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Assignment
Please answer only ONE of the following two
questions stated.
The word limit is 1,750 words (excluding
references and appendix materials).
It is highly recommended that you make full
use of the core readings.
This is an individual assignment.
Question 1
With reference to the case of Walmart in Germany:
What challenges can companies face when entering
new overseas markets?
Why did Walmart ‘fail’ in Germany?
What do you think Walmart has learned from this
experience that it can use in other markets it enters?
Please note: Answer all parts of the question and
use relevant theories and concepts in answering the
question.
Q1 Core readings
Christopherson, S (2007) Barriers to ‘US style’ lean retailing: the
case of Wal-Mart’s failure in Germany,Journal of Economic
Geography, Volume 7, Issue 4, 1 July 2007, Pages
451–469,https://doi.org/10.1093/jeg/lbm010
Durand, C and Wrigley, N (2009) Institutional and Economic
Determinants of Transnational Retailer Expansion and
Performance: A Comparative Analysis of Wal-Mart and Carrefour,
Environment and Planning A, Vol 41, Issue 7, Available at:
http://cemi.ehess.fr/docannexe/file/2484/durand.wrigley.pdf
Subhadra, K. (2004) Walmart’s German Misadventure.
Hyderabad, India: ICFAI Center for Management Research. (On
Canvas)
Question 2
The 2008 financial crisis has been described as a
banking crisis. Which aspects of the banking
systems of Western countries contributed to the
financial crisis?
Q2 Core readings
Campbell, J (2011), The US financial crisis:
Lessons for theories of institutional
complementarity, Socio-Economic Review, Vol.
9, no. 2, pp. 211-234. Available on Canvas.
Crotty, J (2009), Structural causes of the global
financial crisis, Cambridge Journal of
Economics, vol 33, no. 4, pp. 563-580 (available
on canvas).
Hardie, I. and Howarth, D. (2013), Framing

 
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