Case Analysis on Closing Cases: The purpose of closing cases is to give the students the opportunity as a to apply business concepts to real life situations regarding international business management. Case studies are designed to introduce the students to specific and real international business situations closely related to trade theories and to enable them to understand the forces behind global business operations. They offer the students the opportunity to develop their skill in analyzing the possible implications of cross-border business decisions. Further, they serve an integrative function as well as to allow the faculty member and the students to examine global business management problems and issues more closely. Finally, they highlight the nature of the ethical dilemma and social responsibility concerns of host countries. Closing cases will be worked up by teams; each individual will complete their analysis paper on weeks 2, 4 and 6. Make sure that you touch on the important aspects of the case as it relates to the material in the chapter. Chapters selected by the team must be from the current week’s or the immediately preceding week’s chapter readings. Thus for week four analysis, you can select a closing case from the following chapters: 6, 7, 8, 10, 11 & 12; earlier or later chapters cannot be used.
General Guidelines for Closing Case Analysis
1. Synopsis: briefly state the story (or the focus of the case; what is the problem)
2. Case objectives: what are the objectives of the case?
3. Relate the case to the subject matter of the chapter (i.e. how relevant to the content of the chapter / how are the concepts in the chapter reflected?).
4. Answer the case questions.
5. Identify the problem in the case and suggest alternative solutions to the problem (if any).
6. Select the best solution and discuss your solution (if any).
7. Identify ethical implications in the case (if any).
8. What lessons, as a potential multinational corporate managers, did you personally learn from the case?