Category: International Economics

Module 03: Critical Thinking Assignment
International Trade Theories
Comparative advantage influences international trade patterns. Countries are constantly trying to achieve and/or maintain it. However, the determinants of a country’s comparative advantage are numerous. In a critical essay, please:
Explain factor-price structures considering the Hecksher-Ohlin (H-O) model.
Appraise the challenges that may be encountered by a developing versus a developed nation.
Analyze in which commodities, other than oil, will the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia have a comparative advantage according to the H-O model, after the Saudi Vision 2030 is fully implemented?
Directions:
Your essay is required to be four to five pages in length, which does not include the title page and reference pages, which are never a part of the content minimum requirements.
Support your submission with course material concepts, principles, and theories from the textbook and at least three scholarly, peer-reviewed journal articles. Use the Saudi Digital Library to find your resources.
Use APA style
Textbook Carbaugh, R. J. (2019). International economics (17th ed.). Boston, MA: Cengage. ISBN: 9781337558938

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Support your submission with course material concepts, principles, and theories from the textbook, along with scholarly, peer-reviewed journal articles
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What do you know about Globalization?
Consider what you learned from the lecture and readings this week and discuss how economic interdependence has affected Saudi Arabia. Is it good or bad? Expand your thinking to additionally discuss the relationship between Saudi Vision 2030 and international competitiveness.
Directions:
Discuss the concepts, principles, and theories from your textbook. Cite your textbooks and cite any other sources if appropriate.
Your initial post should address all components of the question with a 500 word limit.
Readings
Required:
Chapter 1 in International Economics
Saudi Arabia Oil & Gas Report. (Q1 2021). Fitch Solutions Country Industry Reports , 1-84.
Saudi Vision 2030 Document. (2017). Retrieved from https://vision2030.gov.sa/sites/default/files/report/Saudi_Vision2030_EN_2017.pdf
Recommended:
Chapter 1 PowerPoint slides – International Economics
Altman, S.A. & Bastian, P. (2021). The state of globalization in 2021. Harvard Business Review Digital Articles, 1-9. https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bsu&AN=149521506&site=ehost-live
Yu, Z. (2020 ). Globalization, industrialization and economic catch-up. China Economist, 15(6), 27-38. https://www.pressreader.com/china/china-economist/20201108/281565178309781

Global Collaboration Opportunities ( my country of choice is Ghana)
Background
Nations across the globe constantly make decisions that have not only national, but also regional and sometimes global impact. As we face the reality of growing globalization, it becomes more and more important to understand nations as global players with unique perspectives, goals and strategies. Exploring the political, legal, economic and cultural systems of a country can help us to first, understand the economic decisions it makes, second understand its position as a global player, and third – to search for opportunities for mutually beneficial collaboration. This assignment is designed as a thorough research on a foreign country that will encourage you to thoroughly analyze that country’s systems and explore possibilities for partnerships with the USA.
Summary
For this assignment you need to complete thorough research on a country of your choice and present your findings on all important global economy characteristics of that country as well as explore opportunities for collaboration between that country and the USA. Your proposal should (1) outline the most important findings about the country of your choice, (2) scan the current US economy and (3) provide a recommendation for collaboration between the two countries. Your proposal should be written in the form of a paper that strictly follows the APA rules for formatting and citations. You need to start with a cover page and include a reference list. You need to use a minimum of 8 different references to support your arguments and recommendations, of which minimum 4 references are academic and minimum 4 references are to established professional organizations. Please refer to the step-by-step directions for a full review of all requirements for this assignment and to the Grading Rubric for the assignment point allocation.
Step-by-Step Directions
★ Introduction (1 paragraph)
○ Describe briefly the purpose of the research paper and your goals for it.
★ General Country Research (minimum 1.5 pages)
○ Present your country of choice and explain what draws your interest to it.
○ Present the four systems that are commonly used to research a country.
○ Present your research findings about the political, economic, legal and cultural systems in your country of choice.
○ Present an analysis of the country that emphasizes the advantages and disadvantages it faces as a global player.
★ Country Current Economy Research (minimum 1.5 pages)
○ Present an overview of the prominent resources and industries in the country.
○ Summarize your research finding on the international trade the country engages with, on the Foreign Direct
Investments in and out of the country, and the current import and export trends.
○ Present your analysis of the current global economic status of the country emphasizing both advantages you have
identified as well as potential weakness and or threats the country is facing.
★ Current US Economy Overview (minimum 0.5 page)
○ Describe briefly the current economic situation in the USA.
○ Identify two prominent economic factors the USA is currently facing, such as issues, challenges, advances,
innovations, etc.
★ Global Collaboration Opportunities (minimum 2 pages)
○ Research the current global collaboration between your country of choice and the USA and present your major
findings.
○ Based on your research of the current US economy and your research on the country of your choice, recommend one
new way, in which the two countries can collaborate in a mutually beneficial way.
○ Develop an argument for the benefits both countries could gain through your proposed collaboration opportunity.
○ Identify how the two countries can address together one ethical or sustainability challenge.
○ Identify the type of US companies (e.g. industry, product, service, etc.) that can benefit from such collaboration and
explain why.
★ Conclusion (1 paragraph)
○ Conclude your research with a summary of your major findings and ideas.

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Background
We live in a global world, characterized by relationships, interdependencies, and collaborations between nations for various reasons – from exercising economic power to promoting environmental awareness. Globalization exposes us to an unmatchable diversity of national political, legal, cultural, and economic systems we need to understand in order to be effective leaders in the global economic environment we live in today. The purpose of this blog series of assignments is to prepare you to do a thorough research on a country to understand how it is positioned in the global economy, what are the country’s strengths and weaknesses, and what opportunities for collaboration it offers.
Summary
For this first blog assignment you need to research the culture of the country of your choice and the sustainability threats and/or opportunities it faces. You need to describe your research findings, support them with academic and visual sources, and make a conclusion about the country’s strengths, weaknesses and opportunities.
Step-by-step Directions
Describe the cultural system of the country of your choice. Describe the cultural values of the country applying the five dimensions of Hofstede’s framework:Individualism vs Collectivism
Uncertainty Avoidance
Power Distance
Masculinity vs Femininity
Long-term Orientation vs Short-term Orientation
Describe the religious system in the country.
Share an example of a famous cultural tradition in the country.
Share an article and its findings about how the national culture might affect business.
Support your narrative with at least one academic source, at least one visual source (picture or video).
Describe the sustainability challenges the country is facing.Share at least one sustainability challenge the country is currently facing.
Share the country’s response to the global sustainability crisis.
Support your narrative with at least one academic source and at least one visual source (picture or video).

Assignment Overview
Length: 500-600 words blog with supporting material

Background
We live in a global world, characterized by relationships, interdependencies, and collaborations between nations for various reasons – from exercising economic power to promoting environmental awareness. Globalization exposes us to an unmatchable diversity of national political, legal, cultural, and economic systems we need to understand in order to be effective leaders in the global economic environment we live in today. The purpose of this blog series of assignments is to prepare you to do a thorough research on a country to understand how it is positioned in the global economy, what are the country’s strengths and weaknesses, and what opportunities for collaboration it offers.
Summary
For this first blog assignment you need to research the international trade and foreign direct investments (FDI) of the country of your choice. You need to describe your research findings, support them with academic and visual sources, and make a conclusion about the country’s strengths, weaknesses and opportunities.

Step-by-step Directions
Research the international trade instruments of the country of your choice. Identify and describe at least one tariff.
Identify and describe at least one subsidy or the lack thereof.
Identify and describe at least one import quota, export ban or export restriction.
Analyze the economic reason for the government interventions you identified.
Support your narrative with at least one academic source, at least one visual source (picture or video).
Research FDIs related to the country.Discuss the outflows of FDIs.
Discuss the inflaws of FDIs.
Support your narrative with at least one academic source and at least one visual source (picture or video).
Write a conclusion about the insights you gained into your research country.Identify at least one weakness of the country based on its political, economical and legal systems.
Identify at least one strength of the country based on its political, economical and legal systems.
Do not forget to cite all references you used to write your blog, including your visuals, and to follow the APA rules for writing, citing and listing references.

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