02 Jan What are the main keys to

Module 1 discussion

You are the CEO of a large company seeking to invest in either Central or South America and have directed your staff to prepare a report and recommendations. Two of the countries you are assigned are Brazil and Venezuela, and it is your task to make the recommendation between these two countries. Assess the various risks in each of these countries. Which country would you recommend and why? Explain your answer with a well-constructed and cogent response.

Module 2 discussion

You are visiting one your organization’s plants in a poor nation. You discover a young girl (under the age of 16) is working the factory floor. The company has a strict prohibition on child labor. You remind the plant manager of the policy and insist that she should go back to the local school. The plant manager tells you the girl is an orphan, has no other means of support, and the country has no social services to provide for her. As the executive, what should you do? Explain your answer with a well-constructed and cogent response.

Module 3 discussion

When creating trade policy, should the interests of businesses and their employees take precedence or should that of consumers take precedence? Explain your answer with a well-constructed and cogent response.

Module 4 discussion

Compare and contrast internalization theory and the Knickerbocker theory of FDI. Which theory offers the best explanation of FDI and why? Explain your answer with a well-constructed and cogent response.

Module 5 discussion

Your book describes the increase in the money supply as being analogous to giving people more money. If the output of goods and services is not growing at a similar rate, inflation will eventually occur. According to PPP Theory, what will happen to the U.S. dollar? Why? Explain your answer in a well-constructed and persuasive manner.

Module 6 discussion

What are the main keys to making an alliance work? Why? Explain your answer in a well-constructed and persuasive manner.

Module 7 discussion

An essential issue in international business is determining which components to manufacture in-house and which to outsource to independent suppliers. Is outsourcing a good idea? Explain your answer in a persuasive way.

Module 8 discussion

Your text describes three approaches to staffing policy: ethnocentric, polycentric, and geocentric. When is each approach appropriate? Explain your answer.