Select a company that you might consider as a strategic partner to business. Make use of previously notes from your chapter readings, and conduct additional research besides your textbook to obtain the information you need to answer the questions below.

Answer the following questions:

1.Dscribe how your company might have started as a sole proprietorship or a partnership. Explain the factors that may have influenced you and the owners to select this form of business organization.

2.If the company becomes a multinational corporation, what benefits and problems will result?

3.Discribe appropriate international opportunities for the company. What products and services would be most appropriate for different geographic regions? What economic, cultural, legal or political influences must the company consider?

4.Which of the methods described in chapter 5, page 126, figure 5-5 would be appropriate for the company to use for international business activities?

5.Explain the possible use of two or more of these methods for getting involved in international business.