Master in Business in the BRICS-MNS Countries

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Paths, Diploma and Tuition Fees of the Master

The Master allows the student to select three paths of different duration, content, tuition fees, and diploma issued, in order to fit the Master to the needs and schedule of each student.

1. Credits, Fees and Duration: (17 € / )
   1. Master 1: 60 ECTS (
      1-year It is recommended to dedicate about twelve hours of study per week following a flexible schedule. It is possible to reduce the duration dedicating more hours a week
      ) / € 1,000 Euros
   2. Master 2: 120 ECTS (2 years) / € 2,000 Euros
   3. Customised Master
   4. Financing
2. Open Online Enrolment
3. Download the Admission Form
4. Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
5. Download the syllabus of the Master (PDF)

Aimed at anyone with experience in International Business that wants to specialise or to recycle in all the aspects related to foreign trade and business in the BRICS-MNS Countries.

Knowledge of foreign trade and international marketing is recommended.

Language of the Master:

1. Also
   available in For improving the international communication skills, the student has free access to the learning materials in these languages (free multilingual training). The student can review the subjects in whatever language and use one of the four languages as a vehicular language of the campus and to complete the exercises.
   Master en Affaires dans les pays BRICS Mestrado em negócios nos países BRICS Máster en negocios en los países BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa)

The Master in Business in the BRICS-MNS Countries consists of ten modules:

1. BRICS Countries (1 ECTS)
2. Doing Business in India (PDF) (structure) (26 ECTS)
   1. Hindu Economic Area
   2. Nepal, Bhutan, and Mauritius
3. Doing Business in China (PDF) (structure) (22 ECTS)
   1. Hong Kong
   2. Sinic-Buddhist Economic Area
4. Doing Business in Russia (PDF) (structure) (11 ECTS)
   1. Orthodox Economic Area
   2. Belarus
5. Doing Business in South Africa (8 ECTS)
   1. Southern African Economic Area
6. Doing Business in Nigeria (12 ECTS)
   1. West African Economic Area
7. Doing Business in Brazil (PDF) (structure) (17 ECTS)
   1. Latin American economic area
8. Doing Business in Mexico (PDF) (structure) (7 ECTS)
9. Doing Business in Saudi Arabia (6 ECTS)
   1. Arab Economic Area
10. Thesis of the Master (10 ECTS)

ECTS = European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System

The Master focuses on analysing for each of these seven countries:

1. Country information: how to do business, foreign trade, foreign direct investment (FDI), logistics, customs, Free Trade Agreements, economic organisations
2. Economic Area. Each of these markets is also the economic and political leader of his economic area:
   1. Brazil (BRICS), along with Mexico, are the largest Latin American economies and the Central States of the Latin American Economic Area of the Western Civilisation
   2. Russia (BRICS) is the largest economy of the Orthodox Economic Area and the Central State of the Orthodox Civilisation
   3. India (BRICS) is the largest economy of the Hindu Economic Area and the Central State of the Hindu Civilisation
   4. China (BRICS) belongs to the Sinic-Buddhist Economic Area and is the Central State of the Sinic Civilisation
   5. South Africa (BRICS) is the second African Economy and the largest economy in the Southern African Economic Area (African Civilisation)
   6. Nigeria is the largest African economy and in the West African Economic Area (African Civilisation)
   7. Saudi Arabia is one of the possible central states of the Islamic Civilisation and the economic leader of the Arab Economic Area

For each of these economic areas, will be analysed the features of each one of the countries of this economic area:

1. Economic and political influence of the BRICS-MNS in relation to the rest of countries on their economic area
2. Key economic organisations and integration agreements

1. Almost half of the world population (3,358,000 million people)
2. Almost a third of the global GDP (18,053,954 million dollars)
3. They belong to six different civilisations (Hindu, Sinic, Western, Orthodox, African, and Islamic)
4. They belong to seven economic areas (Hindu, Sinic - Buddhist, Orthodox, Southern Africa, West Africa, Latin American, and Arab)
5. Seven different religions (Hinduism, Taoism, Confucianism, Buddhism, Orthodoxy, Christianity, and Islam)
6. Seven “linguas francas” (Hindi, English, Chinese, Russian, Portuguese, Spanish, and Arabic)

Module one- BRICS Countries

1. Introduction to the BRICS Countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa)
2. BRICS Summit. Sixth Summit: Declaration of Fortaleza
3. Main areas of cooperation between the BRICS Countries: intra-BRICS trade, economic and financial cooperation
4. BRICS Contact Group on Economic and Trade Issues (CGETI)
5. Trade Relations between the BRICS Countries
6. New Development Bank (NDB) of the BRICS
7. BRICS Contingent Reserve Arrangement (CRA)
8. BRICS Business Forum
9. Other areas of cooperation: agriculture, science and technology, culture, research, Internet and security, social welfare, intellectual property, health, and tourism
10. International Relations of the BRICS Countries
11. Africa-BRICS Cooperation

Module two- Business in India

1. Republic of India
2. Indian Economy
3. Investment (FDI) in India
4. Indian businesspeople: Senapathy Gopalakrishnan, Hinduja, Birla, Kiran Mazumdar, Shri Mukesh D. Ambani, Cyrus S. Poonawalla, Wadia, Godrej, TATA, Sahu Jain, Gautam Adani, Bhavarlal Hiralal Jain, Ajit Gulabchand, Azim Premji, and Yusuf Hamied
5. Economic Profile of the Indian states
6. Andhra Pradesh
7. Gujarat
8. Haryana
9. Karnataka
10. Kerala
11. Maharashtra
12. New Delhi
13. Tamil Nadu
14. Introduction to Hindi

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

Indian Free Trade Agreements: Chile, MERCOSUR, Andean Community, European Union, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Singapore, South Korea, New Zealand, Mauritius, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan.

Indian Trade Agreements:

1. Bay of Bengal Initiative (BIMSTEC)
2. South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)
3. Indian-Ocean Rim Association (IORA)
4. Asian Clearing Union (ACU)
5. India-Southern Africa Customs Union (SACU)
6. India-ASEAN
7. Asia-Pacific Trade Agreement (APTA)
8. South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation (SASEC)
9. Africa-BRICS Countries
10. Africa-India Economic Cooperation

Hindu Economic Area

1. Indian religions (Hinduism, Zoroastrianism, Jainism, and Sikhism) and the Hindu Economic Area
2. India as the Central State of the Hindu Civilisation
3. Economic Integration of the Hindu Civilisation
4. Economic relations of the Hindu Civilisation with the other civilisations
5. Countries of influence of the Hindu Civilisation:
   1. Nepal: strong economic relations with India
   2. Mauritius: the Indian gateway to Africa
   3. Bhutan
6. Diaspora of the Hindu Civilisation

Download: Hindu Economic Area (PDF)

Module 3- Business in China

1. Economic Profile of the Chinese provinces
2. Chinese economy
3. Investment (FDI) in China
4. China Customs
5. Chinese ports
6. Negotiation in China
7. Chinese enterprises and entrepreneurs: Chint, Huawei, Haier - Zhang Ruimin, Galanz, COSCO
8. Beijing
9. Greater Pearl River Delta
10. Guangzhou
11. Shanghai
12. Hong Kong

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

Chinese Free Trade Agreements (FTA): Chile, Peru, Costa Rica, ASEAN Plus Three, Pakistan, New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong, Macau, Eurasian Economic Union.

Chinese Regional Agreements:

1. Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
2. Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)
3. Asia-Pacific Trade Agreement (APTA)
4. Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC)
5. Greater Mekong Subregion

Chinese International Economic Relations: Andean Community, European Union, Africa-China

Video - Business in China

Sinic Economic Area

1. Chinese religions (Confucianism and Taoism) and its influence on business
2. Countries of influence of the Sinic Civilisation

Buddhist Economic Area

1. China and the Buddhist Economic Area
2. Buddhism and its influence on business in the Buddhist Economic Area

Download the syllabus of the module: “Buddhist Economic Area” (PDF)

Module 4- Business in Russia

1. Russian Federation
2. Russian Economy
3. Russian businesspeople and companies: Vladimir Potanin, Elena Baturina, Alexander Lebedev, Gazprom, Rosneft, TNK-BP, Lukoil, Surgutneftegas
4. Russian Ports
5. Investment (FDI) in Russia
6. Russian payment system

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

Russian Free Trade Agreements: Armenia, Belarus, Azerbaijan, Cameroon, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Serbia, Moldova, Ukraine, and New Zealand. FTA between Russia, Belarus, and Kazakhstan.

Market Access and Economic Organisations:

1. Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
2. Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)
3. Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU)
4. Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)
5. European Union-Russia
6. Africa-BRICS Countries
7. Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC)
8. Russia-Vietnam Customs Union
9. ASEAN-Russia
10. Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)
11. Council of the Baltic Sea States

Orthodox Economic Area

1. Introduction to the Orthodox Economic Area
   1. Influence of Orthodoxy
   2. Economic Profile of the Orthodox Countries
2. Russia as the Central State of the Orthodox Civilisation
3. Belarus (Union State with Russia)
4. Economic Integration of the Orthodox Civilisation
5. Interactions of the Orthodox Civilisation with the other civilisations
6. Economic Organisations related to the Orthodox Civilisation

Download the syllabus “Orthodox Economic Area” (PDF)

Module 5- Business in South Africa

1. South African Economy
2. Economic Profile of the Provinces of South Africa
3. South African Businessman: Patrice Motsepe, Cyril Ramaphosa, Cheryl Carolus, Bridgette Radebe, Rapelang Rabana, Wendy Appelbaum, and Irene Charnley
4. South African foreign trade (Import, Export)
5. South African Ports
6. Economic relations with Africa, Asia, Europe, and America
7. Business and Investment Opportunities in South Africa
8. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma (former President of the African Union)

South African Trade Agreements

1. Southern African Development Community (SADC)
2. Southern African Customs Union (SACU)
3. COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite Agreement
4. Free Trade Agreements (FTA): European Union, Cotonou Agreement, European Free Trade Association, MERCOSUR, and Zimbabwe
5. Indian-Ocean Rim Association (IORA)
6. African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) (US)

Southern African Economic Area (PDF)

1. Christianity in the Southern African Economic Area
2. Economic Profile of the Southern African Countries
3. Interactions of the Southern African Economic Area with the other African Economic Areas
4. Interactions of the Southern African Economic Area with the other economic areas
5. Logistics in Southern Africa. Cairo-Gaborone Corridor. Tripoli - Windhoek Corridor. South-North Corridor

Module 6- Business in Nigeria

1. Nigerian Economy
2. Nigerian main economic sectors (petroleum, gas, mining, IT, manufacturing, banking)
3. Nigerian foreign trade (Import, Export)
4. Port of Lagos
5. Doing Business in Lagos and Abuja
6. Free trade zones in Nigeria
7. Investment in Nigeria
8. Nigerian businesspeople: Folorunsho Alakija, Hajia Bola Shagaya, Tara Fela-Durotoye, Folake Folarin-Coker, Adenike Ogunlesi, Amina Odidi, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, Mike Adenuga, Tunde Folawiyo, Orji Uzor Kalu, Jim Ovia, Adewale Tinubu, Abdulsamad Rabiu, Alhaji Indimi, Tony Elumelu, Olufemi Otedola, Theophilus Danjuma

Nigerian Trade Agreements.

1. Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
2. West African Monetary Zone (WAMZ)
3. Community of Sahel-Saharan States (CEN-SAD)
4. Niger Basin Authority
5. Africa Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA US)
6. Cotonou Agreement (European Union)
7. Generalised System of Preferences (GSP)

West African Economic Area (PDF).

1. Islam and Christianity in the West African Economic Area
2. Economic Profile of the West African countries
3. Interactions of the West African Economic Area with the other African Economic Areas
4. Interactions of the West African Economic Area with the other civilisations
5. Logistics in West Africa
   1. Ports of Abidjan, Dakar, Tema, Lome, and Cotonou
   2. Trans-African corridors: Cairo-Dakar, Dakar-Lagos, Lagos-Mombasa, Trans-Sahelian Highway, Algiers-Lagos, and N'djamena-Djibouti
6. Economic Organisations related to the West African Economic Area

Module 7- Business in Brazil

1. Brazilian Economy
2. Brazilian Foreign Trade
3. Brazilian Customs
4. Bahia
5. Central-West region
6. Espiritu Santo
7. Minas Gerais
8. North of Brazil
9. Parana
10. Santa Catarina
11. São Paulo
12. Rio de Janeiro
13. Rio Grande do Sul
14. Brazilian businesspeople: Antonio Emilio de Moraes, João Roberto Marinho, and Safra

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

Organisations and Free Trade Agreements (FTA)

1. MERCOSUR
2. Latin American Integration Association (ALADI)
3. Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA)
4. Union of South American Nations (UNASUR)
5. Africa-BRICS Countries
6. Trade Agreements with Chile, Andean Community (Associated), Mexico, Peru, Egypt, India, Israel, European Union, and the SADC

Brazil as the Central State of the Latin American Economic Area (PDF) of the Western-Christian Civilisation

1. Christianity in Latin America
2. Economic Profile of the Latin American Countries
3. Latin American economic integration processes
4. Interactions of the Latin American Economic Area with the other civilisations
5. Other economic organisations related to the integration in Latin America

Module 8- Business in Mexico

1. Mexican Economy
2. Carlos Slim
3. Competitive Advantage of Mexico
4. Mexican International Trade
5. Investment (FDI) in Mexico
6. Mexico DF
7. Chihuahua
8. Jalisco
9. Nuevo Leon

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

Mexican Free Trade Agreements (FTA) and Economic Organisations

1. United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA/NAFTA 2.0)
2. Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP)
3. Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA)
4. Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
5. Pacific Alliance
6. Latin American Integration Association (ALADI)
7. Association of Caribbean States (ACS)
8. Mesoamerica Project
9. Mexican Free Trade Agreements: European Union, Ecuador, Colombia, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Israel, Northern Triangle (El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras), European Free Trade Association, Uruguay, Japan, Chile, Andean Community, MERCOSUR, Peru

Module 9- Business in Saudi Arabia

1. Saudi Arabian Economy and foreign trade (Import, Export)
2. Doing Business in Jeddah and Riyadh. Mecca
3. Economic and Industrial Cities
4. Investment in Saudi Arabia
5. Saudi Arabian Companies: Savola, Saudi Aramco, SABIC, Dallah Albaraka
6. Saudi Arabian businesspeople: Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal, Lubna Olayan, Mohammed Al-Amoudi, Mohamed Bin Issa Al Jaber, Sulaiman Al Rajhi, Lubna Olayan, Hayat Sindi, and Haifa Al-Mansour
7. Saudi Fund for Development
8. Arab Gulf Programme for Development

Saudi Arabian Trade Agreements:

1. Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC)
2. Trade Agreements with India, European Union, European Free Trade Association, Singapore, and Syria
3. Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)
4. Trade Preferential System (TPS-OIC)

Arab Economic Area (PDF)

1. Introduction to the Arab Economic Area as a part of the Islamic Civilisation
2. Islam as the unifying factor in the Arab Economic Area
3. Economic Profile of the Arab Countries
4. Businesspeople in the Arab Economic Area
5. Interactions of the Arab Economic Area with the other civilisations
6. Economic Organisations related to the Arab Economic Area

Professional Master's Diploma Obtained

The student has to pass the online continuous assessment exercises for each subject as well as the final online Master's Thesis. If the professor considers that the minimum level has not been reached, he will guide the student to improve the quality of his exercises or thesis and send them back.

The most important thing for EENI is that the student correctly learns the Master's subjects and objectives.

Once all the exercises and thesis have been approved, the student obtains the “Diploma of Professional Master of Science (MSc) in Business in the BRICS-MNS Countries” issued by EENI Global Business School (Spain, European Union).

In this case, it will be necessary to send us by mail (not valid by email) a certified photocopy of your diploma of Bachelor's Degree. This is necessary for the issuance of your diploma and not to enrol.

Those students, who are not in possession of a Bachelor's Degree, may enrol but will receive the “Advanced Certificate Program in Business in the BRICS-MNS Countries.”

The graduate students in this Master can enrol directly in the:

1. Doctorate in American Business
2. Doctorate in Asian Business
3. Doctorate in African Business

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