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Globalisation - case study analysis
PEST AND FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
Country need to choose - CANADA
Case Overview - This assignment is intended to give you an opportunity to apply some key concepts from this course in a real-world context. Specifically, you are required to select a country of your choice (not your home country), review the country's PEST and critically discuss the country's attractiveness or otherwise for foreign direct investment.
Learning Objectives - This assignment requires you to explore and evaluate the costs and benefits of FDI with respect to your selected country in particular and host economies in general. It therefore, fulfils broad learning objectives related to this course. However, the primary learning objective of this assessment task is to appreciate the macro-economic causes of growth in an economy and the subsequent and/or consequential influence on FDI. Through an analysis of the political economy in this context, this assessment is also designed to evaluate your ability to apply your understanding of the political economy and country attractiveness for investment.
Advice - Remember that the political economy stresses that the PEST systems of a country are interdependent; they interact and influence each other, and in doing so they affect the level of economic well-being. The study of the PEST stress the combined effect of factors in assessing the economic well being of a country and subsequently that country's attractiveness as a destination for foreign direct investment. In light of this, it is expected (and even encouraged) that you will overlap and integrate your discussion around the different components of PEST. You will find that the following reading (located in Short Loans Online) is an excellent initial source of information: Hill, C. (2007) International Business: Competing in the Global Marketplace 6/e. McGraw-Hill Irwin, New York, Chapter 2 (National Differences in Political Economy).
Formatting, submission and word count - Size 12 font (Arial or Times New Roman) and 1.5 line spacing. You are required to submit this assessment electronically through Turnitin. No hardcopies are required. The word count of your case study analysis is 1200 words +/- 10%. You are required to demonstrate your ability to keep within the recommended range of words while still providing a comprehensive analysis of the case.