you must demonstrate how this is a contemporary international business issue and consider its impact on Australia.

IIB-group report topics- T.Belokozovski Page 1

BMGT1IB Introduction to International Business Report Assessment

Topics to choose from:

1. Research and present two (2) reasons why firms choose to internationalise. In your discussion

include examples of Australian firms who have internationalised, or foreign firms who have

investing in Australia, as supportive evidence.

2. Discuss two (2) effects globalisation has had on Australia.

3. Research and discuss two (2) risks firms are faced with when internationalising. Your discussion

must refer to real examples of risks encountered by Australian firms when internationalising.

4. Research and discuss two (2) foreign market entry strategies. Relate these strategies to

Australian firms who have internationalised, or foreign firms investing in Australia, as supportive

evidence.

5. Investigate and discuss any two of Hofstede’s dimensions of culture, as they apply to Australian

firms who have internationalised or foreign firms investing in Australia, as supportive evidence.

6. Explore one risk and one opportunity that may arise from the political system for Australian

firms engaged in international business.

7. Explore one risk and one opportunity that may arise from the legal system for Australian firms

engaged in international business.

8. Explore one free trade agreement which Australia is party to. Discuss benefits Australia gains by

being a member of this agreement.

9. Investigate and explain two (2) challenges of Australian firms doing business in emerging

markets. Provide real supportive evidence in your discussion.

10. Discuss the one of internationalisation strategies below. In your discussion, include an example

of an Australian company that has engaged in this type of internationalising strategy

a. Home replication strategy

b. Multidomestic strategy

c. Global strategy

d. Transnational strategy

11. Research & discuss an Australian firm that has successfully engaged in internationalisation

through exporting. In your discussion examine why the firm internationalised, one challenge

faced by the firm, and one benefit gained via exporting.