STRAYER ITB300 WEEK 1 AND WEEK 2 DISCUSSIONS

"The Role of MNCs in International Business" Please respond to the following:

• Examine two (2) current trends in international business discussed in the text. Compare and contrast the chosen trends in terms of their suspected catalyst, their impact on their global economy, and their anticipated duration.
• From the e-Activity, analyze the potential benefit of McDonald’s global expansion to Vietnam. Predict key ways in which the new local brand of the McPork line of burgers may provide an advantage over other similar MNCs throughout Asia. Support your response with specific examples of such potential advantages for McDonald’s.

WEEK 2

"The Role of Technology on MNCs" Please respond to the following:

• Specify the fundamental manner in which the technological environment discussed in the text is compelling MNCs to explore outsourcing and offshoring opportunities. Provide at least two (2) examples of such exploration to support your response.
• Examine the primary manner in which the emergence of technology may result in greater integration and dependencies among economies, political systems, and financial markets. Formulate at least two (2) examples of such results to support your response.