Doctorate in Business in Asia-Pacific

EENI- School of International Business

Professional Doctorate in International Business (DIB) specialisation in Asia-Pacific (distance learning, 180 ECTS, )

The objectives of the Professional Doctorate in International Business (DIB) specialisation in Asia-Pacific (3 years, 180 , e-learning) are to train the Doctoral students to be able to research on topics related to business in Asia:

1. The Intra-Asian Trade
2. The Asian Economy
3. The integration processes in Asia
4. The Asian religions and its influence on business,
5. The Asian Economic Areas (Central Eurasia, Malay, Buddhist, Hindu, Sinic)
6. The Asian Economic Organisations and trade agreements
7. Doing business in the Asian Markets.

Thus, a Doctoral student can apply creative solutions and take appropriated business decisions related to the Asian countries.

A Professional Doctorate in Business in the Asia-Pacific region that fits your schedule and helps you to get a better job.

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The Professional Doctorate in Business in Asia-Pacific is part of the category of the Professional Doctorates in International Business, which has the dual aim of contributing to the knowledge and practice.

The languages of the Professional Doctorate in Business in Asia-Pacific. All the subjects offered are available in English. Approximately 35% of the subjects are also available in Spanish, French, and Portuguese. Thus, the Doctoral student can perform this doctorate entirely in English (or French, Spanish or Portuguese); the student should have a sufficient level to study the subjects in these languages.

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Intended for graduates and professionals who wish to continue their professional career in the field of international business with an emphasis on Asia.

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Structure of the Professional Doctorate in International Business specialisation in Asia-Pacific

The Doctorate programme in International Business specialisation in Asia-Pacific has three parts:

1. Coursework. Study of the Subjects of the Doctorate
2. Research Work and Thesis Plan of the Doctorate in Business in Asia
3. Thesis and Thesis Defense of the Doctorate

Coursework. Study of the Subjects (Training activity): minimum 20 ECTS, maximum 60 ECTS

1. Doctoral students receive training in relevant research methods and their subject areas core topics.
2. Students are required to take a range of courses.

The Doctoral student must perform a training activity (training complement) consisting of some subjects defined according to their previous studies and the selected research area (related to the Asian economic area).

1. The Supervisor of the Doctorate determines the complementary training according to the field of investigation
2. The Doctoral students can choose the subjects from those offered by EENI with a minimum of 20 ECTS and a maximum of 60 ECTS.

The applicants who have completed the Master in Business in Asia of EENI shall be exempt from any complement training, beginning the research phase directly.

Subjects related to Asia offered by EENI.

EENI provides a range of subjects related to Asia. The Doctoral student can select the most suitable subjects depending on the thesis. The Doctoral student selects the subjects once formalised the enrolment.

To facilitate the selection of the subjects, these are organised into several blocks:

1. The Asian Economy. Economic Organisations
2. The Asian Economic Integration
3. International Relations of Asia
4. The Asian Economic Areas
5. India
6. Religions of India
7. China
8. Taoism and Confucianism
9. Southeast Asia - ASEAN
10. Buddhism
11. Islam
12. Central Eurasia
13. The Middle East
14. Other Asian Countries
15. Oceania
16. No to corruption in Asia

Please, see below for more information that is detailed about the available subjects.

Markets analysed in the Professional Doctorate in International Business specialisation in Asia-Pacific:

EENI Asian Students

Research areas of the Professional Doctorate in International Business (DIB) specialisation in Asia-Pacific:

1. The Doctoral student should select the most appropriate subjects for his thesis
2. The Doctoral student can use any possible combination of the subjects
3. Minimum ECTS to be selected is 20, and the maximum is 60.
4. NOTE: the brackets show credits

Module - Economy, Institutions, Integration, and the international relations of Asia.

1. The Asian Economy [1]
2. Economic Integration in Asia-Pacific [1]

The Asian Economic Organisations

1. The Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) [1]
2. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) [1]
3. The Colombo Plan [0.1]
4. The Boao Forum for Asia [0.1]
5. The Asia Cooperation Dialogue (ACD)
6. The Islamic Development Bank [1]

International economic relations, organisations and inter-continental agreements related to Asia.

1. The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) [2]
2. The Indian-Ocean Rim Association (IORA) [0.5]
3. The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) [2]
   1. The Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation
   2. The Trade Preferential System (TPS-OIC)
   3. The Statistical, economic, and social research
   4. The Islamic Centre for the Development of Trade (ICDT)
   5. The Islamic Chamber of Commerce and Industry
   6. The Statistical, Economic and Social Research Centre for Islamic Countries
4. The Africa-Asia Strategic Partnership [0.2]
5. The Asia-Europe Economic Meeting (ASEM) [0.1]
6. The Forum for East Asia-Latin America Cooperation (FEALAC) [0.1]
7. The Dialogue Asia-Middle East (AMED) [0.1]
8. The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP)
9. The Africa-BRICS Cooperation [0.3]
10. The Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (PEEC)
11. The Generalised System of Preferences (EU)
12. The European Investment Bank
13. The Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)

Download the syllabus of the module: “Asian Institutions” (PDF).

Module - Asian Economic Areas

1. The Hindu Economic Area [2] (PDF)
2. The Sinic economic area [2] (PDF)
3. The Buddhist Economic Area [2] (PDF)
4. The Asian-Islamic economic areas.
   1. The Arab Economic Area [1] (PDF)
   2. The Central Eurasian Economic Area [2] (PDF)
   3. The Malay Economic Area
   4. Economic Integration of the Islamic Civilisation
   5. Interactions of the Islamic Civilisation with the other civilisations
5. The Economic Area of Oceania [1] (PDF)
6. Agreements between the Asian economic areas:
   1. The Asian Clearing Union (ACU) [0.1]
   2. The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) [0.1]
   3. The Bay of Bengal Initiative (BIMSTEC) [0.1]
   4. The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) [0.1]
   5. The South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation (SASEC) [0.1]
   6. The Asia-Pacific Trade Agreement (APTA)
   7. The Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) Programme

Free Trade Agreements (FTA) related to the Asian Markets

Module - India (26 ECTS)

Doing Business in India

1. Introduction to India [0.5]
2. The States of India [0.5]
3. Economy of India [1]
4. FDI in India [1]
5. The Indian Business People and companies: Hinduja, Birla, Infosys, Relliance, BIOCON, Dr Cyrus S. Poonawalla, Wadia, Godrej, TATA, Sahu Jain, Gautam Adani, Bhavarlal Hiralal Jain, Ajit Gulabchand, Wipro Azim Premji, and Yusuf Hamied
6. New Delhi [1]
7. Andhra Pradesh [1]
8. Bangalore Karnataka [2]
9. Haryana [1]
10. Maharashtra [1]
11. Gujarat [2]
12. Tamil Nadu [1]
13. Kerala [1]
14. India's Free Trade Agreements (FTA)
15. Forum India-Africa [0.5]

Download the syllabus of the module “India” (PDF)

Economic Area of the Hindu Civilisation [2].

1. The Indian religions and the Economic Area of the Hindu Civilisation
2. India as the Central State of the Hindu Civilisation
3. Countries in the area of influence of the Hindu Civilisation:
   1. Mauritius: the Indian gateway to Africa
   2. Nepal: strong economic relations with India
   3. Bhutan
4. Economic Integration of the Hindu Civilisation
5. Economic relations of the Hindu Civilisation with the other civilisations
6. Diaspora of the Hindu Civilisation

Module - The Indian religions and their influence on business in the Hindu Economic Area (4 ECTS).

Hinduism

Jainism

Zoroastrianism

Sikhism

Download the syllabus of the module: “Religions of India” (PDF)

Module - China (22 ECTS)

Doing Business in China

Video: Business in China

1. Introduction to China [0.5]
2. The Chinese economy [1]
3. Negotiation in China [0.5]
4. The Chinese companies [0.5]: Zhang Ruimin, Haier, Ali Baba, Huawei, and Galanz
5. The Customs of China [0.5]
6. China's Free Trade Agreements (FTA)
7. FDI in China [0.5]
8. Marine transport and ports [0.5]
9. Shanghai [2]
10. Guangzhou [1]
11. Beijing [1]
12. The Greater Pearl River Delta [1]
13. Hong Kong [3]
14. China's International Economic Relations
15. Africa-China Cooperation [0.5]

Download the syllabus of the module “Doing Business in China” (PDF)

Economic Area of the Sinic Civilisation (2 ECTS)

Module - Taoism and Confucianism (3 ECTS).

Confucianism

Taoism

Download the syllabus of the module “Taoism and Confucianism” (PDF)

Module - Southeast Asia (30 ECTS).

Doing Business in Southeast Asia (ASEAN)

1. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) [3]
   1. The ASEAN Economic Community
   2. FDI in the ASEAN Countries
   3. The ASEAN Free-Trade Area
   4. The Indonesia-Malaysia-Thailand Growth Triangle (IMT-GT)
   5. The Mekong Economic Cooperation Strategy (ACMECS)
   6. The East ASEAN Growth Area
   7. The ASEAN's Free Trade Agreements (FTA)
   8. The Mekong River Commission
   9. The Greater Mekong Subregion [0.5]
2. Brunei Darussalam [1]
3. Cambodia [1]
4. Indonesia [3]
5. Laos [1]
6. Malaysia [2]
7. Myanmar [1]
8. Philippines [2]
9. Singapore [3]
10. Thailand [2]
11. Vietnam [2]
12. ASEAN Business People: Kith Meng, Sandiaga Salahuddin Uno, Tan Sri Mokhtar, and Thaksin Shinawatra

Download the syllabus of the module: “ASEAN Markets” (PDF)

Video: Business in Southeast Asia

Module - Buddhism (3 ECTS).

Buddhism and Business

1. Download the syllabus of the module: “Buddhism” (PDF)

The Buddhist Economic Area

1. Influence of Buddhism on the Economic Area of the Buddhist Civilisation
2. The Economic Profile of the countries with Buddhist majorities
3. The Buddhist Business People
4. Economic Integration of the Buddhist Civilisation
5. The Buddhist Civilisation and the ASEAN
6. Interactions of the Buddhist Civilisation with the other civilisations

Module - Islam (5 ECTS).

Islam and Business

1. Introduction to Islam: Pillars, Sunnites, Shiites, Human Rights, Sharia, Fiqh
2. The Ummah (Muslim Community)
3. Islam and business: Banking and Islamic Finance, Muslim Business People, Islamic economic areas

Download the syllabus of the module: “Islam” (PDF)

Module - Central Eurasia (22 ECTS).

Doing Business in Central Eurasia

1. The Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) [0.4]
2. The Economic Cooperation Organisation (ECO) [0.1]
3. The Eurasian Economic Community (EurAsEC) [0.5]
4. The Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) [0.2]
5. The Cooperation Council of Turkic Speaking States [0.1]
6. Relations with the EU: Black Sea Synergy, European Neighbourhood Policy, GSP
7. The Organisation of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation [0.2]
8. The Regional Organisation for Democracy and Economic Development (GUAM) [0.2]
9. The Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) [0.2]
10. Armenia [1]
11. Azerbaijan [1]
12. Georgia [1]
13. Iran [2]
14. Kazakhstan [1]
15. Kyrgyz Republic [1]
16. Pakistan [2]
17. Tajikistan [1]
18. Turkmenistan [1]
19. Turkey [3]
    1. The Customs Union with the European Union
    2. Africa-Turkey Partnership [0.1]
20. Uzbekistan [1]

Download the syllabus “Doing Business in Central Eurasia” (PDF)

The Islamic economic area of Central Eurasia (2 ECTS)

Module - The Middle East (24 ECTS).

Doing Business in the Middle East

1. The Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC) [1.2]
   1. Saudi Arabia [3]
   2. Bahrain [2]
   3. Kuwait [1]
   4. Oman [1]
   5. Qatar [1]
   6. The United Arab Emirates [2]
2. The Arab Countries not members of the CCG
   1. Jordan [1]
   2. Lebanon [2]
   3. Syria [0.5]
   4. Yemen [1]
3. The Arab Businessman [1]
4. The Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA [1]
5. The Arab League [1]
6. The Afro-Arab Cooperation [0.5]
7. The Eastern Catholic Churches (Maronites, Chaldeans)
8. Download the syllabus: “The Middle East” (PDF)

The Arab Economic Area (1 ECTS)

The Arab Development Funds (1 ECTS).

1. Download the syllabus “Arab Development Funds” (PDF)

Module - Other Asian Countries

1. Bangladesh [2]
2. Japan [2]
   1. The Tokyo International Conference on the African Development [0.2]
3. The Maldives [0.5]
4. Mongolia [1]
5. North Korea [0.5]
6. South Korea [2]
   1. The Africa-Korea Partnership [0.1]
7. Sri Lanka [2]
8. Taiwan [2]
9. Businessmen: Muhammad Yunus, Muhammad Abdul Mannan, Salman F Rahman, Lee Kun-hee, Kazuo Inamori, Chang Yung-fa

Download the syllabus of the module: “Other Asian Countries” (PDF)

Module - Oceania (11 ECTS)

Doing Business in Oceania

1. The Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) [0.1]
2. The Oceania Customs Organisation (OCO) [0.1]
3. Australia [3]
4. New Zealand [2]
5. Papua New Guinea [1]
6. The Pacific island countries [1]
7. Download the syllabus “Oceania” (PDF)

The Economic Area of Oceania [1]

Module - Business without corruption (4 ECTS)

Asian business without corruption

1. Download the syllabus of the module “No to Corruption” (PDF)

The Doctorate in International Business specialisation in Asia includes courses of introduction to the major Asian languages: English, Hindi, Indonesian, Korean, Thai, Tagalog, and Vietnamese.