Foreign Trade Promotion
- Credits: 4
- Ending: Examination
- Range: 2C
- Semester: winter
- Year: 2
- Faculty of Commerce
Teachers
Included in study programs
Teaching results
Students will possess following abilities:
- ability to understand the issues of foreign trade support in the Slovak Republic,
- to get an overview of the support of foreign trade 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 purposes.
Students will obtain following skills:
- to propose solutions in the field of foreign trade support for the Slovak Republic,
- to adopt solutions in the areas of support for small and medium-sized international business,
- to use creatively various methods and knowledge gained in the field of foreign trade support from selected countries and apply them
Students will gain following competences:
- independence in solving specific problems connected with the support of foreign trade in the changing international environment,
- responsibility in deciding on the use of export support and investment activities within the Slovak Republic,
- the ability to present their position in an appropriate and professional manner in the area of the use of support for the internationalization of small and medium-sized enterprises and overall support for foreign trade activities in Slovakia.
Indicative content
Introduction to the issue of foreign trade support. Legislative provision of support for foreign trade and investment activities in the Slovak Republic. Institutional support of foreign trade in the Slovak Republic. Support of investment activities in Slovakia. Examples of good practice: support of foreign trade activities in selected EU countries, USA, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Russia, Kazakhstan, Belarus, China, South Korea, Japan. Internationalization of small and medium enterprises in the Slovak Republic. Possibilities of internationalization and financing of small and medium-sized enterprises in selected EU countries.
Support literature
KAŠŤÁKOVÁ, Elena - PÁSZTOROVÁ, Janka. Vybrané aspekty podpory zahraničného obchodu na Slovensku. Recenzenti: Viera Ružeková, Miloslav Rosenberg. 1. vydanie. Bratislava : Vydavateľstvo EKONÓM, 2020. [74 s.] [4,258 AH]. VEGA 1/0039/20, VEGA 1/0777/20. ISBN 978-80-225-4792-5.
KAŠŤÁKOVÁ, Elena - DRIENIKOVÁ, Kristína - ZUBAĽOVÁ, Ľubica. Impact of the Geopolitical Changes on the EU Foreign Trade Relations with Selected Territories : Implications for the Slovak Economy. Reviewers: T.M. Isachenko, Peter Baláž. 1st Edition. Saint Petersburg : Saint Petersburg University Press, 2019. 246 s. [15,5 AH]. VEGA 1/0546/17. ISBN 978-5-288-05988-9.
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
PETERMANN, Jan-Henrik (2013). Between Export Promotion and Poverty Reduction. Springer VS; 2013th edition (December 12, 2013) ISBN 978-3-658-00048-6 https://www.amazon.com/Between-Export-Promotion-Poverty-Reduction/dp/3658000473
Syllabus
1. Introduction to the issue of foreign trade support. Forms and models of support 2. Legislative provision of support of foreign trade and investment activities in the Slovak Republic 3. Institutional support of 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 of investment activity in Slovakia. Investment aid and investment incentives in Slovakia 6. Examples of good practice: support of foreign trade activities in selected EU countries 7. Examples of good practice: support of foreign trade activities in the USA, Canada, Mexico, Brazil 8. Examples of good practice: support of foreign trade 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. Internationalization 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 market-developed countries and the EU 12. Possibilities of internationalization of small and medium-sized enterprises in selected developing countries 13. Possibilities of financing the internationalization of small and medium-sized enterprises on the example of the Slovak Republic
Requirements to complete the course
• 10 % active participation in seminars,
• 30 % semestral work and its presentation,
• 60 % final written exam.
Student workload
Total: study load 104 hours
Separate study load for individual educational activities:
Attendance at seminars: 26 hours
Preparation for the seminars: 8 hours
Elaboration of semestral project: 23 hours
Preparation for the final exam: 47 hours
Language whose command is required to complete the course
Slovak language, English language
Date of approval: 09.02.2023
Date of the latest change: 19.01.2022