AMBA670 | International Business in Business - University of Maryland
3. Selection,
with rationale of the target country. In developing your rationale, be sure to address the following strategic dimensions.
- What are
the benefits of the country for your overall strategy? Why would you move in that country: resources, raw materials, lower cost production, labor force, technology, markets, etc.?
- How would
you tradeoff the degree of country risk versus the business environment ratings, taking into consideration the market size in 2020?
- How would
you tradeoff the degree of country risk versus the business environment ratings, taking into consideration the market growth from 2015 to 2020.
- As a
result of answering the above three questions, how would you prioritize the countries that your group researched in terms of developing a global business strategy? Note: Write this up, integrating your answers in a way that demonstrates your critical reasoning supporting your prioritization of the countries that your group researched. Week 7 Group Strategy Project (Part 3): Firm Analysis Group Strategy Assignment
A. General Instructions
1.Only use scholarly and reliable non-scholarly sources such
as Bloomberg, Reuters, Money, Forbes, and Fortune (no answer.com,QuickMBA, eHow, Wikipedia…….), in addition to the weekly readings, multimedia and data resources listed in the classroom.
2.Assignment should be written in a paper format; not a
question and answer format.
3.An Executive Summary and half page Introduction should be
included. Also, a Conclusion should be included at the end of the report.
4.There are no page restrictions, however, paper should be
with one inch margins, 12 point font, double-spacing, and should be posted as a PDF document. All graphics should be placed in the appendix.
5.Use APA format for in-text citations and the reference
list.
6.Have 1 Group member post your Week 7 Group Strategy
Project (Part 3) paper in the Assignment Folder.
B. Week 7 Overview & Deliverables
Identify a short list of potential target companies (at least two) for acquisition or as joint venture partners in the country you have selected for the project and provide a rationale for considering each one, and select one to be the target based upon your analysis. Provide reasons for your decision based upon your research and on the various assigned readings/multimedia so far this semester or from prior semesters (properly cite these). Specify whether this will be an acquisition or joint venture and your reasons why. The first sentence of your Executive Summary should read as
follows:
“Team _____________ recommends that _______________, a major multinational company in the ______________industry, target ___________ as the first country, through an acquisition (or joint venture with) ___________, one of the key local companies in the ___________industry. The following is the outline for your Week 7 paper.
VI. Determination of the Target Company for Acquisition or
Joint Venture