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CHAPTER 3 Doing Business in Global Markets McGraw-Hill/Irwin Copyright © 2015 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc All rights reserved LEARNING OBJECTIVES Discuss the importance of the global market and the roles of comparative advantage and absolute advantage in global trade Explain the importance of importing and exporting, and understand key terms used in global business Illustrate the strategies used in reaching global markets and explain the role of multinational corporations 1-2 LEARNING OBJECTIVE Evaluate the forces that affect trading in global markets Debate the advantages and disadvantages of trade protectionism Discuss the changing landscape of the global market and the issue of offshore outsourcing 1-3 LEILA JANAH Samasource • Started Samasource to help people in developing countries rise out of poverty • Janah has been working to combat world poverty since she was a teen • Employees are carefully selected and are taught new skills 3-4 NAME that COMPANY This Swissbased company has many foreign subsidiaries including Jenny Craig (weight management), Ralston Purina, Chef America (maker of Hot Pockets) and Dreyer’s Ice Cream in the United States as well as Perrier in France. The company employs over 328,000 people and has operations in almost every country in the world. Name that company! 1-5 BUSINESS in the GLOBAL MARKET LO 31 • Over 90% of companies doing business globally believe it is important for employees to have international experience • U.S. organizations (like UPS, MLB, the NFL and the NBA) are also expanding abroad 3-6 WORLD POPULATION by CONTINENT LO 31 3-7 WORLD POPULATION GROWTH LO 31 3-8 IMPORTING and EXPORTING LO 31 • Importing Buying products from another country • Exporting Selling products to another country • The U.S. is the largest importing and the second largest exporting nation in the world 3-9 PLEASURE DOING BUSINESS LO 31 Best Countries for Business Source: Forbes, www.forbes.com, accessed November 2014 3-10 IMPORT QUOTAS and EMBARGOS LO 35 3-53 WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION LO 35 3-54 COMMON MARKETS LO 35 3-55 EU MEMBERS LO 35 3-56 NAFTA and CAFTA LO 35 3-57 NAFTA OBJECTIVES LO 35 3-58 NEW FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS LO 35 3-59 TEST PREP • What are the advantages and disadvantages of trade protectionism and of tariffs? • What is the primary purpose of the WTO? • What is the key objective of a common market like the EU? • Which three nations comprise NAFTA? 3-60 FUTURE of GLOBAL TRADE LO 36 3-61 LO 36 OUTSOURCING Photo Credit: Vitor Lima 3-62 OFFSHORE OUTSOURCING LO 36 3-63 LO 36 3-64 MAKING YOUR OPERATION YOUR VACATION • Some insurance companies encourage patients to seek medical care in foreign countries • Procedures are cheaper and involve topflight doctors at stateoftheart facilities • Would it be ethical to force patients to travel to other countries to save money? 3-65 COSTS of MEDICAL PROCEDURES ABROAD Source: AARP Magazine, November 2014 3-66 TEST PREP • What are the major threats to doing business in global markets? • What key challenges must India and Russia face before becoming global economic leaders? • What does the acronym BRIC stand for? • What are the two primary concerns about offshore outsourcing? 3-67 ... more efficiently than all other countries 3-14 GOING GLOBAL with a SMALL BUSINESS LO 32 • Small businesses may be the key in global job growth • Only 1% of U.S. small businesses export, yet they account for 30% of total U.S. ... importing and the second largest exporting nation in the world 3-9 PLEASURE DOING BUSINESS LO 31 Best Countries for Business Source: Forbes, www.forbes.com, accessed November 2014 3-10 CAN YOU SPARE a DIME?... has operations in almost every country in the world. Name that company! 1-5 BUSINESS in the GLOBAL MARKET LO 31 • Over 90% of companies doing business globally believe it is important for employees to have
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