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Assignment: International Business
Country Issues and Opportunities Analysis Paper
Detail : You have been tasked with preparing a brief analysis of a country for potential business expansion. This analysis will take the form of a three-page paper, typed and double-spaced, using the West Writing Assignment Template,
Your employer, which provides software consulting services, is concerned about the potential issues that may affect the success of the venture as well as decisions as to the most effective management and staffing strategies for this venture.
You need to select one of the following countries for your analysis:
Ukraine Finland Iceland Venezuela Panama South Africa Nigeria Qatar Israel Vietnam
Indonesia Pakistan
You have been asked to focus your analysis on the following questions:
1. What is the basic economic system of the country and what are some of the key considerations that will that affect plans for entry?
2. What is the social system of the country and what does this mean for hiring and staffing policies such as working conditions, labor unions, and healthcare?
3. What is the political system of the country and how will that affect entry plans and the organization?
4. Based on 1-3 would a centralized or decentralized organizational strategy be most effective for this new venture, and why?
5. Based on 1-3 would an ethnocentric, polycentric, or geocentric staffing strategy be most effective, and why?
Review the INB 200 Week 7 Rubric to make sure that you have met all the guidelines for how your paper will be assessed.
Format your paper using the West Writing Style Handbook guidelines in Chapter 1 for questions on text formatting.
Cite at least 3 sources, 2 of which are scholarly sources from the West Online Library.
Use the West Citation and Reference Generator Tool to note citations and references.
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