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Module 2
Module 2
Module 2
What are the five main reasons countries participate in International trade?
Geography
Cultural and Social Factors
Political and Legal Factors
Economic Condition
Think Critically
1. In what way might you and other in your community be affected by international
trade?
Corporation’s planning internationalization might face many legal and cultural barriers when
planning their market entry strategies. Those barriers are quite ambiguous differences stem
from many different variables such as material culture, social organization, religion, language,
aesthetics and popular culture. These factors need to be successfully implied to local corporate
culture. Culture affects in many business practices from day-to-day operational processes, like
negotiations, management, hiring, communication and performance evaluations. One of the
biggest challenges when operating business globally is understand and benefit from cultural
differences. In fact, many businesses have failed to enter new markets and cultural
understanding is crucial for every corporation to avoid misunderstandings, bad relationships,
inefficiency or cost and to succeed in the marketplace.
3. How might customs, religious beliefs, or other cultural practices affects the
business practices of a nation?
• There is a historical narration. Muslim traders in Southern Europe (nearly 1000 years ago)
depended on their relatives to ensure the quality and payment in international trade.
For example, they would have or post a relative in a city in another country, and such
connections would help them in facilitating long-distance trade. On the other hand Christian
traders depended on the guilds of traders. For example, if a supplier from another country
cheated, then all members of the guild would stop dealing with this supplier, and that would
work as a punishment and deterrent. When there was a possibility to expand trade, these
guilds helped. However the kinship-based trading could not be expanded and that had a
negative impact on Muslim traders.
A business’ belief system is enshrined in its “Statement of Values,” those principles guiding it
when dealing with customers, employees, suppliers, investors, and the community.
Not all businesses, however, have a set of values and so the owners need to decide what those
values are.
For example, if they believe that all their suppliers need to be treated fairly, then that goes into
the set of values. If they believe that all employees need work-life balance that also goes in.
Foreign investors invariably bring new techniques of production which improves the
management and technical skills of the personnel involved in that industry and then its further
diffusion to other sectors and industries through demonstration effect. Last but not the least is
the overall improvement in the tastes of the general public and the high standards they expect
from their local manufacturers.
Foreign investment can come into a country through two sources-officially by the multilateral
institutions or bilateral agreements for investment for mega projects or social sector
development. Second and major source is private foreign investment which again has two
forms- portfolio investment (bank deposits or stock/bond purchased by the foreigners or
expatriate) and direct investment (in manufacturing or services sector singly or through private
joint venture).
Make Connection
5. Business Laws: Describe some laws in foreign countries that are different from
those in the United States?
•The Constitution does not require it, but it gives Congress the power to pass laws to regulate
naturalization. Currently, immigration in the United States is governed by the Immigration and
Naturalization Act. The statute gives close family members of US citizens and permanent
residents the right to immigrate to the US under certain conditions. On top of that, the US can
admit 675,000 other legal immigrants per year, and a certain number of refugees, which can
vary from year to year based on Congressional and/or Presidential decisions in light of events.
There are also programs that allow foreign workers to receive work visas even if they do not
plan on becoming residents.
It should be noted that there were few restrictions on immigration to the United States until
the late 19th century. Until 1875, there were no Federal immigration laws at all. Naturalization
was regulated, as from the beginning of the country, only white immigrants were allowed to
become citizens until 1870, when the law was amended to allow immigrants of African descent
to become citizens. However, anybody could come to the US and work here. The "open door"
to immigration began to close in 1875 when entry into the United States by Asians who wanted
to work as contract laborers was prohibited. By the 1880s, all Chinese immigration was
outlawed, and in 1891, Congress passed the first of a number of comprehensive laws severely
limiting immigration to the US, especially from non-European countries. Things began to loosen
up again in the '60s, when Congress began to eliminate quotas based on race or national origin.
6. Geography: Locate a map for a country in Africa, Asia, South America using the
library or Internet. Describe geographic features of the country and explain how
these factors could affect global business activities and international trade?
• Small commodity production takes an important place. In most African countries small
producers are the main suppliers of agricultural products for the domestic market and for
export.
Most of the products are exported in a raw form. Many African countries are characterized by a
narrow or single-commodity specialization of the economy.
South Africa is one of 25 largest world exporters. The income from foreign trade reaches 50% of
GDP with exports exceeding imports.
Main exports of South Africa are gold, diamonds, platinum, various minerals, machinery and
equipment, food and drinks - wine (30%), canned fruit, tobacco, and sugar.
8. History: Research an event from world history. Write a short paper explaining
how that event might encourage or deter trade among countries?
Exports refers to selling goods and services produced in the home country to other
markets.
Imports are derived from the conceptual meaning, as to bringing in the goods and
services into the port of a country.
Gross domestic product (GDP) is the total monetary or market value of all the finished
goods and services produced within a country’s borders in a specific time period. As a broad
measure of overall domestic production, it functions as a comprehensive scorecard of a given
country’s economic health.
Think Critically
1. What might a country use a trade barriers to reduce impact into the nations
economy?
Make Connection
4. Technology: Several federal and state government agencies and many other
organization offer information and assistance related to international business
activities. Conduct a web search using phrases such as “international business”
“export assistance and International trade. Access two website and write a
summary of the features each contains
5. Visual Art: Select a country in Asia, Europe, or Latin America. Research the major
exports and imports for their country. Prepare a graph or chart displaying the
top exports and imports of that nation.
Switzerland’s major exports are machinery and equipment, chemical-
pharmaceutical products, watches, and textiles and apparel. Raw materials,
food, vegetable oils, and fuel account for about one-quarter of total imports and
are transported by rail, truck, and barge. Among other leading imports are
manufactured goods, motor vehicles, and chemical products. Traditionally
Switzerland has been among the forerunners in liberalizing
and facilitating international trade, upon which its economy is heavily
dependent. Most of Switzerland’s trade is with the EU, with about three-fourths
of its imports coming from and three-fifths of its exports going to EU countries .
India is the UAE’s largest trade partner. The UAE’s economic, political, and
cultural links with India date back to more than a century ago when bilateral
trade began. The Indian community is the largest expatriate community in the
UAE, numbering around 1.5 million. The UAE’s other major trade partners are
China, the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia,
Iran, Oman, and Jordan. As such, trade is predominately concentrated in Asian
markets. In 2010 the value of trade between Dubai and India stood at AED 123
billion ($33.5 billion), representing 26 percent of Dubai’s total trade with the
outside world a substantial portion of India’s exports to the UAE is transshipped
from Dubai to other countries such as Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Saudi
Arabia, and Yemen. Indian exports to the UAE via Dubai have thus opened up a
huge regional market for Indian products.
Lesson 1.3 Economic of global business
What are three categories are commonly used to describe the level of economic
development in a country?
1. What are some possible benefits of the mixed economy over market
economy?
The benefits of mixed economies it is a blend between government involvement
in business and private ownership for example some countries have publicly
owned transportation companies, communication, network and major
industries. Social refers to economy with most basic industry owned and
operated by government. However individual are usually free to engage in other
business opportunity and free to make buying choices.
MAKE CONNECTIONS
2. SCIENCE Describe how scientific discoveries might improve the economic
development?
Vocabulary Builder
Review Concept
11)How does international business create investment opportunities?
The factors that influence country economic condition includes economic system,
availability of natural resources and the general education level of the country
population.
Trade barriers includes import taxes that increase the cost of foreign products,
restriction on imports, and laws preventing certain product from coming into a country,
one of common trade barriers are tariff.
When a nation favorable balance of payments receives more money in a year than it
pays out.
The main characteristic of market economies includes private property, profit motive,
free competitive marketplace.
The factors that influence economic development of country includes literacy level,
technology, and agricultural dependency.
20)What are some examples of the United States global dependency on other counties?
United States is 100 percent import dependent for at least 20 critical and strategic
minerals (not including the “rare earths”), and between 50 percent and 99 percent
dependent for another 30 key minerals. For example, the United States is totally
dependent on imports for vital strategic metals that are necessary components for
military weapons systems, cellphones, solar panels, lithium-ion batteries, and many
high-technology products. The reason for this dependency is not due to geologic
impediments, but due to politics. Large portions of public lands in the West have not
been sufficiently explored, and permitting in the United States takes seven to ten years
compared to two or three years in Australia and Canada. In fact, the United States is
much more dependent upon the key imported minerals that are essential for making
the electric cars and renewable energy sources advocated for by opponents of fossil
fuels than the United States was ever dependent on imported fossil fuels.
21)Why would a country with many natural resources have the potential for strong
economy?
If the country provides good protection of property rights and are favorable to
productive and entrepreneurial activities, natural resources are likely to benefit the
economy by being a source of income, new investment opportunities, and of potential
positive spillovers to the rest of the economy which provide a strong economy
22)Name a famous person who is able to do something better than any one else. This is an
absolute advantage. Now for an example of comparative advantages describe a person who
does several things well but select only one of these talents to make a living.
Consume less and save more. If US households or the government reduce consumption
(businesses save more than they spend), imports will drop and less borrowing from
abroad will be needed to pay for consumption. ...
Depreciate the exchange rate. ...
Tax capital inflows.
24)What problems may arise when a government decide to sell government owned
businesses to private companies?
When government sell its property to private companies the impact of it is there will be
an increase on the prices of goods and services as the government have no authority or
control over the prices of products and services of nation.
25)What would you recommend to a country with a weak infrastructure? How could this
contribute to economic development?
Infrastructure are the soul of the economy if nation focuses in improving its transport
system it will improve its economic stability as the goods and services can be transport
easily from different areas. It will improve the nations GDP as the flow of goods and
services are efficient as a result lot of new business will emerge and more vacant jobs to
be hire which can help the economy development of a country.
27)Business Math
28) Technology
United Arab Emirates – ae Switzerland – ch Spain – es Finland - fi
Greece – gr Ireland – il Sweden – sc Morocco – ma
Poland – pl Netherlands – nl Norway – no Grest Britian - gb
29) Ethics
For me this action is inappropriate action as the company want to paid those media for
an biased report based on law this action is act of fraud in which they use media as tool
to manipulate fake news to look like credible journalistic report that are easily spread
online to large audience willing to believe the fiction and spread the word.
30) Career
Marketing managers combine the best of both worlds they balance a competitive business
strategy with a creative vision. What makes such job position so attractive is the diversity in the
scope of work; marketing managers work with art directors, sales executives, product
developers, public relations managers and so many other departments to create a strong and
coherent campaign.