The Warwick MBA
Assignment Cover Sheet

Submitted by : 1268148
Date Sent : 10th December 2014
Module Title : International Business
Module Code : IB8180
Date/Year of Module : July – December 2014
Submission Deadline: 10th December 2014
Word Count : XXXXXXX
(Excluding Cover, Appendices, Table of Contents, Bibliography, Figures, Tables, Diagrams and Charts)
Number of Pages :
Question: Using a case study of an actual company, explain the advantages and disadvantages of different international strategies and organisational structures for large multinational enterprises. In your answer you should discuss the relationship between strategies and structures and the conditions under which particular strategies and structures are more or less appropriate. You must also use models of strategies and structures as discussed during the course and presented in the textbook. One example of a case could be IBM’s transformation towards a more global model, but you can choose any similar case as long as some information on the case is publicly available.
“This is to certify that the work I am submitting is my own. All external references and sources are clearly acknowledged and identified within the contents. I am aware of the University of Warwick regulation concerning plagiarism and collusion.
No substantial part(s) of the work submitted here has also been submitted by me in other assessments for accredited courses of study, and I acknowledge that if this has been done an appropriate reduction in the mark I might otherwise have received will be made.”

Table of Contents

1. Introduction 3
1.1 Essay Structure 3
2. The Firm – Huawei – The “Glocalized” MNE 4
2.1 Early Beginnings 4
2.2 The first steps to Internationalization 5
2.3 Entry into Advanced Markets 5
2.4 The Push into the Triad 5
3. Literature Review and Analysis 7
3.1 Strategy and