International Business Strategy
Order Description
1. Essay Requirement
Write a discursive essay addressing the key issues relevant to one of the four questions below and draw a suitable conclusion. The essay should be approximately 2,000
words excluding all appendix and references. Your work should appear professionally produced in terms of the quality and currency of the data, analysis and conclusions
drawn.
2. Topic Selection
You are required to select and write about one of the four essay questions given below:
1): “Critically assess theories of Transaction Cost Economics and Resource Based View in terms of their degree of usefulness in explaining firms’ internationalising
strategies. Illustrate your answer with reference to at least one case company of your own choice.”
2): “Critically discuss to what extent Porter’s Diamond Model is/isnt a useful concept in explaining home and host location strategies of international companies?
Illustrate your answer with reference to at least one case company of your own choice.”
3): “Select at least one case company of your own choice, critically discuss your proposal regarding what the company should do strategically in the next two, five,
and ten years in order to succeed in the global marketplace? With particularly focus on potential barriers and opportunities Discuss and justify your argument by
making reference to international business theories/models.”
4) “Select at least one case company of your own choice, critically appraise any pros and cons of the company’s current strategic decisions in organising their global
operations and propose useful suggestions to enhance firm performance. Illustrate your answer with reference to relevant international organisational theories/models.”