Assignment:
International Business Course
Country Profile Presentation Guidelines
Task: Choose a country to analyze and present to class. Prepare a PowerPoint presentation touching the aspects detailed below.
1. Step 1: Basic info
a. Country name
b. Geographical location and neighboring countries (Localization on map)
c. Population (total number, distribution by gender, age group, etc.)
d. Language(s)
e. Religion
f. Type of government
g. Currency
h. Main trade partners
i. Main industries (economic sectors)
2. Step 2: Business potential economic indicators
j. Per capita income (Gross National Income - GNI)
k. Economic growth rate (Gross Domestic Product growth)
l. Unemployment rate
m. Investment climate (e.g. Ease of Doing Business Rank)
n. Education level
o. Currency
p. Purchasing power parity
q. Economic integration (trading blocks)
Step 3: Cultural profile
Provide an overview of country's culture structured on the following dimensions:
1) Language
Visit ethnologue for thorough information regarding your chosen country's language and language diversity. Ethnologue, is a comprehensive listing of the world's known languages. It is an excellent resource for linguists, scholars and others with language interests.
Visit the website, search for your chosen country and answer the following questions.
a. What is the population of the country?
b. How many oficial languages are spoken in that country?
c. How many native speakers does each language in the country have?
d. In what other countries are those languages spoken?
e. What are the main immigrant languages and how many speakers do they have?
f. How large is the deaf population?
2) Hofstede's dimensions of national culture
Visit the site directly at geert-hofstede. The Hofstede site provides detailed information on management culture around the world. In addition to the raw Hofstede scores for 56 countries, the site provides additional analyses through charts and comparisons.
Describe the chosen country on Hofstede's cultural dimensions
a. Masculinity vs. feminity
b. individualism vs. collectivism
c. Uncertainty avoidance
d. Power distance
e. Long-term vs. short term orientation
4. Step 4: Country risk analysis
You should provide information regarding country risk on the following dimensions:
a. Corruption
b. Political rights
c. Civil liberties
d. Freedom status
e. Economic freedom
Attachment:- Prepare a Country Profile Presentation.rar