Chapter 13, Problem 1CDQ

Summary Introduction

Case summary: The global strategy and the manner in which Company I adapts to its contributions to meet consumer requests. When Company I previously extended to the Country U in the 1980s, it saw disillusioning sales as Country U’s customers anticipated that its items would be bigger than was distinctive in Country WE, where Company I was established.

When Company I created bigger sizes to oblige Country U’s tastes, alternatively the sales moved forward. Company I based on this experience while venturing into Country C in the mid-2000s and discovered accomplishment by reshaping its stores and contributions to oblige Country C’s culture.

Characters in the case: Company I, Country U, Country C, Country E and Union E.

To Determine: The reasons on whether it is smart to be too centric to a specific country as a global corporation.

Introduction: A global strategy is one that an organization takes when it needs to contend and extend in the worldwide market. It is a strategy organizations seek after when they wish to extend universally.