Professor Pankaj Ghemawat states the world is not “flat”‚ which is semiglobalized. There are differences between countries‚ so companies should not have one strategy for global subsidies. I agree with his view of global strategy. As stated in Mr. Ghemawat’s book‚ it can be analyzed from four categories‚ namely cultural‚ geographic‚ political and economic. Cultural Different cultures influence people’s way of communication‚ taste preferences as well as lifestyles. When fast-food franchisers
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options. Possible Sources: 1. http://corporate.walmart.com/ 2. Freeman‚ R. 2006‚ The Wal-Mart Effect and Business‚ Ethics‚ and Society. Academy of Management Perspectives‚ Vol. 20 Issue 3‚ p38-40 (you can find this from ABI) 3. Ghemawat‚ Pankaj‚ 2006‚ Business‚ Society‚ and the "Wal-Mart Effect" Academy of Management Perspectives‚ Vol. 20 Issue 3‚ p41-4 (you can find this from ABI) 4. Case on Wal-Mart from Grant‚ R.M. (2005/8) Contemporary strategy analysis. 5th or 6th ed. Oxford:
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Martin A perspective on regional and global strategies of multinational enterprises‚ A.Rugman and A.Verbeke; Regional strategies for global leadership‚ Pankaj Ghemawat The importance of globalization and crucial role of MNEs are amplified in first article. However‚ not all MNEs worldwide are considered to be global but rather regional or semi-globalized. Also‚ the article talks about the concept of triad power as power of market penetration and exploitation as well as avoiding blind spots (unpredictable
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According to Pankaj Ghemawat‚ the wealth or income of consumers is the most important economic attribute that creates distance between countries‚ which influences the levels of trade and the types of partners to trade with. In this case‚ with the reason that Canada is geographically
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Strategic Management Evolution‚ 1985 – 2002: Controversies over Accounting Profitability Modern concept of Strategic Management started in the 50’s at Harvard Business School(Ghemawat‚ 2002; Hoskisson‚ Hitt‚ Wan‚ & Yiu‚ 1999). Even the first authors mentioned its basic ideas since the 30’s (Barnard‚ 1938)‚ the formalization of this new discipline is thanks to the work of Chandler (1962)‚ Ansoff (1965) and Andrews (1971). Since then‚ researchers had studied firms in order to understand their
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“FINDING YOUR STRATEGY IN THE NEW LANDSCAPE” By: Pankaj Ghemawat Executive summary: The economic health of the world became worse after the global recession of 2008. The general impact of this catastrophe crashed not only the manufacturing sector but also the service sector as well globally. Most of the times it limited the various activities of the cross border commerce. The FDI has plunged down by 40% dramatically within the span of one year. Such trends in the economy can invite weak global
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International Strategy eBay’s failure in China 1 Table of contents 2 Introduction........................................................................................................................................... 2 3 Theoretical background .................................................................................................................... 3 3.1 The SWOT Analysis.......................................................
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What strategy did Intel use to gain a competitive advantage in microprocessors? In order to get a competitive advantage Intel manages three classes of players: Competitors‚ Buyers and suppliers. The (Reduced Instruction set computing) RISC threat In 1989‚ Intel faced with a potential competitive threat from an alternative microprocessor architecture while launching its fourth generation of 80486 microprocessor. Four key decisions led Intel to have a competitive advantage in this market. First
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International market and trade research is beyond the capabilities and needs of the small Irish exporter. Discuss. International Marketing and Trade Research follows the very same path as domestic research‚ only that there are a few more problems that can arise when entering the international market. Customers in international markets may have very different customs‚ cultures‚ and expectations from the same company than those in their own mother country. In this case‚ secondary information must
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Answer 1: Thomas Friedman‚ New York Times columnist and author‚ claims in his book titled‚ ‘The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century ’(2005)‚ that globalization and technology has flattened the world to a ‘level playing field’. He analyses the ten ‘flatteners’ or events that happened over a period of around ten years to make the world go flat. The first flattener‚ that Friedman writes about‚ was the Fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and end of the Cold War‚ that brought forward
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