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SPRING 2016 MNGT 375 International Business: Theory and Practice Section 001: 9:00 to 9:50 am Monday – Wednesday - Friday, ST 107 Prof. Don Kopka, Ph.D. Management Dept. Office: ST 114B Office Hours: Monday and Wednesday 3:30 to 5:00 pm email: [email protected] Office phone: 410-704-3234 Cell phone: 410-497-4424 1 What’s in an iPhone? Pair up, and together identify what you think is in an iPhone What do you think about outsourcing? 2 Where do those iPhone contents come from? •iPhone – who’s the real manufacturer http://texyt.com/iphone+manufacturer+supplier+assembler+not+ap ple+00113 •Breakdown of iPhone components: Assembled in China for US$6.50! http://www.iphonelife.com/blog/11445/breakdown-iphonecomponents-assembled-china-us650 •How the U.S. Lost Out on iPhone Work http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/22/business/apple-america-and-asqueezed-middle-class.html?pagewanted=1&_r=0&pagewanted=all •iPhone 4 components cost around $188 http://touchreviews.net/iphone-4-components-cost-188-isuppli/ 3 Beginnings STUDENT INFORMATION SHEET – What are you interested in learning about international business from this course? – You MUST have and use a towson.edu email account for this course 4 Textbook Global Business Today, seventh edition, 2011 by Charles W. L. Hill 5 Kopka’s Course Web Page http://pages.towson.edu/kopka/mngt_375.htm • Go to Kopka’s course web page indicated above for “MNGT 375 – International Business,” to download, print, read syllabus and course schedule for Monday, February 1, 2016 • Syllabus and schedule discussed on for Monday, February 1, 2016 • For Monday, February 1, read Chapter 1 in textbook and “Ikea” handout 6