Arizona Christian University FDI from China in Your Country Discussion

  • 1. (500 words)

A) Using data from the most recent year, what is the flow of China’s FDI into your country? What is the stock of China’s in your country? Relative to other countries whose multinationals undertake FDI in your country, what is China’s ranking—in both flow and stock—relative to other countries?

B) Compare the flow (in the most recent year) and stock of FDI from you country (US) in China versus the flow and stock of FDI from China in your country. Which is bigger? Why?

C) Compare the flow (in the most recent year) and stock of FDI from you country in China versus the flow and stock of FDI from China in your country (US). Which is bigger? Why?

2. (500 words)

a) Among several definitions of entrepreneurship, a leading definition suggests that entrepreneurship is defined as the identification and exploitation of previously unexplored opportunities. How does this case support this definition?

b) From an institution-based view, what factors pushed Best Laboratories to create Farmacias Similares (FS) with a new Pharmacy-Doctor business model in 1997? More recently, what additional institution-based factors promoted its diffusion from the BoP to middle and upper- class markets?

c) From a resource-based view, how easy or difficult it is for competitors to offer a similar Pharmacy- Doctor business model? Given your answer, how sustainable is FS’s competitive advantage?

d) If you were a member of the FS Board, of the two directions being entertained, which one would you recommend?

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