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International Expansion Plan

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Schulich School of Business

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Ashwin Joshi

Associate Professor

(4)

Timeline

October 9, 2017

Experience start
October 24, 2017

Project Scope Meeting
March 30, 2018

Experience end

Experience

8 projects wanted

Dates set by experience

Preferred companies

Anywhere

Businesses that want to grow their presence in foreign markets

Any industry type

Experience scope

Skills

strategic analysis; presentation skills international business international growth strategy

Learner goals and capabilities

Students will explore business opportunities into foreign markets. Different expansion options will be analyzed and a recommendation will be provided along with an action plan.

Learners

Any level

50 learners

Project

35 hours per learner

Learners self-assign

Teams of 6

Expected outcomes and deliverables

A 50-slide powerpoint deck
A live presentation

Project timeline

October 9, 2017

Experience start
October 24, 2017

Project Scope Meeting
March 30, 2018

Experience end

Project Examples

Requirements

A group consisting of 6 MBA student-consultants will work with your business on developing answers to three key questions over 6 months:

1. Why should your business explore growth opportunities in foreign markets?

2. Which foreign market in particular should it focus upon?

3. How should it enter the chosen foreign market?

Examples may include but are not limited to:

Foreign market analysis
Launching a new product into a foreign market
Expanding your business into a foreign market

Additional company criteria

Companies must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this experience:

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Your company should have ambitions to grow internationally. Either you are already international and seek to grow or you are predominantly local and are seeking to start internationalizing.

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Be willing to give students access to your financial statements (past 3 years), your marketing capabilities, your operations, and your supply chain (NDAs can be signed).

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Be responsive to periodic emails from the students to answer any questions they may have.

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Be able to have three meetings (each an hour long) with the students - at the beginning to kick-off the project, in the middle to take stock of their progress, and at the end to listen to the deliverable

Timeline

October 9, 2017

Experience start
October 24, 2017

Project Scope Meeting
March 30, 2018

Experience end

International Expansion Plan

Timeline

Experience scope

Categories

Skills

Learners

Project timeline

Project Examples

Requirements

Additional company criteria Companies must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this experience:

Additional company criteria

Timeline

Additional company criteria

Companies must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this experience: