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Innovator Globalization Research Project
Deliverable: Your project is to research the challenges, opportunities and strategies for an Inland Empire business in broadening their value proposition through strategic growth in a new, global marketplace.
Guidelines: A written group report and a group presentation are expected. The written group report of about 3000 words (excluding appendices and references), in addition to proper style, must be typed, with pages numbered and appropriate headings. The report is based on both secondary research using library and reliable internet resources, as well as primary research, in terms of making contact with specialized experts, government agencies, and/or businesses (optional). Make sure to apply the relevant course concepts while writing your report. All exhibits must be integrated within the report, numbered consecutively, with appropriate format, headings and labels, and clear acknowledgement of the data sources. References should be in the APA format.
Each group will be responsible for researching and developing a globalization plan for an innovative Inland Empire business from a chosen sector category.
Each group should shortlist five companies for which it wishes to develop an innovative growth strategy through in-depth research of potential partner organizations in a target country (The Philippines). This shortlist should be from the list of Inland Empire manufacturer exporters, in the Blackboard course materials module 1. Each group will be assigned one of the firms chosen from the shortlist.
The objective of the report is to conduct research on the strategies of various potential partner organizations in the target market, in order to identify how those will fit in the overall strategic growth puzzle solution for your assigned company. As a general guideline, for steps 1-4, you will identify four different firms as a potential partner and analyze the strategy of that firm using the course materials for the associated module.
Requirements
Grammar and structure:
Your report should have
a. A provocative title that clearly and concisely conveys the focus of your paper and engages the interest of your audience.
b. A strong thesis statement that makes a clear provocative claim in response to your research question. It is uniquely your claim.
c. Strong topic sentences that make a clear, provocative sub-claim of the thesis and organize the body paragraphs.
d. Specific examples from your research that you carefully analyze to support your claims.
e. A developed exposition based upon a few good examples, rather than a list of unanalyzed details or mere information summary.
f. Effective incorporation of sources with accurate representations of their views and a clear, controlling role for your own voice in the conversation
g. A coherent analysis with a logical progression held together by strong transitions.
h. Correct APA citation format and Works Cited list
i. Clear and correct diction, punctuation, and grammar.
Format of the Report
* Step 0. (cultural context). Opportunities for Strategic Management. Introduction to the client, to the nation, why nation makes sense for the client’s business, and SHEENY capabilities and challenges in the local nation for the client related businesses. USE SHEENY FRAMEWORK.
· PART I• Strategy Taking: Alternative generation and assessment
o Step 1 (planning). Identify one local partner firm that has successful local operations in the same sector as the client (but using a different technology). Analyze its technology, its value as a local organization, and its understanding of the local market, using concepts from module 1. What are the values of your client firm that can help this partner firm grow?
o Step 2 (programming). Identify another local partner firm in the same sector as the client, but who has successful national (or global) presence. Analyze its business strategy using a blue ocean strategy framework. What is the business strategy of your client firm that can help this partner firm grow?
o Step 3 (performing). Identify a third successful local partner firm (that is originally from another nation) in the same sector as the client and analyze how it is developing its global value chain using local knowledge and resources, and it’s upgrading strategy for core competence. What is the core competence of your client firm that can help this partner firm grow?
o Step 4 (profiting). Identify a fourth partner firm (that operates in another nation and has is leveraging technology for growth) in the same sector as the client and identify its approach to innovation and technology growth. What is the technological capability of your client firm that can help this partner firm grow?
PART II• Strategy Making: Decision making
o Step 5 (developing). Use 9 M model to research and analyze two functional strategies you will take from each of the Part I partners (total of 8 strategies), and how will you put it together for your own 9th M strategy – governance strategy.
o Step 6.1 (transforming). Analyze five forces for your client’s sector in the local country.
o Step 6.2 (transforming). Analyze strategic groups and diamond geography for your client’s sector in the local country.
o Step 7. (designing alternatives). Develop white ocean global strategy alternatives for your client, using four partners you have identified in steps 1-4.
PART III• Strategy Managing: Context shaping
o Step 8. (execution). Create yellow ocean corporate strategy for your client.
Note: Parts 0/I and Part II are each expected to be about 1200 words each. Part III is expected to be about 600 words.
