Case Study #3: International Business Plan What could Patricia have done differently in her overall approach to her task in developing international sales for Unlimited Combines? As the President of Unlimited Combines (UC), I believe the company needs to explore a substantial competitive advantage by forming a strategic alliance with a Japanese firm. The company’s new technology can assure and generate growth of production in harvesting grain. During the market research process at UC, the company believes the product can perform better in Japan. Although the agriculture industry focuses on rice, UC can help Japan to expand the usage into other products such as barley, and wheat, among others. Patricia’s captured all the major components of an international business plan. According to Gabler et al., the global business assessment includes the supply chain, nature of the industry, technology, culture, and ethics (261). In addition, the strategy should capture the logistics, market-entry, distribution, legal issues, environmental barriers, as well as the nature of competition. Patricia demonstrated strong business skills in developing a business plan. However, the business graduate lacked a few…
Political Uncertainty and the Economy Introduction Social, political, and institutional instability can affect the economy. Political risk may occur due to a particular decision that the government takes. Political risks may be direct or indirect. An example of an immediate political risk is expropriation. An indirect political risk can occur when a decision made by the government prompts another actor to act in a way that affects a business. For example, third parties can obtain illegal advantages when the government fails to see that the rule of law gets enforced. Expropriation occurs when the government takes the shares of a firm from the owners, and it is the most common type of political risk. The motivation for the government to confiscate might come from its need to gain political support in the next elections from voters. In some countries, companies dealing with natural resources, security, and pensions get expropriated because the state owns companies of such nature. The government can also form policies that enable them to take money from firms. Social unrest, such as demonstrations, is an indirect political…
THE IMF AND WORLD BANK LIKE ALL SUPRANATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS ARE WEAPONS OF DESTRUCTION AGAINST HUMANITY Introduction The World Bank (WB) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) also referred to as the Bretton Woods institutions were formed after the Second World War in 1945. They were formed to manage how money flow within the international system, regulation of the exchange rates, and global payments to promote international trade. The goal was to attain stability in the exchange rates and encourage member States to eradicate trade restrictions. The two bodies serve as vital intergovernmental pillars supporting the world’s financial and economic stability. However, from time to time, their functions have been broadened based on the prevailing economic situations in the member countries. This has often been exacerbated due to lack of a uniform monetary policy in the world. In the movie, “IMF and World Bank are weapons of war”, Pilger narrates how the policies attached to debts offered primarily to the third world countries has caused diverse effects in those countries. The adverse effects are as a result of the operational…
advantages and disadvantages of China’s dam-building policy Assignment 2 What are the advantages and disadvantages of China’s dam-building policy? Is it wise for the Chinese government to emphasize dam construction? Nearly all rivers in China are dammed, thanks to a robust program to construct reservoirs to cater for water, electricity and agricultural needs of the most populous country in the world. The benefits of this policy are obvious. China has enough water to support its agricultural sector, which is the largest in the world, produce electricity, and control floods. A good example is the three Gorges dam, which contributes over 17% to the national grid and controls floods in the downstream of the Yangtze River (Stone, 2008). At the same time, these reservoirs cause negative impacts such as ecosystem degradation, biodiversity depletion, and population displacement. What would be the main result, both positive and negative, if Japan were to allow the importation of rice and open its agricultural lands to urban development? If Japan opened its agricultural lands for urban development while allowing importation, a ripple effect would result in…
Blackberry Mobile Specification with Prices Blackberry Key 2 This mobile is the best version of Blackberry series, along with two other variants. It is the most expensive handset of the blackberry company with high-end specifications. This phone set has Qualcomm SDM660 Snapdragon. This phone has 64/128GB Built-in, 4/6GB of RAM. This handset has a dual camera, with the front camera of high-resolution quality. This handset is available in 2 colors, Silver, Black. The weight of this handset is 168 g. The size of this set is 4.5 inches. The battery of this handset is non-removable, 3360 mAh. It is charged 50 per cent in 36 minutes. This mobile has so many specifications, i.e. bilateral wireless charging. This mobile will be launched very soon. People who are very fond of using blackberry mobiles will definitely be going to purchase this phone without seeing its cost. The Retail Price of Blackberry is $768. Blackberry Evolve As you know that Blackberry Evolve is already launched. So, it is a Evolve version of Blackberry series. This company is well known in all over the…
INVESTMENT AND ECONOMIC GROWTH. INTRODUCTION There is a close interconnection, generally in all nations, about economic growth and investment/capital formation. There has been an emphasis by Marxist and Neo-classical that economic growth is stimulated by capital accumulation. Money is used to increase the creation of capital intensive goods. According to Sundrum (1993), when such products are used, there will be an increase in income through which capital accumulation promotes the growth of revenue. The rate at which the Economy grows is mainly determined by the capital. An increase in production rate is directly proportional to the rise in capital stock. Those nations that have invested heavily; they always have a higher GDP growth (World Bank, 1989). All the economic exercise, which include resources used to produce goods and services, is known as Investment. For less-developed nations, infrastructure will be one of the best Investments for them. The reason being that there will be the usage of recent technology by producers due to support, and when modern technology is introduced to the producers, there will be an increase in production activity.…
Crisis Intervention and Appropriate Responses Every day was a no rest day for a man of my calibre considering my demanding job. Every single morning I woke up to a busy schedule in the office, my lucky days were field days, which were no better than any other day in the office as I could end up as exhausted as usual. This Monday morning was no exception. Barely having enough sleep, I woke up early and drove to the office. The files I had left on my table the previous evening, were just intact waiting for my attention, and yes, another day of reading and signing illegal files for me. Working as a loss prevention specialist was becoming a demanding job since the crime rate in the country was increasing, not to mention other disasters. Just before I could open my first file, the office telephone rang, I could feel the urgency and the tension that would come with it. Fear rose in me, and I could feel my heart racing. I gathered the courage and received the call, “reporting…
By Humphrey What was the project (title)? Improving livelihoods, food security and the control of animal diseases in vulnerable SADC countries: Swaziland: Support to vulnerable households through provision of suitable agricultural inputs, with appropriate technical advice, Regional coordination: southern Africa- OSRO/RAF/618/NET Which County, country, sub-region, region Regional Southern Africa; Angola, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Swaziland, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Is it In-country, cross border, regional or continental? Regional What is a single donor-funded projects or multi-donor? Single-donor. Who was/were the funding agency (ies) The Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Project duration, in terms of duration of the project and the time frames when the project was implemented The project was implemented for a period of one year, from 1st November 2006 to 31st October 2007. Was it an Emergency or long term projects? What Emergencies was it addressing? Drought and HIV/AIDS diseases. What crisis was the project related to (refer to the table on crisis timelines) The drought of the 2005/2006 production period. What were the shocks arising from the situation in order of priority? HIV/AIDS-related illness and death…
“Boom to Boost “American history The American nation is known for its rich history dated back from the time of the slave trade, agrarian revolution, world wars, the cold war and the time of Abraham Lincoln during the American civil war. America is majorly made up of immigrants from various European origin and the African origin, which divided it into two major fronts the southerners and the northerners who were whites and black American’s respectively (Bubel et al., 2018). America’s participation in world war one was instead a spectator involvement. Still, in world war two, the American striking Hiroshima and Nagasaki of Japan made a historical impact that could see an end to the world war. There is much to talk about in terms of American history. Still, the focus of this essay is to the central argument presented in the documentary ‘the century: America’s time’ and to discover the material, anecdotes, examples and ideas used in the interpretation. America’s time documentary is a film series produced by and aired by ABC News; it talks about the 20th century…
Economics Discussion I moved from a small town to the city a few months ago, and I realized the living cost was a little higher, and I needed some adjustments. I had a hobby and a little obsession with works of art and crafts that I used to design during my free time. I started selling some of my crafts on online platforms but still faced significant financial constraints, mainly due to a high lease rate of my residential house in the city. A crafts marketer contacted me on a mobile crafts show they were, which would make my products meet willing buyers. The deal was good since the sales occurred on weekends, but I still needed more cash to move my products across different locations in the state. My options were to cut off the deal or move to a cheaper house and raise funds for running my part-time business. After a lot of considerations and analysis, I moved to a more affordable house and managed to raise enough funds to purchase a van for transportation and increased production.…