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How does the case study suggest international business strategies have changed over time? What have been the reasons for such change?
How would you describe this joint venture? What strategic benefits might result to either partner in this joint venture?
Assignment: Bilateral trade treaties are a sham- Why are developed economies generally supportive of bilateral trade treaties?
What relevance does this case study have for IHRM aspects of multinational firm activity?
What rewards did management of the Benefits Agency use when it was operating as part of the Department of Social Security?
Can you explain these findings to a marketer who seems to be puzzled at this information?
Explain why HPP should internationalize. Use case examples of other companies wherever possible.
What are the implications of situations like this for multinational firm activities? What impacts might you expect in the advanced industrialized economies?
What are the costs and benefits of outsourcing? How might the new trend towards outsourcing ‘back-office' jobs affect corporate strategies?
What strategies might you recommend at the business level for IKEA, where the business unit in question is IKEA UK?
Discuss possible market entry methods for a large UK firm considering entering Japan.
In response to this, how might manufacturers of health food products adapt their international marketing techniques?
Explain potential cultural factors a US firm needs to be aware of before entering the Asian market.
The following price comparisons for identical products were observed in February 2004. What implications might follow from such price differentials?
Draw a break-even chart covering each of the possible sales prices, and state the budgeted profits, the break-even points and the margins of safety.
Can you give any specific examples of actions that David might take which would be different to the actions that Sarah would take?
Examine three advertisements for jobs in personal managementhuman resource management. Make a list of range of activities described in those job advertisements.
Decide upon a well-known branded product. Suggest how you might go about estimating the brand value associated with that product.
Use all the secondary sources of information available to you to find out more about that product. List the sources involved.
Identify policies which might support the four outcomes identified in the Harvard model, namely commitment, competence, congruence and cost efficiencies?
What is meant by no brow consumers? What relevance does this approach have to traditional market segmentation approaches?
Choose any recent legal controversy and evaluate the potential impact of that controversy on a firm you are familiar with.
Select one recent example of a micro political risk. Evaluate the likely impacts of this on a firm you are familiar with.
Identify some of the goods and services likely to be affected by the rise in the grey market. What other implications might result from this trend?
Identify various goods and services which might be impacted, favorably or unfavorably, by the trends identified.