Essays and Research Papers on International Business

This 6 page paper discusses the potential of the Canadian coffee and doughnut chain Tim Horton, to expand into Indonesia. The paper considers the Indonesian environment, looks at the potential opportunities as well as threats and assess is a potential entry strategy for the company. The bibliography cites 6 sources.

This is a 4 page paper that provides an overview of General Motors' expansion into China. Statistics are cited to justify the expansion and a leadership model is suggested. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 4 page paper discusses the impact NAFTA has had on the United States, both positive and negative. The second part of the paper discusses three modes of entry into foreign markets: exporting, licensing, and direct investment. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 9-page paper focuses on Starbucks in China, and whether the company should expand. Bibliography lists 10 sources.

This 3 page paper explores the concepts around Albertson's moving into the global market, including financial position, expertise, and positioning itself to do so. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 22 page paper looks at a small property development firm and the potential of Bahrain for their model of regeneration of developing affordable housing using strategic partners, capital from grants or other government funding when possible and the use of local labor. The potential market and funding and assesses if the business model needs ...

This 18 page paper looks at the globalization strategy of Dell considering first how and why the current structure and location of facilities have been chosen and the way that they compete with a focus on aggregation. The second part of the paper looks at the value chain and the key areas of operations and ...

A 3 page paper that reports and discusses how each country scores on Hofstede’s cultural dimensions. The writer gives suggestions for Albertsons human resource operations in China. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 8-page paper focuses on a strategic analysis of Telecom New Zealand. Bibliography lists 10 sources.

This 17-page paper discusses potential strategies for IKEA's entry into Brazil. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 3 page analysis explores a hypothetical merger between Apple, Inc. and AT&T based on synergy, as well as shared global strategies and complimentary technologies. Bibliography includes 7 sources.

This 3 page paper answers 3 questions set by the student. The first considers the problems that Disney faced when setting up and opening the theme park near Paris. The second question discusses how some of the problems may have been avoided. The question looks at whether the decision to locate the theme park near ...

This 18 page paper is an in-depth analysis of the airline industry. The first part of the paper considers the internal and external influences, including the use of a PEST analysis. The second part of the paper examines the ecological and issues that are impacting on the industry and the way this is impacting on ...

This 7 page paper looks at an argument that a university course in international HRM is no longer needed as the different and pressures that were once important have become less influential. The paper looks at the arguments for and against and considers cultural issues before concluding that international HRM courses are still needed. ...

This 16 page paper examines the potential future of the airline industry, looking at the political, economical, social and technological influences that may impact on airlines planning, Two no frills low cost airlines are then considered assessing the way that they are performing within this industry, and how looking at how they may deal with ...

A 3 page paper comparing Ford's efforts in the UK and Volkswagen's approach to its new plant in Tennessee. It is Volkswagen that is taking the more "modern" approach. In some respects, this approach could increase Volkswagen's costs and reduce its operating efficiency, but it seems that Volkswagen is striving to learn more ...

This 7 page paper considers the move of many Chinese companies into Africa. The paper is written in three parts. The first part discusses the way China is entering Africa, the second part looks at the FDI investment behavior of Chinese firm in Africa and the last part identifies potential advice that can be ...

This 20 page paper performs a marketing audit in Singapore Airlines with the aim of assessing the airline and the environment to develop a new marketing plan. The marketing plan targets business travelers in the US with a new exclusive executive service to increase revenue and support differentiation. As well as the marketing plan and ...

This 8-page paper discusses the learning organization and appropriate approach to management, trust and pay in General Electric's Asia-Pacific region. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 8 page paper looks at some of the international responses to the threat of global warming and climate change. The responses include the use of legislation and voluntary agreements at international, national and local levels as well as the responses of businesses, including large corporations such as Hewlett Packard. The bibliography cites 12 sources. ...

This 9-page paper compares three articles pertaining to international trade. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 6 page paper examines the tourism industry in Dubai, looking at trends and patterns in terms of traveling to the city, traveling around the city, hotel accommodation and events order to assess the tourism environment. The bibliography cites 13 sources.

This 4 page paper answers 3 questions set by the student. The first question outlines the principles that were utilized by Google when setting up a search engine in China; Google.cn. The second question looks at the ethical issues and considers whether or not Google sufficiently protected the human rights of the Chinese users. The ...

This 5 page paper looks at the degree to which the development of the leisure and tourism industry in Dubai has been undertaken with an integrated approach. The develop processes problems and comparison to tourism development are examined. The bibliography cites 6 sources.

This 4-page paper discusses how international forces have changed the culture of Wal-Mart. Bibliography lists 2 sources.