Wal-Mart Overseas EntryBy the 1990s, top-level managers at Wal-Mart Stores (WMT) had concluded that successfulventures into markets outside the United States were critical to the firm's long-term growth insales and profitability. A strong, cost-control-oriented corporate culture, a highly efficientdistribution system, and market power were competitive advantages on which Wal-Mart'sdomestic success had been built.Executives felt that being able to duplicate these competitive advantages would be critical to itsefforts to effectively compete in economies other than its domestic U.S. market. In consideringhow that different modes of entry should be used to enter different markets. This decision foundWal-Mart using multiple modes of entry rather than a single mode of entry into internationalmarkets.Part OneFor this part of the exercise, use the Internet and other sources of information available to you toresearch Wal-Mart's international operations in the countries appearing in the list below.For each country, you should determine and discuss the entry mode Wal-Mart used to enter eachcountry market (use the entry modes discussed in class to make this determination).• Germany• China• United Kingdom• Japan. MexicoPart TwoAnswer the question below with respect to each of the countries listed in Part One of the exercise.What factors and conditions influenced Wal-Mart to select the entry mode it used to enter each ofthe five countries?

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