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Business Foundation Disciplines Marketing Finance Marketing Management introduces the market-driven company and customer-focused organization, and presents current theories and practices of marketing management. It examines the topics of new product development, marketing resource allocation and competitive strategy. Corporate Finance & Investments explores the strategic decisions that an organization makes in its capital spending. The risk element in financial decision making and the financial instruments that have evolved to reallocate risk in the economy are discussed. Strategic Marketing Decisions uses a computer simulation to give students the experience of running a business, making marketing decisions and gaining support for their recommendations. International Economics and Finance studies the determination of exchange rates and interest rates and examines the nature and management of foreign exchange risks. An Analytical Approach to Uncertainty introduces elementary probability theory as a tool for modeling uncertainty in business, with illustrations from decision theory and statistics. Marketing Strategy for New Products focuses on developing, refining, and executing the organization’s story in the marketplace. Statistical Decision Analysis explores the use of sample data for purposes of estimating, predicting, forecasting and decision making. Product Management for Technology Companies equips students with the frameworks, tools and direct experience to become effective technology product managers (whether as entrepreneurs or intrapreneurs). Strategic Financial Management examines important concepts and principles of financial management, using both a review of theory and cases. The course emphasizes valuation skills as a means to bring together cost of capital, financing, and operating issues faced by the firm. Managerial Economics explores the nature and determinants (including market forces) of decisions on profit-maximizing production and pricing. The Macroeconomic Environment inspects the economic mechanisms and trends as well as the cultural, social and political environments that shape economies, with emphasis on countries of the Middle East. Managers and the Legal Environment studies the legal environment in which international business organizations operate. World Economy offered by Kellogg Miami Decision Modeling and Optimization in Excel offered by Kellogg Miami International Finance offered by Kellogg Miami B2B Marketing offered by Kellogg Miami Contemporary Issues about Chinese Financial Markets and Institutions offered by Kellogg-Gianghua Strategic Brand Management offered by Kellogg Miami Biases, Forecasts and Deep Uncertainty offered by Kellogg Miami Marketing Research offered by Kellogg Miami Business Environment in Europe offered by Kellogg-WHU Consumer-Led Growth offered by Kellogg Evanston The Analytics Edge offered by Kellogg-WHU 24 Operations Management examines some of the basic principles of managing the production of goods or services, and studies some useful tools. The course emphasizes tools and principles that are equally useful in the service and manufacturing sectors. Operations Strategy concerns executive-level oper ations decisions, providing you with a framework to formulate an operations strategy and analyze, value, and optimize the key decisions involved. Intellectual Capital Management focuses on the use of ideas and knowledge as explicit forms of competitive advantage in the information economy, namely, intellectual property. This course surveys the forms of intellectual property and links the effective procurement and deployment of intellectual property with successful business strategies. Global Corporate Restructuring offered by Kellogg Miami Luxury Brand Management offered by Kellogg-WHU Advertising Strategy offered by Kellogg Miami Operations and Technology Management Venture Capital: the Business of Innovation introduces the venture capital (VC) industry, presenting and discussing the players of the industry and their respective roles. Participants experience the life cycle of investment decision making and learn the VC game plan and best practices of the industry. The Management of Digital Assets: Opportunities, Risks and Unknowns empowers students to manage the leveraging of IT business assets in an informed and disciplined fashion. Value Investing offered by Kellogg-HKUST Mergers and Acquisitions offered by Kellogg Evanston Digital Strategy: Individual and Organizational Transformation for a Digital Age offered by Kellogg-Schulich. Entrepreneurial Finance and Venture Capital offered by Kellogg Miami Investment Banks, Hedge Funds & Private Equity offered by Kellogg Miami Understanding Consumers offered by Kellogg-HKUST Entrepreneurial Finance offered by Kellogg-WHU The New Era of Marketing in China offered by Kellogg-Gianghua Business Tax Strategy offered by Kellogg-WHU 25