Country Analysis Research Paper for France

Country Analysis Research Paper for France

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Country Analysis Research Paper for France
Background:
Your company is introducing a new high end automobile (similar to a BMW, Lexus, Mercedes, etc.) and
the company is trying to decide if they should export the car from the U.S. to the country of your choice.
Action Items Choose your country and post to Blackboard’s discussion board. Only 1 country per student.
Country choice is on a first-come first-serve basis. Put your country of choice in the title of your
discussion board post.
You are to complete a country analysis then make a recommendation on whether the company
should pursue a more detailed analysis for exporting their upscale car to the country you
analyzed. You should consider but are not limited to the following areas (include any type of
information you think would be important when trying to decide if your country would be a
good or bad opportunity/investment)
o Political/Legal
o Economic
o Trading Conditions
o Socioeconomic & Cultural Aspects Here is a website with some suggested areas: Remember to include the
necessary information to make a recommendation.
https://www.papermasters.com/how-write-country-analysis.html Bottomline, should your company pursue a more detailed analysis (spend a lot of money and
resources) to determine if it will export a high-end car to the country of your choice.
Remember to keep the product in mind when making your analysis. Support your final recommendation with the data you used to come to your conclusion. Possible sources of information (in no particular order and some are better than others):
Do not limit yourself to just these sources Export-Import Bank of the United States: http://www.exim.gov/
COFAC: http://www.coface-usa.com/
USA Trade Online: https://usatrade.census.gov/
Trademap: http://www.trademap.org/Index.aspx
U.S. International Trade Commission: http://dataweb.usitc.gov/
World Trade Organization: https://www.wto.org/
Free Reports provided by the government of Australia:
http://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/pages/countries-and-regions.aspx
An export site provided by the U.S. government: http://www.export.gov/
CIA World Factbook: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/
Penn State Library Resources:
https://www.libraries.psu.edu/psul/researchguides/socialsciences/country.html
Also visit or call the Athens State Library for more information on country research at
http://www.athens.edu/library/ . They will help and show you how to find the information you
need. Paper Requirements: APA format (include the required sections such as title page, reference page, and etc…). Here a
good source for APA: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/
Body of the paper to be 4 – 5 pages (no more than 6 pages). The body does not include the title
page, reference page, or etc.
You will find a lot of information concerning your country. If you attempt to include all the
information found, you will not be able to stay within the 6 page limit or your paper will not be
clear and well organized.
Use table, charts, and etc if it improves the presentation of your country analysis. Be creative. Country Analysis Grading Rubric
Item Target Acceptable Needs Work Purpose: Focus Purpose is clear; Clearly
presents a main idea and
supports it throughout the
paper. Shows awareness of purpose;
Main idea not clear and/or
not fully supported
throughout the paper. Shows limited or no
awareness of purpose Exceptionally well-presented
and argued; ideas are
detailed, well-developed,
supported with relevant and
specific evidence & facts, as
well as examples and specific
details. Content is sound and solid;
ideas are present but not
particularly developed or
supported; some evidence,
but usually of a generalized
nature; and/or included nonrelevant information which
does not support the purpose
of the paper Content is not sound;
Presented country information
with little to no sense or logic
of how the information is to
be used to make a
recommendation; and/or
much of the information is not
relevant or does not help
support the recommendation
be made. Accuracy All information and data used
is accurate and presented in
the proper context Majority of information and
data used is accurate and
presented in the proper
context; and/or minor errors
with data and information
presented Major errors with the
information and/or data used
and/or used in wrong context Clear
Recommendation Recommendation is clear.
Reader will have no doubt
what the recommendation is A recommendation is
presented but may not be
clear or presents doubt to the
reader Recommendation is not clear
and/or not present The content supports the
recommendation being made.
Information presents both the
strengths and weaknesses of
the recommendation. The content supports the
recommendation overall but
does not present the strengths
and weaknesses of the
country or is not clearly linked Content Recommendation
Supported Recommendation is not
supported to an acceptable
level to the recommendation Organization Well-planned and wellthought out. Includes title,
introduction, statement of
main idea, transitions, and
conclusion. There is a sense of
organization, although some
of the organizational tools are
used weakly or missing;
and/or some paragraphs have
clear ideas, support from
examples may be missing and
transitions are weak Poor overall organization of
paper.; and/or paragraphs lack
clear ideas Sources are well integrated
and support the paper’s
claims. There may be
occasional errors, but the
sources and Works Cited
conform to APA style. There
are few errors in APS style Sources support some claims
made in the paper, but might
not be integrated well within
the paper’s argument and/or
there many errors in APA
style. The paper does not use
adequate research or if it
does, the sources are not
integrated well, not cited
correctly according to APA
style, or overall paper does
not follow APA Style. A few errors in grammar,
spelling, syntax and
punctuation, but not many. Shows a pattern of errors in
spelling, grammar, syntax
and/or punctuation. Could
also be a sign of lack of proofreading. Continuous errors Most paragraphs have clear
ideas, are supported with
some examples and have
transitions. Research Grammar and
mechanics