Global Initiatives

CLA1 is a continuation of your transnational plan you started in PA1.  For CLA1 you will need to assess the economic-geographic environment, the social-cultural environment and the political legal environment. Please use the following outline to complete your assignment:

ASSESSING THE ECONOMIC-GEOGRAPHIC ENVIRONMENT

●        Geographic Influences      

●        Major Products and Industries        

●        Current Economic Conditions         

●        Infrastructure

ASSESSING THE SOCIAL-CULTURAL ENVIRONMENT

●        Demographic Trends

●        Cultural Analysis

●        Social Institutions

●        Informal Trade Barriers

ASSESSING THE POLITICAL LEGAL ENVIRONMENT

●        Government and Politics

●        Formal Trade Barriers

●        Promoting Global Business

●        Intellectual Property

(---PA1: This assignment (minimum 4 APA formatted pages) requires to identify a global business opportunity and develop a transnational plan to take advantage of the business opportunity. For this assignment you need to do the following:

•         identify potential markets,

•         absolute and comparative advantage,

•         business opportunity analysis

•         S.W.O.T analysis

•         Potential competitors

•         Competitive advantages

•         International strategies)  --)