International Business Case

Video 4: “Dubai Inc. video"

• What is Dubai's model of economic development?

Make the country develop like a big company. (Dubai Inc.)

• What are the positives/negatives of this model?

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• What are the U.S.-UAE relations like? Examples?

Friend: UAE helps the US in military. UAE is the largest export partner in the middle east/ africa region.

• What happened to DP World? Why did the deal fail?

DP world offer the highest bid to operate the US ports. But the deal is eventually failed because the political opponent of the threat to national security, the lack of inspection of the cargoes

Video 5: “Chiquita Banana in Colombia video"

• What happened to Chiquita in Colombia?

Chiquita is threatened by Colombia private guerrilla paramilitary to pay their money as protection.

• What U.S. legislation did it break?

In 2001, US law regulate that no financial assistance to Colombia paramilitary as terrorist organization.

• What were Chiquita's options in Colombia? What was the outcome?

Chiquita has 3 options: refuse to pay and get killed; leave banana business and Colombia; pay and get protection. So Chiquita finally decided to pay.

• What is the Colombian guerilla warriors/paramiltary' view on Chiquita paying the bribes?

The representative thought paramilitary is like a state, so what Chiquita

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