Supply Chain, Marketing, and Business Analytics

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Supply Chain, Marketing, and Business Analytics

For U.S. companies considering expansion into your target nation’s market, what are your recommendations regarding importing, exporting, and location selection based on factor endowments and why?

Does your target nation pose supply chain or logistics constraints? If not, why not, and if so, cite examples.

Does your target nation’s market offer product mixes from global producers, and what do you think are your target nation’s market’s most viable segments and why?

Human Resources and Finance

For U.S. companies considering expansion into your target nation’s market, do you recommend an ethnocentric, polycentric, or geocentric staffing policy, and what cultural, language, or practical training do you recommend for expatriate managers moving from the U.S. to your target nation?

What is your target nation’s current state of labor relations with trade or industry unions? If labor unions currently exist, cite examples, and if labor unions are not common, why not?

For U.S. companies considering expansion into your target nation’s market, what are the financial implications of political, economic and currency risk these companies will likely face, and what are the primary drivers of this risk?