Faculty : Faculty of International Business and Humanities

School : School of International Business

Course Description :

This course is designed to introduce students to the basic tools and concepts necessary to understand the Operation and technology aspects of a business. It provides the necessary information needed to understand how Operation and technology decisions are made such as product quality service quality, capacity planning, location selection, operation systems design, layout decision, product design, operation and information, operation strategy, process analysis.

Faculty : Faculty of International Business and Humanities

School : School of International Business

Course Description :

This course exposes students to the nuances of financing new ventures, getting them started legally and marketing their products or services. Students pull together all the ideas and information from different functional aspects of their projects into coherent and persuasive mini-business plans that serve as roadmaps for building their businesses; and useful instruments to find sufficient financing for the new ventures, so that they can convince the outside world that these opportunities are viable, with substantial potential for success.

Faculty : Faculty of International Business and Humanities

School : School of International Business

Course Description :

The financial services industry is a leader in the use of information technology. Firms in banking, securities, investments, insurance and financial marketplaces are among the most information intensive and innovative users of technology. The course will examine the role and potential of technology in this industry. The course begins with a description of the financial markets, specifically equity, foreign exchange, and derivatives, and the systems that enable them. It considers exchanges, ECNs, ATS's Order Management Systems, Straight through Processing, Fix Protocol, and post trading clearance and settlement. It covers the design, evaluation and execution of popular trading strategies that are used by professionals in the various markets. There is increasing interest, in particular, on systematic trading strategies and execution systems because of their scalability and transparency. The course covers both Algorithmic and High Frequency Trading and analyzes issues regarding latency, scalability, and reliability.

Faculty : Faculty of International Business and Humanities

School : School of International Business

Course Description :

This course is designed to give a working knowledge of the most essential components of international financial management, focusing on international financial markets, institutions, and instruments. The topics we cover include: drivers of international trade in goods, currencies, and financial assets; international financial instruments; determination of spot and forward exchange rates; international hedging and trading strategies; and lessons of recent financial crises for financial management.

Faculty : Faculty of International Business and Humanities

School : School of International Business

Course Description :

This course is intended to help student understand the role of financial institutions and markets play in the business environment that student will face in the future. It also helps student to develop a series of applications of principles from finance and economics that explore the connection between financial markets, financial institutions and the economy. On the financial markets side, student will learn the term structure of interest rates, stocks, principals of derivatives, and currencies. On the institutions side, student will learn commercial banks, investment banks, insurance companies, mutual funds, the Central Bank Systems and their role of in the economy.