Q1) What are the implications for international firms doing business in an emerging/developing country? Do you consider the legal, political, cultural and economic differences between home and host countries to be important considerations for international firms?
Q2) In your opinion, what is the most relevant macro-environment factor for an international business when choosing to internationalise into an emerging/developing country? Discuss any international business concepts or theories that could be used to help justify your answer.
You need to ensure that the two articles are reporting on different things
Both articles need to cover different stories
Both articles can be examples/highlight the same concept/factor
The date of each article must be clear
Your 12 references do not include the two newspaper articles
You will need to briefly mention those macro-environmental factors that you do not consider to be most important as well (if only as a comparison)
As the format of your paper is an ESSAY you need to include an introduction and conclusion
As the format of your paper is an ESSAY there is NO requirement for a table of contents or an executive summary
Your reference list (listing all the references you have used to develop your essay) is not part of your word count: but your in-text citations are
General issues:
Don't spend much time outlining your article. You should have attached it anyway.
Headings are ok but need to be limited to two or three at most (do not have Q1a, Q1b etc as headings)
This assignment is not long. You need to choose what you write about and focus on wisely Comparative analysis is good!
Your articles should serve as platforms to help examine larger themes and answer Q2 especially
Minimum 12 references, balanced across the 5 source types.