International business -the report will focus on expanding to Mexico

Group AssignmentCountry Project Report
The Basics
• Country selection.
• Final report due date: Week 11
• Submission is only through LMS
• Total marks: 10 marks
What is country project report?
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Each student will choose one country to research.
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Will survey the political, economic, legal, cultural,
trade, and monetary environment.
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In addition, each one is expected to
•
outline the challenges and opportunities of conducting business in
this particular country and
•
provide relevant guidelines for successful international business
ventures.
Suggested components of the
report
1. Introduction
2. Political Environment (political system, structure, political
parties, political risk)
3. Legal environment (legal system, legal issues in international
business, legal risk)
4. Economic environment (economic system, main products and
services, economic risk)
5. Monetary environment (currency system, currency risk)
6. Trade environment (major exports/imports, main trading partners,
regional economic integration, tariff and trade barriers, government
incentives for conducting business there)
Main components of the report
7. Cultural analysis (cultural dimensions, norms)
8. Outline of challenges and opportunities of doing business in the
country (i.e. analysis and integration of information from other parts
of the paper and other country data)
9. Guidelines for success when doing business in the selected country
(i.e. not in general)
The written report
•
The written report should be no less than 7 pages in
length 1.5 spaced, and in 12-point Times New Roman
font with margins of 1”, excluding the cover page,
table of contents, list of references, and appendices.
•
In addition to the main content, all written reports
must include a cover page, a table of contents, page
numbers, a list of current references (minimum of 5).
Group Assignment
Country Project Report
The Basics
• Country selection.
• Final report due date: Week 11
• Submission is only through LMS
• Total marks: 10 marks
What is country project report?
•
Each student will choose one country to research.
•
Will survey the political, economic, legal, cultural,
trade, and monetary environment.
•
In addition, each one is expected to
•
outline the challenges and opportunities of conducting business in
this particular country and
•
provide relevant guidelines for successful international business
ventures.
Suggested components of the
report
1. Introduction
2. Political Environment (political system, structure, political
parties, political risk)
3. Legal environment (legal system, legal issues in international
business, legal risk)
4. Economic environment (economic system, main products and
services, economic risk)
5. Monetary environment (currency system, currency risk)
6. Trade environment (major exports/imports, main trading partners,
regional economic integration, tariff and trade barriers, government
incentives for conducting business there)
Main components of the report
7. Cultural analysis (cultural dimensions, norms)
8. Outline of challenges and opportunities of doing business in the
country (i.e. analysis and integration of information from other parts
of the paper and other country data)
9. Guidelines for success when doing business in the selected country
(i.e. not in general)
The written report
•
The written report should be no less than 7 pages in
length 1.5 spaced, and in 12-point Times New Roman
font with margins of 1”, excluding the cover page,
table of contents, list of references, and appendices.
•
In addition to the main content, all written reports
must include a cover page, a table of contents, page
numbers, a list of current references (minimum of 5).