assignment BRICs Vanguard of the revolution closing case US – Cuban Trade Closing Case

Chapter 4: BRICs Vanguard of the revolution closing case

• Estimate the likely market evolution of the BRICs over the next
  decade. What economic indicators might companies monitor to best guide
  investments and actions
• Identify three implications of the emergence of the BRICs for careers and companies in your country
• Do you think recency bias has led to overestimating the potential of
  the BRICs? How would you, as a manager for a company assessing these
  markets, try to control this bias?
• How might managers interpret the potential for their product in a
  market that is, in absolute economic terms, large, but on a per-capita
  basis, characterized by a majority of poor consumers?
• In the event that the BRICs fail to meet projected performance, what
  would be some of the implications for the international business
  environment?
• Contrast the merits of GNI, Net National Product, and Your Better
  Life Index as indicators of economic performance in Brazil, Russia,
  China, and India

Chapter 6: US – Cuban Trade Closing Case

• Should the United States seek to tighten its economic grip on Cuba? If so, why?
• Should the United States normalize business relations with Cuba? If so, what conditions might/should the U.S. stipulate?
• Assume you are Cuba’s leader. What kind of trade relationship with
  the United States would be in your best interest? What type would you be
  willing to accept?
• How do the structure and relationships of the U.S. political system
  influence the existence and specification of the trade embargo?
• Much of U.S. tourism, especially via cruise ships, goes to the
  Caribbean. Do you think the end of U.S. travel restrictions to Cuba will
  add or displace tourism to other Caribbean countries?
• List and explain the advantages that might accrue to the United States if the embargo with Cuba were lifted.

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