Instructions on Assessment:

This assignment is an INDIVIDUAL piece of work. It represents 100% of the module mark. Students are required to produce a word-processed report in three parts as detailed below. 

The context: You are employed by a consulting company. Your company has recently been approached by a North American company that is looking for new business opportunities overseas. One option that has been suggested to the board of directors is the soft drinks industry in Bangladesh. Your task is to evaluate the attractiveness of this industry. You are required therefore to carry out the necessary research to construct an analysis of the overall competitiveness and investment attractiveness of the soft drinks industry in Bangladesh. You should use a range of published sources of information in this task, such as books, academic journals, periodicals, web resources and relevant databases.

Part 1: Porter’s National Diamond Analysis (60 marks)

Apply the extended version of Porter’s National Diamond (PND) model to the Bangladesh soft drinks industry.

Part 2: Market Entry Strategy (20 marks)

Based on your research and analysis of the country’s institutional environment, discuss the advantages and limitations of using Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) as an entry strategy for Bangladesh soft drinks industry. You need to provide clear recommendations.

Part 3: Contemporary Management Issues (20 marks)

Discuss TWO key management issues identified from your analysis (Part 1 and Part 2) that should be taken into account before starting operations in the Bangladesh soft drinks industry.

READ THE FOLLOWING GUIDANCE NOTES CAREFULLY!

Guidance Notes

•           The word limit for the overall assignment is 3600 words.

•           Turnitin FINAL SUBMISSION below 10%

•           Write your analysis as a piece of business communication in report style, using headings and a numbering system, including any illustrations you think are useful. All the figures, charts and tables used in the main body of the report must be explained and justified.   

•           There should be no first person references (I, we, us) in the report.  If self-reference is required, you may refer to yourself as “the author” or “this report”. 

•           This is a research-based assignment. Your analytical discussion must be supported by a significant number of information sources. Be selective and prioritise to highlight the most important factors.

•           Clarity and concision are encouraged and will be rewarded. You should be thorough and detailed in your analysis, and all the points should be fully explained and justified – but there is a balance to be sought between a mass of detail and a thorough, yet relatively concise reasoning. 

         Table of contents – including the page numbers

         Part 1

         Part 2

         Part 3

         List of references

         Appendices (if necessary)

•           Make appropriate use of Appendices to support your discussion and analysis in the main body of the report.  Appendices should be properly organised with the reader being referred to the appropriate appendix at the appropriate point in the text.

•           Appendices must not exceed 5 pages in total and are not to be marked.  These should be used to support the main analytical points and issues in the main body of the report. 

•           The work must be word-processed and must be printed on single sided A4 paper.  Spacing may either be set at double or one and a half line spacing, depending on the machine used.  The body of the report should be inweek-5,Information Systems,,

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