After reading the article, Harnessing the Science of Persuasion,

https://hbr.org/2001/10/harnessing-the-science-of-persuasion,

choose two of the techniques and give a new example (not from the article) of each. These examples can be drawn from your personal experience or from business cases.

You must include at least two sources in this peer-reply post. These include one in-text citation, and one biblical integration citation. All posts must strictly comply with APA style standards. All sources used except the textbook required sources must be published within the past five years.

Question 1

(a)    What are the major risks of internationalisation for firms? Clarify your answers with appropriate examples.
(b)    Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is both expensive and risky yet many organisations prefer FDI over either exporting or licensing. Discuss with examples the various firm-level (organisational) motives for FDI


Question 2
(a)    Explain the three basic decisions that firms contemplating foreign expansion must make. Use examples where possible to clarify your answers
(b)    Outline the various roles of a foreign subsidiary and discuss the organisational and host government factors that can determine the evolution of foreign subsidiaries?
Question 3

(a)    Explain the key tenants of institutional theory. Illustrate how institutions impact corporate decision-making in international business
(b)    Discuss the pressure for local

Please 100% follow the sample forum to write this forum.

An important skill for both leaders and leadership scholars is asking good questions. This course-long forum is a scholarly conversation with your instructor, your classmates, and yourself. The heart of this conversation is directed by you and the questions you are hungry to explore. You will begin in Week One by adding your own discussion topic to this forum and responding in Post 1 to the Instructor's Opening Post.

Each post must (a) cite the preceding post (where applicable), (b) cite at least two different readings from the course or program, and (c) conclude with an open-ended question raised by your own reflection.

This week, we will be reviewing Chapter 5 on Merchandising Operations. Companies like Wal-Mart, Target, and Amazon are all examples of companies that purchase inventory from suppliers, and then sell those products to consumers.

1).  Describe the 2 formats for the income statement of a merchandising company, and list the respective sub-totals found in each income statement format. (You should describe some of the accounts found on each type of income statement).

2).  a) Describe purchase discounts and purchase returns & allowances.

      b) Describe the 2 shipping terms methods companies use when delivering products, and how freight costs are accounted for.

3).  Sales on Account - Many sales are made on account (on credit) instead of with cash or a credit card. Assume that your new company purchases products for resell to customers, and your plan is to sell those products at a profit. Make the appropriate journal entries to

Business

CreativeInk USA! Were a custom T-shirt print transfer company that offers customers a choice of imagery (ours or theirs) to apply to the front or back of a shirt. While other vendors are able to offer print transfer in single production runs, our competitors computer-based print transfer process produces lower image quality.
CreativeInk USA! we take the print transfer process one step further by producing the graphic images at a much higher resolution than other existing technologies. Through our strategic relationship with printer brands such as Cannon and HP, CreativeInk USA!, will have access to their innovative super resolution prototype graphic printers providing CreativeInk USA! a considerable advantage in the print printing indsutry.
CreativeinkUSA is looking for an initial investment of $25,000 as startup seed capital, with 30% ownership in our company for the investor for 2 years. After 2 years, the investor keep 10% for an additional 2 years.

Audience Analysis Assignment

Find three online articles:
- one that is written to a lay audience (general interest readers)
- one to a technical audience
- one for an executive audience

Give the title of each article and the URL for each.  Tell me which audience you think each article targets and why you think so.


Note: Be careful. You might have an article with a technical subject that isnt directed to a technician audience. Or you might have a business article that isnt directed to an administrator or manager. Although an article may have more than one target audience, think who is most likely to read and benefit from the article.

This order requires three parts:
1. Reading
2.Writing the main body
3.Response to two peers(will upload later),each one at least 75 words.






Required Readings and Videos for completing this order:
Read Chapters 3, 4 and 5 in Business Communication Essentials.
Read https://hbr.org/2014/03/the-irresistible-power-of-storytelling-as-a-strategic-business-tool
Watch https://www.linkedin.com/learning/business-writing-principles/making-your-writing-concise?u=76811570 ,  https://www.linkedin.com/learning/business-writing-principles/making-your-writing-conversational?u=76811570


Instructions:
Our readings for this week include information describing the importance of storytelling as a business communication tool. 

Using the techniques described in our readings, tell us a short story (200 words) that describes a single experience you have had with business communication.  Maybe you hit "reply all" when you sho

Write a 700- to 1050- word proposal to the company of your plan to align the operational needs with business strategies based on your analysis. Include the following in your proposal:

Company name CIGNA a managed care health care organization

    An analysis of the company based on Porters Five Forces
    An analysis on the effectiveness of the leadership model the company is currently using
    Consider the current leadership style or styles in place at the company.
    Determine the effectiveness of the leadership style/s and whether an alternative style/s would be more impactful.
    Assess how to determine effective leadership. What makes a leader effective or ineffective?
    Consider sources of managerial power when leaders are effective.
    Recommendation for the following actions:
    Leadership model changes
  

Evaluating a Corporate-Societal Relationship
Preparation
According to the textbook, the current world economy is increasingly becoming integrated and interdependent; as a result, the relationship between business and society is becoming more complex. In this assignment, you will be researching a Fortune 500 company from an approved company list provided by your professor.

Instructions
Write a 45 page evaluation of your chosen companys performance with respect to its stated values. Do the following:

Summarize the companys primary products and or services.
Suggest three ways in which the primary stakeholders can influence the organizations financial performance. Provide support for your response.
Describe two critical factors in the organizations external environment that can affect its success. Support your assertions.
Assess the companys biggest success or missed opportunity to respond to a recent or current social issue. How did it impact company perfor