Clifton Alston International Business Japanese Malaise Case July 21‚ 2013 1. The Japanese has stagnated due to Japanese banks‚ which had financed much of the boom in asset prices with easy money‚ now found their balance sheets loaded with bad debt‚ and they sharply contracted lending and deflation. The Nikkei average plunged from nearly 39‚000 points in December 1989 to about 14‚300 points in August 1992‚ thereby losing about 60% of its value. As a result‚ investors lost the equivalent
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humility as management also helped clear tables‚ setting a culture of equality and high standards. President Antoine Corinthio’ views and being a cultural chameleon‚ allowed him to see that it is important to know the culture of a region before expanding in that area. 2. Do you think corporate culture play a role in Four Season’s success? If so‚ how and why? Yes‚ there is a strong corporate culture of family‚ support and also tough love. Many senior management have long durations and careers
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foreign market entry mode. Describe scenarios when licensing might be the preferable one of the two entry modes. 9. International franchising is often regarded as a low-risk foreign market entry strategy. Does this view fully reflect the attraction of international franchising as a market entry mode? 10. Under what circumstances would a BOT system make sense as an international marketing
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International Business Essay Exam #2 In what kind of industries does a localization strategy make sense? When does a global standardization strategy make most sense? The industry that localization strategy would make sense would be the automotive industry‚ manufacturing factories‚ and I want to stay the big chain grocery stores. By these firms customizing the products they offer to local demand‚ the firm increases the value of that product in the local market. But on the downside‚ it involves
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Briefly discuss the three types of staffing policies in international business. Discuss the staffing policies adopted by MNCs (Multi-National Company) operating in Singapore. Which is the most attractive approach and why? The 3 types of staffing policies are ethnocentric‚ polycentric‚ and geocentric. Ethnocentric approach fills key management position with parent-country nationals. Advantage: * Overcome the lack of qualified manager in host country * Unify corporate culture. * Transfer
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Case Study #3: Contract for the International Sale of Goods A chip off the new block Semicontronics is an Australian manufacturing company that has been in the business of semi manufactured electronics for over a decade. Semicontronics has a solid reputation for meeting customer demands for quality products on time and on budget. The majority of Semicontronics customers are international‚ mid-market manufacturing companies that produce generic electronics such as cell phones‚ digital media
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Innovation Index Between the G20 Versus the Next 11 Countries Dutta‚ S. and Lanvin‚ B. (2013). The Global Innovation Index 2013: The Local Dynamics of Innovation‚ Geneva‚ Ithaca‚ and Fontainebleau. Frantzen‚ D. (2000). “R&D‚ Human Capital and International Technology Spillovers: A Cross Country Analysis‚” Scandinavian Journal of Economics‚ Vol Hamel‚ G. and Prahalad‚ C.K. (2006). The core competence of the corporation strategic learning in a knowledge economy. (In Hahn‚ D. & Taylor‚ B.‚ eds. Strategische
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Subsidies * A subsidy - a government payment to a domestic producer * Subsidies help domestic producers * compete against low-cost foreign imports * gain export markets * Consumers typically absorb the costs of subsidies Tariffs * Tariffs * increase government revenues * provide protection to domestic producers against foreign competitors by increasing the cost of imported foreign goods * force consumers to pay more for certain imports
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Journal of Cleaner Production 16 (2008) 1717e1726 www.elsevier.com/locate/jclepro The prospects for global green car mobility Patrick Moriarty a‚*‚ Damon Honnery b a Department of Mechanical Engineering‚ Monash University‚ P.O. Box 197‚ Caulfield East‚ 3145 Victoria‚ Australia b Department of Mechanical Engineering‚ Monash University‚ P.O. Box 31‚ 3800 Victoria‚ Australia Received 21 March 2007; received in revised form 11 October 2007; accepted 19 October 2007 Available online 28 November 2007
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separate national markets into one huge global marketplace is known as a) global market facilitation b) cross-border trade c) supranational market integration d) the globalization of markets The correct answer is d. Firms that are involved in international business tend to be a) large b) small c) medium-sized d) large‚ small‚ and medium-sized The correct answer is d. Which is not a factor of production? a) trade b) land c) capital d) energy The correct answer is a. The sourcing of good and services from
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