The Final Paper or Global Business Plan Project – The final result of your global plan must be in the format of a written report saved in pdf format with
supplementary tables, graphs, charts, visuals. Please, submit the assignment in the proper box on D2L
named: Final Paper/Global Business Plan Project. You will choose fundamental country data and then do
additional research following steps and detailed instructions on d2l. Flesh out the nature of the market
opportunity offered by this country or its suitability as a manufacturing site, for which you will write a
paper of approximately 2,000 words maximum. Again, please do not wait until last week, start to work
on this project now! We already covered some of the chapters needed for the final project.
The final paper consists of five parts: Executive summary; Part 1: Planning the Global Business
Enterprise; Part 2: Organizing for Global Business Activities; Part 3: Implementing the Global Market
Plan; and Part 4: Executing the Global Market Plan.
Detailed instructions are provided below. I would advise submitting one paragraph covering subtopics
from each part. Example one paragraph Part 1 Identifying Global Business Opportunities, one paragraph
Part 1 Analyzing International Competitors, one paragraph Assessing the Economic-Geographic
Environment, etc.
Please, use the following resources
Weblinks:
• Global Edge CyberSite: http://globaledge.msu.edu/
• World Bank DoingBusiness: https://www.doingbusiness.org/
This paper will be subjected to a Turn It In analysis and the expected minimum of unoriginal material is
no more than 25%.
The content and grading of this paper are as follows:
• Executive summary, not an introduction. An executive summary is a short section; it
summarizes the final paper in a way that readers can rapidly become familiar with a large body
of paper, 150 words maximum
(10%)
• Part 1: Identifying Global Business Opportunities, Analyzing International Competitors, Assessing
the Economic-Geographic Environment, Assessing the Social-Cultural Environment, Assessing
the Political-Legal Environment. Also, consider how technology could create new foreign
business opportunities by expanding possibilities for production, marketing, and distribution of
goods and services. (15%)
• Part 2: Selecting a Global Company Structure, Financing Sources for Global Business Operations,
Creating a Global Management Information System, Managing International Financial and
Business Risks (15%)
• Part 3: Product and Target Market Planning for Foreign Markets, Designing a Global Distribution
Strategy, Planning a Global Promotion Strategy (15%)
• Part 4: Determining Financial Results, Measuring International Business Success (15%)
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• Tables, graphs, and charts (at least two tables, at least two graphs, and at least two charts) –
must be international business-related (10%)
• References should be written in APA format. These should be from several of the following:
journals, books, interviews, company information, and credible Internet sources, not blogs
(10%)
Example:
Academic Articles:
Wieland, A., Bals, L., Mol, M. J., & Handfield, R. B. (2020). Overcoming blind spots in global sourcing
research: Exploiting the cross-sections between supply chain management and international
business. Journal of International Management, 26(1), doi.org/10.1016/j.intman.2019.100709
Books:
Chow, D. C., & Schoenbaum, T. J. (2020). International business transactions: problems, cases, and
materials. Wolters Kluwer Law & Business.
• This paper will be subjected to a Turn It In analysis and the expected minimum of unoriginal
material is no more than 25% (10%)
