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1-Students are to post a recent news article/video from a reputable news source related to the topic of international business focused on the region of AFRICA along with the relevancy to the course and key learning points from the article

2- What are 3 or 4 key learning points from this week’s readings? Why were these important ideas or concepts and how do they relate to international business in today’s environment?

3-In Chapter Nine’s third section, “I Can Only Get It for You Retail,” Friedman offers a vivid portrait of the “neighborhoods” comprising various parts of the globe today. How will those neighborhoods look one hundred years from now? Will America still be a gated community, and Asia “the other side of the tracks”?

4- As a global business, discuss your views on the role of multi-national companies in serving the underdeveloped in countries in which they may operate or do business with? How do businesses maintain their effort to service the communities on a global scale and what examples do you see in today’s international business world that demonstrate this?

Readings:

Friedman, Chapter 9 & 10

Thomas & Inkson, Chapter 6

“Strategy & Society: The Link Between Competitive Advantage and Corporate Social Responsibility” by Michael Porter and Mark Kramer

“Serving the World’s Poor, Profitably” by CK Prahalad and Allen Hammond

“Path to Corporate Responsibility” by Simon Zadek

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The recent investments by countries such as China and Japan in African countries has become the main talking point in today’s economy. Previously most countries in East Africa were largely dependent on grants and loans coming from the west and more so from the United States and the United Kingdom. However, the rise of China as a global competitor and its ability to invest in African countries without many restrictions has made it one of the best partners for countries in East Africa. A good example is the standard gauge railway that is being built by loans and grants coming from China to replace the traditional railway line and open up the whole …

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