MNB3701 ASSIGNMENT 6 REPORT 3

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MNB3701

Principles of Global Business Management




REPORT 2, 3 and 4

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DEPARTMENT BUSINESS MANAGEMENT




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Table of Contents
Executive summary ........................................................................................................................... 1
Background of Apple Inc. ................................................................................................................ 1
Institution-based view ........................................................................................................................... 3
Formal institutional framework............................................................................................................. 3
Informal institutional frameworks ........................................................................................................ 6
Resource based view ........................................................................................................................ 1
Appraisal of Resources owned by Apple Inc. ........................................................................ 1
VRIO evaluation of resources ..................................................................................................... 3
Strategic implication ......................................................................................................................... 3
Challenges trading internationally ................................................................................................ 4
Implication to management ............................................................................................................. 5
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) evaluation ................................................................................ 5
Exchange rates ........................................................................................................................................ 1
Fluctuations in exchange rates and currency risk exposures ............................................................... 1
Strategies to manage exchange rate fluctuations ................................................................................... 2
Global, regional and bilateral economic integration ............................................................................... 3
Conclusion ........................................................................................................................................... 3
References ........................................................................................................................................... 4
Revisions to assignment 2 .............................................................................................................. 5




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