Watch online film: “Is Wal-mart Good for America?” from this link :
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/walmart/Links to an external site. and answer the following questions:
What did you know about Wal-Mart before viewing the documentary?
What most surprised you about the film?
Do you think the strategies that Wal-Mart is using are fair? Why or why not?
What new kinds of jobs might be created as a result of outsourcing? What jobs might be eliminated?
Who gains the most from Wal-Mart’s price policies? Why?
Has the documentary influenced how or where you will shop? Explain.
Who has benefited from Wal-Mart? In what ways? Who has not benefited from Wal-Mart? In what ways?
How should Wal-Mart balance the needs for worker benefits, low prices for consumers and high profits for shareholders?
Under international business and economic (this course) perspective, what else does Wal-Mart should do to satisfy its stakeholders?
Your answers have to be 4 FULL pages, double spaces with supports from facts, your own analysis, and at least 4 defined concepts or theories (from any chapters, underline them), and APA format.
Chapter 5 terms: rules of origin, re-exports, tariffs, quantitative restrictions or quotas, mercantilism, trade barriers, free trade agreements, transshipment, trade diversion, customs union, common external tariff, comparative advantage
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