Individual nations may have both written and unwritten policies regarding the regulation of investment in the country by foreign businesses.
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Individual nations may have both written and unwritten policies regarding the regulation of investment in the country by foreign businesses. A foreign investor, first
of all, must show that its proposed investment meets the criteria of the host state’s foreign investment law. That does not, however, end the process of qualifying to
make a foreign investment in some countries. Some countries also require that the foreign investor comply with the unstated rules, typically referred to as the
operational investment code of the government authority that regulates investment in that nation.
Akosua and Isabella have developed a strategic business plan for Pharma Heal Corporation to locate production facilities; distribution networks; and delivery
assistance for the manufacture, distribution, and delivery of generic HIV treatment drugs for the following country:
Thailand
Before moving forward with the play, they have asked you, their expert business consulting team, to advise them on the regulatory climate for foreign investment in
each of these countries. Akosua and Isabella intend to use your consulting team’s material at a board of directors’ meeting. They have therefore asked your team to
prepare a script that does the following:
Describe a foreign investment regulation in each of those countries.
Evaluate whether each country’s regulatory approach poses any particular challenges for Pharma Heal Corporation’s business plan in that country.
Propose a specific action plan for addressing each challenge so that Pharma Heal Corporation’s investment can go forward in an environment where the risks posed by the
particular challenges have been minimized.
Choose five from the following list of topics to address in your discussion of each country’s regulation of foreign investment and the effect on Pharma Heal
Corporation’s business plan.
Openness to foreign investment
Conversion and transfer policies
Expropriation and compensation
Dispute settlement
Performance requirements and incentives
Right to private ownership and establishment
Protection of property rights
Transparency of regulatory system
Foreign trade zones/free ports
