I have been tasked to identify a worst company to work for. The company i chose is Foot Locker(same as the previous assignment but different requirements). Below are the added instructions Students...

Company Selected: Foot Locker is the selected Company for the analysis.
Industry, Domestic and Global Environment:
Foot Locker Inc. is mainly in retail industry of apparels and shoes. The headquarter of the company is in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, United States. The company operates in twenty eight countries globally with 3383 stores all around the world. The domestic geographic location is North America and international locations including in Canada, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Australia and New Zealand. The operating segment of the company is Athletic Stores and Direct to customers. The company has an average stores of 971 in United States.
Since the company is in retail sector having wide range of products therefore the characteristics that the new global environment should possess is the favorable economic, socio-political and industrial trend and the new opportunity in the product or customer segment that the company can easily exploit the expansion opportunity. The new global environment should also provide competitive advantage and dynamic environment to the new entrant and also provide the favorable legal condition. The political condition of the nation is also important characteristics as it influence various norms such as taxes and it should be suitable for new entrant in the global environment.
Barriers in the new Global Country/Environment for the company:
The global markets are very challenging for footwear and retail industry and there are various barriers for the entrants in the global country/ environment. The major barriers to the entrants at global level in footwear and apparel market are as below:
i. The...