International Business
Degree Offered: Bachelor of Business Administration
Students emphasizing international businesswill be learning how business functions in a global economy. From international trade to direct investment, business is conducted on different levels in different ways in different countries. Economic, political, social, religious and other conditions sometimes cause these differences. Many courses, both inside and outside the College of Business Administration, help to develop an understanding of these differences as well.
With an LMU emphasis in international business, you develop an understanding of the business basics – accounting, marketing, and human resources, in addition to advanced knowledge in your particular international business specialization. Your studies gain strength from first-rate and internationally known faculty, superb facilities, and good connections to excellent business and professional networks in Southern California and throughout the world.
Yet, no LMU graduate becomes a narrow specialist. All have experienced the personal growth and enrichment that flows from Loyola Marymount’s core curriculum – an appreciation of the arts, sciences, philosophy, religion, and history that shapes our world and its various cultures. Each has gained perspective from a university context, which never loses sight of the moral and ethical values involved in business and its relationships with the community and society.
If you emphasize international business, you’ll be a part of the LMU College of Business Administration. The College is more fully described in other publications, but here are a few essentials:
The College
Faculty
The college of Business Administration has a faculty familiar with business practices in the U.S. and many other countries with which we conduct business. And all are directly involved with students and their personal development. A majority of the faculty members have doctorates from leading U.S. and international schools and all teach and counsel undergraduates.
Accreditation
Both the undergraduate and the MBA programs within the College of Business Administration are fully accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International. This distinction adds value to your degree and will indicate the high quality of your education to future employers.
Practical Experience
Much of your academic work will take the form of real-world business situations. Beyond the classroom, Southern California is filled with opportunities for practical experience. The College helps to arrange corporate and other internships, in some cases as part of coursework for credit, so that undergraduates can apply their new knowledge, start to build a resume, and in some cases earn while they learn. But this valuable learning is not limited to the U.S. Whether your interest are in Asia, Latin American, Africa, the Middle East, Western Europe, Eastern Europe or Russia, we have connections to help you learn about business in those areas of the world.
Study Abroad
The College emphasizes business in a global context. Although not required, students are encouraged to study abroad. Arrangements are in place for overseas programs in nearly every country in Europe as well as Japan, Korea, China and others. An excellent learning experience is provided by LMU’s New Europe Program in Bonn, Germany, where students can pursue their studies both in the classroom and outside with travel and part-time international internship arrangements.
Job Placement
Throughout your four years in the College, you will be honing your own marketability through your studies, by gaining practical experience, and by learning techniques of the job search process. Beyond that, the College and its faculty members have strong ties throughout the regional, national, and international business community. An active Career Development Office offers internships and job opportunities with major multinational organizations.
Business Ethics
Business must honor the essential values of society – ethical, moral, social, and environmental. This awareness has always been at the heart of a Loyola Marymount education and the University draws students with a strong sense of values. LMU is also the home of distinguished faculty who focus on ethics. In the College of Business Administration, Dr. Thomas White holds the Hilton Chair in Business Ethics and coordinates the exciting annual Business Ethics Fortnight Program, which combines academic competition with social and environmental awareness.
The Business Curriculum
Like all LMU students, international business students concentrate their work in early semesters on the University’s core curriculum. This not only develops the broad knowledge base and cultural awareness of an educated person, it also contributes to communication skills and disciplined thinking, which have direct value in any business pursuit. The business curriculum builds on first year core courses. During the sophomore year, you gain familiarity with computer-based systems, accounting, statistics, and the legal environment of business. Junior core business courses concentrate on management, marketing, human resources, finance, operations, information systems, and international business. With this foundation, you’ll be prepared to choose electives in your senior year to gain greater depth of knowledge and skill in one or more areas of concentration.
Meet the Faculty
Benjamin F. Bobo
Professor of Finance
B.S., California State University, Long Beach; M.B.A., University of California at Los Angeles; Ph.D., University of California at Los Angeles.
Teaching Interests: Corporate Finance, International Economic Strategy, Trade Policy, Multinational Corporations and Third World Relations.
Research Interests: Multinational Corporations and Third World Development, Economic and Financial Factors in Urban Development, International Economic Development.
Fred Kiesner
Professor
B.S., University of Minnesota; M.B.A., Northwestern; Ph.D., Claremont Graduate School.
Dr. Kiesner has multiple specialties, which include Entrepreneurship and Eastern European New Business Start-Ups. He is currently involved in an experimental program establishing small businesses in the former Soviet Union. While his publications are in the hundreds, his most recent two are International Journal of Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Change and Los Angeles Business Journal .
David Mathison
Professor
B.A., Whittier College; M.Div., Bethel Seminary, Ph.D., Bowling Green.
Dr. Mathison teaches in International Management and Business Ethics. His research area focuses on European Business Ethics. He is the author of numerous articles which include the Journal of Business Ethics and the textbook Management Incidences and Cases, The Competitive Edge.
Youngsun Paik
Associate Professor
B.A., Yonsei University; M.B.A., Chung-Ang University; M.A., University of Texas Austin; Ph.D., University of Washington.
Professor Paik specializes in International Management with an emphasis in Latin America and Asia. His doctoral dissertation received international recognition for its scholarship and innovation. Professor Paik has made numerous presentations with a publication in Advances in Competitive Research and a book chapter in Expatriate Management: New Ideas for International Business.
Gary P. Sibeck
Professor
B.A., M.A., J.D., University of Oklahoma; Ph.D., University of Southern California.
Before joining academia, Professor Sibeck spent three years practicing law. He teaches courses in principles of marketing, international marketing, the global environment of business, and international business law. His research interests are in international business. He has presented papers and published in the field of international business. He is a member of the American Marketing Association, the American Business Law Association and several regional and international organizations.
Daniel Stage
Professor
B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology; M.B.A., University of Southern California; DBA, University of Southern California.
Dr. Stage’s interests are in Creative Management and International Management Systems. A recent recipient of a Best Paper Award for the Academy of Management. Dr. Stage has also numerous publications, which include Management International Review.
Lawrence S. Tai
Professor of Finance
B.S., Illinois State University; M.B.A., Indiana University; Ph.D., Georgia State University.
Teaching Interests: Corporate Finance, International Finance.
Research Interests: Corporate Bankruptcy, International Trade and Investment, International Capital Markets, Equity Markets and Economic Development.
Charles Vance
Professor
B.S., Brigham Young; M.A., Syracuse; Ph.D., Syracuse.
Professor Vance teaches and researches in the area of Human Resource Management and Training. In addition to his recent book Mastering Management Education , he has published in Management International Review numerous other journals and is highly active in leadership in the National Organizational Behavior Teaching Conference.
Anatoly Zhuplev
Assistant Professor
B.A., Moscow Management Institute, Moscow; Ph.D., Moscow Management Institute.
Dr. Zhuplev brings to our department a rich blend of General Management, International Entrepreneurship and European Business expertise. Dr. Zhuplev is highly active in academic conferences with numerous presentations and publications to his credit. His most recent publications are Journal of Management Inquiry and a book chapter in The Russian Management Revolution.
Career Opportunities
Graduates can obtain positions in multinational manufacturing and service companies, a fast growing number of export/import companies, state and federal government agencies, as well as the world’s largest banks, which finance and facilitate international transactions. In a period of expanding worldwide capitalism, new trade agreements and vast new markets in Asia, Latin America, and Eastern Europe, international business promises to be an exciting field for decades to come.
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