International Business report.

2500 word essay Must use materials from my notes. Must use International Business theories. Theories must mostly come from the provided notes. Must be written in proper English We focus on the quality of reference. Make sure you combine both academic and industrial or trade information. Please use, at least, six academic journal articles to form your arguments. Follow the marking criteria The 12 point font in Times New Roman should be used throughout. Appropriate spacing (1.5 lines) and margins on all sides (at least 2 cm) need to be maintained. Number each page. Any use of comments, information, data or quotations from others (books, journals, newspapers, web etc.) must be cited properly Harvard referencing style, minimally 12 references in total Structure of your Essay: The key question for this essay is: “What is the internationalisation process of company…… in (industry and country)? Step 1: You need to select a multinational corporation from 2015 Fortune’s GLOBAL 500 MNCs list ([login to view URL]). Although it is not mandatory, we encourage you to select an MNC from an emerging country (such as Brazil, Russia, India, China, Indonesia, South Africa, UAE, Vietnam, Malaysia, South Korea, members of AEC or Mercosur). Step 2: Select one country where your company has invested in (in any foreign direct investment forms). Then, you need to analyse the internationalisation of the company. In your essay, you will need to follow these instructions. 1) The Analysis of your Multinational Corporation (MNC): In this section you will need to present and analyse key data supporting the status of your company as a multinational corporation. It is highly recommended that you use key academic sources to illustrate and explain the concept of MNC in this section. 2) Host Country Analysis: You will need to focus on ONE factor from the host country that influences the internationalisation process of the firm. As we focus on politicaleconomy and socio-cultural factors in the first part of this course, we recommend you to answer the following questions in this section: - What is the key factor from the host country that promotes the internationalisation process of your firm? Why? - Please use one theory from the course to support your argument(s). The application of some theories from this course such as Uppsala Internationalisation theory, Eclectic paradigm, and Porter’s diamond theory can also be useful at this point. 3) Foreign Entry Strategies: In this section you will need to answer these questions: - Explain entry strategy/strategies performed by the company. Please use academic resources (i.e. journal articles) to explain the concept of the company’s entry strategy and its benefits. - Please identify some constraints of the selected entry strategy. It is important that you combined points from academic sources (i.e. academic journal articles) and information from the company to analyse potential constraints of the entry. strategy. 4) International Business Impacts and Contributions: - What are the major contributions of your MNC to the host country? - From the UN Global Compact Principles, which area that your MNC will need to focus in their current and future business? Why?