Question 1:
Explain the main drivers of globalisation and ascertain whether they have helped to reduce the gap between the rich and the poor countries.
Question 2:
Discuss the four criteria of the evaluation framework. Please provide concrete examples to ascertain their importance.
Question 3:
‘One of the main reason for the choice of a joint venture as a mode of entry is that a joint venture substantially alleviates the problem of differing culture, language and legal system amongst other things'.
Given the above, discuss the benefits and costs of using a joint venture as a mode of entry into a foreign county.
Question 4:
"The eclectic paradigm combines elements of quite different approaches to international production, and so it should not be misunderstood as itself another general theory: ‘precisely because of its generality, the eclectic paradigm has only limited power to explain or predict particular kinds of international production; and even less the behaviour of individual enterprises,'"(Dunning, 1988a).
Question 5:
Discuss the benefits and costs of joining a Regional Trade Agreement.