Assignment: International Business Issues

IB must plan, select, and develop strategies and structures that draw stakeholder experience and knowledge from both inside and outside the business. Using a potential IB business and its product/service develop the strategy and structure alliances necessary for your success.

1. Summarize the strategies, structures, and alliances available to IB.

2. What are some of the issues and problems associated with finding and selecting successful alliances in IB?

3. How are these activities and requirements different or the same when moving to the international market?

4. Discuss two strategic alliances available to IB with advantages and disadvantages of each.

5. Based on your research and knowledge of the international market what recommendation would you give for successful selection and use of alliances in your IB and why?

• International Business AnalysisAPA format (most current edition)

•Cover/Title

•Abstract

•References

•2 - 3 pages of content not including cover, abstract or references

•Include headers and page numbers

•In-text citations (as appropriate)

•Two to three pages of text body

•Double-spaced

•Font size = Times New Roman 12 pitch

•Writing should be in the third person unless you use a personal example from your experience.

•A brief personal experience passage can be written from the first person perspective.

•These IB Analysis paper assignments require research from materials (books, articles, websites, etc.) outside the information provided in course modules.

•Wikipedia and other non-vetted resources cannot be provided as references.

•Wikipedia can be used as a starting point for research. Develop your scholarly references using vetted sources provided by Wikipedia.

• You are expected to provide a minimum of two references outside of the course materials for each paper.

• Each reference should be provided in the current APA format on the references page(s) and show the actual information by paraphrase or quote with in-text citations in the body of the paper.

• Paraphrasing reference material is the preferred method for providing information.

• Quotations should only be used if paraphrasing does not convey the message required by the paper author.

• Figures, tables, graphs, or pictures should not be used for these short papers.

• Keep your ideas, information and recommendations brief and to the point.