Economic Activities of Germany in the MENA Region
Overview
Compentency | Extracting success factors of German businesses in the MENA region |
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Module type | elective module |
Semester | summer |
Site | Kassel |
Language | English |
Workload | 60 hours course attendance; 40 hours self-study |
Credits points | 4 |
Recommended qualifications | none |
Business Economic Aspects of Renewable Energies (RE)
Learning Outcome
After the successful participation in the course Business Economic Aspects of RE the students are able to:
- understand the driving factors of energy costs and how energy pricing can influence supply and demand
- read and assess cost-benefit-analyses
Content
- Cost calculation for energy production and distribution
- Cost development prognoses (national and international level)
- Metering, meter reading, billing
- Fee collection (in public sector, industry, and households)
- Analysing feasibility studies in the energy sector:
- elements
- calculation methods
- risk assessment
- critical analysis
Details
- Lecturer: Wesly Ureña Vargas
- Teaching method: lecture
- SWS: 2
- Credit points: 2
- Examination: group presentation
Potentials of German Institutions and Companies for the MENA Region
Learning Outcome
After the successful participation in the course Potentials of German Institutions and Companies for the MENA Region the students are able to:
- reflect key factors, methods and the necessary framework for a company to get into the market of a country
Content
- Presenting companies and institutions with their actual activities in the MENA region
- Excursions to selected companies (e.g. CUBE, Viessmann, SMA) with presentations about their engagement in the MENA region and visits of production lines
Details
- Lecturer: Marc Selig
- Teaching method: excursions, lecture
- SWS: 2
- Credit points: 2
- Examination: reports