BUSM1227 Semester 2 2014 Assessment 1 – Assignment - Case study • Type: Individual • Value: 50% • Word limit: 2500 words (variation within 10% more or less is allowed) • Due: To be announced Aims and background Choosing an appropriate market entry mode is an important decision-making process for international businesses when they expand their business to foreign markets. Appropriate decision on entry mode is more likely to occur when solid analysis of the firm’s and the target markets’ situation
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* Explain what FDI is and discuss the benefits and costs of FDI from the perspective of a host country and from the perspective of the home country FDI --Foreign direct investment FDI occur when a firm invests directly in new facilities to produce and/or market in a foreign country. Foreign direct investment has many advantages for both the investor and the recipient. One of the primary benefits is that it allows money to freely go to whatever business has the best prospects for growth anywhere
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Macro-Economics What is Macroeconomics? Macroeconomics studies the behaviour of the entire economy‚ and how resources are allocated. It examines economy – wide phenomena such as changes in unemployment‚ national income‚ rate of growth‚ gross domestic product‚ inflation and price levels. Macroeconomics deals with 5 variables: Variable Macroeconomic objective Economic growth A steady rate of increase of national output Employment A low level of unemployment Price stability A low and stable
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ECONOMICS Economic Problem * Unlimited wants‚ limited resources Economic Systems * Questions to answer: 1. What to produce? 2. How much to produce? 3. How to produce? 4. For whom to produce? * Criteria to classify economic systems 1. Productive resources owned by private individuals (private sector) or government (public sector) 2. Role of market forces of demand and supply in allocating resources‚ determining prices‚ distributing incomes 3. Role of government in production
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Dear Sir / Madam‚ I am writing to you to apply for the Degree Programme in International Business‚ in which I am particularly interested. My aim is to work in an international field related to business. Therefore I would like to gain a deeper theoretical knowledge in international business. I believe ………………………………. University with an international business degree is the best place to achieve my career objectives. I have successfully completed Secondary School Certificate Examination in 2009
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Summary of The Berlin Wall The Berlin Wall was one the most prominent symbols of the Iron Curtain that the Soviet Union had created to contain and control the people of Eastern Europe and the rest of its territory. It serves as an example of the anarchy and the pursuit of self-interest the international system‚ particularly after a time after one superpower fell and a fierce competition of bipolar powers remained. After the end of World War II‚ the four ally countries divided up German territory
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Not only was the Berlin Airlift an effort to halt Soviet control‚ but it was also a means to control the spread of communism over Europe. Berlin was clearly the epicenter for the struggle between the influences of democracy in Europe against the rise of communism at the dawn of the Cold War (Office). The Berlin Airlift implemented the ideals of the US and its allies against communism. One such ideal was the Marshall Plan‚ which offered Allied aid to countries destroyed by WWII. The Marshall plan
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happened in Berlin during the Cold war? Well in my paper I am going to explain all about Berlin and what happened there. The first thing I wanna cover is the sides and what they believed in. There were two sides to Berlin the West and the East. The East was controlled by the USSR and was a Communist state. The west was Actually divided among 3 countries the U.S. ‚ Britain‚ & France. They decided to join together because they all believed in Democracy which then made the west side of Berlin. These two
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Berlin Wall During August 13‚ 1951‚ the communist government of the German Democratic Republic began to build a barbed wire and concrete barrier between Eastern and Western Berlin; this was to keep Western Fascists from entering East Germany and undermining the socialist state. The Berlin Wall was built because of Economics and Political views. Economically‚ too many well-educated people moved from East Germany‚ and some worked in West Berlin and lived in East Berlin (it’s cheaper there)‚ so
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In 1961‚ a wall divided the city of Berlin‚ Germany. People crowd the streets begging for food. Armed guards keep the crowd under control. Chaos ensues the scene. This was a pivotal time in the Cold War between democracies and communist governments‚ particularly the United States and the Soviet Union. The Cold War caused the two major powers to clash‚ leaving people in fear of a nuclear war. U.S. officials had the near impossible task of predicting the endeavors of Nikita Khrushchev‚ the leader
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