Selected Specifics of International Trade
- Credits: 4
- Ending: Examination
- Range: 2P + 2C
- Semester: summer
- Year: 3
- Faculty of Commerce
Teachers
Included in study programs
Teaching results
Students will possess following abilities:
- Territorial specifics of international trade and basic facts of economic geography,
- Exporters, importers and principles of the international energy market mechanisms,
- Principles of international trade and its arrangement in key commodity groups of exports and imports of the Slovak Republic,
Students will obtain following skills:
- Basic principles of stock exchange operations,
- Processing of analytical material in the area of selected industry / commodity,
- Elaboration of the foreign trade analysis of the selected state.
Students will gain following competences:
- A comprehensive overview of economic geography,
- orientation in key exporters, importers at the country level or a significant commodity in the foreign trade of the Slovak Republic.
Indicative content
Basics of economic geography and territorial structure of international trade. Main and specific goods flows. Specifics in merchandise trade between key importers and exporters, the position of transnational corporations in international trade. Symbolism of transactions and domicile of importers and exporters. The international energy market and its specifics in international trade. Specifics of the automotive, electrical, engineering and high-tech products in international trade. Spatial economics and investigation of the effects of production factors mobility (migration) on international trade.
Support literature
1. Anděl, J. – Bičík, I. – Bláha, J. D. (2021). Makroregiony světa. Praha: Nakladatelství Karolinum.
2. Baláž, P. a kol. (2019). Medzinárodné podnikanie. Bratislava: Sprint 2.
3. Cornia, G. A. (2020). The Macroeconomics of developing countries (an intermediate book). Oxford University Press.
4. Drieniková, K. – Zubaľová, Ľ. – Gordanová, J. (2023). The V4-India Partnership as an Example of Broader EU and the Indo-Pacific Region Partnership. The Central European Business Review, Vol. 12, no. 2 pp. 1-18. DOI: 10.18267/j.cebr.318
5. Drieniková, K. – Zubaľová, Ľ. (2021). EU Strategic Interests in Kazakhstan in the Context of Geopolitical and Geo-economic Changes in the Region with Focus on China. AD ALTA: Journal of Interdisciplinary Research, Vol. 11, no. 2 (2021), pp. 51-57. DOI: 10.33543/11025157
6. Drieniková, K. – Zubaľová, Ľ. (2022). Ekonomika a obchodná politika rozvojových krajín - postavenie v medzinárodnom obchode, dlhová kríza a vplyv migrácie. České Budějovice : Vysoká škola evropských a regionálních studií.
7. Drieniková, K. – Zubaľová, Ľ. (2022). Obchodná a investičná spolupráca ČĽR s Kazachstanom. Čínska hodvábna cesta (Belt and Road Initiative) - príležitosť alebo riziko pre konkurencieschopnosť exportu EÚ a SR? : súbor vedeckých statí k projektu VEGA : VEGA č. 1/0777/20. S. 104-112. - Bratislava : Vydavateľstvo EKONÓM.
8. Kašťáková, E. – Drieniková, K. – Zubaľová, Ľ. (2019). Impact of the Geopolitical Changes on the EU Foreign Trade Relations with Selected Territories : Implications for the Slovak Economy. Saint Petersburg : Saint Petersburg University Press.
9. Kittová, Z. – Steinhauser, D. – Drieniková, K. (2023). Determinants of Domestic Value Added in Exports of the EU Countries. Acta Oeconomica, Vol. 73, no. 2 (2023), pp. 285-303. https://doi.org/10.1556/032.2023.00017
10. Štěrbová, L. (2013). Mezinárodní obchod ve světové krizi 21. století. Praha : Grada Publishing.
11. Zábojník, S. – Čiderová, D. (2020). Medzinárodný obchod - repetitórium. Žilina: EDIS-vydavateľské centrum ŽU.
Syllabus
1. Liberalization of international business, globalization and deglobalization tendencies. Territorial specifics of international trade. 2. Geography of international trade. The most important regional trade flows. 3. International trade in commercial services. The most important trade flows. 4. Symbolic economics. International financial centres and tax havens. 5. International financial and commodity exchanges. 6. Geography of international trade in agricultural products. 7. International energy market and its geographical specifics. 8. International oil market and its specifics. 9. International oil market and its specifics. 10. International trade in the automotive industry. 11. International trade in electrical and mechanical engineering. 12. International trade in high-tech products and the importance of innovation. 13. Spatial economics and international business.
Requirements to complete the course
10% active participation within seminars
30% semester work and its presentation
60% final exam
Student workload
Total: study load 6 credits x 26 h = 156 hours
Separate study load for individual educational activities:
Attendance at lectures: 26 hours
Attendance at seminars: 26 hours
Preparation for seminars and semestral work: 26 hours
Preparation for the final exam: 26 hours
Language whose command is required to complete the course
Slovak, English
Date of approval: 09.02.2023
Date of the latest change: 25.10.2023