Internationalizing the Business Curriculum

Abstract

There is little disagreement as to the importance of the global dimension in business education, but many business schools have found it difficult to integrate it into their curricula. Current attempts involve either requiring a separate international business course or modifying existing core courses to include international modules. In this paper the authors argue that it is both more practical and educationally sound to integrate international examples into courses to reinforce concepts presented in a domestic context. The paper concludes with several such examples successfully used by the authors in Finance courses over the past few years.