MOS 2285 Group Presentations. Purpose Get you to think about the affect the environment of business...

MOS 2285 Group Presentations


Purpose• Get you to think about the affect the

environment of business has on the internationalization decision – what do you need to know when you are deciding where to go?


Process• Choose a real business and examine a country

it could enter• Use the analytical tools from class to evaluate

the country’s relative comparative advantage


Process• Firm must be approved by Trevor• In-class presentation of 15 minutes followed

by 10 minutes of questions• Copies of your presentation slides to be given

to Trevor no later than 24 hours prior to presenting

• Material in the presentations may appear on the final exam


Analysis• Is there a “fit” between the company and the

country?– Does the country provide what the company

needs?– Why did it choose that country?– Why is the firm internationalizing?


Analysis• How should it internationalize and why?• What is driving its internationalization?• Does the firm have resources or capabilities

that translate across borders?• Are there any supranational organizations that

aid or hinder the firm’s internationalization?


Analysis• Is the firm prepared properly to enter this

country?• What sort of preparation is needed?• Does the country have a comparative

advantage?• Are there barriers to trade?


Analysis• Are there currency issues that hinder or aid

the firm’s operations in that country?• Are there ethical issues that could affect the

firm’s operations there and/or elsewhere?• How can the MNC manage any issues that

may arise?


Presentation outline1. Short introduction about the issues and firm (no

more than 2 issues – should be big enough to provide you with the chance to demonstrate your understanding of the subject matter)

2. Short discussion about recommendations3. Specific recommendations using analytical tools

to support why you made them4. Conclusion


Questions• Pretend I am the CEO of the firm and you are

presenting to me. That means I have a lot of interest in your presentation but I am busy so don’t waste my time telling me things I would know

• I will ask you tough questions to see if you understand what you are saying and to see if you can defend the rationale behind your recommendations


Questions• They will be tough questions. Your

recommendations will cost my firm a lot of money – they had better be well thought out, feasible and specific NOT general and arbitrary


Marks• Marks will be upon the following:– Use and application of the terms/concepts from the

course so you must demonstrate that you can use the right tool to solve the right problem

– Specificity and feasibility of the recommendations – have you solved the problem and told me HOW to do it? I should not be able to say “so what” after something you tell me

– Presentation/answer quality – is this professional or weak. Professional good. Weak bad.

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