$1.$ Select a real$-$world company that is not on the list $($The Walt Disney Company $($including Disney$+),$ Nike, iRobot, John Deere, Gore, Sony$-$Ericsson, automobile industry, Netflix, McDonalds, Tesla, Infosys, Lenovo, Siemens Energy, ABB, Bertelsmann, P&G$,$ Harley$-$Davidson, Rolex, Starbucks, Bridgestone, Nestl$,$ Philips, Haier, electric vehicles $($including Rivian$).$

$2.$ Pick one area of operations that the company has chosen to internationalize into another country or region $($e$.$g$.,$ sourcing, sales, R&D or software development, manufacturing, or even the entire operations of a division$).$ Focus your analysis on this specific internationalization choice.

$3.$ Explain the company's $($plausible$)$ motivation$($s$)$ for internationalizing these operations.

$4.$ Identify the entry mode chosen $($e$.$g$.,$ exporting, licensing, strategic alliance, joint venture, wholly owned subsidiary$)$ by the company and discuss whether $($and why$)$ this entry mode was the right one for the company$$s internationalization into the chosen country or region.

$5.$ Apply the global strategy framework$--$the MNE strategies of international, localization, global low$-$cost $[$standardization$],$ and transnational$--$to the chosen company.

a$.$ This analysis should be applied to the company, not to the specific internationalization decision analyzed above.

$6.$ Provide your analysis of which overall MNE strategy the company is pursuing, and whether this MNE strategy is the right one for the company $($state your view$--$right or wrong$--$and justify your answer$).$