Cork Institute of Technology Bachelor of Business (Honours) in Information Systems – Award (NFQ – Level 8) Autumn 2007 International Business (Time: 3 Hours) Instructions Answer: Section A: Answer all question one on case study Section B: Answer three (3) from five (5) questions. % of marks allocated for this exam: 70 Examiners: Ms. C. O’Reilly Mr. L. Elwood Do not write‚ draw or underline in red. Section A: Case Study A Boom in Bangalore What is the fastest growing industry
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HYGEIA INTERNATIONAL CASE ANALYSIS VIEWPOINT Henry Livingstone – VP of the Africa/Middle East region of Hygeia international TIME CONTEXT 1960‚ after British Colony. Nigeria is growing dramatically I. STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM Would Hygeia International plan to create new line of business be profitable and accepted at Nigerian economy/culture? II. STATEMENT OF THE OBJECTIVES 1. Nigeria Expansion 2. Mass production of poultry using technology 3. Two to three years recovery of capital
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International Terrorism: Threat‚ Policy‚ and Response Summary This report examines international terrorist actions‚ threats‚ U.S. policies and responses. It reviews the nation’s use of tools at its disposal to combat terrorism‚ from diplomacy‚ international cooperation‚ and constructive engagement to physical security enhancement‚ economic sanctions‚ covert action‚ and military force. A modern trend in terrorism appears to be toward loosely organized‚ selffinanced‚ international networks of
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Logistics is the designing and managing of a system in order to control the flow of material throughout a corporation. This is a very important part of an international company because of geographical barriers. Logistics of an international company includes movement of raw materials‚ coordinating flows into and out of different countries‚ choices of transportation‚ cost of the transportation‚ packaging the product for shipment‚ storing the product‚ and managing the entire process. The concept
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DEFINE AND EXPLAIN THE ROLE OF INTERNATIONAL FLOW OF INFORMATION IN CREATING A GLOBAL CULTURE. International flow of information is the movement of messages across national boundaries between and among two or more national and cultural systems and it is also a term that is used to describe a field of inquiry and research that consists of the transfer of messages in the form of information and data through individuals‚ groups‚ governments and technologies as well as the study of the institutions
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Globalization and International Business The Concept of Globalization – putting everything into one village * The process of integration and convergence of economic‚ financial‚ cultural and political systems across the world. * Globalization – refers to the integration and interaction between different people and nations. * Globalization is the process of international integration arising from the interchange of world views‚ products‚ ideas and other aspects of culture. Globalization
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Introduction International trade is the purchase‚ sale or exchange of goods and services across national borders (Wild‚ Wild & Han 2006). This type of trade has rose to a global economy‚ in which prices‚ or demand and supply‚ influence and are affected by world events. The opportunity to be exposed to both goods and services not available in their own countries are given by trading globally. Let’s take a simple example. If you go into a supermarket and are able to buy Brazilian coffee
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10.4a To what extent should large international companies make acting in a socially responsible manner more of priority than increasing their profits. In this modern world there are many international companies in various fields ‚and each of these companies have goals and not secret that the main objective in the past for these companies is the increase in profit ‚regardless of other thing. But in other hand there a significant tax for this goal selfish is that we will destroy the world we live
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International HRM International HR management refers to an extension of HR that relates to having people working overseas. HR professionals are going to have to consider how to best provide policies‚ practices and services to a diverse set of employees located in potentially very different locations and operating environments. The differences between IHRM and HRM involve: involves working with an organisational structure that is more complex there are a greater number of more diverse stakeholders
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dramatic set of cultural factors that contribute toward each party’s perception of the negotiation. “International business deals not only cross borders‚ but they also cross cultures. Culture profoundly influences how people think‚ communicate‚ and behave. It also affects the kinds of transactions they make and the way they negotiate them.” Managers must also develop an understanding of how people from different cultures negotiate so that each person involved in discussions perceives issues in the way
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