Question: What is going on in the world? Find a current event (within last six months and is not related to Covid-19) business related . Please

What is going on in the world? Find a current event (within last six months and is not related to Covid-19) business related. Please include a link to the article and thorough explanation of why it is relevant, what business concepts it is demonstrates, and the significance of the news. This is NOT a summary of the news; this is where you practice and demonstrate critical thinking. You only need to thoroughly and thoughtfully address one of the concepts. The topics covered this week were:

Value Chain

    • Firms value chain
    • Outsourcing
    • Industry value chain
    • Vertical integration, Horizontal integration

Strategic Alliances

    • Strategic alliances
    • equity and nonequity alliances.
    • Risks of alliances

Mergers and Acquisitions

    • Acquisitions, takeovers, mergers, and acquisition strategy.
    • Basic reasons that firms complete acquisitions.
    • LBOS, downsizing, downscoping

International

    • Dominant international strategies: Global, multidomestic, transnational
    • Basic contractual modes for entering international markets

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