For this assignment, you will choose two topics from the list below. One topic will be from the global economic environment list and one from the trade environment list. For each topic, find a scholarly or peer-reviewed journal article. The article should examine the topic in relation to global marketing.
Global economic environment topics:
Major changes of the world economy in the past twenty years (discussing one major change is enough)
Economic systems (you may choose to discuss one or multiple systems)
Market development stages (discussing one category is enough)
Triad
Merchandise trade and service trade
Hedging
Global trade environment topics:
World Trade Organisation (WTO)
Preferential trade agreements (discussing one category is enough)
Trade characteristics in Latin America
Trade characteristics in the Asia-Pacific region
Trade characteristics in the Middle East
Marketing issues in Africa
In your paper,
Write a half a page summary of the article you used for each of the topics.
Each summary must include an introduction, a well-developed body, and a conclusion.
In the introduction of each summary, identify the article used.
The work must be submitted as one paper that is five and half pages in length:
Title page (one page)
Executive summary page (half a page to one page)
Summary of each article (one page)
First topic (half a page)
Second topic (half a page)
Analysis on the topic (two pages)
First topic (one page)
Second topic (one page)
Reference page (one page)
The Global Marketing and Trade Environments paper
Must be three and a half double-spaced written pages in length for a total of five and a half pages for this assignment (one title page and one page for references).
Must include a separate title page with the following:
Title of page
Student’s name
Course name and number
Instructor’s name
Date submitted