BUS230
Part 1
Select a company and country that interests you.
You have been asked to evaluate the country you selected as
a potential market for your product(s)/service(s) and present your findings to
other managers of the organization in a memo. In your memo, be sure to address
the following:
• Provide a brief overview of the company and why the
country you selected may be a potential market.
• What type of political and legal systems does the country
have?
• Do free elections take place?
• Is the government heavily involved in the economy?
• Is the legal system effective and impartial?
• Do political and legal conditions suggest that it should
be further considered as a potential market?
Part 2
Debate the ethics of doing business in countries with totalitarian
governments on the Discussion Board. Comment on opposing arguments, looking for
holes and inconsistencies. Attempt to answer any arguments that are presented
against your side of the argument.
Unit 2
Part 1
1. Explain the relation between trade and world output.
2. Describe the broad pattern of international trade.
3. If the nations of the world were to suddenly cut off all
trade with one another, what products might you no longer be able to obtain in
your country? Choose one other country and identify the products it would need
to do without.
Part 2
Small companies typically have difficulty competing against
large multinationals when their governments take part in regional trade blocs.
What could governments do to help their small companies compete after the
formation of such blocs?
Unit 4
Part 1
As a Venezuelan business owner (you may select the specific
business of your choice), you are very interested in the fact that Venezuela
has recently been accepted as an associate member of MERCOSUR (July, 2004). You
need to prepare your operations in view of this new reality.
Develop a plan for your business that will be implemented as
Venezuela becomes part of MERCOSUR. Your business plan should include the
following:
• Benefits and drawbacks for the country of Venezuela as a
result of their membership in MERCOSUR
• Benefits and drawbacks for your business as a result of
their membership in MERCOSUR
• What adjustments will need to be made to your business as
a result of this?
Part 2
For many global companies, China represents a very
attractive market in terms of size and growth rate. Yet, it ranks lower in
terms of economic freedom and higher in political risk than other country
markets because it has a communist government. Despite these risks, Volkswagen,
Isuzu,
and Boeing are just a few of the hundreds of companies that
have established manufacturing operations in China. This is due in large part
to the Chinese government making sales in China contingent on a company’s
willingness to locate production there. The government wants Chinese
companies to learn modern management skills from non-Chinese
companies and acquire technology. Some observers believe that when Western
companies agree to such conditions, they are bargaining away important industry
knowledge in exchange for sales today. Should Boeing and other
companies go along with China’s terms, or should they risk
losing sales by refusing to transfer technology?
Unit 5
Part 1
Working as a team, select and research an international
company that interests you. (Annual reports often can be obtained from
companies' web sites.) Conduct a brief organizational analysis by answering the
following questions: 1. what is the company's mission statement or overriding
objective?
2. In which nations does it produce and market its products?
3. Are its production facilities centralized or
decentralized?
4. Does it standardize products or adapt them for different
markets?
5. What type of organizational structure does it have?
6. Which of the two types of international strategy does it
seem to follow?
7. Does the company make use of work teams? Based on the
strategies that this company employs within the organization, will the company
be successful in its international ventures? What changes would you recommend
the organization make to help it be more successful in
international markets?
Part 2
Despite the difficulties, many technology companies
experienced when the dot-com bubble burst - Internet commerce (e-business) is
here to stay. What resources does an International Internet retailer need other
than merely a storefront on the Internet? Does it require fewer physical,
financial, and human resources than a traditional retailer,
or just as many? Explain.
Use the Library search engines and resources to research one
of the following companies (Yahoo, Google, EBay, AOL, or other internet
companies you may be aware of) and explain why it is so successful despite the
failures of other dot.com organizations. Explain what you think made this
company so successful
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