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BA437-637: International and Global Business: Week 10

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Assignments for Week Ten

Textbook: Hill, Charles, W. L. & Hult. G. T. (2019).  International business: Competing in the international marketplace (13th ed.).

Focus of Week Ten

The strategy of international business.  The sourcing of goods and services is one method business employs. Buying raw materials at discount prices from foreign sources helps reduce costs. Outsourcing labor to a low cost labor market may reduce costs. Similarly, growth and expansion takes advantage of economies of scale savings and efficiencies to reduce costs. Finally, strategic alliances can increase growth and reduce costs. 

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Assignment 10.1
Review Chapter Thirteen and PowerPoint Chapter 13 Summary

Discussion Board:

  • Using the product and target foreign country you selected for Week 3 Discussion Board, examine and discuss the ways your product mgith create value for the company and how the product helped the local economy of the target country.
  • Post a substantive reply to one other student’s post.

Assignment 10.2 - Chapters 9, 11, & 13 Quiz

  • Each question is worth 1 point
  • Timed for 45 minutes.  It will sum, submit, and shut hown at the end of the 43rd minute,
  • You may take the quiz with the aid of an open book, notes, websites, or electronic sources.

 

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Journal Articles
Scholarly articles from the Bellevue University Library databases as well as from credible business magazines. Click on the title to link to the full text.

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