MGT 448 Week 3

Learning Team Assignment Country Risk and Strategic Planning Analysis Paper

Prepare a 1,400- to 2,100-word paper in which you conduct a country risk analysis for your selected global business venture. Analyze the following risks in your paper:

Political, legal, and regulatory risks

Exchange and repatriation of funds risks

Competitive risk assessment

Taxation and double taxation risks

Market risks (four Ps)

Distribution and supply chain risks

Physical and environmental challenges to entering and operating in a target market

Social and cultural risks

Cyber or technology

Describe how you would manage these risks

Summarize your strategic planning process:

Define and clarify mission and objectives

SWOTT analysis of target country

Make strategy selection

Select and justify an appropriate mode of entry for your global product or service

Control and evaluation

Devise contingency plan

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

Discussion Questions

What are the primary functions of the foreign-exchange market? Who are the participants in the market? How do global companies use the foreign-exchange market to hedge against foreign-exchange risks?

Can any product or service be marketed globally? If it sells in the United States, does it sell in another country? Explain why or why not. Can a product be marketed in the same manner in multiple countries? Defend your answer with examples. How might you relate the four Ps of marketing to customer relations management (CRM) in a global business environment?

What are the major staffing policies that global organizations must consider? How must an organization choose among these staffing policies? How do you assess the effect of implementing a specific staffing policy?

Felix Inc, a U.S. technology company has recently developed a revolutionary wireless phone. The product offers exciting new features along with all of the features of current products, but at a fraction of the manufacturing costs. As the international business manager of Felix, you have been asked to choose the best mode of entry into the European market. You have the following options:

Export your product from the United States.

Enter into an alliance with a large European company.

Manufacture the product in the United States and set up a wholly owned subsidiary in Europe.

License a European firm to manufacture and market the phone in Europe.