required to complete the course
Slovak, English
Date of approval: 10.03.2025
Date of the latest change: 11.12.2025