Corporate and business strategy
Order Description
Answer the 1st , the second and the 4th questions
The questions to be structured as follows:
a) Introduction
b) Critical review (to include minimum of 2 citations in each question)
c) Conclusion
d) References (minimum 5 per answer – Harvard style)
Each question should be 1,000 words. All questions will require explanations
1 – Explain and evaluate Rugman and Verbeke’s (Rugman, A.M. & Verbeke, A. 2004) argument that the world economy is in a state of ‘semi-globalisation’. Is their
argument still relevant? Support your argument with empirical evidence.
2- Is the International Monetary Fund justified in asserting that sub-Saharan Africa is ‘rising’? How might a critic respond?
4- Explain the ‘strategy tripod’ framework for analysing business strategy. How does this framework help to understand strategic choices facing a firm wishing to enter
foreign markets? Use specific firm-level examples of your choice to support your answer.
Answer THREE questions
ALL questions carry equal marks
Explain and evaluate Rugman and Verbeke’s (Rugman, A.M. & Verbeke, A.
2004) argument that the world economy is in a state of ‘semi-globalisation’. Is
their argument still relevant? Support your argument with empirical evidence.
3. Is the International Monetary Fund justified in asserting that sub-Saharan Africa
is ‘rising’? How might a critic respond?
3. As firms internationalize they face various opportunities, challenges and
demands from different environments. Using two companies of your choice that
have invested in foreign countries, explain how the ‘AAA‘ (adaptation,
aggregation and arbitrage) framework can be used to understand their
internationalisation strategy. Critically assess the usefulness of the frameworks in
understanding the strategy of those firms.
Explain the ‘strategy tripod’ framework for analysing business strategy. How does
this framework help to understand strategic choices facing a firm wishing to enter
foreign markets? Use specific firm-level examples of your choice to support your
answer.
i. Choose two multinational companies of your choice with contrasting foreign
market entry modes (why, how and where they entered), critically analyse how
useful is Dunning’s OLI model in explaining their different strategic choices.
3. The Resource Based View (RBV) of the firm represents an alternative
competitive analysis framework to Porter’s Five Forces. Critically compare the
two approaches and discuss the merit of RBV in analysing firms’
internationalisation strategy, and its limitations. Use real firm examples of your
choice to illustrate your answer.
