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Key Assignment
Draft

As a business
owner making a final decision regarding the international aspects of a business
decision, you may decide to set up a table with the risks and weigh their
relative importance against the rate of return you foresee. You also need to
put a plan in place to overcome it.

Assume that your
business is visible and an important member of the community. Would the
government encourage a decision to expand? How would it affect the reputation
of the business?

Here is what the
list looks like. Your assignment is to fill in the table.

Risk	Importer	Exporter	L/M/S	How to Overcome It
Economic conditions
Fluctuations in industry
Competition
Technological change
Change in preferences
Costs and expenses
Regulations
Expropriation
Interest rates
Government monetary policy
Government fiscal policy
Internal and external wars
Difference in culture and religion
Ownership of factories and property
Human resource restrictions
Intellectual property
Discrimination
Red tape and corruption
Blockage of funds or capital accounts
Change in government

Comment on whether
the U.S. government would support a business owner’s decision to expand
internationally or import in light of the balance of payments and how the move
internationally may affect the business’s reputation as a local small-business
owner.