Students will get an understanding of the peculiarities of East Asia: economic history, markets, culture and companies/business groups.

Students will be be trained on:

• The ability to research material related to firm and country contexts, to structure ideas and presentations, and to work in groups.
• The ability to read and understand theoretical/empirical academic literature.
• The ability to transfer learnings from one context to others.

The assessment of students' grades are based on the following criteria:

• Individual participation (40%): Participation is assessed based on the attendance, quality of preparation and active contribution in class.
• Individual peer rating (5%): Due to counter free-riding problems, every group member evaluates contributions of the other group members.
• Individual paper (10%): Students are required to hand in a 1,500 words long essay three weeks after the last session. The essay should be about a particular field of interest covered in class. Students should both integrate their learnings from the course and substantiate their line of argumentation with 3-4 academic papers.

• Group presentation (40%): Students get into groups of 2-3 people (depending on the class size) in the first session. They are required to do one presentation regarding the topics of the course; the case studies are guided by pre-assigned case questions.
• Commentary by groups (5%): Each group has to comment on another group’s presentations.