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  • Course 3 of 6 in the International Business Essentials Specialization
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  • Approx. 10 hours to complete
  • English Subtitles: French, Portuguese (European), Russian, English, Spanish
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  • This course provides the essential mathematics required to succeed in the finance and economics related modules of the Global MBA, including equations, functions, derivatives, and matrices. You can test your understanding with quizzes and worksheets, while more advanced content will be available if you want to push yourself.
  • This course forms part of a specialisation from the University of London designed to help you develop and build the essential business, academic, and cultural skills necessary to succeed in international business, or in further study.
  • If completed successfully, your certificate from this specialisation can also be used as part of the application process for the University of London Global MBA programme, particularly for early career applicants. If you would like more information about the Global MBA, please visit https://mba.london.ac.uk/.
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Equations

Welcome to Quantitative Foundations for International Business

Equations- An Introduction

1. Variables, Constants and Parameters

2. The Real Number System

3. Basic Rules

4. Like Terms

5. Translate Phrases into Mathematics

6. Working with Business Formulas

7. Ratio and Proportion

Equations- Summary

Glossary of Terms

Quiz Instructions

Equations: Practice Exercises

Equations: Summative Exercises

Week 1: End of Week Quiz

Functions

Functions- An Introduction

1. A Function as an Ordered Pair of Elements

2. Relations and Functions

3. Types of Function

4. Levels of Generality

5: The Domain of a Function

5.1: Graphing an Equation

6. Linear Functions

6.1 Mapping Linear Functions

6.2 Linear Functions: Examples

7. Quadratic Functions

8. Cubic Functions

Functions Summary

1.1. The Exponential Functions

1.2. The Nature of Exponential Functions

1.3. Simple Exponential Functions

1.4. The Graph

2.1. Logarithmic Functions

2.2. Log Functions and Exponential Functions

2.3 The Graphical Form

Summative Questions

End of Week Quiz

Derivatives

Lecture: Derivatives - An Introduction

1. Slopes of Curves

2. The Geometrical Interpretation of Tangents and Derivatives

3. Increasing and Decreasing Functions

4. Derivatives as a Rate of Change

5. Continuity

6. Simple Rules of Differentiation

6.1. The Derivative of a Constant Function

6.2. The Graphical Representation of the Rule

6.3. Examples

6.3.1 Derivatives: Examples, Part 1

6.3.2 Derivatives: Examples, Part 2

6.3.3 Derivatives: Examples, Part 3

6.4. The Power Rule

6.5. Sum and Difference

7. The Product Rule

7.2 Matrices

8. The Quotient Rule

9. The Chain Rule

10. Higher Order Derivatives

Lecture: Derivatives - Summary

Summative Questions

End of Week Quiz

Matrices

Matrices - An Introduction

1. What Is A Matrix?

2. The Square Matrix

3. Matrix Operations

3.1. Addition

3.2. Subtraction

3.3. Scalar Multiplication

3.4. Multiplication of Matrices

3.5. Multiplication Procedure

3.6. General Rules for Matrix Addition and Multiplication by Scalars

4. The Inverse

5. The Transpose

6. Identity Matrix

6.1. Properties of the Identity Matrix

7. Linear Systems of Equation

Matrices

Summary

Summative Questions

End of Week Quiz

End of Course Quiz

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