Multinationals are one of the most important players in the global arena.  Nowadays, managers are expected to have the critical knowledge and skills to help manage multinationals in their global operations and competition. The course adopts a global strategic approach and introduce students to crucial conceptual frameworks and cutting-edge knowledge for global business competition. It seeks to enhance students' abilities to analyze complex, international business situations in order to formulate and implement a firm's global strategy successfully. In addition, the course specifically examines foreign firms' strategies in emerging markets, as well as the strategies of firms from the emerging markets, in order to sharpen our analytical skills in understanding and managing them successfully.