selected country is russia
THERE WILL BE 5 POINTS DEDUCTED EACH DAY FOR ALL LATE PROJECTS SUBMITTED
If plagiarism is greater than 10 percent, your grade will be zero
Prepare a geographic, economic, cultural, and taxation profile in a narrative format of a selected country.
This assignment is designed to guide your research of a country (other than the US) from the viewpoint of a business looking to expand its market. Your business needs to fully understand what the pros and cons would be if a decision is to made about opening a factory in that country and relocating some of your workforce there.
The report should include information about the following:
Geographic analysis: (25 pts)
__________
(a) location
__________
(b) topography
__________(c) climate
Economic analysis: (25 pts)
__________ (a) natural resources
__________ (b) major industries, imports & exports
__________(c) currency (type - include pictures of currency, US exchange rate and stability)
__________ (d) inflation/consumer prices and interest rates
__________ (e) transportation
Cultural/social analysis: (25 pts)
__________ (a) the literacy rate and education (include the names of 2 or 3 top universities)
__________ (b) values and attitudes
__________(c) what is the average or mean income.
__________ (d) government regulation of business (Include an Economic Freedom Score)
__________ (e) political ideologies and stability
__________ (f) business customs
Taxation policies and administration: (25 pts)
__________ (a) history of taxation in the country
__________ (b) how are international companies taxed in the country
__________(c) how are businesses that are native to the country taxed?
__________ (d) in most parts of the United States, we have double taxation (Both federal and State/local taxes). Is it the same in the country that you’ve chosen?
__________ (e) how do the country’s citizens file taxes? How do the businesses file taxes?
__________ (f) The United States uses a progressive system of income taxation. What system of taxation system is used in the country you have chosen?
__________ (g) if you were the CEO of a company, would you consider opening a location in this country? Why or why not?
Helpful Link: CIA World Fact book –
www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
- There must be a minimum of three pages. Do not include pictures, graph, etc. when you count your three pages.
- Submit these guideline pages when turning in your project.
- Font size must be 12
- Skip a line between sentences
- Skip two lines between paragraphs
- Include these instructions when submitting your project.
- Have a separate page for your citations which must be in MLA format
Submit both a hard copy and email me a copy to
[email protected]
- For each day that your project is late, I will deduct 20 points.
You will have points deducted if your plagiarism score exceeds 5% and you will receive a zero if plagiarism is greater than 10 percent.
Use
www.grammarly.com
and/or other sites to check your paper for plagiarism.