Countries Case Studies Samples For Students

Regional integration refers to a process of states entering into regional agreement in the bid to enhance regional cooperation following regional rules and institutions. Despite the merits that the process may possess, there are extensive disadvantages that go along with regional integration. This element of trade may become exclusively significant through combination with other factors that may enhance performance. Having proper understanding of free trade, various measures must be undertaken.
Free trade is a major policy in international trade. Following the exclusive drawbacks of regional integration, free trade should not be allowed to take its natural course. One of ...

Summary of Main Issues Discussed within the Case Study

Further, the author talks about OPT contracts and how they have been beneficial to countries located within Europe. OPT contracts refer to agreements through which firms within the Euro Zone are protected from stiff competition from other regions such as China due to the production costs differential. One of the privileges they enjoy is the freedom to export temporarily. One of the countries that have gained from OPT agreements is Romania, which is one of the poorest countries in Western Europe. This is because OPT agreements led to a significant increase in the orders made from Europe. This in ...

An overview of the challenges faced in Zanzibar as well as in one other exemplar "developing country" as regards the evolution, and adoption of IT/Corporate Governance standards in the public sector
Whilst most developing countries are faced with similar challenges when it comes to the establishment of public information security, most have realized the significance of coming at par in this respect with their developed counterparts. The use of Zanzibar in this regard is therefore an exemplar to prevailing circumstance. The public sector in this respect is considered as lagging behind the private sector in the implementation of reputable ...

Giving artificial contraceptives, or in some helping to acquire, to women in the third world countries is not an absolute solution to the underdevelopment in these countries. The drugs only reduce the birth rates in these countries but do nothing to other economic factors such as unemployment and job creation. Contraceptives are, therefore, a short term solution to underdevelopment problem.
For a long, the United States government has been known to provide aid to countries in need. In some way, contraception reduces the population of an environment in the long run. Helping agencies that avail contraceptives to people in ...

Introduction

Economics is one of those fields that have its own importance and significance in a broad nutshell. When it comes to businesses all over the world, then the name of economics is the most vital one. There are numerous things and economic indicators that have been found in the countries on that the entire productivity of an organization is dependant.
Economic indicators like low unemployment rate, high Gross Domestic Product (GDP), Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), and others are important from the viewpoint of a country in particular. Economic growth and development are some of the major things from the ...

About Lativia

Latvia is a country that is found within the Baltic region. This is also found in Northern Europe. There are over two million people living there. In addition, the country had its independence restored in 1991. It is also part of several foreign relations; majorly the United Nations, European Union, NATO, among others. In terms of human rights, the country has an above average rating among the countries that are sovereign in freedom of the media, democracy as well as privacy. The point of interest is in its economy. It has membership with the World Trade Organization as well ...

Introduction

Economics is the name of earning and utilizing the money at a place from where the likelihood of earning would be on a higher place. Adam Smith and Alfred Marshal are known as the Father of Economics (FOE) and according to them, Economics is the subject which stated that how to earn the money and how to consume it .
There are two different kinds of economics, which particularly are Macroeconomics and Microeconomics. Microeconomics is the name of economics which relate to individual economics, while the economics concerned with the economy as a whole is known as Macroeconomics. It is ...

Introduction

Telefonica is one of the largest wireless service providers in the world. It has operations in three different continents. It is the number one player in many markets including Spain, Chile and Argentina. Telefonica was originally a state owned company in Spain. However, after the deregulation of state ownership, Telefonica completely revamped its operation and started expanding in new geographies. Telefonica successfully expanded its operation in Latin American countries during 1990s but after the turn of the century faced a lot of competition from other wireless service providers. Currently, it is planning to expand in the European market. This ...

International (Free) Trade

International (Free) Trade
Free trade or international free trade is one of the most effective ways of making economies stronger. It is in a view that when the governments lift the barriers from the trade, the circulation of funds in the market increases and gives benefit to the citizens. Free trade creates jobs in many different ways and its impact on the domestic job creation policies. For example, a few decades back there were no labor force in the Middle East countries such as UAE and Saudi Arabia. The free trade policy from the governments of these countries creates ...

The Monsanto Company was discovered in the year of 1901 in St. Louis, Missouri by John F. Queeny and since then has dealt in the production of diversified products intended for the agricultural and consumer market. The Company has had a tremendous development and growth rate in the past century considering their operations in a diversified range of products. These included petroleum, fiber, agricultural chemicals and also the genetically modified (GM) food crops. The companies operation has also had and experienced a fair share of economical and ethical challenges of functioning over the many years of industrialization.
The ethical ...

In Turkey there are already a lot of Starbucks stores in such a big cities as Istanbul, Ankara, Antalya etc. However, this country still remains to be very promising location to develop Starbucks business and especially Starbucks Entertainment. The point is that Turkey has its strong coffee traditions and at the same time it has a very rich cultural identity that differs a lot from other countries in Europe as well as from Asian countries. That is why I suggest that it is reasonable to concentrate Starbucks Entertainment strategy on coffee stuff and souvenirs that will highlight Turkish coffee ...

India: An Automobile Hub in the Making

Part 1
Prior to 1991, India had protective investment policies that prevented foreign direct investment to flow into the country. For the financial stability, India depended on the bilateral loans from politically closer countries. Foreign firms were allowed to have equity less than forty percent and that too were overlooked by government authorities. The laws were against propagation of foreign brands, but Indianised hybrid brands were allowed for example Hero-Honda, Maruti –Suzuki, etc. Because of the restrictive trade and investment practices, India was not connected to technologies available in the developed countries. Also, India lost many labor –intensive export ...

One can consider the theory of comparative advantage. In accordance with this theory, Hyundai is justified in its decision to spread its production facilities across multiple countries. In each the country that the company operates, it has a comparative advantage in terms of both price and quality. This is the reason that Hyundai cars become top selling cars not only in the US, but also in India, Europe and other countries.
The concept of mutual benefit and reduction in unemployment also comes into the picture in case of international trade. For instance, when Hyundai entered India it stood to ...

1. Argue why it is useful or is no longer useful to have the "tele" in telemedicine? (~150 words).
Access to health care has been greatly improved with telemedicine, especially in rural areas and underdeveloped countries (Cisco, 2011; Voice of America, 2010). Although the cost of setting up the equipment is large, the patients receive medical care from a distance with a fraction of travel costs (Voice of America, 2010). Technology helps physicians to virtually be present assisting local practitioners and treating patients. This phenomenon has increased the quality of life of patients especially in areas located kilometers away ...

Globalisation is the integration of production, distribution, selling, financing, and investing into the markets across the national boundaries. Overall, the impact of globalisation has put both positive and negative aspects where positives are higher than the negative ones. Majority of U.S people says that it is good in terms of economy, consumers, and American businesses. At the same time they show less positive attitude for local jobs and environment. People are more acquainted with the term globalisation and understood its meaning in context of the interconnectedness it is achieving. It is not only the economic process rather it is ...

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Why is improving health important? Give an example of a place that where health has led to economic growth? Why is this? Give an example of a place where this has not happened?
Health is central to a human capital. An individual is not capable of spreading his full potential in fulfilling his task to himself, his family and his surroundings if health is at risk. Improving one’s health leads to a healthy disposition in life and managing daily work, challenges and issues. Furthermore, improved health prevent an individual from experiencing ...

Business

In 1954, Burger King started out with the name Insta-Burger King. During the first five years in business, the company opened five restaurants, all in Florida area, Miami. A few years later, the company’s name shortened to Burger King. The company expanded to 274 restaurants franchised locally. After several years, Burger King had different other owners as it continues to expand internationally.
When Burger King was sold to the Grand Metropolitan British Company, Burger King expanded in the United Kingdom. Grand Metropolitan merged Guinness in year 1997 to establish Diageo. A few years later, Diageo parted from restaurant ...

Introduction

Levi Strauss and company was established in 1853 by Levi Strauss and produced riveted jeans. Levi Strauss America (LSA) is the largest employing over eighteen thousand staff throughout the Latin States, United States, Canada and Mexico. The company has different marketing brands under its trademark namely: The Slates®, Levis® brand and the Dockers® brand (Downey, 2009).

Does LS&C act in a responsible manner while closing its North America production operations?

Levi Strauss and Company (LS&C) decided to close its North America production operations. The company acted in a responsible and justifiable way. They were RIGHT to close their operations as a result of the challenging productions process; high input costs and low returns ...

NAFTA is an acronym for the American Free Trade Agreement, which came into being on January 1, 1994 United States; Canada and Mexico entered into an agreement. The coming up of these three counties created the world's largest free trade area. This group at present links 450 million people and producing $17 trillion goods and services. Since its inception, NAFTA has led to improved free trade which has resulted in an increase in wealth and competitiveness and thus delivering real benefits to the families, workers, farmers and many more categories of individuals within the society.
The creation of NAFTA ...

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Flydubai had its start as a low cost airliner and was set up by the government of Dubai in 2008. Operating from the terminal two of Dubai International Airport, Flydubai expanded its operations rapidly around Dubai and currently serves Middle East, Gulf countries, Indian subcontinent, North Africa, Asia, Central Europe, and Eastern Europe. Flydubai serves 74 destinations in 35 countries as of 2014. That is a remarkable growth for any airline coming in a short period of 5 years.
Flydubai is a profitable, unlike many other low cost carriers, and its operating profit for 2013 was ...

A multinational establishment is an organization that is located in several counties and defines what foreign direct investment is about. McDonalds is a good instance of a multinational corporation in the food industry. The company was started by two siblings, Richard and Maurice McDonalds in the year 1948. In 1955, the company was purchased by Ray Kroc from the two brothers. He then grew the company to what it is today.
The company started as a barbeque restaurant and later incorporated hamburger in their menu. As the company kept expanding and reaching out to several parts of the world, ...

Impediments to disaster prevention are the obstacles or abstractions that prevent the process of risk mitigation from taking place. With the increasing incidents of risks, everybody is looking for the best way to curb the serious risks that take place year in year out. Since Close to everybody is at risk and disaster may hit at any time, it is very important that we looked for the best ways to mitigate disaster. Very many of such disasters have already hit different places including the big cities not forgetting the ones that have occurred in the United States most recently ( ...

Business

1. What are the underlying forces that led to K&S’s desire to make changes to its current supply chain network?
Cheap labor and raw materials were the defining forces that led to K&S’s move to Singapore. Even though Israel site held 50% of the worldwide market share of bonding tools, the shift in the electronic manufacturing industry to Asia and other Pacific Rim countries meant that K&S would enhance their business and profitability of they also moved a part of their operations to that region. There is a definite shift in the way businesses are conducted by ...

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Currently, the economic prosperity of number of countries of the world is not so good far as enhancing its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is concerned. Under this particular list, the name of Pakistan is one of them. Pakistan with an official name of Islamic Republic of Pakistan is basically a sovereign based country of the world . The total population of the country is 180 million and it is known as the sixth largest populated country of the world with weak infrastructure and other political based problems. The GDP of the country in the year 2013 was ...

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Geographically, Japan and China are separated by East China Sea. Although these two counties have close business and trade ties, their relationship is strained by the Japanese country failure of acknowledging the effect past wars between these countries. Japanese leadership has been making unpopular utterances on the impact of the past conflict on Chinese economic progress. In United Nation Security Council, China government has blocked the Japanese bid of having permanent seat thus alleviating the animosity between the two countries. There is also disagreement between the statuses of Taiwan between the two countries (Itoh, 2012). Japan views the status ...

Question 1: Is it the right time to think about expansion? Why?

The Jabwood International Company should think about expanding its functions into other foreign countries now due to the present circumstances that have been experienced of late. The company relies mostly on the sale of TANITA wood products of which it has exclusive rights to distribute the products to the Middle East companies. The exclusivity however is about to be jeopardized with the low returns that has been experienced. The trading company in Russia wishes to remove the exclusive rights of Jabwood International and allow other trading companies from different countries the chance to distribute the products. The Jabwood International ...

Outsourcing is one of the business tools that enable companies to maximize on their profits by minimizing the level of costs incurred in running a business while maintaining or improving on the quality of goods and services produced by the company. Outsourcing also involves searching for resources from different markets in a cost effective manner. In the process of outsourcing, business organization may sometimes relocate to other countries that offer similar resources at lower prices. In addition, other financial benefits such as reduced taxes and lower energy costs may be the reason as to why various companies relocate their ...

Notably both Shambayati (2008) and Arjomand (2013) recognize the instability of Muslim countries that have embraced a different type of leadership throughout the years. While most Asian countries whose citizens mostly that practice Muslim religion choose to stick with the sharia law, others have embraced the western type of democratic leaderships. Some of these countries include Indonesia, turkey, Iran, Egypt, and Tunisia among others. While these countries have worked to achieve an amiable balance between the western democracy and the traditional sharia law, they all face numerous challenges causing instability in the smooth running of these governments. These two ...

Post War History

In the excerpt, Fukuyama highlights the position of the West and its domination on global matters. It was during the war times when the dominion and liberal ideas and concepts of the West clouded the cultures and the operational module of the global stage. In principle, the ideas of the West triumphed over other cultures in the world. For example, the evolution of political processes of the societies of the world all followed the liberal blueprints as set by the West and in the long term there was the emergence and likelihood of the formation of a liberal democracy ...

With the era of globalization in full blast today, it is necessary for international marketers to determine which countries are favorable investment locations. Although there are a lot of considerations in choosing the country to do business with, one of the main factors to be considered are the tax policies of countries. Table 1 below presents the income tax rates of some countries.

Note: From “Tax Rates Around the World 2013” by www.worldwide-tax.com, 2013.
Based on Table 1 above, one can conclude that on an after-tax basis, it is advantageous for companies to set up a business in Bulgaria ...

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United States (US) and China are two important countries of the world which are known due to its high capability and immense economic power. United States is the largest economy of the world which has a Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of US$ of trillions of Dollars, while the GDP of China is in Billions of Dollars, associated with the long term productivity of the countries in total.
Exchange rate could be extremely effective and important to analyze the financial and economical competiveness of a country in total with the other country as a ...

There has been a proliferation of many businesses especially in the latter half of the twenty first century. As with any sector which experiences such tremendous growth rates, conflicts between various business players are bound to surface. This may range from conflicts between players in different businesses to conflict within players in the same business. Subsequently, many countries have enacted laws and regulations which seek to ensure that such disputes are resolved as amicably as possible. Pursuant to such laws, many countries have established such entities as competition authorities whose main purpose is to ensure that organizations adhere to ...

Introduction

The Greece fiscal issues were not only affecting Greece as a nation but were spreading to other countries like Spain, Portugal and Italy. The continuous fiscal crisis meant that other parties had to come in in the rescue of Greece. It is important to note that Greece crisis is attributed to the 2004 Olympics and her joining the euro zone (Darden Business Publishing, 2011). The continued financial deterioration and increased debt, Greece had to look for a way to resolve her financial problem. The Euro zone countries and the IMF agreed on the bail out on three major incentives, ...

Thailand with a population of close to 70 million people and ranked 50th in terms of global land mass is a relative small country economically. On the brighter side of things it is the second largest economy in South East Asia, a member of the new tier. Over the last 45 years, the Thai economy has undergone a substantial transformation. Agriculture was the largest sector in terms of contribution to the GDP though there was an active contribution from the non agricultural sectors as well. The winds of change were seen during the early 1990’s when the Japanese ...

George Bush, five years later then the attack to the Twin Towers in New York on September 11, 2001, gives a speech from a written text (Bush, George 2006). He basically explains how the terrorist attack to the Twin Towers happened and what the US Government has done to prevent future terrorist attacks to the US. According to him, the terrorist groups hidden in the shadow of the US community with no name and no country background have formed some small groups and these small groups have planned some terrorist attacks to the American citizens. With the information gathered ...

- Why is economic nationalism on the upswing? Why do rising food and energy forces force national governments to take action? What kinds of action are they taking?
Economic nationalism is on the rise because of the increased emphasis by governments on domestic control of capital information, economy and labor. As such, policies that regulate and at times restrict the movement of labor, goods and capital are instituted by governments. This is in response to the effects of globalization that has among other things seen the loss of significance of national boundaries. Rising food and energy prices have forced ...

Poverty and Pollution

Any environmental damage definitely and immediately threatens the present and future welfare of human beings, of plants, animals and entire ecosystem. Threats to the environment can come from two sources, namely pollution and resource depletion. Both can increase exponentially as industrialization expands. In the Third World, environmental mathematics works like this: the more factories we run the more pollution and resource depletion we have.
Pollution refers to the unintended and undesirable contamination of the environment by the producer or use of commodities like fossil fuels, plastics, chemicals and other materials organic or synthetic. Pollution seems to be the child ...

Introduction

The world trade organization is a global business body or corporation set to control and regulates international business (Czinkota, 2011) .It is also charged with controlling transparency of the member countries by regulating media coverage and restrictions of the media by member countries. The USA and china have in the recent past engaged the tribunal on a legal battle where china is blamed for restricting international media on covering its international business. This is in accordance with the concern and complaint raised over china not complying with a WTO ruling on the same. America’s film industry has suffered ...

Economies across the world need solutions to upcoming challenges. These solutions, however, should not be brought about by the adoption of a global monetary system that is run by NGOs, businessmen or bankers. Connoly (2011) presents reasons why an agreement equitable to the Bretton Woods Conference would not be feasible today. First the system has been tried before with mixed results. There was a decline in productivity due to government regulations, capital controls, high taxes, and a rigid financial and industrial structure (Boughton, et al, 1995). There were also increases in commodity prices which increased downward pressure especially in ...

Introduction

Insurgence is defined as the armed rebellion towards a constituted authority. The people who practice insurgence use terrorism while others use the guerrilla warfare as an instrument to fight. There have been some cases where some countries such as Philippines that practised insurgence which was not violent. There are different types of insurgence that is practiced by different countries especially when there is violence. The main purpose for the insurgence is in countries that have problems in religion, ethnic, political and economic. The other instances are when a particular group or people in a country are dissatisfied with the ...

- Do you agree or disagree with the author’s statement? Why or why not?
This statement is given in the wake of European countries’ transition from communism to democracy. I partially agree with this statement, as it is relevant in the context of the situation prevailing in the eastern European countries after the collapse of Soviet Union that resulted in conclusion of communism subsequently. However, it is not equally applicable in democracy of today’s world as currently, so many things have been changed and improved. Yet, the author’s argument about the influence of politics on everyday ...

Henry Mintzberg gives a critical analysis on the issue of development in the article ‘shifting the trajectory of civilization; developing leaders? Developing countries?’ He uses the reference to developing countries to display his ideas on the issue of ‘developing’ leaders and development in these countries. This paper seeks to explore on the ideas of Mintzberg as expressed in the article.

What is his key point?

Mintzberg is of the idea that it is impossible to think of developing a leader or a country, an idea that most developing countries seem to integrate in their development prospects. According to him, an ideal leader is not ...

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The study entitled “The impact of the AIDS pandemic on health services in Africa: Evidence from Demographic Health Surveys” written by Anne Case and Christina Paxson for the Research Program in Development Studies and Center for Health and Wellbeing of Princeton University in March 2009, is an example of the health studies that are analysed using statistical analyses.
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This article was sourced from the Princeton webpage. The link to the paper is http://www.princeton.edu/~accase/downloads/Case%20Paxson%20The%20impact%20of%20the%20AIDS%20pandemic%20March%206.pdf
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Helicobacter pylori, which was formerly known as Campylobacter pyloridis, is a microaerophilic, Gram-negative bacterium present in the stomach. In 1982, Robin Warren and Barry Marshall discovered that it was found in persons who were suffering from chronic gastric ulcers and gastritis, diseases that were not formerly thought to have been caused by microbes. It is also associated with the development of duodenal ulcers and stomach cancer. Nevertheless, more than 80 percent of persons infected with the bacterium show no symptoms, and it has been contended that it may have a crucial role in the natural ecology of the stomach ( ...

Introduction

Reverse innovation also called trickle-up innovation is a business innovation strategy, which is first used in developing countries before it spreads to industrialized world. In this strategy inexpensive for instance, battery-operated medical instruments are first developed to meet demands of developing nations before they are repacked as low-cost innovative products for the Western customers.
This strategy has proved to bring a revolution in existing business models. For instance, in global health systems, the low-income countries have often offer solutions to both middle and high-income countries. There are a number of ways in which this has been applied like health ...

How the Developing Market Escaped the Debt Trap

1.0 Introduction
The debt crisis between the years 2007 and 2008 had huge impacts on the performance of many economies across the world. This saw many industries in such economies collapse while others report very poor performance as a result of lack of funds to invest in them. This is because many people who had funds were afraid of losing their hard-earned money were they to invest it in the various industries. Moreover, people had lost confidence in the financial institutions and were therefore afraid of investing any funds in such sectors for fear of losing their investments. This ...

Economic distance

It is prudent to note that the wealth or the income of the consumers is an important economic attribute which creates distance between countries. The economic distance has a great effect on the levels of trade that can exist between countries. It also determines the types of trade partners a country trades with.
For instance, research shows that rich countries like engaging in trade with the other rich countries compared to the poor cousins. However, the research also shows that the poor countries like trading with the rich countries in order to benefit from the materials available in the ...

There have been many cases that have been brought against the fast food company, with regard to the notion that obesity is resulting mainly from what is being offered in the Macdonalds menu. Key among these cases has been documented all the over, especially in 2003, when the judge in a US court threw out a case in which macdonalds had been sued for selling foods that led to obesity. The judge, ruled out that there was a thin line between what should be regarded as personal responsibility and what should be considered as the communal responsibility of the ...

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Instead of selecting country-markets on the basis of stand-alone attractiveness, managers need to consider how participation in a particular country will contribute to globalization benefits and the global competitive position of the business. Being a serious global player means much more than simply having a certain percent of your revenues from outside the USA and being involved in a certain number of countries. Being present in ten countries that include the United States, Japan, and Germany is far more important, in most industries, than is being present in thirty countries that exclude these three but include many small, less ...

Introduction

The European financial crisis has extended beyond borders and is now affecting other countries in various condiments. The world is facing a critical problem brought about by the financial crisis, and financial experts are yet to determine the solution to this problem. The global economic meltdown of 2008 found the European Union struggling with the unshakable financial crisis that has been slowing the growth of European currency, the Euro. As the crisis enters its third year, the European and the whole world is worried whether it would end up affecting the world economy leading to world financial crisis (European ...

The European sovereign debt crisis dominated international financial markets during 2010-2012. Economies fell into recession and financial market volatility was high. Critically analyze how the government debt problems initially faced by a few relatively

Introduction

The European financial crisis has extended beyond borders and is now affecting other countries in various condiments. China and United States of America are the most affected nations because they depend a lot on European countries for exports. The world is facing a critical problem brought about by the financial crisis, and financial experts are yet to determine the solution to this problem. The global ...

All countries face a considerable number of difficulties. These include the provision of adequate education, good health, advancement opportunities, employment, adequate housing, sufficient income, a sense of security as a nation, and a sense of personal security (Sadowsky, 1996). However, most of the poor people in the world are living in third world countries where access to resources is limited (Haji, 2005). Because of this, the third world countries face many problems in various economic sectors, with healthcare and education being the two most affected sectors (Haji, 2005).

Most development organizations have focused on infrastructural projects, the increase of ...

Abstract

The issue of free will (freedom) versus determination has been around for a long time. It has continued to be a puzzle for philosophers ever since. Philosophers face such trouble with the issue of freedom versus determination because without freedom morality would be unheard of among the humankind; and such there would be no good, no wrong, or evil. All of humankind’s behavior would be priory determined, and; therefore, man would be left with no choice or creativity (Fischer 1994). ...

In the context of international trade, the term “Covered Interest Rate Parity” implies to the situation in which there exists equilibrium between interest rates and forward and spot currency values of two economies. Consequently, there are no opportunities for arbitrage between these two currencies. As an illustration, consider nation A, whose currency is trading at par with nation B’s currency, (Robert, 2005, pp. 21-6). However, the rate of interest in A is 5% while in B is 2%. Ceteris paribus, it would be beneficial to borrow currency of nation B, change it in the spot market to the ...

Business operations are usually subject to various forces including the external factors that businesses have no control over. In that respect, businesses need to devise suitable strategies as a means of responding to the forces’ influence. That is applied as a means of enhancing firms’ performance and sustainability. With that view, this case analysis seeks to demonstrate how a region or a country’s economic aspects affects industries and businesses in terms of performance, value and strategies.

Synopsis and objectives

International trade is a key focus for countries in their bid to enhance growth and embrace globalization. In that respect, trade liberalization ...

Questions on Seen Case Study

Question one:

Discuss how the changing technological environment present threats and opportunities to the outsourcing of production from any single country of your choice.

In the present day business environment outsourcing has served as one of the most popular tools for management in almost every organization. Many companies both private and public continue to increase their business operations through outsourcing some of their services to outside vendors. There is an increasing debate among company managers regarding what to outsource and what to produce internally (Eliot, 1998). The high rate of change in technology is posing a lot of threats ...

Introduction

- Background of the Organization
In this paper, the Four-Part Model is applied in the context of the social responsibility activities of the Coca Cola Corporation. In this regard, the specific components of this model will be discussed, and the effects of their application within this organization will also be analyzed. The Coca Cola Corporation is one of the largest soft-drinks` manufacturer in the United States and the globe at large. The company`s operations are found in almost all the countries in the world, and its corporate social responsibility programs are also run parallel to the company`s ...

Introduction

Background
Established in 1941 as a small family-owned business, Coach morphed into a fashion brand over time, providing superior quality fashion goods of modern and classic style. It started operating its own exclusive retail stores in 1980 (Coach Inc., 2014). The Coach brand was sold to Sarah Lee in 1985, and since then, the company has undergone a rapid expansion. The product portfolio of Coach included luggage, briefcases and other fashion accessories, apart from its original men’s and women’s leather bags. Until 2000, Coach mainly operated its stores in the USA before starting to expand into international ...

Q1. Recommendation to enhance cross-border business

Cross-border business is a fast growing trend in the business world. Like any other trend in the present times, need for upgrading and improving efficiency is much higher. There are numerous recommendations that are recommended to improve cross border business. They include subsidies, export financing, establishment of trade zones, use of common currencies, regulation harmonisations, trade agreements and favourable conditions between the different countries (Chuah, 2009).
Subsidies are perfect example of cross border promotion strategy. A subsidy is assistance from the government to specific parties. Governments can provide subsidies to people and organisations involved in cross border business. The ...

Solar power

Sun power is a big company that specializes in solar panel manufacturing and installations, high efficiency cell manufacturing, and silicon manufacturing. It specializes in the solar industry. Solar power is the electrical energy made from sunshine. This energy can be either direct using the photovoltaic commonly abbreviated as PV or circuitously using concentrated solar power, which also has abbreviation CSP.
The concentrated power from sunlight use mirrors, tracking systems or lenses. This is to focus bigger area of sunlight and convert it into a small beam. The photoelectric effect is what helps photovoltaic to convert light from the ...