International Economic Organizations

  • Credits: 4
  • Ending: Examination
  • Range: 2C
  • Semester: summer
  • Year: 2
  • Faculty of Commerce

Teachers

Included in study programs

Business and Marketing

Teaching results

Students will possess following abilities:
- Fundamentals and functioning of IEOs
- Organizational structure of IEOs
- Process of selection of the IEO leaders
- Impact of IEOs on the world economy
- Activities and projects of selected IEOs
Students will obtain following skills:
- Make use of publicly available analyses and databases of IEOs
- Ability to analyze benefits and deficiencies of IEO activities
- Create and present a case study on activities and projects of specific IEO
Students will gain following competences:
- Take into account the specific features of selected IEOs and their impact on the world economy
- Orientation in the analyses and databases of selected IEOs
- Critical assessment of the activities of selected IEOs
- Synthesis of theoretical knowledge and interpretation of analytical outputs
- Presentation of outcomes of the selected IEO′s activities

Indicative content

The course is focused on the analysis of activities and projects of selected international economic organizations (IEOs). Students will assess contributions of IEOs to development of the international trade based on specific activities and projects of selected IEOs.

Support literature

GAVAĽOVÁ, V. 2010. Medzinárodné ekonomické organizácie. Bratislava : Vydavateľstvo EKONÓM, 2006, 2010 dotlač. 143 s. ISBN 80-225-2246-5
LYSÁK, L. - GREŠŠ, M. - ŠČEPÁN, M. 2010. Medzinárodné organizácie. 1. vyd. Bratislava : Vydavateľstvo EKONÓM, 2012. 285 s. ISBN 978-80-225-3392-8.
LEUFFEN, D. - RITTBERGER, B. - SCHIMMELFENNIG, B. 2012. Differentiated Integration. Palgrave Macmillan, 2012, 304 s., ISBN 978-0-230-24644-7
Články
McCORMACK, G. Why ‘Doing Business’ with the World Bank May Be Bad for You. European Business Organization Law Review 19, 649–676 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40804-018-0116-4
Online zdroje:
Svetová banka. (2021). Doing Business. Dostupné na: https://www.doingbusiness.org/en/doingbusiness
UNCTAD. (2020). World Investment Report. Dostupné na: https://unctad.org/webflyer/world-investment-report-2020
Webové sídla vybraných MEO v zmysle sylabu predmetu.

Syllabus

1. Introduction and fundamentals of IEOs (theoretical background) 2. Structure of IEOs 3. Intergovernmental IEOs: UN 4. Intergovernmental IEOs: selected UN specialized agencies 5. World Bank 6. WTO 7. OPEC 8. OECD 9. Regional IEOs: Europe 10. Regional IEOs: North and South America 11. Regional IEOs: Asia and Africa 12. International monetary and financial institutions 13. International security cooperation

Requirements to complete the course

• 10% - essay and its presentation
• 30% - end-term exam
• 60% - final exam

Student workload

Separate study load for individual educational activities:
Attendance at seminars: 26 hours
Preparation for seminars: 12 hours
Essay: 28 hours
Preparation for the final exam: 38 hours

Language whose command is required to complete the course

Slovak, English

Date of approval: 06.03.2024

Date of the latest change: 13.01.2022