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Projects - IB - 2019-21 - Term 3

The document provides guidelines for projects to be completed by students in an International Business course. It outlines 10 topics for groups to choose from and details what should be covered in each project. It specifies the report should be a PowerPoint presentation with 30 slides at most, following an agenda structure. Students must cite at least 5 research papers and 3 reports/articles to support their analysis, interpretation, and application of the theoretical framework. Presentations will be evaluated based on a rubric and are worth 10% of the course grade.

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Projects - IB - 2019-21 - Term 3

The document provides guidelines for projects to be completed by students in an International Business course. It outlines 10 topics for groups to choose from and details what should be covered in each project. It specifies the report should be a PowerPoint presentation with 30 slides at most, following an agenda structure. Students must cite at least 5 research papers and 3 reports/articles to support their analysis, interpretation, and application of the theoretical framework. Presentations will be evaluated based on a rubric and are worth 10% of the course grade.

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International Business – Term 3 : Batch 2019-21

Projects
General Guidelines

The projects are based on secondary research and should adhere to the following general
guidelines:

Steps Details
Finding/ Identify and discuss the theoretical framework in detail by referring
Exploring and to books - At least 2-3 different text/ reference books must be
Discussion of referred and cited.
theory
Analysis and The theory that was discussed need to be analysed with the help of
Interpretation research articles related to the theory. Students are expected to
of theory refer to at least 5 research papers from reputed journals and the
same should be cited.
The students should also interpret the theory so as to bring out the
insights that can be derived from the theory.

Application The students should identify applications of some of the insights


and gained in the above two steps; Instances of applications can be got
integration of from research reports from leading consulting companies (like PwC,
theory Deloitte, EY, McKinsey, Bain & Co. etc.) and/ or articles in business
magazines/ newspapers/ websites. Students are expected to refer
to as many reports/ articles as possible – not less than 3 reports/
articles from newspapers/ magazines/ websites and the same should
be cited
• All the members of the group should be well prepared and thorough with the
entire presentation and any student may be asked to make the presentation.
• Plagiarism in any form will result in the group forfeiting their total marks.

1. The report has to be prepared as a PPT (max 30 slides). The first slide of the PPT should have the
agenda/ structure of the presentation. The last slide of the PPT should list the books/ journals/
reports/ websites – weblinks referred.
2. The PPT should be named as “<Section><Group No>- IB Project”. For example, Group 3 of
Section B will name the document as “B3- IB Project”.
3. The PPT should be uploaded in Moodle on or before 9 am of January 27, 2020.
4. The students are expected to make presentations in the class of the same (groupwise) starting
from January 27, 2020. Duration of presentation : 20-30 minutes

Evaluation: as per Rubrics in course outline for Project – weightage 10 marks


Project Topics

Group Topic
1 Ethics in International Business
Amongst other issues, the report/ presentation should cover ethical issues w.r.t
(a) relationships with Government, Community, Competition, Customers,
Employees and Suppliers
(b) Environment, sustainability and responsibility
(c) Corruption and fraudulent practices…etc.
2 WTO & Global Trade
Amongst other issues, the report/ presentation should cover
• Global Trade – Issues & Challenges
• Global Trade – Recent developments
• WTO – History, Overview & Objectives
• WTO Org Structure
• WTO Principles of Trading system
• Challenges faced
• The Doha Round
• India’s stand in the recent WTO negotiations
• WTO - Future direction
3 Regional Economic Integration – EU, NAFTA, ASEAN & India’s Free
Trade Agreements – An Analysis
To cover history, objectives, structure, impact analysis, challenges faced, future
directions etc.
4 Multilateral Agencies/ Organisations/ Agreements – IMF & World
Bank, OPEC, OECD, G20
To cover history, objectives, structure, impact analysis, challenges faced, future
directions etc.
5 Global HR Management
6 Global Marketing Management
7 Global Production & Supply Chain Management
8 Emerging Market Study – Nigeria, Egypt & Kenya
9 Emerging Market Study – Columbia, Peru & Chile
10 Emerging Market Study – Vietnam, Philippines & Thailand
All the projects on ‘emerging market study’ should cover the following:
• Macro Economic Data
• Demography
• Environment Analysis - political, legal, economic, social, cultural
• Infrastructure, natural resources and industry scenario
• SWOT Analysis
Based on SWOT analysis, your recommendation/ interpretation on what type
of Indian industry can look at entering the country and under which entry
mode.
(please refer different entry modes from Chapter 15 – Int Bus – By Hill & Jain)

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