a.
Knowledge and Understanding:
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Outline basic structure of financial markets, direct and indirect finance.
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Recognize the importance of foreign direct investment FDI as the most important international capital flow.
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Identify the key objectives of FDI, the determinants to attract FDI, FDI and growth, international trade linkages and FDI and technology transfer.
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Achieve full knowledge on investment in Egypt, policies used, management criteria and different investment models.
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Understand the advantages and disadvantages of capital inflows and outflows.
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Understand the importance of investment in a country’s economy.
b.
Intellectual Skills:
1-
Analyze the characteristics of the financial system, focusing on investment strategies.
2-
Link investment with economic development, macroeconomics, international trade and other social branches to facilitate the decision making process.
3-
Differentiate between bilateral and multilateral investment agreements.
4-
Infer on financial crises, being able to identify the main sources and the policies and institutional reforms that have to be adopted to mitigate its adverse effects and prevent reoccurrence
5-
Subdivide differences between investment strategies in developed and emerging countries.
6-
Examine different data analysis techniques in analyzing and interpreting international economic phenomenon such prose, tables, and graphs.
c.
Professional and Practical Skills:
1-
Model different management schemes for different investment activities.
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Produce basic investment evaluations to understand country performance.
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Use both qualitative and quantitative skills in solving economic problems.
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Contribute in decision making by acquiring important skills in numeracy, literacy, and information processing.
d.
General and Transferable Skills:
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Experience with conceptual frameworks effective for problem solving and decision making.
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Acquire analytical reasoning skills, numeric and clear effective communication skills.
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Test the ability of students to work under pressure and as part of a team.
4-
Read and analyze financial news and reports including stock market prices, foreign exchange rate prices.
