basic decisions o Which markets to enter o When to enter those markets o On what scale Which Foreign Markets? • the choice must be based on an assessment of a nation’s long-run profit potential o potential is a function of several factors • the attractiveness of a country as a potential market for an internal business depends on balancing the benefits‚ costs‚ and risks associated with doing business in that country • the costs and risks associated with doing business in a foreign country
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(ref: Unit 2 Types of Business). Mary Chia Holdings is owned and controlled by just one person although it may have many employees. It is the oldest and most common form of business ownership. Not only that‚ it is also the easiest form of business to start with limited funds whereby the owner‚ Mary Chia‚ registered her business under the Business Registration Act. But‚ there is no legal distinction between her personal property and the assets of the business. In case her business fails‚ her liability
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Business Environment Section 1 A1) The major achievements of China’s Huawei Technologies in the areas of its specialization are that they won the contract to build Norway a fourth generation (4G) mobile network‚ the deal was the largest so far for the new LTE technology in Europe making it a milestone for Huawei. The report by research firm Ovum found Huawei was the undisputed leader in the telecom optical equipment market. Huawei and fellow Chinese firm ZTE‚ it said‚ are the only two vendors to
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Diebold For much of its 144 year history‚ Diebold Inc. did not worry much about international business. As a premier name is bank vaults and then automated teller machines (ATMs)‚ the Ohio based company found that had its hand full focusing on U.S. financial institutions. The company first started to sell ATM machines in foreign markets in the 1980s.Wary of going it alone‚ Diebold forged a distribution arrangement with the Dutch multinational electronics company Phillips N.V.Under
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all key management positions in an international business with parent-country nationals” (p. 531). The advantages of the ethnocentric approach are: Overcomes lack of qualified managers in host country‚ unified culture‚ and helps transfer core competencies. The disadvantages of the ethnocentric approach are: Produces resentment in host country‚ and can lead to cultural myopia. An ethnocentric approach is typically appropriate for firms utilizing an international strategy. A polycentric staffing
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Transportation Hygiene New rival country Strengths Multi-culture is one of the biggest strengths that Malaysian Tourism has because we have 3 main different cultures living together which is Malays‚ Chinese and Indian. Besides that‚ we also have other culture in Sabah and Sarawak which is Iban‚ Kadanzan and other which make our country is a multi culture country. Due to we have multi culture‚ we also have variety of food from different culture. Malaysia has variety of foods like Malays‚ Chinese‚ Indian
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Components of business environment On the basis of extent of intimacy with the firm‚ the environmental factors may be classified into different levels or types. There are broadly two types of environment‚ the internal environment‚ i.e. factors internal to the firm and the external environment i.e. factors external to the firm which have relevance to it. The internal factors are generally regarded as controllable factors because the company has control over these factors; it can alter or modify such
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Working conditions in these counties are complicated and poor and workers seriously suffer during the production process. The willingness of Wal-Mart to fight with the abusive system‚ in which these plants produce their products that we can see on Wal-Mart shelves‚ is an example of ethical way of doing business. If all shopping chains would adhere to a code of ethic in that way‚ it would really make a difference in the world. The benefit is that Wal-Mart is a place where people can do their shopping
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to increasing globalization‚ international business ethics has become an important issue. The number of multinational companies‚ which operate outside of their home country‚ is increasing rapidly. Many conflicts occur due to contrasting ethical values of various nations in the international community. Some ethical dilemmas arise from issues of employee rights‚ human rights‚ environmental concerns‚ preventing corruption and moral obligations. International business encompasses a full range of cross-border
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stable political scenario * Economic openness * Relatively corruption-free environment Educated Workforce – Having a well educated workforce means Intel are likely to experience a greater return on their investment and higher profitability as compared to companies that opt for less educated staff. Corruption-free environment – Costa Rica is a small country and has a corruption free environment which means Intel will not face as many problems in terms of their goals and strategies compared
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