Course detail
International Marketing
FP-IBinmPAcad. year: 2025/2026
Course is focused on international marketing strategies with focus on B-2-B and technology markets. Concentration is also on the practical business examples and case-studies related.
Main focus of the course is in the following topics:
• marketing environment in national, international and global perspective
• The history and current trends in the process of internationalization and business globalization
• Major approaches to the analysis of the marketing environment in the international scope
• Marketing mix / extended marketing mix and its use in the international marketing
• Practical planning, execution and control of the marketing strategy in the international economic conditions
• Practical preparation of the marketing plan to enter new international market
Language of instruction
Number of ECTS credits
Mode of study
Guarantor
Department
Offered to foreign students
Entry knowledge
Rules for evaluation and completion of the course
The evaluation will consist of assessment of the processing and presentation of team project - the foreign market entry plan and verbal exam, aimed at assessment of understanding international marketing methods and principles.
The course grading is as follows:
- active participation at lectures (10%)
- team project and its presentation (50%)
- verbal exam (40%)
Attendance at individual seminars is not compulsory, but it is scored.
Seminars are obligatory, where ongoing consultations of milestones during the processing of marketing plans take place.
Aims
Students will get guideline and in small teams will prepare strategic marketing plan to enter new international market.
Specifical goals are:
a) To enable participants to develop an awareness of the importance of global marketing issues, both from macro- and micro - economic perspective
b) To critically evaluate and apply appropriate methods for analysis of the international marketing environment
c) To enable participants to develop awareness of the specific features of marketing tools, deployed in global market conditions
d) To develop skills of using the theory of international marketing in international context
Major learning outcomes of the course are the following knowledge, skills and competences:
1. Basis for the business marketing concept in international and global environment
2. Strategic marketing analysis methods in global marketing
3. Preparation of the international market entry plan
4. Implementation of the global marketing strategy and useful tools
5. Strategic, financial, ethical and other aspects of the global marketing strategy
Additional specific goals of the course are the following:
• Develop strategic planning and execution skills within a rapidly changing environment.
• Crystallize the linkages between business decisions and financial performance.
• Internalize how important it is to use market data and competitive signals to adjust the strategic plan and more tightly focus business tactics.
• Build confidence through knowledge and experience.
Study aids
Materials for studying subjects are available in e-learning.
Prerequisites and corequisites
Basic literature
KIRPALANI, V. H., GARBARSKI, L., KAYNAK, E. Successfully Doing Business/Marketing in Eastern Europe, New York: Taylor & Francis, 2009. ISBN 978-0-7890-3272-0.
KOTLER, Philip a Gary ARMSTRONG. Principles of marketing. Seventeenth edition. Hoboken: Pearson Higher Education, 2018. ISBN 978-0134492513.
Recommended reading
KOTLER, Philip a Kevin Lane KELLER. Marketing management. 14th ed. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Prentice Hall, 2012. ISBN 978-0132102926.
Elearning
Classification of course in study plans
Type of course unit
Lecture
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
The course is taught in the form of lectures that explain the basic principles and theory of the discipline, including examples of their practical application. The exercises focus on the practical mastery of the material covered in the lectures. Lectures and exercises are not compulsory. The teaching is supplemented by contributions from experts in the field.
- Introduction to International Marketing
- Marketing analyses and influences (external and internal) on marketing strategies in international markets
- Marketing research in international markets
- Targeting and positioning of products for target market segments
- Marketing mix – the 4Ps, 4Cs, and 7Ps concepts
- Marketing mix – Product in international markets
- Marketing mix – Price in international markets
- Marketing mix – Place in international markets
- Marketing mix – Promotion in international markets
- Marketing mix – People, processes, and physical environment in international markets
- Marketing trends
- Sustainability in marketing, visual pollution
- Use of technology in marketing
Exercise
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
Introduction to the course and rules for assessment during the semester. Student expectations of the course. Discussion on introduction to marketing in international markets. Marketing analyses and influences (external and internal) on marketing strategies in international markets. Marketing research in international markets.
Segmentation, targeting, and positioning of products for target market segments. Consultation on team projects.
Marketing mix – Product and packaging, Price, Place in international markets
Marketing mix – Promotion, People, Processes, and Physical environment in international markets
Marketing trends, Sustainability in marketing, Visual pollution, Use of technology in marketing.
Student presentations: Team project.
Elearning