Ali Co$.$ is a Lebanon$-$based producer of aluminium products that are used for the "Aluminium & Glazing" treatment of building facades such as doors, windows,and decorative screens. Historically, the company's main customers were in the

Gulf markets and the company handles international operations through its

export department. However, in recent years, the company has expanded its

business to countries from Southeast Asia to Europe. The management team

believes the current export department arrangement is no longer suited to the

firm's growing international sales generated from outside the Gulf markets and

wants to adopt a more sophisticated approach. What alternative organisational

structures $($international division, global area structure, global product structure,

etc.$)$ should the firm consider? And why?