This specialization prepares students for international business careers with a policy emphasis, while adding a substantial understanding of the effects of international business on development, the environment, and social conditions in recipient countries. Students will study the economics of international trade and finance, the cultural and political as well as economic factors that shape international business behavior, the specific effects of international business activity on growth, wealth distribution, the environment, labor conditions, and politics, the interaction of business and government in developed and developing countries, and the specific ways by which international business might be influenced or regulated to achieve goals beyond profit.