Assignment:
Below, please find the questions you are to answer for the Walmart Around the World case analysis in your 1 to 1-1/2 page, single-spaced written summary. Please note that this is the last of the team cases.
Questions to answer:
1) Evaluate Walmart's globalization strategy over the last two decades. Where did the retailer struggle? Where did it do well? Can location characteristics such as local competition, culture and regulations explain the differences in Walmart performance?
2) Walmart entered some countries through acquisitions, some through joint ventures and some through greenfield investment. What entry mode do you think was best? Why? Did location characteristics drive the mode of entry? Why or why not?
3) In 2013, Walmart decided to enter the Indian market in a joint-venture with Bharti Enterprises. Based on your analysis of Walmart's global expansion up to that point, do you think it was a good idea to go to India? To select joint-venture as the mode of entry?
4) In general, do you think there is the best way to enter a new market? Why or why not?
This case analysis is due immediately following our in-class case discussion.