Global strategy and Sources of Competitive Advantage

  The following post has four assignments;

1. Global strategy and Sources of Competitive Advantage

Assume the role of the manager of a Multinational Corporation and discuss the level of National Competitive Advantage within your target investment location. Example; go to overseas or operate another country or trade competitive advantage compare, country level not market level not specific country or organization only general and with given examples.

2. Organisational Behaviour

What is meant by the concept of “flow” in the management and organisational literature (Csikszentmihalyi, 1977) ? Is there a relationship between achievement-orientation and “flow”? Provide analysis of the advantages of understanding the concept of flow for professionals in contemporary organisations.

3. Finance

Find an article related to 'Finance. Analyze the article. Include some reference to any or a few of the following: income statement, balance sheet, cash flow statement, equity, liabilities, assets, operating costs, net profit, profit, margins, or any accounting terms. No specific citation is necessary but please include link to article - should be something along the lines of Forbes, Fortune, Bloomberg, etc.

4. Evolution of Statutes

The Sherman Act and Clayton Act were landmark pieces of legislation that formed many of the present day business practices in the United States. Using this week's resources and others that you investigate, discuss the purposes of these acts and how they have evolved over the years. How have the courts influenced the impact of these statutes? How are the Sherman Act and the Clayton Act still relevant today? Describe how the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, and other statutes affected the Sherman and Clayton Act.