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COUNTRY REPORT REQUIREMENTS AND RUBRICS

Firstly, the country report should explore different cultures, political systems, macroeconomic environment etc. In particular, you need analyze how those factors influence international business of this chosen country. On one hand, you need explore how those different macro factors can attract foreign firms. On the other hand, you also examine how those factors can encourage the country?s indigenous firms to expand abroad (You can use Porter?s diamond of competitive advantage as framework).You?re encouraged to explore multiple sources of information, including academic sources (e.g., publications in scholarly journals), current news articles, government reports, company reports and etc. Only searching some online facts is not adequate. The outline of country report is available for your reference.

Your country report must be submitted in a proper and professional format. It should be typed in 12-point font (Times New Roman), double spaced, and one inch margins all sides (6 pages excluding references). You must provide proper citations and a bibliography.

You will be assessed based on 1) the appearance and writing style of your submissions, as well as the evidence of editing, grammar, spelling mistakes, and typos in your submissions (2 points); 2) the structure of your article, and the logical, completeness, and thoroughness of your research and analysis (15 points); 3) appropriate references (3 points).

COUNTY REPORT OUTLINE

Assume that when a firm is considering internationalization or was internationalized to a foreign country (target country); external analysis of various environments is essentially required to decide attractiveness of that country for internationalization. Use the following guideline for your country report.

Executive Summary

Short summary of report

How attractive is the target country for foreign firms and (briefly) why?

Do environmental factors facilitate internationalization of indigenous firms? Why?

Overview of target country

When addressing each of the environmental sections below (economic, political/regulatory, and cultural), clearly assess the pros and cons (challenges) of the target country?

Remember to make points (clearly relating to pros and cons of this country) and then back them up with evidence. Avoid stating information that doesn?t help make a point.

You could use the following subtitles relating to the chapters:

Economic Environment

Identify pertinent issues for assessing the economic environment.

globalization

economic system

trade barriers

membership in regional trade block

Political Environment

Address the different political and legal/regulatory issues.

Also address government corruption here and, if appropriate, explain how corruption could affect the country?s attractiveness.

Cultural Environment

Address the different cultural issues.

Competition

Identify key local firms and discuss their strengths and weaknesses

Identify global competitors operating in the market (or considering entering it) and discuss their strengths and weaknesses vis-?-vis local firms.

Conclusion and Unanswered Questions

Recommend Entry Mode to this target country (if any)

To what extent do you think the Porter?s framework is helpful for your analysis?

Conclusion

Did you identify important questions that proved difficult to research? If so, what did you try to do? Why were your attempts unsuccessful?

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