Introduction to International Business

• Assignment Regulation1:

Assignment Regulation:

• All students are encouraged to use their own word.
• Assignment -1 should be submitted on or before the end of Week-07 in Black Board only.
• Citing of references is also necessary.

Assignment Structure:

Learning Outcomes:

• Explain the forces driving and evaluating the impact of globalization (Lo 1.3)
• Identify the major components of international business management(Lo 2.4)
• Analyze the effects of culture, politics and economic systems in the context of international business(Lo 2.1)

Case study

Please read Case 4: “Will China Continue to Be a Growth Marketplace?” available in your textbook, (12^th edition) and answer the following questions:

• Assignment Questions:

• Will China maintain its strong economic growth in the years to come? Some suggest it will until 2050. What do you think?(Marks: 2)
• If China will go from 17 million to 200 million middle- and upper-income people by the early 2020s, would the scenario presented by Best Buy not be applicable anymore? Would newly rich Chinese customers engage in this purchasing in the 2020s? (Marks: 2)
• With Alibaba’s ownership of the very popular Tmall and Taobao online shopping systems (similar to eBay and Amazon) and its spread across the world, will a Western-based online shopping culture ultimately infiltrate China? (Mark:1)

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Assignment Regulation 2:

• All students are encouraged to use their own word.
• Assignment -2 should be submitted on or before the end of Week-11 in Black Board only.

• This assignment is an individual assignment.
• Citing of references is also necessary.

Assignment Structure:

Learning Outcomes:

• Discuss the reasons for and methods of governments’ intervention in trade (Lo 1.2)
• Identify and evaluate the significant trade agreements affecting global commerce (Lo 1.1)
• Carry out effective self-evaluation through discussing economic systems in the international business context (Lo. 3.1)

Critical Thinking

Read the Management Focus on, “NAFTA’s Tomato Wars,” available in your e-book (page no. 620), and answer the following questions:

Assignment Question(s):(Marks: 5)

• Do you think that Mexican producers were dumping tomatoes in the United States? Discuss.
• Was the Commerce Department right to establish a new minimum floor price rather than scrap the agreement and file an antidumping suit? Who would have benefited from an antidumping suit against Mexican tomato producers? Who would have suffered? (marks:3)
• What do you think is the optimal government policy response here? Explain your answer. (mark:1)

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