1 SPRING 2015 MNGT 375 International Business: Theory and Practice Section 007: 3:00 to 3:15 pm Monday and Wednesday, ST 115 Prof. Don Kopka, Ph.D. Management Dept. Office: ST 114B Office Hours: Monday and Wednesday, 3:30 to 4:30 pm Wednesday, 9:30 to 10:30 am Office phone: Cell phone:
2 What’s in an iPhone? Pair up, and together identify what you think is in an iPhone What do you think about outsourcing?
3 Where do those iPhone contents come from? iPhone – who’s the real manufacturer ple ple Breakdown of iPhone components: Assembled in China for US$6.50! components-assembled-china-us650http:// components-assembled-china-us650 How the U.S. Lost Out on iPhone Work squeezed-middle-class.html?pagewanted=1&_r=0&pagewanted=all squeezed-middle-class.html?pagewanted=1&_r=0&pagewanted=all iPhone 4 components cost around $
4 Beginnings STUDENT INFORMATION SHEET –What are you interested in learning about international business from this course? –You MUST have and use a towson.edu account for this course
5 Textbook Global Business Today, seventh edition, 2011 by Charles W. L. Hill
6 Kopka’s Course Web Page Go to Kopka’s course web page indicated above for “MNGT 375 – International Business,” to download, print, read syllabus and course schedule; available by Sunday afternoon, February 1, 2015 Syllabus and schedule discussed on Monday, February 2, 2015 For Wednesday, January 28, 2015 read Chapter 1 in textbook and “Ikea” handout For Monday, February 2, 2015, read “It’s a Flat World, After All,” available at flat_world.doc flat_world.doc