Kokomo, IN 46904-9003
C566, Issues in International Business Management: Turkey
D496, Foreign Study in Business: Turkey
Summer I, May 14 – June 22, 2013
GENERAL INFORMATION
Instructor: Yusuf A. Nur, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Office: KO 174P (Main Building)
Office Hours: By appointment Office Telephone Number: 765-455-9254 E-Mail Address: ynur@iuk.edu
Fax Number: 765-455-9348
Required Texts: 1. Charles Hill, International Business, 9th Edition (McGraw Hill). 2. Doing Business in Turkey, 2011 (48 pages) 3. The Turkish Coffee House (posted on Oncourse) 4. http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-04-18/turkish-fashion-designers-make-muslim-style-chic 5. http://www.globalnegotiationresources.com/cou/Turkey.pdf 6. Selected articles from The Economist, The Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times, Business Week, and other business publications like Today’s Zaman, a Turkish magazine published in English, will be incorporated into the course. Students should get into the habit of reading the above business publications on a regular basis.
Recommended Reading 1. White, Jenny, Muslim Nationalism and the New Turks. (3-page review of which can be used for extra credit) 2. Crescent and Star: Turkey Between Two Worlds, by Stephen Kinzer 3. Turkey - Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture, by Charlotte McPherson 4. Tea Time in Turkey, by Scott Quigley
C566/D496 is a cross-listed graduate/undergraduate course, which provides students with the opportunity to travel to selected countries in order to gain an in depth and practical understanding of the macro and micro aspects of doing business in those countries. The broader goal of the course is to familiarize students with the environmental dynamics that arise when business activities transcend international borders. A variety of environmental dimensions—economic, financial, political,