Starting a Multinational Corporation
Your team is a large U.S. corporation that manufactures rubber tires, and you want to begin manufacturing and distribution in Japan.
• What are the political, cultural, environmental, and economic risks of doing business there?
• If you do decide to do business there, how would you staff the operation?
o What kind of approach would you take?
o What type of concerns would you have?
o What do you need to consider when you recruit, evaluate, train, and deal with labor relations issues?
o How would you select the manager?
o What are some of the issues to consider regarding the expatriate?
o What if it does not work out?