University Of Finance & Administration

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS[N_IB_B]

Ing. Pavla Břečková, Ph.D.pavla.breckova@vsfs.cz

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INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

Full-time course = 12 lectures per 90 mins.

•INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS [IB], characteristics, indicators.

•WORLD BUSINESS TERRITORIES, challenges, integration, main

trading blocks [TRIAD, BRIC]

•GLOBAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT.

•EMERGING MARKETS, characteristics, features, selected

markets in detail

•BRICS in detail

•Doing business in ASIA

•Foreign market analysis

•PREDISPOSITIONS for working in IB, expatriation and HR in IB

 

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CREDIT terms N_IB_B

12 lectures (per 90 mins)Completion: credit / 3 credits

Completion CONDITIONS:

Active participation in the lectures[active listening, discussing, reading, analyzing & interpreting of economic articles or case study results, presence at lectures – 50%]

Case study elaboration & it’s active professional prezentation

If unfulfilled => WRITTEN TEST to prove the knowledge

CASE study / team work

CASE study on one of these topics: 1. BUSINESS TRENDS / opportunities in the next 10 years

Largest threats & opportunities from the point of view of international business, where it (IB) is going. Areas where it is likely to find the business opportunities during next 10 years + explain what brought you to such results.

2. EXPORT STRATEGY Mid term view (3-5 years). What it should lie in, generally - how to support

export (of CZ enterprises), concrete forms + in which business and industry areas (if in any / if not in all of them) + explain why

3. Finding the COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE for the Czech Republic / or other country Competitive advantage + consequently what areas of business and industry should be preferential (if any) + what to do for succeeding in international business from the point of view of competitive advantage (micro and macro view). Possibly also what kind of business environment (or changes in the present one) would help developing the CZ businesses competitive advantage?

4. PRODUCT PLACEMENT – market study Placing of a product into a foreign market, including product description +

argument why it is suitable for export, analyses of the preferential market (why this market, structure and potential of the target group), mapping competition, potentials + risks, argument why you think your product will succeed.

Team projects presentation - schedule

14/2/2013 introductory lesson, setting the teams, choosing

topics / lecture

28/2/2013 consulting on the team projects / lecture

14/3/2013 presentation of teams 1 + 2 / lecture

28/3/2013 GUEST lecture / consulting on the team projects

11/4/2013 presentation of teams 3 + 4 / lecture

25/4/2013 concluding the course / lecture (Vltavská)

consulting on IB course and topics (Estonská)

LITERATURE SOURCES

Povinná literatura / Mandatory reading: Charles W. L. Hill: Global Business Today, McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 7th edition, 2011 Doporučená literatura / Recommended reading:Allan Sitkin, Nick Bowen: International Business, January 2010.  Stuart Wall, Dr. Bronwen Rees: International Business: A First Course, September 2009. Wild, J., Wild, K., Han, J.: International business: the challenges of globalization. 4th ed. – Pearson, Upper Saddle River, 2008. ISBN: 978-0-13-174743-6. Woods, M.: International business. Basingstoke, Palgrave, 2001. ISBN: 0-333-75979-6. Griffin, R.W., Pustay, M.W.: International business: a managerial perspective. 5th int. ed. - Upper Saddle River, Prentice Hall, 2007. ISBN: 0-13-233532-8

What is?

– when you trade something out of the country. In economics, an export is any good or commodity, transported from one country to another country in a legitimate fashion, typically for use in trade.

EXPORT

Why export is good

for economy / country?

Why export is good

for economy / country?

Why to aim to world

business territories?

Why to aim to world

business territories?

What is an emerging market?

– Emerging markets are nations with social or business activity in the process of rapid GROW and INDURSTRALIZATION.

– Currently, there are 28 emerging markets in the world, with the economies of CHINA and INDIA considered to be by far the two largest.

– The ASEAN–China Free Trade Area, launched on January 1, 2010, is the largest regional emerging market in the world.

– An emerging market economy (EME) is defined as an economy with low to middle per capita income. • Such countries constitute approximately 80% of the global

population, and represent about 20% of the world's economies. The term was coined in 1981 by the World Bank.

– One key characteristic of the EME is an increase in both local and foreign investment (portfolio and direct). A growth in investment in a country often indicates that the country has been able to build confidence in the local economy

EMERGING MARKETS

Special problems related to entering EM

– Lack of information (problematic data collection)

EMERGING MARKETS [EM]entering

EM’s market-potential analysis:– Market SIZE– Market INTENSITY – estimates wealth, buying

power– Market GROWTH rate – GDP, energy

consumption etc.– Market CONSUMPTION CAPACITY – spending

capacity (% of middle class, core of buying power)– Commercial INFRASTRUCTURE – chanels for

com./distrib.– Economic FREEDOM – free market principles

domination– Market RECEPTIVITY – market ‘openness’– Country RISK – of doing business

VIETNAM

• 80 million people• est. 1945 • division into 2 parts (Hanoi /

Saigon – Ho Chi Minh City)• Vietnam war 1963 – 73• Member of ASEAN• Elements of free trade

principles• Dynamically developing

VIETNAM

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• competitive advantage: persistence, hard-working, humility

• education – better avg.in south Asia (no illiteracy)• not developed country

but growing rapidly (7-8%)• relations (1/4 million of

V.studied in CZ – backbone of V.economy)

• bad infrastructure • no history and exp. in industry / engineering

• corruption• QM missing => low VA industries, no experience

• business culture (no long-term relations / businesses)• very low law enforcement• not fully liberalised envi

VIETNAM

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Business doing

– Patience, long meetings / negotiations– No long contracts – chaos: changing mind,

no reliability in European understanding (effort to satisfy)

– No business drive in Euro perception (enq./offers – lengthy via email)

– Personal contacts necessary / local– No win-win (‘loss of face’ danger)– Business cards handling – ‘YES’ even if meant NO– No patience to build – interest in quick money– Atmosphere of ‘small business’

VIETNAM

Business doing

VIETNAM

CHINA

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• hard-working • education – in towns and

industry areas• no-VA parts (or

normalised) very cheap• massive gov. investments

in infrastructure• railways net / HSR (but

due to industrialization too busy)

• rising prices• only large series /

payments in advance• control (necessity of Chinese citizen in the business) - not fully

liberalised envi• quality instability (no

sustainable Q)• fractionalism

• no ENVI issues / labour conditions

CHINA

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Business doing

– Smiles not usual in business– Nepotism– Patience – time to succeed– Seniority respect – Double check of mutual understanding /

samples precision etc.– Contract – precision (parameters, samples

– signed etc.)

CHINA

• One should never do anything to cause a moment of public embarrassment.

• Chinese to use intermediaries to carry unpleasant news.

• Chinese society is highly hierarchical – respect that.

• Relatives, friends, neighbors, classmates, and co-workers are all people to whom one bears some form of obligation.

• BUT No obligation is felt to others outside of one's circle.

CHINA – maintaining harmony

• Hand business cards with both hands.

• Examine business card.

• Put it into your jacket slowly.

• Chinese surnames come first, not last.

• Drop the “deputy” in any official's title.

CHINA – introducing / business cards handling

• Chinese habits some Westerners experience as offensive include: – belching and spitting on the street, – smoking cigarettes indiscriminately, – staring at foreigners,– laughing at mishaps.

Ignore that!

CHINA – civilized behaviour?

• Only leaders speak. • Foreigners introduce ideas, Chinese react. • Nodding is NOT agreeing. • Find a good interpreter and use him well:

– Pause frequently– Avoid slang and colloquialism– Make sure he understands technical terms– But always talk to host, not interpreter– Always restate what was agreed on

CHINA – during meeting

Chinese dont say NO

• When negotiating with Chinese:– “inconvenient” – “under consideration” or – “being discussed”.

= in reality means NO

CHINA – saying NO

TAIWAN

TAIWAN

– Republic of China– Capital: Taipei– Population: 23

million

- Density: 668 /km2

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• extremely hard-working • good knowledge of English

(EU/USA education)• industrial tradition (cca 30

years)• no-VA parts (or normalised)

very cheap• flexibility & professional

approach (enq./ sampling / quality)

• ISO norms not a formality• good infrastructure: airport /

HSR• fully free market

• raw materials import – dependence on China • changing EUR / USD • status manipulation +

pretending “made in Taiwan” (PRC reality)• frequent typhoons

(supplies postponing)

TAIWAN

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Business doing

– Professional, very polite – Business cards handling– Quick response / sticking on agreed– Willingness to sort out the claims– No need to double-check understanding– In machine production – taking shoes off in

offices– Strong green teas at business meetings

TAIWAN

Business doing

TAIWAN

INDIA

INDIA

– Capital: New Delhi / largest: Mumbai

– Language: Hindi, English

– Population: 1,118,521,000

- Density: 361 /km2 - GDP per capita:

3,100 USD

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• good education, English

• bank sector highly developed

• large market with over 1mld. people / growing

purchasing power

• distinctive ability

• secluded economy (extremely high import

taxes)

• changing EUR / USD

• productivity

INDIA

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Business doing

– English – Demanding negotiations, long

(several hours)– Half-truths common– Compromise necessary (Indian -

bargaining) + keep the positions (manipulation resistance)

– Agreements – sticking on

INDIA

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State IB policy INSTRUMENTS

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Summary of basic IB BARRIERS

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Tariff & Non-tariff measures

NON-TARIFF Quota = qty restriction

TARIFF

- Fiscal- Protective- Retributive- Prohibitive

have important effects on consumption, production & structure of a domestic economy reason for imposing = e.g. protect infant industries

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Summary of basic IB BARRIERS

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

Thank you for your attention

Ing. Pavla Břečková, Ph.D.pavla.breckova@vsfs.cz