The conventional wisdom of monolithic expansion, ownership of all strategic resources, and carefully controlled market entry appears outdated. However, it may not be advantageous to outsource every product or service produced in a country. Detail and elaborate on the criteria or factors an organization should consider prior to outsourcing aspects of the product or service they produce. Please respond to at least two fellow students’ postings, advancing and debating the key points of their posting.

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The conventional wisdom of monolithic expansion, ownership of all strategic resources, and carefully controlled market entry appears outdated. However, it may not be advantageous to outsource every product or service produced in a country. Detail and elaborate on the criteria or factors an organization should consider prior to outsourcing aspects of the product or service they produce. Please respond to at least two fellow students’ postings, advancing and debating the key points of their posting.

Globally Right Source

Pressures to provide improved products at lower costs are an important factor prompting offshore outsourcing. Explain the concept of “globally right source” and detail how a firm can “globally right source” their value-adding activities to maximize their global competitive position. Please respond to at least two fellow students’ postings, advancing and debating the key points of their posting.

There are a number of factors that affect the expansion of a multinational firm, including macroeconomic, political, regulatory, cultural, and social. Choose one multinational organization and determine how the factors are similar, and dissimilar, between their host country and one other country in which they operate. Discuss how these factors would affect the management of their operations in a foreign country. Please respond to at least two fellow students’ postings, advancing and debating the key points of their posting.

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There are a number of factors that affect the expansion of a multinational firm, including macroeconomic, political, regulatory, cultural, and social. Choose one multinational organization and determine how the factors are similar, and dissimilar, between their host country and one other country in which they operate. Discuss how these factors would affect the management of their operations in a foreign country. Please respond to at least two fellow students’ postings, advancing and debating the key points of their posting.

Structure

Organizations are structured to take advantage of their inherent strengths and also to minimize their inherent weaknesses. For example, an organization may outsource its purchasing functions if they can be accomplished more effectively and efficiently by a private vendor. Evaluate how an organization is structured differently when it operates solely within one country versus one that operates in multiple countries. In particular, discuss the best fit of the multinational firm to its worldwide industry environment and the changing role of central headquarters as an organization expands into other countries. Please respond to at least two fellow students’ postings, advancing and debating the key points of their posting.

Once a strategic focus is decided, the selection of the means of transferring a company’s competitive advantage becomes an essential choice – does a multinational company use licensing, exports, wholly-owned subsidiaries, joint venture, direct investment, partnership, or alliance to enter new markets? Or, could it be a mix of all these? In a two to three page research paper in APA style, compare and contrast when it would be advantageous, and disadvantageous, to enter a foreign market under the methods listed above (licenses, exports, etc.). Be sure to:

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Once a strategic focus is decided, the selection of the means of transferring a company’s competitive advantage becomes an essential choice – does a multinational company use licensing, exports, wholly-owned subsidiaries, joint venture, direct investment, partnership, or alliance to enter new markets? Or, could it be a mix of all these?

In a two to three page research paper in APA style, compare and contrast when it would be advantageous, and disadvantageous, to enter a foreign market under the methods listed above (licenses, exports, etc.). Be sure to:

· Define and explain each method.

· Detail when it would be advantageous, and disadvantageous, to utilize each of the methods.

· Offer an example of a multinational company who utilizes each method and explain if you believe it is the most or least appropriate method to utilize for that company given their product or service.

Note that some of the information related to this project may not be readily available in course materials, requiring you to research contemporary management trends in the public sector. At least two outside scholarly resources are required, including a minimum of one from the Ashford Online Library.

Describe how globalization can lead to the integration of strategic demands for worldwide efficiency, local market responsiveness, and the spread of world-class technology across all national markets. How can these factors enhance competitiveness throughout the global marketplace? Please respond to at least two fellow students’ postings, advancing and debating the key points of their posting.

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Describe how globalization can lead to the integration of strategic demands for worldwide efficiency, local market responsiveness, and the spread of world-class technology across all national markets. How can these factors enhance competitiveness throughout the global marketplace? Please respond to at least two fellow students’ postings, advancing and debating the key points of their posting.

Transforming Thinking

Global strategy making involves a major shift in focus from analytic, reactive and past-focused thinking to creative, proactive and future-oriented thinking. Identify a current global strategy that is reactive and past-focused and then reconstruct that strategy to one that is creative, proactive and future-oriented. Your post should illustrate how an organization can transform its thinking from reactive and past-focused to one that is proactive and future-oriented. Please respond to at least two fellow students’ postings, advancing and debating the key points of their posting.

In a two to three page research paper in APA style, elaborate on the concept of comparative advantage and how this concept is the determining factor in the long-term stability of a country and profitability of an organization. In particular, research and determine the following: · Define and explain the concept of comparative advantage.

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In a two to three page research paper in APA style, elaborate on the concept of comparative advantage and how this concept is the determining factor in the long-term stability of a country and profitability of an organization. In particular, research and determine the following:

· Define and explain the concept of comparative advantage.

· Select any country that interests you. Then, determine one product or service where the country has a comparative advantage and one where they have a comparative disadvantage. Discuss the factors within the country that created this comparative advantage, and also the factors that contributed to their comparative disadvantage.

· Finally, where the country has a comparative advantage, detail the strategy the country should adapt to maintain this advantage for the next five years. Importantly, comparative advantages fade rapidly and countries (and organizations) should constantly strive to maintain and expand their existing comparative advantages.

Note that some of the information related to this project may not be readily available in course materials, requiring you to research contemporary management trends in the public sector. At least two outside scholarly resources are required, including a minimum of one from the Ashford Online Library.

Globalization and Risk One goal of a multinational organization is to build, protect and exploit its unique resources to establish a competitive advantage. A similarly important goal of a multinational organization is to diversify the organization’s financial risk portfolio. Discuss how globalization allows organizations to diversify their financial/business risks and amortize their fixed costs and resource investments throughout the organization.

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Globalization and Risk

One goal of a multinational organization is to build, protect and exploit its unique resources to establish a competitive advantage. A similarly important goal of a multinational organization is to diversify the organization’s financial risk portfolio. Discuss how globalization allows organizations to diversify their financial/business risks and amortize their fixed costs and resource investments throughout the organization. Please respond to at least two fellow students’ postings, advancing and debating the key points of their posting.

Political and Legal Differences

Evaluate how differences in political and legal systems create vast misunderstandings and tremendous opportunities in the international marketplace; then propose how an organization can overcome these misunderstandings and take advantage of these opportunities. Please respond to at least two fellow students’ postings, advancing and debating the key points of their posting.