INTERNATIONAL RETAILING - 2023/4

Module Overview

Internationalisation is a substantive feature of the retail industry. This can be witnessed in, among other aspects, growing international retail competition and international retail knowledge and capital flows. Its effects can be identified through the analysis of both developed and developing markets. Considerable academic and practitioner interest surrounds international retailing; providing a multi-disciplinary body of knowledge to inform the retail and related business industry leaders of tomorrow.

Module provider

Surrey Business School

Module Leader

ALEXANDER Andrew (SBS)

Number of Credits: 15

ECTS Credits: 7.5

Framework: FHEQ Level 6

Module cap (Maximum number of students): N/A

Module Availability

Semester 2

Prerequisites / Co-requisites

None.

Module content

Indicative content includes:

• An Overview of International Retailing


• Retail Internationalisation Theory


• International Retailer Expansion Formats, Approaches and Patterns


• Society and Culture in International Retailing


• Regulation and Market Structure


• Market Selection and Sourcing & Supply Chain Management


• International Retail Divestment and Learning from “Failure”

Assessment pattern

Alternative Assessment

Individual essay (2,000 words)

Assessment Strategy

The assessment strategy is designed to:

 

Include group project work consisting of an applied research report.  This report must include discussion and analysis of the relevant academic literature as well as practical industry insight.  It provides an opportunity to assess learning outcomes numbered: 1, 2, 3, 4.

 

Include an examination which will be essay-based.  The questions will assess both the students’ theoretical and practical knowledge as well as their ability to critically analyse.  This component of assessment provides an opportunity to assess learning outcomes numbered: 1, 2, 3.

 

Thus, the summative assessment for this module consists of:

 

Group Report (3,000 words)

 

Examination (120 MIN). This will take place in the university examination period.

 

 

Formative feedback:

 

Students will receive formative feedback during the module, including through feedback and discussion during student seminar sessions.

Module aims

• Develop students' appreciation of the extent and characteristics of international retailing.
• Provide students with insight into the management issues faced in the retail internationalisation process.
• Develop students' knowledge of the key theoretical frameworks of retail internationalisation, and assist them in developing a critical evaluation of these in the context of current research and commercial developments

Learning outcomes

Methods of Teaching / Learning

The learning and teaching strategy is designed to:

 

Include a lecture programme that provides a framework of knowledge upon which students can base their learning and develop their understanding through a structured seminar programme, small group work, guided learning and independent study.

 

The learning and teaching methods include:

 

lectures, seminar work, guided learning, independent learning. Students will receive formative feedback, including through discussions in seminars.

Indicated Lecture Hours (which may also include seminars, tutorials, workshops and other contact time) are approximate and may include in-class tests where one or more of these are an assessment on the module. In-class tests are scheduled/organised separately to taught content and will be published on to student personal timetables, where they apply to taken modules, as soon as they are finalised by central administration. This will usually be after the initial publication of the teaching timetable for the relevant semester.

Reading list

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Programmes this module appears in

Please note that the information detailed within this record is accurate at the time of publishing and may be subject to change. This record contains information for the most up to date version of the programme / module for the 2023/4 academic year.