Task:

Section 1

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

2. How does globalisation influence the country’s jobs and wages, its income inequality, and its culture sovereignty, and physical environment?

3. How does the country rank in terms of its degree of globalization?

4. What benefits can the country offer to businesses seeking a new market or production base?

Section 2

1. What are the various ethnicities that reside in the nation?

2. List several of the values that people hold dear

3. What are several of the culture’s identifiable manners and customs?

4. Describe in broad terms the nation’s social structure

5. How would you describe people’s perception of time and work?

6. Is the culture relatively open or closed to cultural change?

Section 3

1. How would you classify the nation’s political, economic and legal systems?

2. Is government heavily involved in the nation’s economy?

3. Is the legal system effective and impartial?

4. Does its political economy suggest that the country could be a potential market for new products?

5. What is the level of corruption throughout the political economy?

6. Is legislation pending that might be relevant to international companies?

Section 4

1. Is it a developed, newly industrializing, emerging or developing country?

2. What is its GDP, GDP per capita and GDP PPP?

3. How does the country rank in the human development index?

4. Has it undergone economic transition in the last 20 years?

5. Does any form of political risk pose a threat to the nation’s economic development?

6. How would you describe the country’s international relations?

Section 5

1. How important is trade to the nation (trade as a share of GDP)?

2. What products and services does it export and import?

3. Is there a concerted effort to stimulate the economy by promoting exports?

4. With whom does this nation trade?

5. Is it dependent on any particular nation for trade, or does another nation depend on it?

6. Does the nation trade only with high-income countries or also with low-and middle-income countries?

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