BUSN369 Week 1 | International Business in Business - Chamberlain university

BUSN369 International Business Week 1 Discussion Describe your own experience with the contrast between society's trends toward globalizm or nationalism over the past 10 years. What are the implications of these shifts for international businesses operating in the United States? BUSN369 International Business Week 2 Discussion Discuss why the culture of a country might influence the costs of doing business in that country. Illustrate your answer with a specific example of a country and company. BUSN369 International Business Week 3 Discussion Drawing upon the new trade theory and Porter's theory of national competitive advantage, list three government policies that could build national competitive advantage in a specific industry (e.g., biotechnology, communications networks, farming). What three policies would you recommend that the government adopt and are these policies at variance with the basic free trade philosophy? BUSN369 International Business Week 4 Discussion Use the DeVry Library (Links to an external site.) to find and review a summary of the major differences between NAFTA and USMCA. Does the new version of this trade agreement provide any net benefits for the Canadian, Mexican, or U.S. economies over the former agreement? Why or why not? Give a specific example that supports your opinion. BUSN369 International Business Week 5 Discussion Review the topic of fixed and floating exchange rate regimes. From the perspective of an international business, what are the most important criteria you think should be considered in a choice between the systems? Which system do you think is more desirable for an international business to reduce currency risk and why? BUSN369 International Business Week 6 Discussion Your textbook suggests that the choice of strategy for a multinational firm should be a cost/benefit analysis. On this basis, select a strategy from the options below and give an example of a specific company and why it should follow the selected strategy. Localization strategy Transnational strategy International strategy Global strategy BUSN369 International Business Week 7 Discussion Why are importing and exporting considered low risk compared to other international business strategies? Give a specific example in comparison to an alternative strategy. BUSN369 International Business Week 8 Discussion This week's Discussion is a collaborative peer review. For your first post, introduce the topic of your course project and attach or embed in the body of your post a copy of your favorite section of your Course Project by Wednesday (10 points). For your second and third posts, review and comment on the Course Project sections submitted by two different classmates (15 points each). For each of the two reviews, answer the following two questions: What is something you learned as a result of reviewing their project? What is something you want to learn more about as a result of reviewing their project?