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IB 3103: International Business

Term Paper

Prepared By: S M Feroj Mahmood

Senior Lecturer

 

“Education is not filling a bucket but lighting a fire.”

William Butler Yeats

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This term-paper will allow you to:

 

• Demonstrate an understanding of the benefits and challenges for Mexico/Singapore/Australia/Malaysia/France/New Zealand/Italy/South Korea in the field of international business

 

• Explain the potential benefits (e.g., access to markets, cheaper labour, increased quality and quantity of goods, access to resources) and social costs (e.g., outsourcing, human rights or labour abuses, environmental degradation) of international business for domestic and foreign partners

 

• Explain the barriers and obstacles to conducting international business for domestic and foreign partners

 

• Identify Mexico/Singapore/Australia/Malaysia/France/New Zealand/Italy/South Korea's major imports and exports

 

• Identify Mexico/Singapore/Australia/Malaysia/France/New Zealand/Italy/South Korea's major trading partners and trade agreements

 

• Describe the business etiquette and culture of other countries (e.g., with regard to gift giving, business attire, punctuality, protocol of business meeting, gender roles)

 

You and your group have been selected to research the country in question in preparation for the Trade Mission.  Your team will prepare a brief, in the form of a PowerPoint (Prezi or other software package) presentation, to convey research findings to your supervisor.

 

1. Your supervisor has asked you to gather information about Mexico/Singapore/Australia/Malaysia/France/New Zealand/Italy/South Korea:

 

1. Name of country

2. Capital city and other important business centres

3. Population of country

4. Map to indicate its geographic location

5. Climate

6. Flag

7. Language(s) spoken

8. Religion

9. Currency used and current currency exchange rate

10. Form of government

11. State of the economy

12. Main imports

13. Main exports

14. Customs for greetings and gestures

15. Significant recent events

16. Significant cultural information e.g. business etiquette, appropriate dress, cultural considerations and protocol

17. Any trade agreements that may be in effect when trading with this country

18. Any other information that you think would be useful to your supervisor

 

2. Prepare a presentation that will introduce your supervisor (the class) to the foreign country that the will be visiting

 

3.  Presentations should be no longer than 10 minutes.  Ensure that you chunk the presentation so that each presenter is allowed the opportunity to share equally in the presentation

 

4.  A bibliography, including all resources and web sites used must be included

 

5.  A copy of the PowerPoint presentation file and hard copy of the report should be handed in for evaluation prior to your presentation.

 

 

Good Luck!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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