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International
Business
1.
Do a SWOT analysis for Wipro in the Indian
market context and discuss the appropriateness (or otherwise) of its domestic
strategy.
2.
Are Wipro’s forays into the international
markets with respect to entry, mode, etc. right? If not, what are the
alternatives you would suggest?
3.
How can Wipro’s corporate strategy be kept
flexible enough to adapt to increasing competition and changing realities?
4. Attempt a ‘technology road map’
for Wipro for the next five years Chart a course of strategy w.r.t. markets,
which the company can adopt.
1)
In what way has operations management let
competitive advantage to Li & Fung?
2)
How effective is Li & Fung’s value chain
configuration? Ineffective? Discuss.
1) Is gross domestic product per capita a useful indicator of International
competitiveness in the EU?
2)
Is it fair to point
the blame for the EU’s poor international competitiveness at inflexible labor
markets, regulated goods and services markets, and a general lack of
competition? What alternative explanations might be suggested?
3) What appears to be the problem with the EU’s banking sector?
4)
Is the number of
patents registered a useful indicator of superior International
competitiveness? Why do you think the USA does well in this area?
5) Should the EU consider more targeted intervention in the form of subsidies
or strategic trade policy?
1.
What strategy was Unilever pursuing before its
early 1990s reorganisation? What kind of structure did the company have? Were
Unilever’s strategy and structure consistent with each other? What were the
benefits of this strategy and structure? What wore the drawbacks?
2.
By the 1990s, was there still a fit between
Unilever’s strategy and structure and the operating environment in which it
competed? If not, why not?
3.
What kind of strategy and structure did Unilever
adopt in the 1990s? Is this appropriate given the environment in which Unilever
now competes? What are the benefits of this organizational and strategic shift?
What are the costs?
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
a) What was the critical
catalyst that led Kodak to start taking the Japanese market seriously?
(b) From the evidence given in
the case do you think Kodak’s charges of unfair trading practices against Fuji are
valid? Support your answer.
1 Which company is truly
Multinational ? Why?
2 List three differences
between Company , Multi National company and Trans Multi National Company ?
(a) Explain why MNCs have
located R & D centres in developing countries?
(b) Mention the areas where R
& D activities can easily be decentralised.
VK Ltd a multi-product Company,
furnishes you the following data relating to the year 2000.
First Half of the year Second
Half of the year
Sales Rs. 45,000 Rs. 50,000
Total Cost Rs. 40,000 Rs.
43,000
Assuming that there is no
change in prices and variable costs and that the fixed expenses are incurred
equally
in the two half years periods
calculate for the year 2000.
1. The Profit Volume ration
2. Fixed Expenses
3. Break-Even Sales
4. Percentage of margin of
safety.
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
1)
What is meant by Technology? What is its influence on business?
2)
What are the functions of WTO?
3)
What is international business environment?
4)
How cultural factors do influences international business?
5)
State the importance of business ethics.
6)
What are the different dimensions of economic environment?
7)
What are the steps taken by government to improve FDI?
8)
What are the functions of UNO?
1)
Foreign investment is necessary aid for developing countries like
India” Discuss.
2)
Discuss in detail the environmental factors that affect a business.
3)
What is privatization? What are its merits and limitations?
4)
What are the role and functions of WTO in international relations?
5) ‘The changes taking place in socio-cultural environment in India is a boon for business’ – Discuss. Explain the challenges of globalization of Indian industries.
6) Describe the factors which are affecting the growth of International business.
INTERNATIONAL
BUSINESS
Q1) Explain and bring out the
nature and feature of International HRM?
Q2) Discuss the Nature of
international Business?
Q3) What is technology
transfers? Discuss the various aspects of managing technology transfers?
Q4) Enumerate and explain the
Theories of global trade and investments?
Q5) Write short notes (any two)
a) World trade centre
b) Social Responsibility in
International Business
c) Ethical issues in
International Business
Q6) Explain the following
concept (any two)
1) Political Environment
2) Technical environments
3) Cultural Environment
Q7) Explain the features of
International Organization structure?
Q8) What is International
strategic management? Discuss its feature and nature?
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
CASE 1 (20 Marks)
Kodak started selling photographic equipment on
Japan 1889 and by the 1930s it had a dominant position in the Japanese market.
But after World War II, U.S occupation forces persuaded most U.S companies
including Kodak to leave Japan to give the war torn local industry a chance to
recover. Kodak was effectively priced out of the market by tariff barriers;
over the next 35 years Fuji gained 70% share of the market while Kodak saw its
share slip to miserable 5%. During this period Kodak limited much of its
activities in Japan.
(a) What was the critical catalyst that led
Kodak to start taking the Japanese market seriously?
(b) From the evidence given in the case do you
think Kodak’s charges of unfair trading practices against Fuji are valid?
Support your answer.
CASE 2 (20 Marks)
Questions :
1 Which company is truly Multinational ? Why?
2 List three differences between Company , Multi
National company and Trans Multi National Company ?
CASE - 3 (20 Marks)
Strategic R & D by TNCs in Developing
Countries
Questions:
(a) Explain why MNCs have located R & D
centres in developing countries?
(b) Mention the areas where R & D activities
can easily be decentralised.
CASE -4 (20 Marks)
VK Ltd a multi-product Company, furnishes you
the following data relating to the year 2000.
First Half of the year Second Half of the year
Sales Rs. 45,000 Rs. 50,000
Total Cost Rs. 40,000 Rs. 43,000
Assuming that there is no change in prices and
variable costs and that the fixed expenses are incurred equally
in the two half years periods calculate for the
year 2000.
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