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Ashoka University’s undergraduate course curriculum is taught across three semesters: Spring, Summer and Monsoon (Fall). Courses are broadly divided into three categories – Foundation Courses (core curriculum), Major & Minor Courses and Co-Curricular Courses.
You may search courses offered at Ashoka here. Please use the drop down menu to choose the specific semester and subject to see the full list of courses under each department. Foundation courses are offered in all semesters and do not have prerequisites. Offerings in other categories differ in each semester. Some higher level major/minor courses may have prerequisites.
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Course Overview:
In recent times, a series of technological, institutional, and political developments have fueled a significant globalization of production processes across countries (Antras, 2020). Firms are organized on a global scale (for example, in the production of iPhones and bicycles) and choose to offshore parts, components, or services to producers in different countries. Global Supply Chain (GSC) and Global Value Chain (GVC) analysis have been the leading frameworks for analyzing and understanding market integration and the linkages between globalization and development.
This course is designed to equip students with the essential tools used in GSC and GVC analysis, and to apply these tools and knowledge across various countries and industries. The course will cover the theories, methodology and case studies across different contexts. The course will utilize a wide variety of readings on theoretical frameworks from international trade, and then deal with empirical developments, focusing on participation and positioning in GVCs (both at backward and forward GVC).
The course will also explore some specific governance issues within transnational supply chains, and assess the economic, social and environmental effects of globalized supply and value chains across agriculture, manufacturing and services. Students will be required to prepare papers on country-based or industry-specific GVCs, with at least one case relating to developing countries or emerging nations, and one to developed or emerged economies. As part of the policy role in specific GVC integration, we expect students to produce a set of policy briefs and studies, mainly to ensure the participation and positioning of different groups and regions in moving up the value chains.
