Jennifer Arias Bus 131 Mr. Kuritzky Chapter 8: Foreign Direct Investment Closing Case Case Discussion Questions: 1. Why‚ historically‚ has the level of FDI in Japan been so low? The relatively low FDI stock in Japan is partly the result of a history of official inhibitions on FDI. In some industries‚ inward FDI penetration‚ as measured by the share of employment accounted for by foreign affiliates‚ in Japan in fact is on par with the United States. However‚ a large number of "sanctuaries" with almost
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Closing case 7.2 1. Discuss McAfee’s handling of the update disaster. Should McAfee have done anything differently? If so‚ what? Support you answer. a. I think McAfee handled the situation very well but more could have been done to resolve the problem. It was a smart move for her to add postings about the updated disaster on the web and under the frequently asked questions section. Two days is a quick recovery time and big businesses were able to get back on track quickly. As for the
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Closing case 1. What was the planned strategy at Daimler-Benz for Chrysler in 1998? Emphasize bold design‚ better product quality‚ and higher productivity by sharing designs and parts between the two companies. 2. In retrospect‚ Daimler-Benz’s Plans for Chrysler seem overly optimistic. What decision-making errors might Daimler-Benz have made in its evaluation of Chrysler? How might those errors have been avoided? The company’s core offered pickup trucks‚ SUVs and minivans that provided products
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Mohammed Sahid IBU 221/ 001 Date: 10/16/14 CLOSING CASE BILLABONG Billabong is an Australian company. They make surf wear‚ from wet suites and board shorts to T-shirts and watches. 80% of Billabong sales are from outside of Australia. 50% of which are from the United States. Billabong is reliant on a strong U.S. dollar against the Australian dollar. Billabong relied on the fact that the rapidly weakening Australian dollar in 2008-2009 and waited for profits to skyrocket. Due to the increase
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explain how Hyundai exemplifies the theory. In What ways does Hyundai’s success contradict the theory? Justify your answer. ANS: It is a fact that Hyundai enjoys various advantages such as knowledge labor‚ inexpensive wage‚ low cost of input-goods (steel‚ tires…) which are profitably exported‚ but due to the government restrictions on imported goods‚ the factor proportions theory is misused. 3) Discuss Hyundai and its position in the global car industry in terms of porter’s diamond model. What
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international steel companies. The number of rivals in America is declining due to higher labor costs than in foreign countries. There is a very fast pace of technology in the steel industry and it seems that the company‚ that obtains the newest technology‚ flourishes. This is due to the difficulty in lower costs of steel production. Better technology is one of the only ways to decrease costs because labor is pretty much at a set cost and all that is left is the cost of iron and making the steel. If a company
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1. In the 1980s Japan was viewed as one of the world’s most dynamic economies‚ today it is viewed as one of the most stagnant. According to Hill‚ The Japanese economy has stagnated because in quick succession their stock market collapsed and property prices rapidly followed. Japanese banks found their balance sheets loaded with bad debt and they reduced lending. As the stock market plunged and property prices imploded‚ individuals saw their net worth shrink. Japanese consumers responded by sharply
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How does Google’s mission drive strategy at the company? Google’s mission statement is very short and to the point. While sometimes less is more‚ with only twelve words in the whole statement‚ how can all the questions that a mission statement is suppose to answer be included in this short sentence? The strategy of Google was simple to start with. “To organize information and to make it useful.” (Hill & Jones‚ 2012) The ideas behind the words in the statement are extremely insightful‚ though.
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Moving Headquaters Overseas Question 1. What are the drawbacks and benefits associated with moving business unit and corporate HQ to another country? According to the textbook‚ benefits associated with moving business unit and corporate HQ to another country must significantly outweigh thier drawbacks. At the business unit level‚ it is likely to be efficiency gains by moving business unit HQ closer to the center of gravity of the business. It makes more effective interaction between the different
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industry‚ hotel‚ software‚ investment‚ and steel industry. There is a long history of corporate responsibility within the group‚ and it is no surprise that all Tata companies have adopted a Tata Code of Conduct as well as many international standards. Tata Steel is one of twenty-eight major corporations within the Tata Group. Founded in 1907‚ it is the largest private sector steel company in India. Operations are spread across the country‚ with the steel manufacturing unit at Jamshedpur‚ and other
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