Identify, describe, and evaluate characteristics of your assigned country that make it attractive or unattractive to US companies who already are or who may consider doing business there. What characteristics of the country make it a favorable place to do international business? What characteristics are unfavorable for international business? Use this evaluation to make recommendations about the types of companies/industries that should pursue international business opportunities in your assigned country, and specify the types of international business (exporting and/or licensing and/or direct investment etc.) that you should recommend. Country characteristics that must be reviewed in your report include:
- International trade
- Exports and imports (type and volume) to and from other countries, including the US.
- Commercial policy (tariffs, quotas, non-tariff barriers, licensing requirements)
- Exchange Rate Determination
-Description of the exchange rate system
- Exchange rate stability: past, present, and future
- Foreign Direct Investment Policies
- Tax policies
- Equity ownership requirements
- Other regulations (barriers to FDI)?
- Economic Structure and performance
-Degree of privatization
- State of infrastructure (transportation, communication, energy)
-Macro economic performance indicators (such as GDP per capita, growth rates, inflation, interest rates): past, present, and future
-Labor markets (availability, wage rates, skill/education level, regulations)
- Environmental issues (regulation, types and degrees of pollution)
- Corruption
- Cultural Complications (Language, customs, etc.)
- Social and Political Stability: past, present, and future.
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