Cultural Analysis

Project #2: Operations and Opportunities Assume that you are a general manager of a U.S. global company in a particular industry. You are going to expand your business in a foreign country. This is a fictitious business, but can be modeled after/based on an existing business. Choose ONE country on List A and ONE industry on List B (provided below). Based on the country and the industry selected in your study:

i. Analyze your company’s operations for consistency with international business

practices and requirements by choosing a research topic related to only one of the following subjects: the monetary policies, capital markets, labor market, transportation of goods, tariffs and other trading barriers, international law, international marketing, international accounting, etc. (75 pts)

ii. Discuss your company’s use of existing and potential opportunities created by the

cultural, political/legal, and economical environments. Discuss the business success potential and anticipated problems. (75 pts)

Your research questions should be briefly stated in the section of “Introduction.” Discussions should be presented in the sections following “Introduction” and corroborated by relevant facts and reasoning. The results of your study must be highlighted in the section of “Summary and Conclusions” at the end of the manuscript. Each group should submit only one form of performance evaluation signed by all the members in the group.

Format Instructions

1. The length of your report should be limited between 20 and 25 double-spaced pages. 2. Each page of your report should be numbered in the bottom center as: "- # -". 3. Use parenthesis around the last names of the referenced author along with the published

year of the referred publication separated by commas, e.g. (Davenport and Harris, 2007; Hopkins et al, 2010).

4. Follow the format of the research paper of Zhang and Rauch (2010) to write your report.

 Zhang and Rauch (2010) can be found in the Group Assignment Folder in Blackboard.

List of Countries and Industries to Choose From: List A/Countries (Choose ONE)

 Australia

 Brazil

 Canada

 China

 France

 Germany

 Greece

 India

 Italy

 Japan

 Korea

 Malaysia

 Mexico

 Nigeria

 Russia

 Spain

 Singapore

 Thailand

 Venezuela

 Vietnam

List B/Industries (Choose ONE)

 Agriculture

 Automobiles

 Clothing

 Mining

 Music

 Technology