GLOBAL COMPETITION AND AMERICAN EXPRESS.Name:Institution:Global Competition and American ExpressGlobal competition has led to increased innovation in various industries, and hence global companies have improved their operations in light of global competition. American Express AmEx, is in the global service industry, and the company deals with payment processing for small to global companies. This includes issuance of cards, which facilitates transactions between multinational corporations and their clients. Furthermore, the company deals with travel agency, where travel charge cards have increasingly been adopted in the travel industry. Equally, the use of credit cards is common with integration of technology in the business world, meaning that there is an opportunity of growth for the company through global expansion.Global investment banks and card issuing companies from America, present the greatest challenge for the Company because of the advanced financial sector in US. Nonetheless, one of the impacts of global competition has been off shoring especially for call centers to places like India. Thus, global competition has led to cost cutting techniques to improve the Company’s competition. However, investment banks have a more global outlook than American Express given that they are also involved in traditional banking services. In oth...