Economic Activities of Germany in the MENA Region

Overview

Compentency: Extracting success factors of German businesses in the MENA region


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

Courses

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

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: Alireza Taheri
  • Teaching method: excursions, lecture
  • SWS: 2
  • Credit points: 2
  • Examination: reports