You are required to prepare a report, outlining the general categories of political risk faced by managers. Using examples from various media sources, your report should identify, illustrate, and analyze how these risks can affect a country’s business environment.
Businesses operating globally need to identify, assess, and forecast political risks when entering into or expanding within international markets.
Political risk assessment is conducted by assessing the conditions of a country or region, studying its institutions, business culture, and political developments. For companies operating in multiple countries, local political conditions can determine whether their investment is a success or a failure.
You are required to prepare a report, outlining the general categories of political risk faced by managers.
Using examples from various media sources, your report should identify, illustrate, and analyze how these risks can affect a country’s business environment.
Information can be found via the online library databases and from both of the primary reading texts i.e.
Cavusgil, T. Ghauri, P. Knight, G. Riesenberger, J., (2014) International Business, Global Edition, 3rd Ed. Prentice Hall Publishers.
Daniels, J. Radebaugh, L. & Sullivan, D., (2015) International Business: Global Edition 15th ed. Prentice Hall Publishers.
Your report should be structured as follows:
Table of contents
- Introduction
- Systemic Political Risk
- Procedural Political Risk
- Distributive Political Risk
- Catastrophic Political Risk
