International Business Lecture Notes Collin Starkweather1 September 2012 1 Copyright c Collin Starkweather 2012. All rights reserved. 2 Contents 1 International Business Culture and Practices 1.1 Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.2 The Determinants of Culture . . . . . . . . 1.2.1 Hofstede’s Cultural Dimensions . . . 1.2.2 Trompenaars’s Cultural Dimensions 1.2.3 Country Clusters . . . . . . . . . . . 1.3 Social Stratification . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.4 Cultural
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International HRM Using expatriates to staff key positions in foreign operations is only one option available to MNEs. What functions do expatriates serve for MNE’s? Simply the overall purpose of expatriates is about developing social capital for the MNE. Advantages of expatriates (PCN’s) include‚ monitoring closer control and harmonization of international operations and providing a wider global perspective. This process gives means that good workers are given international experience
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1.0 Tourism and International Tourism Tourism is the movement of people from one place to another. The tourism product is different from other products as it is produced and consumed simultaneously by the consumer. The buyer has to experience the product and services to know the worthiness of the tourism package. For instance if the tourist is buying a package tour to destination Mauritius‚ the tourist must travel to the country to experience the tourism products and services available there
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CASE: GS-61 DATE: 04/01/08 PCH INTERNATIONAL: MANAGING THE FLOWS OF INFORMATION‚ GOODS‚ AND FINANCE Liam Casey‚ CEO of PCH International Limited (PCH)‚ was in every way an adventurer. Born and having spent most of his youth in Cork‚ Ireland‚ Casey had never lived in China until he started traveling and working in the country in his late twenties. Yet‚ without speaking much Chinese‚ Casey managed to establish an innovative supply chain solutions company in China’s factory city of Shenzhen and
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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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SINGAPORE MITA No. 013/06/2008 Company Report 12 March 2009 Olam International Ltd Gravity-defying growth Resilient to recession. Olam International Ltd (Olam) has been delivering consistent revenue and earnings growth since its listing in 2005‚ and growth momentum is expected to sustain despite the global recession. Management has guided for 16% to 20% topline CAGR and 25% to 30% earnings CAGR over the next three years. These goals are achievable‚ given that demand for food is relatively
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Relate International Terrorism with Ethno-National Identity Problem What is the root cause of terrorism? What drives a terrorist group to commit acts of violence? Is it the environment they are born in to or is it a trait that is developed over time as a result of their upbringing? The term ethno-nationalism can be defined as “the combination of both ethnic and national identities in some way for a political purpose‚ usually to infer superiority over some other group or groups”. This identity is
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3209AFE INTERNATIONAL FINANCE Tutorial 4 Questions Chapter 10 2. Assessing Transaction Exposure. (Page 331) Your employer‚ a large MNC‚ has asked you to assess its transaction exposure. Its projected cash flows are as follows for the next year: | | | |Current Exchange Rate in U.S. | |Currency |Total Inflow |Total Outflow |Dollars |
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Chapter 01 Globalization True / False Questions 1. (p. 4) The notion that national economies are relatively self-contained entities is on the rise. FALSE 2. (p. 4) For the last 50 years‚ the volume of goods‚ services and investment crossing national borders has consistently expanded faster than world output. TRUE 3. (p. 4) Today‚ the world economy is fast moving toward a world in which barriers to cross-border trade and investment are declining. TRUE 4. (p. 6) The shift toward a more integrated
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Canada and International Agreements Agreement|Acronym|Canada and the Agreement| North American Free Trade Agreement|NAFTA|§ It was effective in January 1994.§ It is an agreement between Canada‚ the Untied States‚ and Mexico aiming to remove the tariffs among members.§ Canada’s exports to the United States have increased. 50% of Canadian products are sent to the States.§ Canada’s merchandise exports go to 39 out of 50 states.§ Mexico has almost doubled its exports to the States.| Free Trade Area
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