Assignment Instructions

For your final SLP, pretend that an American corporation hired you to write a report giving a recommendation on whether or not they should enter the country that you have been researching for your Modules 1-3 SLPs. You have already done a lot of research on many of the cultural, financial, legal, and political aspects of doing business in your country which you can use as part of your overall recommendation. However, you also need to consider other factors such as the potential size of the market that your country has to offer. No matter how strong a country’s legal or political system, if your country has very few consumers that it will not be a wise decision to enter your country. 

One resource to use for your report is Michigan State University’s Market Potential Index (http://globaledge.msu.edu/mpi/2014). This index focuses mostly on various aspects of the size or growth of the consumer market in each country which should provide some valuable information to use in making your recommendation. But don’t rely just on this index. Do some additional research on factors that you think make your country an attractive or unattractive market for an American company and use some of Venkateswaran’s (2012) guidelines on country evaluation as part of your paper. 

When you have finished your research, write a two to three page paper with the following information:

1. What are the positive aspects of your country that would make it an attractive market for an American corporation? Consider all of the main factors that you researched regarding your country for Modules 1-3 plus additional research for Module 4 on market potential.
2. What are the negative aspects of your country that would make it an attractive market for an American corporation? Consider all of the main factors that you researched regarding your country for Modules 1-3 plus additional research for Module 4 on market potential.
3. Overall what is your recommendation for the American company that hired you to write this report? Do the positives outweigh the negatives? Or vice versa? Explain your reasoning.

SLP Assignment Expectations

• Answer the assignment questions directly.
• Stay focused on the precise assignment questions; don`t go off on tangents or devote a lot of space to summarizing background materials.
• Make sure to use reliable and credible sources as your references. Articles published in established newspapers or business journals/magazines are preferred. If you find articles on the Internet, make sure they are from a credible source.
• Reference your sources of information with both a bibliography and in-text citations. See the Student Guide to Writing a High-Quality Academic Paper, including pages 13 and 14 on in-text citations. Another resource is the “Writing Style Guide,” which is found under “My Resources” in the TLC Portal.