Each student will contact (yes, that means interact with an employee) a firm doing business across borders. This could be a U.S. firm doing business abroad or foreign firm doing business in the U.S. You are to report on the firm’s international business in relation to the content of this course. The method of contact is at the your discretion (face-to-face, phone, skype, email, social media, etc.). The paper, in paragraph format, should be 1,500 words of text (12-point Times New Roman font, 1-inch margins, and single space) with additional pages allowed for any necessary supporting material. Papers not meeting the 1,500-word requirement will receive an initial deduction proportional to the length of the missing text.
Students should draw heavily from the content of this course when posing questions to the firm. The goal is to apply the various class concepts to “real world” examples while acknowledging the numerous complexities involved in conducting business across borders. Content should include the following at a minimum:
Full Instructions attached below as well as a sample paper from a previous student who received an A grade. The sample paper includes 10 sources on the reference page. The professor doesn’t specify how many to use but we should use several.
The link to the class textbook: https://b-ok.cc/book/3673707/010c67