A mid-sized U.S. manufacturer seeks to enter Southeast Asia but lacks local market insight, cultural knowledge, and distribution contacts. It wants to avoid long-term contractual obligations and retain the ability to switch partners if performance is poor. Which approach best fits these requirements?

A healthcare-diagnostics company plans to enter India, but regulations governing data localization and foreign ownership are unstable. The firm values speed and learning but fears costly policy reversals. Which entry strategy best balances these factors?

Country R faces a balance-of-payments crisis and signs an IMF program requiring fiscal austerity and currency liberalization. A multinational considering FDI into consumer services must determine the optimal entry timing. Which assessment is most accurate?

In their presentation, North Fairfaxia described “spoofing” an email message that appeared to be from a member of another team.  Explain why North Fairfaxia chose that other team as the apparent source of the “spoofed” email message.   Describe one (1) action a recipient of the “spoofed” message could have taken to determine whether the email message was legitimate. 

Country Z maintains a managed float but intervenes frequently to stabilize its currency. Rising inflation and large current-account deficits suggest the currency is overvalued. A multinational considering entering Z wonders how the monetary regime affects crisis risk. Which assessment is most accurate?

In a lecture we discussed German V-2 attacks against London in World War II.  What did the British government do to interfere with this process, as discussed in the lecture?  Of the four (4) IO activities we have discussed often in this course, which best describes the British action?  Which course concept best explains the British action?  (Give the full name, not just an acronym) 

Suppose an intelligence agency has intercepted a photo that was downloaded from an S&R satellite.  Analysts have determined the location of the image by recognizing a distinctive geographic feature shown in it.  The photo was obtained within 24 hours of the satellite being launched, so the date of the image is known, but not the time.  The photo appears to show a very tall object, which might be an ICBM.  Explain how an IMINT analyst might determine the height of the object from the photo. 

Suppose that a company wishes to provide satellite television service to individual customers in Central America.  What type of orbit would be most suitable for this service?  Explain your answer. 

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