Strategic Marketing Review
This assignment is designed to assess learning outcomes:
This assignment is designed to assess learning outcomes:
- Demonstrate a critical awareness of the complex nature of international trade, its main actors, the legal frameworks and institutions and their major issues;
- Critically analyse and evaluate the trade exchanges at both quantitative and qualitative level;
- Demonstrate detailed knowledge of the main trade, investment and promotion tools;
- Demonstrate understanding and capability to elaborate an articulated export strategy for an international company, comprehensive of all the main phases and with discussion of its critical issues;
Using key topics from this module, develop an export strategy for an exporter in a developing country (NOT- Brazil, Russia, India, China or South Africa) of your choice for entry into the European market. Please choose a specific country in Europe that the product or products will be exported to. Also ensure that this firm is not already exporting this product(s) to that European country.
Required
Write a Board Paper asking the board of directors of the chosen exporter to adopt and implement your proposed export strategy. Your Board Paper should include an analysis of the proposed strategy taking into account the following issues:
International trade theory: Why and how firms engage in international trade
Approaches used by firms to adhere/avoid/bypass instruments of trade protection or to benefit from trade promotion and investment tools (at national, regional and global levels)
- Types of export-related strategies
- Accessing market opportunities: entry strategy, cross-border collaboration and risk analysis
- Logistics, modes of transport and information technology
- Incorporating ethical issues in strategic decision-making
Your analysis and recommendations should also consider the benefits and potential barriers to successful implementation of the future strategy. This should be followed by a step by step implementation plan.
Assignment Guidelines
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Structure
You have been asked to produce a report. It should contain the following:
- Appropriate coversheet (as attached in this document – please ensure appropriate coversheet is attached to your assessment brief)
- Title Page, including the given title in full.
- Contents Page
Board paper Structure
BOARD PAPER
Date of Paper: DD/MM/YYYY
Title of Paper: Give a suitable title for your board paper
For End of Module Assessment
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Brief Synopsis of the Issue
This section is similar to an abstract or executive summary. What are the key points of the assignment that the board of directors need to know?
Recommendation(s)
Background Information
Research on the Assessment Topic
Analysis
Implementation of Recommendations
List of References
Appendix (if any)
Layout
Your work should be word processed in accordance with the following:
- Font style, Arial, font size 12
- 1.5 line spacing.
- The page orientation should be ‘portrait’
- Margins on both sides of the page should be no less than 2.5 cm
- Pages should be numbered
- Your name [should/should not – delete as required] appear on the script.
- Your student number should be included on every page.
Date of Paper: DD/MM/YYYY
Title of Paper: Give a suitable title for your board paper (Mango imported from Pakistan to the UK
For End of Module Assessment
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Brief Synopsis of the Issue
This section is similar to an abstract or Executive summary. What are the key points of the assignment that the board of directors need to know?
What import
UK market
Why export this product (200 words)
Recommendation(s)
3: One sentence long (75-100 words) (DON’T JUSTIFY IT: WILL BE JUSTIFIED IN THE PAPER)
3 doing things/
Direct or letter of credit
Transport
Logistics
Strategy
Port
Background Information (500)
FREE TARDE: HOW THE COUNTRY BENEFITE IT
EU: IF THE COUNTRY HAS BENEFITD IT OR NOT
WTO
COMPARTIVE ADVANATGE
COMPETITVE ADVANTAGE
ABSOLUTE ADVANTAGE
ACEDEMIC JOURNAL
NEW TRADE THEORY
FREE TRADE= MORE TRADE=ECONOMIC DEVELOMENT
NOT ALL BENEFITES ARE FAIR OR DISADVANTGE TO THE COUNTRY
Research on the Assessment Topic (500)
COUNTRY PAKISTAN AND UK
PRODUCT
STATISTA
HW MANY TONS OF THE PRODUCT IN IMPORTED INTO THE UK
GAP IN THE MARKET=VERY LITTLE TRADE=
MORE TRADE= MORE MONEY=HIGH DEMAND
Analysis (500)
ONE/TWO SECTION OF THE PESTLE ANALYSIS
THAT’S MORE RELATED TO YOUR COUNTRY
BREXIT
GOVERNMENT INSTABILITY
INFLATION
Implementation of Recommendations: (500 )
STEP BY STEP LOGISTICS (MODE OF TRNSPORT)
GOOGLE MAPS
PORT
WHAT STRATEGY HELPS US GET THE PRODUCT
SHIPPING, CONTAINERS, TRAIN, AIR
IS IT EFFICENT AND EFFECTIVE
ENVIORNMENTALLY FACTORS
List of References
Appendix (if any)
Layout