Assignment 3: Course Project Task 1

Course Project Overview

For the course project, you will select a country of interest and assess the international business potential of that country and compare its characteristics to the characteristics of the United States. You will write a 15- to 20-page paper based on your research over the course of next 5 weeks. Include the following sections in the paper:

· Executive summary

· Macroeconomic condition

· Political and cultural environment

· Operations, Marketing, and Human Resource considerations

· Overall recommendations and risk assessment for making business investments into this country

The following organizations gather and publish data relevant to your course project. Use these resources for research.

· United Nations

· World Bank

· International Monetary Fund

· European Union

· Asian Development Bank

· Central Intelligence Agency

· Trade Information Center

· Japanese External Trade Organization

· Lexis-Nexis

· Ernst & Young

· International Trade Centre

· Dow Jones

· DIALOG