"Global and Regional Integration" Please respond to the following:

• Determine one (1) benefit of a Free Trade Area (FTA) in an emerging economy. Next, speculate on the primary risk(s) associated with the benefit that you determined, and suggest one (1) strategy geared toward mitigating the risk(s). Provide a rationale for your response. Note: Refer to Chapter 8 of the textbook for more information on FTA.
• Analyze the fundamental positive and negative effects of the Internet on regional trade agreements. Provide one (1) example of either a positive or negative impact to support your analysis.

"Researching and Understanding Markets" Please respond to the following:

• From the first e-Activity Watch the video for Chapter 9 titled "The Essence of the Entrepreneur" (1 min 20 s). (http://www.cengage.com/management/webtutor/global2/video/ch09.html), appraise the truthfulness of the speaker's position that continuous dissatisfaction is the essence of the entrepreneur. Include at least one (1) example, either positive or negative, that relates to international management that supports your response.
• From the second e-Activity: Watch the video for Chapter 10 titled "Researching and Understanding Markets" (http://www.cengage.com/management/webtutor/global2/video/ch10.html) debate the speaker's point that understanding competition is perhaps a better area to study, rather than customers and markets, in researching and understanding foreign markets. Include at least one (1) real-world example to support your position.

Making Alliances and Acquisitions Work" Please respond to the following:

• From the e-Activity, Watch the video for Chapter 11 titled "Focus on Why a Deal is Done, not How"( http://www.cengage.com/management/webtutor/global2/video/ch11.html) support or critique the speaker's point that understanding the added value of an acquisition or alliance is more important than calculating the benefits of the deal, especially in researching foreign acquisitions or alliances. Provide rationale(s) to support your position.
• Question the decision of a company to enter into a contractual alliance (either equity or non-equity), as opposed to a strategic alliance, with a viable foreign company in today's global economic environment. Provide a rationale to support your response.