International Business Exam Questions and Answers

Motivations for Internationalization

Question 1 (10 points)

Explain why might firms choose to pursue internationalization strategies? Identify, describe and explain 5 major motivations of firms for expanding overseas. Classify these motivations as strategic or reactive and provide an example of each motivation. Please present an answer with a minimum of 200 words and a maximum of 250 words.?

Question 2 (10 points)

Explain why contract laws can represent a country risk arising from the host-country legal environment and discuss 3 approaches firms typically employ to settle international contractual disputes.?Please present an answer with a minimum of 200 words and a maximum of 250 words.?

Question 3 (10 points)

Explain why it is especially critical for a firm to select the most appropriate market for its product or service during the primary stage of internationalization. What are the negative consequences of making a poor market selection for firms planning to globalize through foreign
direct investment?Please present an answer with a minimum of 200 words and a maximum of 250 words.?

Question 4 (10 points)

Explain why a learning organization may be vital to the success of an European Multinational Enterprise in the Nicaraguan market. Make references to at least 2 specific benefits.? Please present an answer with a minimum of 200 words and a maximum of 250 words.?

Question 5 (10 points)

Describe the 3 strategic objectives for creating a competitive advantage in international business as proposed by Bartlett and Ghoshal. Provide an example to illustrate each of these 3 objectives. Please present an answer with a minimum of 200 words and a maximum of 250 words.?

Question 6 (16 points)

Compare and Contrast the management practices across 6 styles: Buffering, Connecting, Weaving, Reflecting, Mobilizing and Transforming.?
A Dutch director of a food production company was relocated to South Korea to set up the supply chain for the Dutch corporation.?The company is seeking to benefit from the pool of young food production engineers who could expand and enhance the company innovationbased new initiative by?? exploring the next generation of new food products.

Propose and justify the most suitable combination of 2 management styles that would be most effective for the Dutch director when managing the native employees.?? Please present an answer with a minimum of 400 words and a maximum of 500 words.

Question 7 (18 points)

Explain 3 value benefits of globalization for European countries or the USA as well as 3 value benefits of globalization for Asian or African countries. Imagine that you are the CEO of a Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) Multinational Enterprise and that you endorse ‘purpose’ marketing as the new guideline in your 2022 strategic plan.

Explain how this new guideline can be used to re-distribute value and wealth over the dozens of countries worldwide where the Multinational Enterprise is active in sales, marketing, production and logistics.

How, according to you, should this FMCG Multinational Enterprise (MNE) organize itself to create a more equal distribution of value and wealth over the countries where it is active?

You are welcome to use the value chain model as well as Osterwalder’s business model to discuss the MNE’s activities and departments that help create this more equal distribution.Please present an answer with a minimum of 400 words and a maximum of 500 words.?

Question 8 (16 points)

Assess the 4 key legal issues an International Manager should consider when stablishing an overseas branch of a Multinational Enterprise in an African country.

How should the MNE secure the legal ownership of this overseas branch?

How should the MNE establish itself as a local and independent company?

How should the MNE legally secure its integrity and transparency regarding payments and investments?

How should the MNE abide by the local tax laws?

You are free to select any African country and you are free to discuss practice examples.

Please present an answer with a minimum of 400 words and a maximum of 500 words.?