Is the nation the home base of any large multinational companies?

PART I:
Select a country outside the US that interests you. For the country, research answers to the following questions:
– Is the nation the home base of any large multinational companies?
– How is globalization influencing the country’s jobs and wages, its income inequality, and its culture, sovereignty, and physical environment?
– Select a product or service. Consider how the country’s culture would affect the consumer or business market need or the buying behavior for that product or service. Use the relevant parts of the Kluckholn-Strodtbeck Framework to more fully understand the country’s culture versus the US. How would the cultural difference affect whether or how you would market the product or service in that country?
PART II:
Companies undertake FDI for many reasons and evaluate a host of factors in any FDI decision. Imagine that you work for a smart phone manufacturer of your choice based outside Mexico – and your team is charged with evaluating the viability of a greenfield assembly plant in Mexico.
– What management issues should your team consider in making its evaluation? Explain.
– How will culture affect the strategy? The implementation?
– For 2 FDI theories in this chapter, describe a scenario in which the theory explains why the company invested in Mexico or not.
– What policy instruments can Mexico use to attract additional FDI inflows? Explain

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