1. 1 SPRING 2015 MNGT 375 International Business: Theory and Practice Section 007: 3:00 to 3:15 pm Monday and Wednesday, ST 115 Prof. Don Kopka, Ph.D. Management Dept. Office: ST 114B Office Hours: Monday and Wednesday, 3:30 to 4:30 pm Wednesday, 9:30 to 10:30 am email: dkopka@towson.edu Office phone: 410-704-3234 Cell phone: 410-497-4424

2. 2 What’s in an iPhone? Pair up, and together identify what you think is in an iPhone What do you think about outsourcing?

3. 3 Where do those iPhone contents come from? iPhone – who’s the real manufacturer http://texyt.com/iphone+manufacturer+supplier+assembler+not+ap ple+00113 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-iphone- components-assembled-china-us650http://www.iphonelife.com/blog/11445/breakdown-iphone- components-assembled-china-us650 How the U.S. Lost Out on iPhone Work http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/22/business/apple-america-and-a- squeezed-middle-class.html?pagewanted=1&_r=0&pagewanted=all http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/22/business/apple-america-and-a- squeezed-middle-class.html?pagewanted=1&_r=0&pagewanted=all iPhone 4 components cost around $188 http://touchreviews.net/iphone-4-components-cost-188-isuppli/ http://touchreviews.net/iphone-4-components-cost-188-isuppli/

4. 4 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

5. 5 Textbook Global Business Today, seventh edition, 2011 by Charles W. L. Hill

6. 6 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; available by Sunday afternoon, February 1, 2015 Syllabus and schedule discussed on Monday, February 2, 2015 For Wednesday, January 28, 2015 read Chapter 1 in textbook and “Ikea” handout For Monday, February 2, 2015, read “It’s a Flat World, After All,” available at http://pages.towson.edu/kopka/career_management/ flat_world.doc http://pages.towson.edu/kopka/career_management/ flat_world.doc