Topic: Investing in another country – After youhave read the literature posted under unit four, the assignment is towrite a two (2) page paper discussing foreign direct investment andregional trade groups. Multinational firms view the world as a singleentity and all people as customers, employees, and suppliers. Why docompanies invest outside their home borders? Why do countries encourageinvestment? Why do countries form regional trade groups? What is thebenefit of countries trading amongst each other? How are these regionaltrade groups agreements different from global trade agreements such asthose agreed upon through the WTO? In writing this paper, choose twocountries for your example (one should be the country you are doing foryour country report) and how the investment in that country benefitsboth the country receiving the investment, and the company making theinvestment. How does the investment help its people? Is the investmentsimply one of seeking lower labor costs or are there other benefits?What are the risks of investing in another country? Give examples. Youwill have to show you have read the readings and some additionalsources. This does not mean to just quote from all the material, but gobeyond that in presenting/discussing the arguments made in each reading.I would like your informed opinions included in the paper.
Specifications:AdditionalResearch – Demonstrate that you have done additional Internet researchon this topic by including three additional cited sources in your paper.By this, I mean three sources beyond the readings I listed in theCourse Documents link. Proper citing of these sources in the narrativeof your paper is required. Two pages, double spaced, not including Titleor Works Cited Page. This means the paper should be 600-750 words. Aswith all papers prepared for this course, content in individual papersis expected to be supported by globally acknowledged, peer-reviewed,refereed research citations and sources. All written submissions shouldadhere to APA standards for writing, formatting, andcitations/references.
