Review Sheet for Final Exam in GM 4640 – RBE: Latin America Format for the Final Exam: The format will be a two-hour in-class exam. You will have an essay (60% of the exam score – worth 60 points) that will be identical to the midterm. It will be closed-note, closed book exercise during the two-hour exam. You will also have 20 multiple choice questions (40% of the exam score – worth 2 points each, for a total of 40 points). As with the midterm, the essay will provide a hypothetical scenario of a company that is considering making an investment in a Latin American country. (You will not know the industry of this hypothetical company until the exam.) You will be asked to assess any TWO of the countries that we have covered since the midterm: Mexico, Costa Rica, Chile, Peru, Venezuela, and/or Colombia. The format will be identical to what you saw in the midterm, as follows:

a) provide an assessment of prospects for the continuation and sustainability of market-oriented economic reforms in [ANY TWO COUNTRIES OF THE LIST COVERED SINCE THE MIDTERM]. (NOTE: In your answer, you should use the Packenham Model as a framework for your analysis. Don't just summarize Packenham, however; USE the model to assess prospects for specific current and future market-oriented economic reforms in both countries. Also, make reference to lectures/other readings, where relevant.) [MAKE SURE TO DISCUSS BOTH COUNTRIES FULLY.]

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b) discuss any other factors that might be relevant to [THE COMPANY’S INVESTMENT PROJECT], such as possible locations within the country, demographics (age of population and market size), free trade agreements, prospects for a currency devaluation, bargaining, culture, etc. NOTE: you would not need to discuss all of these factors, just as many factors as you can that you think are relevant. [MAKE SURE TO DISCUSS BOTH COUNTRIES FULLY.] This essay will be 60% of the grade for the exam (60 points total for this portion of the exam). You cannot use notes or previously written essays during the exam; you are supposed to write the essay during the test itself. The multiple choice questions will come from the tools for analysis/frameworks for analysis that we used during the course, as well as from key points discussed in class and in cases/readings for the course. These will mainly require you to understand the tools for analysis and be able to apply them. THESE QUESTIONS WILL NOT FOCUS ON MEMORIZATION OF NAMES/DATES, but instead will be mainly analytical/conceptual in nature. This portion of the exam is also closed book/closed note, and is worth 40% of the grade for the exam (each question is worth 2 points, and there are 20 questions, so that’s 40 points total).

Here is the material that you need to master for the exam: Tools for Analysis -Packenham Model to Assess Prospects for Economic Reform -know the four main factors this model uses to assess a country's prospects for economic reform. Be able to apply them to CURRENT and FUTURE situations in TWO of the following: Mexico, Costa Rica, Chile, Peru, Venezuela, Colombia. - Assessing Prospects for Military Intervention -Marxist Approach -Institutional Interest Approach -National Interest Approach -Model to Assess Prospects for Financial Crisis -Bargaining Models -Know main Bargaining Models *“Business-Government Relations,” especially pp. 78-85; *Roy Nelson, “Corporate Strategic Alliances and Bargaining in Latin America” (entire). Mercosur and Other Trade Pacts -read all of the assigned articles in TLE, as well as "Mercosur and Other Trade Pacts" Lecture Note outline.
Mesico, Chile, Peru, Costa Rica, Venezuela, Colombia -for historical/analytical points highlighted in lecture - especially: Carlos Salinas, Vicente Fox, Felipe Calderon, Enrique Peña Nieto, PRI, PAN, PRD (Mexico); Chicago Boys, Pinochet, privatization of pension funds, Michelle Bachelet, Sebastian Piñera (on Chile); Alberto Fujimori, Abimael Guzman, Sendero Luminoso, MRTA, Alberto Fujimori, Alan Garcia, Keiko Fujimori, Alejandro Toledo, Ollanta Humala (on Peru); Hugo Chavez, “Bolivarian Revolution,” Henrique Capriles, Nicolas Maduro (on Venezuela); Álvaro Uribe, Juan Manuel Santos, Apertura, FARC, ELN, AUC, M-19, Plan Colombia (on Colombia); key points on Costa Rica (from Intel case): CINDE (evolution of economic development strategy, etc). -use Buckman textbook for additional information on these items.
-also know: “Retail in Mexico” case; “Intel’s Site Selection Decision in Latin America” case;“Hugo Chavez” case.
-do all coursepack reading since the midterm, and any required TLE reading.
- -“the New Cocaine Cowboys” article (on coursepage)