1. Poll your classmates about their attitudes towards "globalization." What are the trends and opinions around the world that underlie those attitudes?
2. Describe the recent effects of financial globalization on the world economy. What actions have governments taken to offset negative effects? Are they working?
3. How has the economic downturn impacted trends in protectionism and nationalization?
4. Discuss examples of recent macropolitical risk events and the effect they have or might have on a foreign subsidiary. What are micropolitical risk events? Give some examples and explain how they affect international business.
5. What means can managers use to assess political risk? What do you think is the relative effectiveness of these different methods? At the time you are reading this, what countries or areas do you feel have political risk sufficient to discourage you from doing business there?