International Business Checklist * What is the difference between Ethics & Morals. * Understand Hofsted’s four primary cultural dimensions. * Understand the meaning of ‘opportunity costs’. * Make sure you understand co ordinate/ Cartesian geometry. If not go & ask A.S.K. * Demand & Elasticity - Practice your percentages. * What is the difference between revenue & costs! When profit is at its maximum what is the gradient of the slope? * Competition depends on what
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2014 International Business Chapter 1 1. What are the differences among multidomestic‚ global‚ and international companies? A multidomestic company (MDC) is an organization with multicountry affiliates‚ each of which formulates its own business strategy based on perceived market differences. Multidomestic companies‚ in contrast‚ have been defined as a kind of holding company with a number of overseas operations‚ each of which is left to adapt its products and marketing strategy to what local managers
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The Transaction Cost Advantage of Guanxi-Based Business Practices Stephen S. Standifird R. Scott Marshall The purpose of this paper is to provide a theoretical explanation of the perpetuation of China’s guanxi-based business practices. As a complement to the social embeddedness- and resource-based explanations‚ we seek to demonstrate the perseverance and relevance of guanxi in terms of the transaction cost advantages it offers. Specifically‚ we argue that guanxi-based business practices offer certain
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[pic] BE413 International Business Environment 1st Assignment 2009-10 (Module weight: 45%) 1) Compare and contrast two theories of international trade‚ of which one must be a ‘classical’ theory. Please explain the logic and evidence for each theory and what you think are its strengths and weaknesses‚ drawing on the sources recommended by the BE413 module. Word limit: 1000 words. 2) From the perspective of the two theories chosen for part 1 above‚ examine whether the strike action that
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INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS ANS Q.2 a) Evaluate the different ways in which Bata has interacted with foreign political systems in its investments and operations abroad. ANS - Multinational enterprises (MNEs) like Bata must operate in countries with different political and legal conditions‚ so the political impact on the foreign investments is very important. This paper explains this issue based on the Bata case in three parts. The first part evaluates the different ways in which Bata has interacted
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The Nature of International Business A company engages in international business when it conducts any business functions beyond its domestic borders. What kinds of business activities might make a company international? The most apparent activity‚ of course‚ is international sales. When a company produces in its own country and sells in another‚ it engages in the simplest level of international activity. However‚ as you will see in much more detail later in the book‚ crossing national borders
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of global communications‚ rapid transportation and global markets‚ cultural differences have ceased to exist. Difficulty: Medium 2. (p. 88) Culture is static. Difficulty: Medium 3. (p. 89) Values are abstract ideas about what a group believes to be right‚ good and desirable. Difficulty: Easy 4. (p. 89) A society is another name for a country. Difficulty: Easy 5. (p. 89) A country is defined as a system of values and norms that are shared among
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International Business 5. Given what you have read‚ do you think you would like to work for Infosys? Why or why not? Yes‚ I would like to work for Infosys because I think it is a company that cares not only about its clients but also about its employees. For me it is also very important that a company trainees the employees. Infosys send the selected applicants to a 14 weeks training program. I think that it must be very motivating to take part in this kind of program. Infosys points out the
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Communication for International Business: The secrets of excellent interpersonal skills by Bob Dignen with Ian McMaster (Collins) is the book I have chosen to read. The book gives you the strategies you need to communicate interpersonally with colleagues at home and overseas in the area of international business. The book contains smart and useful advices in the subject of international business and communication‚ so you can do good in international business later on when you work in this
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Who are they? • Persons going abroad for commercial and business reasons. • Individuals who have usually been sent by their employers to work and live temporarily in other countries. • People including all occupational levels from factory and domestic staff to highly skilled technicians‚ professionals and managers. Cultural distance‚ work performance and adaptation of business people The adjustment and coping difficulties of sojourners increase with the distance between their culture
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