Global Market and Challenges

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·        Discussion Participation Scoring Guide.

For this discussion, refer to your reading of Chapter 12 in your textbook. Respond to the following:

·       Think of a product you are familiar with, the clothes you are wearing, or the beverage you just drank, or the book you are reading. Identify the challenges that would be involved in distributing this product on a global scale to different markets.

·       Come up with a new product idea. How might you modify this product to sell it to different global markets? How would you market this product globally?

 

 

Cultural Differences

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·        Discussion Participation Scoring Guide.

For this discussion, refer to your reading of Chapter 12 in your textbook. Respond to the following:

·       Think of an idea you are passionate about. How would your strategies for a supply chain differ based on a high content versus low content culture? How about a low power distance versus high power distance culture?

 

Environmental and Social Sustainabilities

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·        Discussion Participation Scoring Guide.

For this discussion, refer to your reading of Chapter 13 in your textbook. Respond to the following issues:

·       What economic arguments can be made for and against environmental sustainability initiatives?

·       What economic arguments can be made for and against social sustainability initiatives?

·       What personal choices have you made as a consumer with respect to environmental or social sustainability?

·       How should a manager handle disagreement over sustainable performance between the various stakeholders to which she is accountable?

·       Identify a corporate strategy that you believe is unsustainable. Discuss possibilities of changing that strategy within the “Input” constraints of the Supply Chain Sustainability Model (external context, internal context, business context, human and financial resources).