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Victor Cardenas, a Cuban expatriate, Selling Lasagna in Belarus
Ad for energizer Bunny in HungaryBaby care product of USA in Hungary,
model wearing ring in left hand and warmly embracing her baby
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On Thursday, a Chinese official accused Google of spreading obscene content over the Internet. The comments came a day
after Google.com, Gmail and other Google online services abruptly became inaccessible to many users in China.
Google’s annual revenue from China at $200 million to $300 million, or about 1.4 percent of the $21.8 billion in revenue the
company recorded in 2008.
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Vital Information in International Business
Basic geographyMarket
characteristics
Culture Politics
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High Income
Lower Income
Middle Income
Least Developed
At Least$9206 per capita $745<Income<$9206 pc
$745 or below per capita No literacy, per capita incomes and economic growth
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It appears, there exists a positive correlation between income level and happiness.
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Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
30 Market oriented democracies, 23 from western Europe (EU, Czech Rep, Hungary, Iceland, Norway, Poland, Slovak Rep, Switzerland, Turkey), Australia, Japan, New Zealand, South Korea, Honduras, Israel, Singapore, Taiwan)
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Headquarters of World’s Largest Corporations in 2005 by Country
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Major corporations must be competitive through the Quad if the wish to keep pace
with the industry rivals
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JapanEuropean UnionUnited States
The QuadTriadCanada
909 million residents of the Quad countries produce 73% of the world’s GDP
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United StatesCanadaMexico
GreenlandCentral AmericaCaribbean islands
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population in worldFourth largest land
massLargest economy30 percent of
world’s GDP in 2004
1/7 of world trade in goods and services
Prime market for exports
Invoicing Currency: Currency in which the sales of goods and services is denominated
Flight Capital: Money sent out of a politically or economically unstable country to one perceived as a safe haven
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Second largest land mass80 percent of population concentrated along
U.S./Canadian borderRich natural resourcesTrade with U.S. - single largest bilateral trade
relationship in world
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Proximity to U.S. marketStability of legal and political systemsExcellent infrastructure and educational
systems
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Largest Spanish-speaking nationFederal government systemParticipant in NAFTA along with U.S. and
Canada
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Economic development hindered byPolitical instabilityChronic U.S. military intervention Inadequate educational systemsWeak middle classPoverty Import limitations
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JapanAustraliaNew ZealandThe Four Tigers
China
IndiaAfghanistanCentral Asian RepublicsSoutheast Asian
Countries
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Second largest economyGDP of $4.6 trillion in 2004Industries controlled by KeiretsuMITI/ METI plays vital roleGDP growth rate of 1.3 percentFollows Sogo Sosha
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South Korea Taiwan
Singapore Hong Kong
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Korea is having slower economic growth, observers believe that, poor lending practice is the cause.
Taiwan facing difficulty with labor wage, investing in China.
Singapore is now unable to compete with Honduras and Indonesia in the production of price-sensitive, labor intensive manufactured goods.
Singapore provides good communication and financial services to the firms in Pacific Asia, well on its way to become regions high technology center.
Hong Kong serves as intermediaries for companies around the world that want to do business with China.
The Four Tigers (Contd..)
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World’s most populous country (1.2 billion)Communist ideology mixed with market-
oriented economic policiesHeavy FDI Hard-working low cost laborClosing the growing income gap between
urban and rural dwellers.
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World’s second most populous countryPer capita GDP of $620 ($460 in 2000)Coca Cola was forced to divulge their secret
soft drink formula.
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a. What was the total value of X’s imports & exports from/ to Y last year?
b. What was the total value of X’s investments from/ to Y last year?
c. Profile of economy of Y:
GDP, per capita income, its major exports and imports, GDP growth rate, Who are major trading partners.
d. Profile of people of Y:
Average educational level, life expectancy & Population growth
See next for further instructionsNote: X & Y are country name
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Gp Number X Means Y Means
1 USA Belgium
2 UK France
3 China India
4 Japan Bangladesh
5 Australia Mexico
6 Singapore Russia
7 South Korea Japan
8 New Zealand Australia
Browse the net to find the information available in the sites as mentioned in “Building the Global Skills”, pg – 52)
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Present your study in multimedia
(Not exceeding 10 minutes)
Submit in the form of short report
Attach PPT handout with the report
Submission date: 28 Jan 10 by 0930 p.m
Assignment – 3 (Contd..)
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Point – Counterpoint
Helping Developing Nations: Aid or Trade
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