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The Tata group has a strong commitment to high ethical standards and corporate social responsibility. Does it gain any competitive advantages in the marketplace because of this commitment?
Many corporate takeovers involve the acquiring firm installing its own managers and slashing the payrolls of the acquired firm. Why has Tata chosen to retain the existing management teams of the
What are institutional voids? Why might they encourage the conglomerate form of organization in emerging markets?
What advantages does the Tata group gain from being a conglomerate? What are the disadvantages?
Think of at least two other businesses that are related to the business you will keep and that might be targets for acquisition.
Identify three other countries where there might be potential for business expansion. Explain why.
Identify existing competitors for the business you chose to keep, including both domestic and international firms.
Using any criterion your group prefers, select any single existing business and assume that you will recommend that it be kept and the other three sold.
Evaluate the extent to which there are any bases of relatedness among any of the four existing businesses.
Characterize the current business strategies the company appears to be following with each of its four existing businesses.
Related and unrelated diversification represent extremes of a continuum. Discuss why a firm might want to take a midrange approach to diversification, as opposed to being purely one or the other.
Identify products you use regularly that are made by international firms that use the three different business strategies.
Is a firm with a corporate strategy of related diversification more or less likely than a firm with a corporate strategy of unrelated diversification to use the same business strategy for all its
The new Disney theme park in Shanghai opened in 2016. Develop a list of at least five ways other units of Disney can help promote and publicize the park’s operations.
How are the components of international strategy(scope of operations, resource deployment, distinctive competence, and synergy) likely to vary across different types of corporate strategy
Why do relatively few international firms pursue a single-product strategy?
How can a poor SWOT analysis affect strategic planning?
Study mission statements from several international businesses in the same industry. How do they differ, and how are they similar?
Successful implementation of the global and the transnational approaches requires high levels of coordination and rapid information flows between corporate headquarters and subsidiaries. Accordingly,
Should the same managers be involved in both formulating and implementing international strategy, or should each part of the process be handled by different managers?Why?
What are the basic differences between a domestic strategy and an international strategy?
What are the basic types of functional strategies most firms use? Is it likely that some firms have different functional strategies?
Identify and distinguish among three common approaches to business strategy.
Identify and distinguish among three common approaches to corporate strategy.
What are the three levels of international strategy? Why is it important to distinguish among the levels?
Describe the role and importance of distinctive competence in international strategy formulation.
Identify the four components of an international strategy.
What are the steps in international strategy formulation?Are these likely to vary among firms?
How do international strategy formulation and international strategy implementation differ?
What are the four basic philosophies that guide strategic management in most MNCs?
What is international strategic management?
MyLab Management Only—comprehensive writing assignment for this chapter.
Discuss the history of the EU. What are the major challenges the EU has had to overcome to reach its current preeminence?
What are the five forms of regional economic integration? How do they differ from one another?
List the various ways that a citizen (or groups of citizens) of your country can influence decisions taken by your national government. List the various ways that a citizen (or a group of citizens)
Suppose the European Commission is considering an EU-wide policy mandating that workers be entitled to a onemonth vacation every year. To promote a common market, is it necessary that all EU members
In 2012, Peugeot announced that it would shutter its factory in Aulnay-sous-Blois, costing 8,000 workers their jobs.President Hollande immediately denounced the proposed downsizing and pressured the
Italy’s old age dependency ratio in 2012 was 0.28; by 2050, it is expected to rise to 0.68. Would you be willing to build a new factory in Italy in 2050? Will Italian teenagers in 2050 be motivated
What are the economic implications of a rising old-age dependency ratio?
Do you think the effects of TAFTA on each product you selected will be consistent with what advocates or critics of TAFTA might have predicted?
Will TAFTA increase competition from other producers?
Will TAFTA provide new market opportunities for some of the products you identified? Why or why not?
Why does the MFN principle promote multilateral, rather than bilateral, negotiations among WTO members?
Of what importance are rules of origin to international businesses?
Is the abandonment of import substitution policies by South American governments a necessary condition for the success of the Andean Community and the Mercosur Accord?
What strategies can North American and Asian firms adopt to ensure access to the enormous EU market?
Should international businesses promote or fight the creation of regional trading blocs?
How does the WTO affect the operations of large MNCs? Did MNCs benefit from the successful completion of the Uruguay Round?
Suppose you are deciding whether to locate a factory in China or in Mexico to serve the U.S. market. What factors would influence your location decision? Suppose the price of oil suddenly rises. What
Consider the opening case in this chapter. How has Mexico’s success affected the Canadian and U.S. economies?
What efforts have South American countries made to regionally integrate their economies?
What is the Caribbean Basin Initiative? What is its goal?
What are NAFTA’s major provisions?
Describe the five major organizations governing the EU.
What was the goal of the Treaty of Rome?
Why do free trade areas develop rules of origin?
How do the various forms of economic integration differ?
How does the WTO differ from the GATT?
Under what conditions can WTO members not use MFN when dealing with one another?
What does most favored nation (MFN) mean?
MyLab Management Only—comprehensive writing assignment for this chapter.
The enforcement of antidumping laws is controversial. Discuss why this is so. Should nations enforce their antidumping laws? Defend your answer.
Discuss the primary barriers that countries erect to protect domestic firms from foreign competition. Who benefits from the erection of these barriers? Who loses?
Huawei’s chief financial officer has argued, “Whenever trade protectionism intervenes with competition in the market, it is the consumer who suffers in the end.” Do you agree?
No evidence has been made public that Huawei equipment has been used by the company or by the Chinese government to spy on foreign users. In the absence of such evidence, is the U.S. government
Do you think Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was correct in opening the Canadian market to Huawei? Why or why not?
What is the basis for Huawei’s success in the global market for telecommunications equipment?
Should we worry if foreigners sell us goods cheaply?
Indonesia has imposed high export taxes on the export of raw wood and sawn timber. Why would it do this? (Hint:What is the impact of these export tariffs on the domestic market for wood and timber?
Refer back to Figure 9.2 on page 231. What would happen if Russia offered Rosatom a subsidy of $1.5 billion after it learns that France granted Areva a subsidy of $2 billion?
Strategic trade theory applies to industries that are composed of only a few firms worldwide. List as many industries as possible that fit this description.
Because of Japan’s success in competing in international markets, it has been the target of numerous complaints that it restricts foreign access to its local markets. As Japan reduces its barriers
What are the advantages and disadvantages of an industrial policy?
What are the two definitions of dumping?
What is the purpose of a CVD?
What is the role of the Eximbank?
What is an FTZ?
What are the major forms of NTBs?
Why might a country adopt a VER?
Why is it useful for an importer to seek out an advance tariff classification from the U.S. Customs Service?
What are the different types of tariffs?
What is the infant industry argument?
What is fair trade? Who benefits from it?
MyLab Management Only—comprehensive writing assignment for this chapter.
What are the primary forms of arbitrage that affect the foreign exchange market?
Discuss the various techniques that firms can use to lock in the price that they will pay for foreign exchange for transactions that will occur in the future.
Some experts suggest that China will need to transition from its export-manufacturing based economy to an economy based on domestic consumption and an enhanced service sector. To make this
Suppose you are an official with Mexico’s economic development agency. Write a one-page memo detailing why firms selling to North American customers should relocate their Chinese factories to
If you were a representative of the Vietnamese or Bangladeshi government, would you support the efforts of U.S.and European diplomats to pressure China to raise the value of its currency? Why?
Why is China trying to keep the value of its currency from rising? What would be the impact on the Chinese economy, Chinese workers, and Chinese consumers if the yuan were to rise in value?
China faces a cruel problem. The factors that were the foundation for its economic success will no longer work. What should China do?
China’s economic miracle rested on its abundance of lowcost unskilled labor. What type of goods would China likely export, given the predictions of the Heckscher-Ohlin theorem?Why?
Did the value of the Canadian dollar rise or fall between Tuesday and Wednesday?
According to the international Fisher effect, is expected inflation higher in Japan or the United States?
According to the covered-interest arbitrage theory, what is the expected difference between interest rates in the United States and Japan?
According to the covered-interest arbitrage theory, is the United States or Japan expected to have higher interest rates?
If you are planning to go to Japan this summer, should you buy your yen today? Why or why not?
Calculate the annualized forward premium or discount on six-month forward yen.
Calculate the cross rate of exchange between the British pound and the Swiss franc.
What is the spot price for the dollar on Wednesday in terms of the Swiss franc? (Or, from the U.S. perspective, what is the indirect rate on Swiss francs?)

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