1. Provide a brief overview of Zambia and the region, including the key characteristics and major socioeconomic problem in the country.
2. Identify a multinational corporation (MNC) that could expand Energy Service into the country that would be beneficial in providing a solution or some relief to the socioeconomic problem.
3. Propose an appropriate market entry mode of entry the MNC could use to enter Zambia (e.g., licensing, joint-venture, foreign direct investment, wholly owned subsidiary, etc.). What are the pros and cons of the proposed market entry mode?
4. Identify a global strategy (e.g., global strategy, transnational strategy, regional strategy, home replication strategy, or multidomestic strategy) the MNC should use to achieve international competitive advantage. Explain your reasoning.
5. Describe how the MNC's global supply chain will be affected by expanding into Zambia. Include global sourcing, production, and logistics considerations.
6. Based on the expansion into Zambia, would the MNC's organizational structure need to change (e.g., international division structure, global corporate form-product structure, geographic region structure, global functional structure, hybrid organizational structure, regional-product matrix structure)? Justify response.
7. Provide at least three key international business takeaways learned from analyzing Zambia.