In a rapidly changing world of business, the nature and meaning of corporate nationality is in a state of flux. In this assignment you will take up the case of one international firm of your choice and ask whether its national identity carries any real meaning today.

To do this, you need to form a group of four colleagues, select a company (not BHP), research its corporate annual reports and other financial and business sources. You should look for attributes such as location of production, R&D, headquarters, workforce, product markets, ownership, assets, investment and finance.

The core question here is whether the firm's official "home" is relevant to its operations (as Tyson suggests) or irrelevant (as Reich suggests).

Your essay should be written in response to the following question, which should act as its title:(3000 words)

Corporate National Identity in the 21st Century: Is [FIRM] really a [NATIONALITY] company?

For example:

CorporateNationalIdentity in the 21st Century: Is BP really a British company?

CorporateNationalIdentity in the 21st Century: Is Huawei really a Chinese company?

CorporateNationalIdentity in the 21st Century: Is Honda really a Japanese company?

Guest lecture: Suyash Sahai from Coles Liquor Group

As a component of our course's Work Integrated Learning (WIL), we have a guest lecture on the topic of corporate national identity from Suyash Sahai, a supply chain manager with over ten years experience with the Coles Liquor Group. Suyash shares his reflections on the Reich Tyson debate based on his experiences in the Australian beverage sector. (Note that he is not formally representing Coles in this lecture, and the opions shared are his own.).