...A justification for your choice of international market. The justification should employ specific data from research conducted. Justification of Wine in China The wine market in China is growing at an expediential rate. According to Wine into China wine market report for 2011-2012 (2012), the annual growth for the wine industry in China exceeds 10%, while the global wine industry is around 1%. Large amounts of increase in the conception of wine in China have lead to the government establishing the country’s first wine exchange. The Chinese are drinking wine with meals on a daily basis, which is a recent trend in the market place. With the high increase in demand would lead to the belief that marketing in this segment will help in the growth of Kudler Fine Foods. The market place is becoming increasingly sophisticated in their desire for finer wines (Chinese wine investment market proving 'increasingly sophisticated, 2012). Having an increased demand and growing trend in the marketplace for the product means there is a large opportunity for growth and higher revenues. If Kudler Fine Foods markets effectively the ability to enter the current marketplace will help with the revenue goals and objective of the company. Marketing the Kudler Fine Food’s wine in Supermarkets and restaurant should be the initial focus to entering the market. According to Supermarket becomes a mainstream of wine selling (2012), “It is said wine sales of supermarket shares 30% of the total sales...
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...STRATEGIES FOR COMPETING IN INTERNATIONAL MARKETS: A GLOBAL INDUSTRY PERSPECTIVE Why Companies Expand into Foreign Markets Companies opt to expand outside their domestic market for any of four major reasons: * To gain access to new customers, raw materials, capital, skills and expertise – expanding into foreign firms offers the potential for increased revenues, profits, and long term growth even more so when home markets are mature. * To achieve lower costs and enhance the firm’s competitiveness - Sales volume from one country isn’t enough to fully capture manufacturing economies of scale. * To capitalize on its core competencies - A company with a competitively valuable competency or capability might be able to leverage themselves and make this competency work in a foreign market, too. * To spread its business risk across a wider market base - Companies may move abroad to diversify their risk associated with being in a single economy (e.g. foreign exchange risk, political risk). If the economy in one area falls, the firm might be ok in different economic markets. In addition to why companies expand into foreign markets, there are four other situational considerations unique to international operations: * Country to Country Cost Variations – Differences in wage rates, workers productivity, inflations rates, energy costs, tax rates, government regulations, etc crate sizeable variations in manufacturing costs from country to country. Plants in some countries...
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...The concept of ‘internationalization’ is strongly related to a process of involvement and accurate decision making regarding the entry or expansion into new or existing markets taking into consideration dynamic factors and limitations that could influence the entrepreneur. As Buckley J. and Ghauri N. (1999:85, 86) state, the meaning is used to describe how growth of international businesses is mainly dependant on the ‘inward-outward interlink’, thus acquiring foreign commitment over time through a six dimension pattern. The framework suggests that the success of international companies is linked to foreign operation methods and the change tendency as well as sales objects and targeted markets, organizational structure and personnel together with finance and technology. Therefore, in terms of analysing the start-up for a new venture, entrepreneurs should focus on developing and integrating the abovementioned and as Oviatt and McDougall (2004:31) indicate, gain the competitive advantage through resource utilisation and output sale in multiple countries. In order to achieve that, proactive strategies such as alliances, manufacturing capacity or marketing expertise should be taken into consideration as suggested by Buckley and Casson (1976:4) and consistent with a value added approach rather than asset owned. Therefore, the strategy is more concerned with small and medium size firms which start up locally and then mature to become consistent with the MNE theory and foreign direct...
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...3. Identify and use criteria to determine suitability of the international market based on criteria included in the Marketing Plan and/or included in country profiles on the TTNQ web site. Then based on these criteria, discuss which of the 2 countries that you have researched offers the offers the best potential forTTNQ? Why? Which factors were important in making your decision? Selected countries Reasons Factors important in making the decision India Capabilities, interests and preferences of own organization: because of the different culture, religions and backgrounds of India, as to most young Indian have strong interests to explore a natural site to be a travel destinations which have nice sea and mountain views and comfortable weathers....
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...Running head: International Financial Markets International Financial Markets Unit 1 Individual Project Michelle McCollough June 8, 2007 American InterContinental University Abstract The below paper will discuss starting an operation in a foreign country. I will compare and contrast the United Kingdom and Hong Kong. I will also explain which country would be best to begin a business in. International Financial Markets Introduction Acme is planning on having a greenfield production facility overseas. The two foreign countries that I have decided to compare for starting business in is the United Kingdom, which is part of the European Union and Hong Kong. Hong Kong is not part of the European Union. I will first analyze the UK and then Hong Kong. Analysis of the United Kingdom (UK): The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Irelane is a state that consists of the nations of England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland. This is also under the UK sovereignty and is not apart of the UK itself, however are the “Crown dependencies of the Channel Island and the Isle of Man.” The said dependencies seek their own policies over taxes, employment, education, and health. They are subjected to UK control on matters such as defense (Doing Business in the UK, 2005). The UK has an island of 242,500km2. The UK’s population in 2002 was 59.2 million and in 2006 the population was 60.6 million. The languages...
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...derivatives for growth Summary SINGAPORE Exchange, South-east Asia’s biggest bourse, is relying on derivatives for growth amid a dearth of merger and acquisition candidates in Asia. Exchanges worldwide have been building their futures and commodities businesses as the value of stock trading dropped 38 percent from June 2008, according to the World Federation of Exchanges. SGX has been searching for other growth avenues since its US$8.6 billion bid for ASX was rejected bu Australian regulators in April 2011. Located in Asia’s biggest oil-trading center, SGX also plans to introduce trading of gas and electricity futures in a few years, he said. Unit Asian Gateway Investments bought a 49 percent stake in Energy Market Co, operator of Singapore’s spot electricity market, for $17.6 million in August 2012. Key word: SGX derivative growth Analysis report This article appeared in The Straits Times at August 6 on page B12. Derivatives are financial contracts whose value derives from other related assets, such as foreign exchange, bonds, equities, commodities value. Because their values and those of the underlying assets because they have certain characteristics, derivatives are useful for hedging, speculation, arbitrage spreads, and adjusting the portfolio, at a lower cost. Derivatives have grown popular because they did not find the combination of the characteristics of other assets. [1] The most important derivatives are characterized by between their values and the...
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...jbguptaclasses.com Copyright: Dr JB Gupta 16 International Capital Market Chapter Index Global Depository Receipts American Depository Receipts External Commercial Borrowings Debt Indian Depository Receipts EURO ISSUES The international capital market is a huge source of capital. At a time when the Indian economy is gearing up to meet the challenges of being an open economy, it assumes of greater significance. Up to 1991, Indian companies were not allowed to raise capital from overseas capital market. For their foreign exchange requirements, they had to depend on government financial institutions, foreign banks, international development agencies etc. By the middle of 1991, the process of liberalization of Indian economy was set in motion by the government and now the Indian Corporate is allowed to issue equity or bonds in overseas capital market. The term ‘Euro Issue’ denotes that the issue is made abroad through foreign currency denominated securities and the securities are listed on any overseas stock exchange. The Indian companies get their issues listed on LUXEMBOURG stock exchange. Subscription for such securities can come from any part of world, except India. Companies making Euro Issue can issue depositary receipts, foreign currency convertible bonds or pure debt bonds. Pure debt is not preferred by the investors for two reasons: (i) No Capital appreciation, and (ii) low credit rating of India by various international agencies. Depository receipts and foreign currency...
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...Summary: International Financial Markets (master blok 1) Book: Financial Markets and Institutions (a European perspective) – Haan et al. Author: Kim Cornelissen Chapter 1: Functions of the Financial System 1.1. Functions of a financial system The financial system Figure 1.1; page 5 – Working of the financial system Financial system: includes all financial intermediaries and financial markets, and their relations with respect to the flow of funds to and from households, governments, business firms, and foreigners, as well as the financial infrastructure. Main task is to channel funds from sectors that have a surplus to sectors that have a shortage of funds. Financial infrastructure: the set of institutions that enables effective operation of financial intermediaries and financial markets, including such elements as payment systems, credit information bureaus and collateral registries. * Direct finance: occurs if a sector in need of funds borrows from another sector via a financial market. Financial market: is a market where participants issue and trade securities. * Indirect finance: a financial intermediary obtains funds from savers and uses these savings to make loans to a sector in need of finance. financial intermediaries: coalitions of agents that combine to provide financial services, such as banks, insurance companies, finance companies, mutual funds, pension funds etc. Bank-based system: indirect finance is then the main route for moving funds...
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...INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL MARKETS Topic 1 THE STRUCTURE OF THE INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL SYSTEM Agenda Recent developments in international financial markets The components of the international financial market The eurocurrency market The international equity market The international debt market The foreign exchange (currency) market Globalisation of financial markets The global economy has undergone through a number of structural changes in the past few decades: Real changes liberalization of product and factor markets, allied with technological developments increased output in many countries and particularly in the previously centrally planned economies Monetary changes a global commitment to maintain low rates of inflation after the boost in inflation in the ’70s Financial changes growing completeness and integration of world financial markets, fueled by deregulation and technology 3 Globalisation of financial markets Realities of global financial markets: Short-term nature of capital flows High turnover in financial markets Multiplicity of agents High number and complexity of instruments High speed with which market participants react to new information Global reach of financial institutions Implications: Growing integration of financial markets, including emerging markets Better financing of current account deficits Financial contagion risks 4 How developed are the world’s...
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...Chapter 3 International Financial Markets Lecture Outline Foreign Exchange Market History of Foreign Exchange Foreign Exchange Transactions Foreign Exchange Quotations Interpreting Foreign Exchange Quotations Forward, Futures, and Options Markets International Money Market Origins and Development Money Market Interest Rates Among Countries Standardizing Global Bank Regulations International Credit Market Syndicated Loans Impact of the Credit Crisis on the Credit Market International Bond Market Eurobond Market Development of Other Bond Markets International Stock Markets Issuance of Stock in Foreign Markets Issuance of Foreign Stock in the U.S. Chapter Theme This chapter identifies and discusses the various international financial markets used by MNCs. These markets facilitate day-to-day operations of MNCs, including foreign exchange transactions, investing in foreign markets, and borrowing in foreign markets. Topics to Stimulate Class Discussion 1. Why do international financial markets exist? 2. How do banks serve international financial markets? 3. Which international financial markets are most important to a firm that consistently needs short-term funds? What about a firm that needs long-term funds? POINT/COUNTER-POINT: Should Firms That Go Public Engage in International Offerings? POINT: Yes. When a U.S. firm issues stock to the public for the first time in an initial public offering (IPO), it is naturally concerned about whether...
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...Modes of Entry into International Markets (Place) How does an organization enter an overseas market? Background A mode of entry into an international market is the channel which your organization employs to gain entry to a new international market. This lesson considers a number of key alternatives, but recognizes that alteratives are many and diverse. Here you will be consider modes of entry into international markets such as the Internet, Exporting, Licensing, International Agents, International Distributors, Strategic Alliances, Joint Ventures, Overseas Manufacture and International Sales Subsidiaries. Finally we consider the Stages of Internationalization. It is worth noting that not all authorities on international marketing agree as to which mode of entry sits where. For example, some see franchising as a stand alone mode, whilst others see franchising as part of licensing. In reality, the most important point is that you consider all useful modes of entry into international markets - over and above which pigeon-hole it fits into. If in doubt, always clarify your tutor's preferred view. The Internet The Internet is a new channel for some organizations and the sole channel for a large number of innovative new organizations. The eMarketing space consists of new Internet companies that have emerged as the Internet has developed, as well as those pre-existing companies that now employ eMarketing approaches as part of their overall marketing plan. For some companies the...
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...The number of international stock market indexes is . quite large. For many of us, the level of the Dow or . the S&P 500 is known. How about the Nikkei 225? Or . the FTSE 100? Do you know what countries these . represent? ------------------------------------------------- Types of indices Stock market indices may be classed in many ways. A 'world' or 'global' stock market index includes (typically large) companies without regard for where they are domiciled or traded. Two examples are and S&P Global 100. A 'national' index represents the performance of the stock market of a given nation—and by proxy, reflects investor sentiment on the state of its economy. The most regularly quoted market indices are national indices composed of the stocks of large companies listed on a nation's largest stock exchanges, such as the American S&P 500, the Japanese Nikkei 225, and the British FTSE 100. Other indices may be regional, such as the FTSE Developed Europe Index or the FTSE Developed Asia Pacific Index. The concept may be extended well beyond an exchange. The Wilshire 5000 Index, the original total market index, represents the stocks of nearly every publicly traded company in the United States, including all U.S. stocks traded on the New York Stock Exchange (but not ADRs or limited partnerships), NASDAQ and American Stock Exchange. Russell Investment Group added to the family of indices by launching the Russel Global Index. More specialized indices...
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...Student ID: ID6067 Course Title: International Business Trade Course ID: 5205/C Professor Name: Manfred Brauchle Submission Date: 29.12.2011 Albanian Business Environment & International Market Integration Constrains Research Paper TABLE OF CONTENT Abstract Introduction 1. Albanian Business Environment Data 2. Albanian Business Law and its Consequences on Domestic /Foreign Business Environment 3. Key Risks Threatening Business in Albania 1. Domestic Political Situation 2. Inflation /Taxes & Price Effects 3. Population and Business Distribution Geography 4. The Immigration and its Impact on the Economy and Business Demand 5. Global crisis – Greek & Italian Crisis 4. Conclusions 5. Literature Abstract This paper provides an overall picture of the business environment difficulties of East European Countries, through the concrete case of Albania, towards new political & economic changes in parallel with global changes. It will consider the type of businesses operating within the country, the market environment fragility & volatility, several types of risks present, the impact of Euro versus domestic businesses and joint ventures within Albanian market and the most evident barriers that domestic business has in order to act internationally. Introduction Change in Eastern...
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...Entry Plan into International Market Revlon’s Entry into Sweden Chari M. Calhoun Dr. James J. Ruether International Marketing June 13, 2015 Introduction: Company history In 1932, Charles and Joseph Reveson along with a chemist named Charles Lachman, founded Revlon (Revlon 2014). The company began by making a single product which was a unique type of nail enamel. Revlon is now an international corporation with a multi-million dollar net income. Cosmetics, hair care, skin care fragrances, deodorant/anti-perspirant, and other beauty care products are Revlon’s key products. Its products are sold in approximately 150 countries and six continents (Revlon 2014). The company operates in North America, Asia Pacific, Europe, Middle East and Africa (AMEA), and Latin America. It is headquarted in New York City, New York and employed approximately 6,900 people as of December 31, 2013 (Revlon,Inc. 2014). Market penetration strategies, developing new products, utilizing market development strategies, building its strong brands, expansion by introducing new consumer preferred products, and existing franchise extensions, are all part of the alternative corporate growth strategies used by Revlon. These strategies are the key element of the organization’s success. Sweden is a country in which Revlon could capitalize from strategically entering into the market and continuing its present consistent growth. Company profile and analysis The current president and chief executive officer...
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...Syllabus International Marketing Marketing 774 INSTRUCTOR: Dr. Chuck Hermans E-MAIL: ChuckHermans@MissouriState.edu PHONE: 836-8373 OFFICE: GL244 =============================================================== NOTE: This Syllabus is not a contract. This document is a guide to assist you in preparing for the course lectures and other requirements. The Professor may and will likely modify assignments, lectures, dates and times at his discretion. Any such changes will be announced in class in advance. REQUIRED: 1. Cateora and Graham (2013), International Marketing, 16e, McGraw-Hill Irwin, NY. 2. Journal Articles and Cases on Blackboard (Some May Require Password: MKT474) Sign into the course Blackboard site at http://blackboard.missouristate.edu/. Please review and make corrections to your contact information. This is especially important if you have an e-mail address that is not on the MSU network. You may miss class information from the instructor if this is not correct. STUDENT RESPONSIBILITIES: This is a graduate course. As such, you are expected to be prepared to DISCUSS the material in the on-line discussion forums. 1. Read, study, and analyze all assigned chapters & articles prior to class. 2. Always have a few questions prepared in advance of class related to the topic material. 3. Participate in class discussions. 4. Question the lecture material. 5. Turn in assignments on time. 6. Participate in the...
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