Lesson series

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

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Course Overview

This course introduces learners to the principles and practices of conducting business in a global environment. Through real-world examples, applied activities, and structured lessons, students explore how cultural, economic, political, legal, and technological factors influence international trade and global business operations. The course emphasizes practical global awareness and strategic thinking to help learners understand how organizations compete and operate across borders.

What You’ll Learn

By completing this course, learners will be able to:
  • Understand the scope and importance of international business
  • Analyze how cultural differences affect global business interactions
  • Explain the role of trade, globalization, and international markets
  • Understand political, legal, and economic systems impacting global business
  • Identify challenges and opportunities faced by multinational organizations
  • Apply international business concepts to real-world global scenario

Learning Experience

This course includes a mix of:
  • Structured, lesson-based instruction
  • Real-world international business examples and case studies
  • Applied activities and scenario analysis
  • nteractive discussions focused on global perspectives
  • Assessments designed to reinforce global business understanding 

Outcomes

Upon completion of this course, learners will have a foundational understanding of international business and the ability to analyze global markets and cross-border business challenges. Students will be prepared to apply global business knowledge in academic, professional, or entrepreneurial contexts and to engage effectively in an interconnected global economy.

Course contents

Course instructor

Dr. Dawn Lindsey

Dr. Dawn Lindsey’s entrepreneurial journey began at age seven, when she first earned money guiding blind community members through town. Raised by a mother who successfully ran multiple home-based businesses with only a second-grade education, she learned early that ingenuity, determination, and work ethic create opportunity. Despite not completing high school, she founded Malotane Building Services, becoming one of the first Black woman-owned construction companies in South Africa and earning international recognition for her leadership in housing development. After immigrating to the United States with just $2,000 and her youngest child, she built Next Generation Fuel into one of the few Black woman-owned oil and gas companies supplying Fortune 500 organizations and later founded Vari-Tek LLC, serving infrastructure and construction markets.

Alongside building multiple successful companies, Dr. Lindsey earned a Bachelor’s degree in Business, a Master’s degree in Organizational Leadership, a PhD in Public Policy, and a Doctoral Certificate in Educational Leadership, and she is a licensed Business Educator with the Indiana Department of Education. Drawing on decades of business leadership and lived experience, she created the accredited Youth Entrepreneurial System (YES), the foundation of IndyEXCEL’s business education model, designed to equip youth and aspiring entrepreneurs with practical skills, economic knowledge, and pathways to ownership, independence, and generational wealth.