Part 1

main objectives

To give an awareness to future engineers and executive of the issues and constraints linked to the financial and legal environment in which farming and agri-food businesses evolve, so that they will be prepared: ,- To identify risks and opportunities,- To integrate them into an analysis and decision-making process. ,- To know how to identify required knowledge/skills and resources and to integrate them into the management of operations. ,,

general content

Financial / Market Environment,Introduction to international finance / finance & agricultural markets,Accounting balances in an open economy ,The currency exchange market (actors, international monetary system, exchange rate and exchange rate regime, interest rate and exchange rate),Causes and consequences of raw material price instability.,,Business and its Legal Environment: ,* Sources of Law (commercial) – Typology - Terminology - ,* Introduction to contract law: Negotiation (conducting, running and closing of the talks), construction (disposition, birth / life / death of relatives, final contract provisions): ,* European Food Law / regulation,* Introduction to corporate taxation ,

pedagogy

Lectures (CM) (faculty professors, guest speakers),Supervised Work,,

evaluation

In-class Exam – Legal - Financial