Scope and Purpose:
International Business focuses on business related activities across national boundaries. Materials dealing with multinational corporations, with international business research and practice, with business-related cross cultural perspectives, with import/export documentation and with the international aspects of accounting, business law, finance, management and marketing are acquired at the advanced study level. Materials acquired by International Business are used by the other departments in the College of Business Administration, and the departments of Geography and Planning, Economics, Political Science and the School of Law.
Curriculum:
International Business offers a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration/International Business, in which either a Global Interdisciplinary Option or a Foreign Language Option is required. A concentration in International Business is a possible in the Masters of Business Administration program. International Business offers courses for both undergraduate and graduate students, and the other College of Business Administration departments have courses with an international focus. Certificates are offered in Entrepruership, and International Business.
Geographical Coverage:
By definition, the scope of international business is worldwide. Areas of specialization are Asia, Europe, Latin America, and the NAFTA countries.
Language:
Only English language materials are collected.
Period Coverage:
The focus of the collection is on current developments.
Publication Types:
Scholarly and professional works, research reports, research data and handbooks are collected.
Formats:
Print formats account for ninety percent of the collection. Videotapes and computer software make up the remainder.
Remote Sources:
When required, use is made of other academic library collections through OhioLINK and traditional interlibrary loan.
Exclusions:
Materials on economic development and the theory of international trade are purchased by the department of Economics. Materials on countries and areas of the world are collected by the departments of Geography and Planning , and Political Science. Legal texts and periodicals are collected by the School of Law library.
Policy Revised: 02-2004
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