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Consider adding a few photos to grab the attention of the audience! Country Name Country Analysis This guide is a suggested approach for proficiently meeting the final project rubric requirements. Your country may require additional depth in any particular area to reach exemplary rubric scoring. Presenter’s Name Introduction: Country Name From Module One Discussion (Included in Checkpoint One) Include a map(s) to illustrate the location and terrain Rationale Share the reasoning you have for choosing this country and provide examples to emphasize Location and Geography (Author(s), Year) Use The World Factbook and World Atlas to identify geographic characteristics for this section. • Regional Location • Water access • Bordering countries • Natural Hazards or Climate (National Geographic, 2015) Remember: Always include an APA 6 ‘in-text’ resource citation for each idea, fact or graphic. The format is: (Author Last Name(s), Year Published). Sociocultural Environment From Module One Discussion (Included in Checkpoint One) Country Composition (Author(s), Year) Citation for each resource used AGE STRUCTURE 0-14 15-24 25-54 55-64 Use The World Factbook to identify elements of country composition. • Literacy Rate • Rate of Urbanization • Heavily Populated Cities • Major Religions • Educational Data • Age Structure Consider a chart or graphic to illustrate your most important data set 6.70% 8.10% 42.90% 25.50% 16.80% 65+ Sociocultural Environment From Module Two Discussion (Included in Checkpoint One) Values and Communication (Author(s), Year) Citation for each resource used • Use The Hofstede’s Centre or The Seven Dimensions of Culture to identify elements of culture relevant to the chosen foreign country compared to the United States • Use The World Factbook to identify specific languages spoken in the country • Use Commisceo Global Culture Guides to assess non-verbal communication Business Etiquette (Author(s), Year) Citation for each resource used Use Commisceo Global Culture Guides to identify Five rules of business etiquette. Consider greetings, gift giving, punctuality, business attire, meeting details. Sociocultural Environment: Observation Deck Based on Discussions from Module One & Two (Included in Checkpoint One) Based on the previous sociocultural research, what observations can you make regarding business? Consider the following: • Marketing • Employment and Labor Force • Product Demand • Managerial Approach • Rules to Business Etiquette Explain your research. What are the most relevant opportunities and risks a US executive should consider before deciding if or how their firm is going to do business in your foreign country? Why are these factors important? Political - Legal Environment From Module Three Discussion (Included in Checkpoint One) Government and Ideologies (Author(s), Year) Citation for each resource used Use The World Factbook and current news reports to identify the political situation in the country chosen. Identify the following elements: • Government Type • Political Leaders and their ideologies • Political Pressure Groups • Recent Changes in Governing Rule Are your slides becoming cluttered? PowerPoint allows for additional detail and explanation to be recorded in the Speaker’s Notes Section of each slide. Learn more about using them here! Corruption (Author(s), Year) Citation for each resource used Use Transparency International and other resources to identify 3 measures of corruption and explain their impact. Consider the following elements: • Corruption Perception Index • Enforcement • Bribery measures Political - Legal Environment From the Module Four Discussion (Included in Checkpoint Two) Trade Regulations and Legal Considerations (Author(s), Year) Citation for each resource used Identify FOUR measures of government influences on trade and employment • Use Wage Indicator to identify various employment laws in the country. These might include minimum wages, medical leave, holidays, discrimination laws, etc. You made need to use the translation service through Google Chrome when accessing various sites. • Use Sales Tax Rates to identify sales tax and rates for a country. • Use Treasury.gov Sanctions Programs List to identify various sanctions influencing business in the country • Use various government websites to learn more about tariffs, labeling, restricted items, and other barriers to trade. Consider using the U.S. Trade Representative resource to identify trade regulations Political - Legal Environment: Observation Deck Based on Discussions from Module Three & Four (Included in Checkpoint Two) Based on the previous political –legal environment research, what observations can you make regarding business? Identify political and legal risks and opportunities. Consider the following: • Safety Concerns • Additional Costs • Specific Industry Barriers • High Corruption Rates • Risky Political Ideologies In Government Explain your research. What are the most relevant opportunities and risks a US executive should consider before deciding if or how their firm is going to do business in your foreign country? Why are these factors important? Economic - Infrastructural Environment Economic Measures – From Module Five Discussion Trade – From Module Six Discussion (not included in Checkpoint Use The World Factbook , World Bank, Trading Economics, and International Trade Centre to find the following economic data: Use the WTO –RTA website to identify the following elements of trade: (Included in Checkpoint Two) (Author(s), Year) Citation for each resource used • Interest Rates • GDP • Unemployment • Labor Force • Inflation • Major Industries • Income Growth • FDI Rates • Exchange Rates • Exchange Rate Regime (pp.336-337 course text) Two, but incorporated into Final Project) (Author(s), Year) Citation for each resource used • Major Trading Partners • Major Imports/Exports • Regional Trade Agreements & Member Countries Consider organizing information in chart format. Ensure font size is legible to reader. Economic - Infrastructural Environment From Module Five Discussion (Included in Checkpoint Two) Use The World Factbook and other resources to identify the following: (Author(s), Year) Citation for each resource used • Major Airports/Seaports • Railway Stations (Research Government websites for more detail) • Internet Users • Mobile Providers – Use TxtNation to identify Mobile Operators by country • Logistics Performance Index Rating - Use the World Bank – Logistics Performance Index to identify the LPI rating Economic - Infrastructural Environment: Observation Deck Based on Discussions from Modules Five and Six (Not included in Checkpoint Two, but incorporated into Final Project) Based on the previous Economic and Infrastructural research, what observations can you make regarding business? Consider the following: • Ease of Distribution • Economic Growth • Telecommunication Barriers Explain your research. What are the most relevant opportunities and risks a US executive should consider before deciding if or how their firm is going to do business in your foreign country? Why are these factors important? Final Recommendations Market Entry Strategies Based on concepts covered in Module Seven (Not included in Checkpoints, but incorporated into the Final Project) Make a final recommendation based on the risks and opportunities you identified as to whether a US company should enter the foreign market and to what degree (indirect and/or direct entry levels and what modes would be suitable at the suggested level). Outline market entry mode options for this country. Riskier regions might need a less risky entry mode, while regions full of opportunities and minimal risks, could use a risky approach. Refer to Chapters 14 & 15 of the course text for more information on Modes of Entry. Consider imports/exports, Acquisition, Greenfield Investments, Licensing, Franchising, Turnkey Operations and Joint Ventures. Cultural Awareness Based on concepts covered in Module Two (Not included in Checkpoints, but incorporated into the Final Project) Apply elements of culture identified in this report that should be addressed when entering this country. What considerations should be made for marketing, employment, and business interactions? Refer to Chapter 2 of the course text for more information on Cultural Environments. References All resources should be cited using APA version 6 format. That means your ‘in-text’ citation markers should be placed on every slide for each of the resources you utilized. The citation markers should look like: (Author last name(s), Year published). On this slide you will provide the full details of each reference used for the viewer to research themselves. For more information on proper citation methods using APA 6 format, consider: Shapiro Library Purdue Online Writing Lab FRANCE Country Analysis Joan Zimmerman Introduction: France Rationale: Western Europe Location and Geography (World Atlas) Bordering: Andorra, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Monaco, Spain and Switzerland Water Access: Bay of Biscay, English Channel and Garonne River Sociocultural Environment Country Composition Literacy rate: 99% Rate of Urbanization 80.4% Heavily populated cities: Paris, Marseille, Lyon and Toulouse Major Religions: Catholic at 41% Educational data: 34% Age Structure: 0-14(18.53%), 15-24(11.79%), 25-54 (37.78%), 55-64(12.42%) and 65 and older(19.48%) Sociocultural Environment Values and Communication: Language – French(86%), German(2.12%), Arabic(2.05%), Portuguese(1.27%) France prides themselves in having a Hierarchy and are Interdependence and Competitive. They are very formal in their culture and expect other countries to respect and learn their greetings. Business Etiquette: Punctually, Gift Giving, Dress Code and Bribery and Corruption Sociocultural Environment: Observation Deck Business Observations: French focus on long term business relationships Business is typically straightforward, questioning and probing Decision making is slow and is never made at the first meeting An aggressive selling technique is not regarded as positive Political-Legal Environment Government: Semi-Presidential Republic Ideologies: The nation declares itself to be an :Indivisible, secular, democratic And Social Republic:. Corruption: Bribery Index – 8.0 Corruption Perception Index – Rank 23/180 and Score 70/100 OECD Anti-Bribery Convention – Enforcement is Moderate Control of Corruption – Rank 89% Political-Legal Environment Trade Regulations and Legal Considerations  Trade Policies (Trade Regulations and Standards in France, 2011)  Duties are employed on imports from non-EU countries through an established platform by the EU called Community Integrated Tariff (TARIC).  Duties imposed on non-EU countries such as the USA are moderate.  Import duties range from 5% to 17%, but most raw materials enter the country duty free while manufactured good suffer the 5-17% percentage duty.  For a U.S exporter into France, market restrictions and also food laws befall him or her  TARIC is responsible for showing the various rules that apply to products especially those that are exported into the EU’s custom territory.  France maintains a list of its goods that are subject to import licensing which happens in all EU countries.  For Import Documentation, France uses the Single Administrative Document Political-Legal Environment: Observation Deck  Business Observations (Trade Regulations and Standards, 2011)  Trade policies in France are more dependent on the European Union since it’s a member of the union.  There are trade restrictions and differences on the levies imposed depending on whether the involved country is a member of the EU or not.  There is a constraint to importation of manufactured products since raw materials are duty free while manufactured goods suffer a duty of between 5% and 17%.  The EU may discourage importers since goods imported from the USA and have USA certifications are retested to satisfy the EU’s requirements. Economic data Economic-Infrastructural Environment Economic Measures Interest rates (world bank) Unemployment (Trading Economics) Inflation (Trading Economics) GDP (Trading Economics) GDP growth rate (Trading Economics) Exchange rates against USD (Trading Economics) Exchange rate regime (Trading Economics) Labor force (Trading Economics) Major industries (Trading Economics) FDI rates (Trading Economics) Major airports/seaports Trade Major seaports (the world factbook) Brest, Calais, Dunkerque, Le Havre, Marseille, Nantes, river port(s): Paris, Rouen (Seine); Strasbourg (Rhine); Bordeaux (Garronne) container port(s): Le Havre (2,215,262) (2011) cruise/ferry port(s): Calais, Cherbourg, Le Havre LNG terminal(s) (import): Fos Cavaou, Fos Tonkin, Montoir de Bretagne 0.1% 9.1% 1.2% 2582.50- billion 0.2% 1.1548EUR=1USD Floating 72% machinery, chemicals, automobiles, metallurgy, aircraft, electronics; textiles, food processing; tourism 3085.00 Major airports (the world factbook) Paris Charles de Gaulle, Paris orly, Lyon Saint Exupérynice, Marseille, Toulouse Blagnac, Bâle Mulhouse, Bordeaux Mérignac, Nantes. Railway stations (government websites) Internet users (Central Intelligence Agency, 2016) Illustration below Mobile providers (txtNation 2017) Logistics performance index ratings (world bank) Orange, SFR, Bouygues, NRJ Mobile, Freemobile and Virgin FR Rank:16 Score:3.84 57,226,585 Economic-Infrastructural Environment Economic-Infrastructural Environment: Observation Deck  The abundance of ports, railway lines, and airports make it easy for distribution and shipping to take place.  The numerous ports, railway lines, and airports make France a modern county  France GDP has increased since last year; however, the unemployment rates have risen since the previous year.  The increasing of inflation and unemployment rates has seen France fall under position 135 in comparison to other states in the world.  Foreign investment in France is quite high however the euro has decreased it value 2017 in comparison to the USD.  France has low-interest rates making it a blessing to individuals who seek competitive loans. This also upsurges the chances for more foreign investments.  The chemical and tourism industries are a big boost to the growth of the economy. France is a highly visited country while the chemical industry boosts Final Recommendations Market Entry Strategies Cultural Awareness References
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FRANCE
Country
Analysis

Joan Zimmerman

Introduction: France
Rationale: Western Europe
Location and Geography (World Atlas )

B o r d e r i n g : A n d o r r a , B e l g i u m , G e r m a n y,
I t a l y, L u x e m b o u r g , M o n a c o , S p a i n a n d
Switzerland
W a t e r A c c e s s : B a y o f B i s c a y, E n g l i s h
Channel and Garonne River
Natural calamities or hazards: mudslides,
floods, wildfires, droughts, severe damage

from storms ,avalanches and earthquakes.

Sociocultural Environment
Country composition.
Literacy rate:99%
Rate of urbanization
Heavily populated cities: Paris,
Marseille, Lyon and Toulouse.
Major religion: Catholic
Educational rate: 99%
Age structure:0-14(18.53%),
15-24(11.79%),
25-54(37.78%),
55-64(12.42%)
65 and older(19.48%)

Age structure

0-14

19%

19%

15-24

12%

12%

25-54

55-64

38%

65-older

Sociocultural Environment
Values and Communication:


Language – French(86%), German(2.12%), Arabic(2.05%),
Portuguese(1.27%)



France prides themselves in having a Hierarchy and are Interdependence
and Competitive. They are very formal in their culture and expect other

countries to respect and learn their greetings.


Business Etiquette: Punctually, Gift Giving, Dress Code and



Bribery and Corruption

Sociocultural Environment: Observation Deck
Business Observations:


French focus on long term business relationships



Business is typically straightforward, questioning and probing



Decision making is slow and is never made at the first meeting



An aggressive selling technique is not regarded as positive

Political-Legal Environment


Government: Semi-Presidential Republic



Ideologies: The nation declares itself to be an :Indivisible, secular, democratic

And Social Republic:.


Corruption;

Bribery Index – 8.0

Corruption Perception Index – Rank 23/180 and Score 70/100
OECD Anti-Bribery Convention – Enforcement is Moderate
Control of Corruption – Rank 89%

Political-Legal Environment
Trade Regulations and Legal Considerations
Trade Policies (Trade Regulations and Standards in France, 2011)


Duties are employed on imports from non-EU countries through an established platform by the EU called
Community Integrated Tariff (TARIC).



Duties imposed on non-EU countries such as the USA are moderate.



Import duties range from 5% to 17%, but most raw materials enter the country duty free while manufactured
good suffer the 5-17% percentage duty.



For a U.S exporter into France, market restrictions and also food laws befall him or her



TARIC is responsible for showing the various rules that apply to products especially those that are exported into
the EU’s custom territory.



France maintains a list of its goods that are subject to import licensing which happens in all EU countries.



For Import Documentation, France uses the Single Administrative Document (SAD).



Documentation requires Phytosanitary certificates for all fresh fruits, vegetables, and all plant materials.



Sanitary documents are required for all products composed of animal products or by products.

Political-Legal Environment: Observation Deck
Business Observations (Trade Regulations and Standards, 2011)
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