Initial Ideas and Research for Final Project
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Business Research Guide
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BACKGROUND INFORMATION
In the M1A1 Short Paper: Initial Ideas and Research for the Final Project, you conducted initial research on a developed and developing country of your choice. You were provided substantive feedback from your instructor. The feedback falls into two general categories, content and formatting. For this assignment, we will focus on the content-related feedback.
PROMPT
Review the instructor feedback from the Short Paper: Initial Ideas and Research for the Final Project and respond to the instructor comments.
Tasks:
1. Utilizing the content-related instructor feedback provided to you in the Short Paper: Initial Ideas and Research for the Final Project, conduct the necessary follow-up research and analysis to thoroughly respond to the comments. Your response should be of sufficient length to ensure you have thoroughly answered the questions and concerns posed by your instructor in their feedback.
2. Ensure you support your responses with scholarly reference material.
Globalization is due to comparative cost advantage as some economy can produce product cheaper than other and thus other economy can import product from cheaper economy and then they can export other cheaper product to other economy and thus everyone will benefit due to globalization.
Globalization will continue to grow and intensify. Multi-national corporations will provide goods and services across the world, without the restraints of borders. This will pose a dilemma for more advanced economies to find new areas of growth, while losing crucial manufacturing jobs.
The following is a breakdown by category:
Chapter 3 of your textbook discusses macropolitical and macroeconomic changes that are occurring worldwide (Hill & Hult, 2015). Democracy continues to spread throughout developing nations, yet some countries continue to rule under monarchies, communism, and other forms of government. As technology has continued to advance, the ongoing discovery of previously inaccessible minerals and other natural resources continues in developing nations, providing opportunities for significant economic changes within a country. So how does an organization that is considering expanding into the international market gain an understanding of the macropolitical and macroeconomic factors that may influence their decision on which markets to enter?
Please take note of the aforementioned bullets as you select external/scholarly sources for this assignment.
Tasks: Write a 2-3-page paper describing both of your country's existing political, cultural, and economic environments.
You must utilize at least three scholarly sources. It is highly recommended that you utilize the Excelsior College library to conduct your research.
Your paper should be 2-3 pages long with a minimum of two references in a double-spaced document using 12 pt. Times New Roman font, utilizing APA format.
Your paper should be sufficient in length to respond to the questions posed by your instructor (not including title and reference pages).
Your paper should be double-spaced, with 1-inch margins, in-text citations, and references for all sources following proper APA formatting.
Use the EC Library resources to properly cite your work:
APA Format Tip Sheet
Citing Sources