This assignment will provide you with firsthand experience in developing a strategic marketing plan for entering a new international market. Choose a global company that you are familiar with for this paper.  Use the Internet to research the following components of the global company that you have chosen: - Company Profile (History & Analysis) - Product(s) - Financial Status  - Market Position - Analysis of current global operating environments - Integrated marketing communication (IMC) Strategy - Strengths and Weaknesses Analysis - Sustainable Competitive Advantage(s) enjoyed by the firm - Sources of funds for the project - Pro-Forma Balance Sheet & Income Statement for five (5) years - Cash-Flow Statement Note:  You may also use the following resource for your research: § Financial profiles for global companies:  ( http://news.morningstar.com/stockReturns/CapWtdIndustryReturns.html ) Write a five to six (5-6) page paper in which you: Choose a country into which the company you selected may expand.  Note:  Ensure that the country you chose is currently not doing business with the selected company in any capacity (e.g., exporting, FDI, or contract manufacturing).  Develop a brief profile of the country that you have chosen. The summary should include: a. Geographic and historical data regarding international business b. Political and legal environment for conducting international business c. Business customs and practices d. Economic environment  e. Socio-economic analysis which should include the factors of concern (e.g., population characteristics, language, GDP, taxation, personal income, labor, industries, communication networks, imports / exports, and major trading partners’ countries). Note:  Refer the following resource to complete this criterion of the assignment: § A Basic Guide to Exporting Contents  ( http://export.gov/basicguide/eg_main_017244.asp ) Ascertain the possibility and feasibility of integrating ecommerce into the company’s offering. Your research should include: a. Impact of regional and global trade integration b. Potential volume of trade c. The marketing mix components d. Key cultural dimensions affecting marketing operations Analyze the key reasons why the entering the market in the country that you have chosen is justified. Include your research and analysis from Criteria 1 and 2 of this assignment to support the response.  Determine at least three (3) potential risks of foreign market expansion using ecommerce for the country that you have chosen (e.g., language barriers, regulatory, taxation, expropriation, etc.). Suggest one (1) strategy to mitigate each risk that you have determined using weighted metrics with a baseline number(s).  Suggest at least two (2) ways in which you would adapt the operational strategies of your chosen company both to fit the changing dynamics of foreign markets and to foster a competitive advantage for the company. Use at least six (6) academic resources in.

1. This assignment will provide you with firsthand experience in
developing a strategic marketing plan for entering a new
international market. Choose a
global company
that you are familiar with for this paper.
Use the Internet to research the following components of the
global company that you have chosen:
-
Company Profile (History & Analysis)
-
Product(s)
-
Financial Status
-
Market Position
-
Analysis of current global operating environments
-
Integrated marketing communication (IMC) Strategy
-
Strengths and Weaknesses Analysis
-
Sustainable Competitive Advantage(s) enjoyed by the firm
-
Sources of funds for the project
-

2. Pro-Forma Balance Sheet & Income Statement for five (5) years
-
Cash-Flow Statement
Note:
You may also use the following resource for your research:
§
Financial profiles for global companies:
(
http://news.morningstar.com/stockReturns/CapWtdIndustryRetu
rns.html
)
Write a five to six (5-6) page paper
in which you:
Choose a country into which the company you selected may
expand.
Note:
Ensure that the country you chose is currently not doing
business with the selected company in any capacity (e.g.,
exporting, FDI, or contract manufacturing).
Develop a brief profile of the country that you have chosen. The
summary should include:
a.
Geographic and historical data regarding international business
b.
Political and legal environment for conducting international
business
c.
Business customs and practices

3. d.
Economic environment
e.
Socio-economic analysis which should include the factors of
concern (e.g., population characteristics, language, GDP,
taxation, personal income, labor, industries, communication
networks, imports / exports, and major trading partners’
countries).
Note:
Refer the following resource to complete this criterion of the
assignment:
§
A Basic Guide to Exporting Contents
(
http://export.gov/basicguide/eg_main_017244.asp
)
Ascertain the possibility and feasibility of integrating
ecommerce into the company’s offering. Your research should
include:
a.
Impact of regional and global trade integration
b.
Potential volume of trade
c.
The marketing mix components
d.
Key cultural dimensions affecting marketing operations
Analyze the key reasons why the entering the market in the

4. country that you have chosen is justified. Include your research
and analysis from Criteria 1 and 2 of this assignment to support
the response.
Determine at least three (3) potential risks of foreign market
expansion using ecommerce for the country that you have
chosen (e.g., language barriers, regulatory, taxation,
expropriation, etc.). Suggest one (1) strategy to mitigate each
risk that you have determined using weighted metrics with a
baseline number(s).
Suggest at least two (2) ways in which you would adapt the
operational strategies of your chosen company both to fit the
changing dynamics of foreign markets and to foster a
competitive advantage for the company.
Use at least six (6) academic resources in this assignment.
Note:
Wikipedia and other similar Websites do not qualify as
academic resources.