Solutions to Assignments
IBO-01 International Business Environment
Solutions to Question No. 1 (B)
An international business environment refers to the surrounding in which international companies run their businesses. Therefore, it is mandatory for the people at the managerial level to work on the factors that comprise of International Business Environment.
- Economic Environment in International Business
The economic environment relates to all the factors that contribute to a country’s attractiveness for foreign businesses. The economic environment can be very different from one nation to another. Countries are often divided into three main categories: the more developed or industrialised, the less developed or third world, & the newly industrialising or emerging economies.
Within each category, there are major variations, but overall the more developed countries are the rich countries, the less developed the poor ones, & the newly industrialising (those moving from poorer to richer). These distinctions are generally made on the basis of the gross domestic product per capita (GDP/capita). Better education, infrastructure, & technology, healthcare, & so on are also often associated with higher levels of economic development.
Clearly, the level of economic activity combined with education, infrastructure, & so on, as well as the degree of government control of the economy, affect virtually all facets of doing business, & a firm needs to recognise this environment if it is to operate successfully internationally. While analysing the economic environment, the organisation intending to enter a particular business sector may consider the following aspects:
- An Economic system to enter the business sector.
- Stage of economic growth & the pace of growth.
- Level of national & per capita income.
- Incidents of taxes, both direct & indirect tax
- Infrastructure facilities available & the difficulties thereof.
- Availability of raw materials & components & the cost thereof.
- Sources of financial resources & their costs.
- Availability of manpower-managerial, technical & workers available & their salary & wage structures.
