Mesaab Ismail International Management 3680 9/22/14 Problem Statement Jabwood International is contemplating international expansion into new markets specifically‚ Saudi Arabia and China to compensate for a decline in revenues. Problem Causes The Middle Eastern situation‚ specifically the uprising in Syria. The borders between Lebanon and Syria being closed causing the company’s main wood supplier TANITA to expand to other timber companies. Jabwood’s market share and sales volume had a drop of
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Greg Smith MGMT 3680 9/22/14 Jabwood Case Problem statement: After reading the case study I believe that despite other issues‚ the main problem that exists for this company is the lack of revenue‚ which lead them to make a decision on expansion to the relatively unknown. There are several issues that caused this problem. The first and most influential was the fact that a political uprising had occurred in Syria. Consequentially‚ the borders from Lebanon to Syria were closed. Once the sales numbers
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Jabwood International Case Analysis I. Analysis Problem: Jabwood International is experiencing a downward trend in revenue and sales and may continue this trend if change is not made immediately. Causes: Due to the financial crisis and economic downturn across the world‚ Lebanon has seen an almost flat performance in the real estate market driving down the prices of raw materials used in construction such as wood. Advances in transportation and technology have led to increased competition in the
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Philippine International Trading Corporation (PITC)‚ a line corporation under the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)‚ is a self-sustaining government corporation operating under its Revised Charter‚ Presidential Decree (PD) 1071 (1077) as amended. Since its establishment in 1973 as the government’s only international trading corporation‚ Philippine International Trading Corporation (PITC)‚ has been in the forefront of the Government’s economic agenda on market expansion‚ global competitiveness
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Jabwood International: The Risks of Expanding East Case Study Assignment 2 SMGT4460 - International Business Kevin Carthy‚ Steven Liu‚ and Emily Scott Table of Contents Executive Summary 3 Introduction 4 Demographics 4 Government 5 Physical Infrastructure 6 Economics 7 Wood Industry 7 Entering Markets 8 Fiscal Characteristics 8 Industry Threats 9 Competitive Analysis 10 Recommendations
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SANTOS TIMBER COMPANY • SUMMARY Santos Timber Company was a small partnership. It was a logging firm which operated out of forest concession owned by Mr. Santos. The firm cut logs and hauled them twenty-three kilometers to the coast where they were sold to an assembler-exporter. The company had a toltal of twenty-nine employees---eighteen who worked the logging area‚ and a crew of seven truckers and helpers who operated the company’s five trucks. There were two mechanics‚ one bookkeeper‚ and one-log-pond
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Explain the basis for trade according to David Ricardo? How are the gains from trade generated? Do you think that David Ricardo’s law of comparative advantage is superior to Adam Smith’s theory of absolute advantage? Why or why not? David Ricardo was one of the most influential of the classical economists. Perhaps his most important contribution was the law of comparative advantage‚ a fundamental argument in favor of free trade among countries and of specialization among individuals. The purpose
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Santos Timber Company I. POINT OF VIEW • The point of view of Carlos Vinces‚ Alfredo Santos’ partner‚ is assumed. The group believes that the case is better handled by Vinces since he was the one who hired Felix Cruz‚ character involved in their disagreement‚ in the company. II. ANALYSIS OF THE CASE SITUATION A. Industry Analysis • The firm cut logs and hauled them twenty kilometers to the coast where they were sold to an assembler – exporter. • There
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LaFleur Trading Company XMGT216 LaFleur Trading Company is an international food supplier located in Vancouver‚ British Columbia. They handle a large amount of different food and wine products and ship to consumers around the world. Their trading partners are listed to be in 38 different countries and they are based in Canada (which makes 39). LaFleur’s website lists the company mission as “We will provide our customers with the highest quality foods at a reasonable price.” (LaFleur‚ 2009) The
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Lafleur Trading Company Lafleur Trading Company was founded in 1975 and has been supplying fine foods and wines to countries all over the world (Apollo Group‚ 2009). The founders of Lafleur Trading Company believe their products meet the needs of consumers for their lifestyle‚ health‚ and ethics. Company leaders offer only products that have passed Canada’s strictest guidelines for organic products (Apollo Group‚ 2009). The Lafleur Trading Company teams members stand by their company ethics‚ believe
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