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Business and

CLASS 5 Management in A
Global Context
Dr. Howaida M. Barakat
Topic one:
Introduction to the global
business environment
2. Political, Economic and Legal
Environments

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Political Factors Affecting Business
• Tax rates and policy
• Tariffs
• Democratic governments have to pursue re-election every few years, this might change government
policies.
• In totalitarian systems, governments have absolute power, this might lead to:
• Bureaucracy
• Corruption
• Trade control
• Discrimination
• Data Protection
• Competition regulation

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CLASS 5
Learning Outcomes
2.4, 2.5, 2.6
• Discuss the systemic differences among
economies and the related challenges
for international business
• Describe the basic differences between
legal systems in the world
• Engage in and assess leading debates
on political, economic, and legal
institutions and international business.

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Economic Systems
What does the term economic systems mean?
The rules by which a country is governed economically.

TYPES OF
ECONOMIC SYSTEMS

Market Economy Command Economy Mixed Economy

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Market Economy

- Production quantities are determined


by supply and demand.
- No Monopoly
Little to - Little to no government intervention

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Command Economy

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Mixed Economy

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US, France, India

Hong Kong, UK, Singapore, North Korea,


Australia, Switzerland & the former Soviet Union

History, culture, resources and other factors, lead countries to vary enormously in how
they combine market and non-market mechanisms to coordinate economic activity.

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Globalization & the Economic Systems of the Countries
Economies will be constantly changing inTYPES
the modern
OF
dynamic global environment. The
view suggests two main types of the economy (Willcocks, 2021a)
ECONOMIC SYSTEMS

Coordinated Market Liberal Market

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Activity
Economic Transformation in Vietnam

What changes in formal institutions and economic policy explain Vietnam’s


progress in recent years?

If you were going to enter Vietnam as a new market, what formal


institutional risks would you anticipate?

How would you mitigate those risks?

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Week 4 Assignment

S T UDY FO R A Q U I Z O N C H A PT ER O NE & T WO C O NC E PTS

WHEN?
M o nday, O c tobe r 2 4 , 2 0 2 2

WHERE?
In Class

F O R M AT ?
Pa p er - ba s e d M u l t i pl e C h o i c e & E s s ay Wr i ti ng

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Topic 1: Introduction to the global business environment
Chapter 2: Political, economic and legal environments

2.5 Legal systems


Next Class 2.6 Country development: political, economic, and legal issues

Reading pages: 35 - 38

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Thank You
Dr. Howaida M. Barakat
Howaida.barakat@eue.edu.eg

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