IB 3510 International Business
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Questions:
1.Introduction.  Clearly explain why have you made this article and concept combination selection? In your answer explain the logical connections behind your selected combinations. Specifically, how does your combination of articles and text concepts complement each other? 

2.Referencing your selected articles and course concepts, compare and contrast government responses to containing the COVID-19 pandemic from 3 different countries.
a.Are these government responses different or similar?  Why?  Explain your answers with clear examples from your articles
b.Does the political orientation of the government in power influence their response?  Explain your answers with clear examples from your articles. 
c.Based on your analysis, do you believe the political orientation of a government is able to predict their responses to situations like this?  Explain your answers with clear examples from your articles.

3.Referencing your selected articles and course concepts, discuss:
a.How this pandemic experience, will affect your future career. Explain your answers with examples from your articles.
b.How you need to adjust and prepare your career accordingly.  Explain your answers with examples from your articles.  

4.Some observers believe this pandemic is a bellwether signaling a step towards less international economic integration (globalization). Referencing your selected articles and course concepts, discuss which industry’s, and MNC’s that industry, are:
a.Benefitting from this situation, and why,
b.Suffering from this situation, and why.  
c.Likely to change the most post pandemic. Clearly explain your answers with examples from your articles.  

5.Referencing your selected articles and course concepts, discuss three ways this pandemic is influencing one of the topics we discussed in a Recent Events class (Disruptors, Climate Change, 737 Max, Social Credit, 5G and HuaWei, China-Africa FDI, Fast Fashion, Death by China, and Trumps Trade War). Clearly support your answers with examples from your articles.

6.Referencing your selected articles and course concepts, compare and contrast government responses to company “bailouts,” from three different countries.   
a.Are these government responses different or similar?  Why?  Explain your answers with clear examples from your articles
b.Does the political orientation of the government in power influence their response?  Explain your answers with clear examples from your articles. 
c.Based on your analysis, do you believe the political orientation of a government is able to predict their responses to situations like this?  Explain your answers with clear examples from your articles.

7.Learning outcomes. List and fully discuss three assignment “take-aways” you learned through this assignment.  Specifically, clearly explain:
a.What you have learned about your topic from this analysis. Use examples to support your observations.  
b.How your combination (current events, and concepts) have further developed your awareness and knowledge of international business and our course concepts. Explain your answer with examples.