Academic Session 2013 First Semester January 2013 TMA2 BMG307/05 Managing International Business Revision History: Date 30-Dec-2012 3-Mar-2013 Revision O A Details New Release Corrected spelling error in Q2 Instructions: 1. TMA 2 covers Unit 3‚ 4 and Unit 5. 2. TMA 2 contains 3 application questions and a case study. Answer all questions. 3. TMA 2 carries 25% of your final total marks. 4. The assignment should be typed using Times New Roman‚ font size 12 and double spaced. The total words
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International Business Strategy Dr. Wu Zan **What is International Business ? - Business : Intergration of different functional areas (HR‚ Accounting‚ Finance‚ Strategy…) - International Business : business activities conducted across cultural and national boundaries. - Real life examples : We are living the age of international business and globalization. Ex : Australia = its government is negociating a free trade agreement with China‚ its biggest international partner in business. In the past
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2O12 International Business Course Information 1 International Business (INTB) Undergraduate and Postgraduate Handbook 2012 2 CONTENTS Welcome to International Business Undergraduate Options – International Business Starting the BCom (International Business) in 2012 Group A Papers: 252 points of commerce papers Group B Papers: 108 points of language and/or cultural papers Minor Option or Diploma in Language and Culture For students who started the BCom before 2010 FAQ for all
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International business- Commercial that crosses the boarders of two or ore nations Globalization – trend toward greater economic‚ cultural‚ political‚ and technological‚ interdependence among national institutions and economies. General agreement on Tariffs and Trade (Gatt) – Treaty designed to promote free trade by reducing both tariffs and nontariffs barriers to international trade. World Trade Organizations – International organization that enforces the rules of international trades
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1. Globalization and International Business What is globalization? Globalization refers to the widening set of interdependent relationships among people from different parts of a world that is divided into nations. The term also refers to the integration of world economies through the reduction of barriers to the movement of trade‚ capital‚ technology‚ and people. Throughout history‚ human contacts over ever-wider geographic areas have expanded the variety of available resources‚ products‚ services
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Advent of a ‘Global Village’ Globalisation & its impact on International Business: A Study “Globalisation is radically changing the international business environment by creating a ‘global village.” Introduction The intent of the paper is not merely highlighting the aforementioned viewpoint but to establish the ideology within the context of International Business amidst globalisation and understanding the increasing interaction and inter-dependence amongst the firms and businesses
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Ethics in International Business Abstract International business ethics challenges the corporate world to deal with questions of what to do in situations where ethical standards come into conflict as a result of the different cultural practices in the nation. Since‚ there is this dilemma that has progressively troubled the large multinational corporations‚ international business ethics has arisen to help address these adhesive subject matters. There are several international business ethics discussions
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Hill: International Business: Competing in the Global Marketplace‚ Seventh Edition III. The Global Trade and Investment Environment 7. Foreign Direct Investment © The McGraw−Hill Companies‚ 2009 Starbucks’ Foreign Direct Investment Thirty years ago‚ Starbucks was a single store in Seattle’s Pike Place Market selling premium roasted coffee. Today it is a global roaster and retailer of coffee with some 13‚000 stores‚ more than 3‚750 of which are to be found in 38 foreign countries. Starbucks Corporation
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engages in domestic and foreign product development. Sometimes the host country has a product (labor‚ ingredient‚ part‚ etc) that is rare or less costly than producing it in the home country; therefore establishing a Multinational Corporation is a win-win for the host country as far as supply‚ demand‚ labor and cost. Many corporations currently engage in Multinational Enterprise and are successful in their efforts. Having businesses that are active in MNC truly creates a global business community
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1. Do an analysis of the German food retail consumer. How do consumers in Germany differ (or do they?) from consumers in the United States? Wal-Mart Believed that the German market was similar to the United States and that the German consumer would desire low prices with excellent customer service. Wal-Mart wanted to take price leadership through cost leadership. By offering free shopping bags in a market where consumers pay for bags and bah packing services. They also allowed credit card acceptance
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