The assignment is to choose a company that has failed to expand in an emerging market and address why they failed using course material and external sources.
We chose the company Best Buy and how they failed in China.
It\’s a group project so my parts are as follows ;
1. Write Executive Summary
Introduction on Best Buy
2. Analysis of Best Buy in America (Domestic Strategy)
How were they successful domestically through Firm strategy
Firms Resources and capabilities
– Why so successful
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3. International strategy – did they succeed elsewhere before entering China and how did they enter (canada)?
– The triangle: Why? where? how?
– firm specific advantages.
– what firm resources and capabilities did they have
– Uppsala model for internationalization.
– Path dependency- Did they engage in absorptive capacity
4. How Did they Enter China (method)
– Type of entry mode
– Partner Selection – cross cultural differences, structures and operational processes, organizational goals.
– Selection criteria: Tridimensional model for partner selection
task or operations
– partnership ( human resource skills, ownership type)
– cash flow or capital structure from the partner.