1. What difficulties do credit card companies, beer producers and McDonald's encounter in introducing their products into countries in the Asia-Pacific region? How would India and China differ from Malaysia and Indonesia?
2. How big is the cross-cultural market for educational services provided by Australia to companies and individuals in the Asia-Pacific region? How would you go about increasing Australia's share of this market?
3. If you are a student studying in another country, identify some of the differences in values, behaviour and consumption patterns you noted between people in your home country and the country in which you are now studying. If you are studying in your own country, find a student from another country and see what they say.
4. Visit a supermarket and find examples of packaging-to-price deceptions. Present them in class and discuss the possible effectiveness of government regulation, industry self-regulation or consumer opinion in eliminating such practices.
5. Visit a financial institution and obtain details of loan applications. What information is the consumer given about the loan, the effective interest rates and total costs? What are the consumer's rights and obligations? Should governments provide less or more regulation of credit practices?