You are required to produce a report that answers the three questions below. All parts carry equal weighting. All three parts must be completed and submitted to pass the assignment. The total word count for this assignment is 2,500 words.
Part A
Outline and explain the main challenges that threatened globalisation in the pre-Covid-19 period.
Part B
Which of the three scenarios outlined by the Author is most likely to happen and why?
Part C
Based on your answer in Part B, discuss what major global companies need to do in order to succeed in the new era.
The required reading list in your original module provides some useful documents to help you start your research. You should, however, supplement this by conducting additional research (e.g. WTO, UNCTAD, tradingeconomics.com).
The following learning outcomes for the module are applicable to this assignment:
- Critically reflect upon the reasons a business expands into international markets.
- Appraise and critique different theories of international trade.
- Critically assess the economic, political/legal, technological and cultural issues and challenges that surround international expansion.
- Obtain a critical understanding of the global flows of resources, ideas, knowledge and people, as key features of the global enterprise.
- Critically evaluate ways in which challenges might be overcome and firms can maintain a competitive position.
to employ in the following section.
experiences, how the perspective(s) discussed in Paragraphs 2 and 3 help to examine the key issues raised in the
title of the report.
constraints of the claims which the theory and supporting evidence can provide. Are you going to offer an
alternative view (with supporting evidence) or are you going to speculate on how the existing perspective needs to
be refined? Sum up to a closing position – a semi-conclusion.