Course Description:

Legal environment and framework affecting international business transactions: sales contracts, the movement of goods and services across borders, non-establishment forms of business such as agency/distributor agreements and licensing, documentary credits and trade finance transactions, intellectual property protection, unauthorized channels of distribution, contract disputes and dispute resolution, and corporate conduct and standards. Prerequisite: IMS 5200.

Student Learning Objectives/Outcomes:
Students will:

• understand international and national laws, and legal principles that affect business transactions
• analyze international business situations using legal cases
• demonstrate ability to solve problems involving international business transactions
• identify the business implications of intellectual property protection, dispute resolution and corporate conduct

Instructor:

George Barnes

George Barnes is Senior Lecturer, International Management Studies, and Director, Global MBA Online program. Prior to joining the international management studies faculty in 1987, he spent 16 years in international assignments at Mobil Oil and Citibank. Following are several professional and academic activities relevant to this course:

• Citibank in the Middle East: director of commercial banking training center, manager corporate banking group, general manager in charge of Bahrain and Kuwait
• director of business education at the Dallas International Trade Resource Center
• co-founder of Export Assistance Task Force at two DFW chambers of commerce
• member and board member of the North American Small Business International Trade Educators professional association
• consulting on market entry strategies for economic development offices in a U.S. state and a city in The Netherlands
• instructor of MBA courses in international marketing and international corporate finance.

George Barnes has a Master’s from the Fletcher School Law & Diplomacy, Tufts University.

Email: gbarnes@utdallas.edu
Webpage: http://som.utdallas.edu/faculty/faculty_barnes.htm

Course Materials:

Text – International Business Transactions: Problems, Cases and Materials, by Daniel C. K. Chow and Thomas J. Schoenbaum (Aspen, 2005) ISBN 0-7355-3985-5. Used copies available on several retail websites.

Please, refer to the MBS Direct Bookstore or Off-Campus Books for information on texts needed for this course.

Proctored Exam: No

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