Domestic business operations
Unit 1-1
For this assignment, you will use Hofstedeās characteristics to differentiate international and domestic business operations. This exercise will help identify the key characteristics that drive business decisions on an international and domestic level.
Part 1: Pick three individual countries, one in the Middle East, one in Asia, and one in Europe. Apply Hofstedeās characteristics to each one, and state if the characteristic is low, medium, or high in each country. Also, explain why each country deserves that description.
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Your response must be a minimum of three pages in length.
Template is attached
de Mooij, M., & Hofstede, G. (2010). The Hofstede model. International Journal of Advertising, 29(1), 85ā110
Part 2
Why do you think the worldās largest theme park operator, the Walt Disney Co., was motivated to establish parks in Tokyo, Paris, and Hong Kong? What particular market characteristics of each of those sites were especially attractive in your opinion? Should Disney establish additional foreign parks, and if so, when, where, why, and how? Your response should be at least 300 words in length.