International Business

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Week of

March 1

FYI: The World Still Loves the Dollar (a short article)

Asgn 15: Final IQ Assignment

Final IQ article links:

Asgn 16: Final Survey

Complete the final class exit survey posted at our D2L class site. (Surveys)

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Week of

February 22

Asgn 14: IQ Exercise #7

Asgn 14 (IQ #7) Links:

Note: Students are expected to post comments for a minimum of five questions of their own choosing.

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Time Magazine's Best Inventions of the Year: 2009 2008 2007 2006

Week of

February 15

Asgn 11: IQ Exercise #6

Asgn 11 (IQ #6) Links:

Note: Instead of posting comments for assigned IQ #6 questions, students are expected to post comments for a minimum of five questions of their own choosing.

Asgn 12: Export Project Note: Part 1 deadline is this Wednesday, Feb 17

Export Plan Example #1: Rainmaker to Jordan

Export Plan Example #2: Cannondale's Carbon Line of Cycling Apparel to Netherlands

Asgn 13: Fourth Blog

Week of

February 8

Asgn 09: IQ Exercise #5

Asgn 09 (IQ #5) Links

China Inflation May be a US Opportunity
North Korea's economic moves bring new misery
Ice Storm Graphic: Iceland by the Numbers Overview: Iceland's Meltdown

Assigned D2L discussion forum questions for IQ #5...

Name	IQ #5 Questions	Name	IQ #5 Questions	Name	IQ #5 Questions
Bestick	2,6,10,14,18	Korynta	3, 7,11,15,19	Sprinkle	1,5,9,13,17
Hanchar	3,7,11,15,19	Larson	4,8,10,12,16	Wegner	2,6,10,14,18
Hoxter	4,8,10,12,16	Mongin	1,5,9,13,17	Woods	3,7,11,15,19
Humbarger	1,5,9,13,17	Nunn	2,6,10,14,18	Yousef	4,8,10,12,16
Hurajt	2,6,10,14,18	Peterson	3,7,11,15,19	Ismail	1,5,9,13,17
		Reitan	4,8,12,16,19

Asgn 10: Third Blog

Asgn 10 Links for Blog:

Bangladesh

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International Trade Newsletters

Brazil
Canada
China
Denmark
England

Estonia
France
Iceland
Israel
Netherlands

Week of

February 1

Asgn 07: IQ Exercise #4

Asgn 07 (IQ #4) Links

Assigned D2L discussion forum questions for IQ #4...

Name	IQ #4 Questions	Name	IQ #4 Questions	Name	IQ #4 Questions
Bestick	1,5,9,13,17	Korynta	3, 7,11,15,19	Sprinkle	1,5,9,13,17
Coffland	2,6,10,14,18	Larson	4,8,10,12,16	Wegner	2,6,10,14,18
Hanchar	3,7,11,15,19	Mongin	1,5,9,13,17	Woods	3,7,11,15,19
Hoxter	4,8,10,12,16	Nunn	2,6,10,14,18	Yousef	4,8,10,12,16
Humbarger	1,5,9,13,17	Peterson	3,7,11,15,19	Ismail	1,5,9,13,17
Hurajt	2,6,10,14,18	Reitan	4,8,12,16,19	Kingoina	2,6,10,14,18

Asgn 08: Newsletter Evaluations

Asgn 08: Blank Evaluation Form

Assigned International Trade Newsletters for Evaluation (3 are assigned, 1 is of your choice.) The newsletters are posted above with assigned numbers.

Name	Newsletter #	Name	Newsletter #	Name	Newsletter #
Bestick	1, 11, 14, ?	Korynta	2, 4, 7, ?	Sprinkle	10, 13, 15, ?
Coffland	2, 9, 15, ?	Larson	3, 5, 8, ?	Wegner	1, 11, 14, ?
Hanchar	3, 7, 10, ?	Mongin	4, 6, 9, ?	Woods	2, 12, 15, ?
Hoxter	4, 7, 8, ?	Nunn	5, 7, 10, ?	Yousef	1, 13, 14, ?
Humbarger	5, 12, 14, ?	Peterson	6, 8, 11, ?	Ismail	1, 3, 5, ?
Hurajt	3, 6, 13, ?	Reitan	7, 9, 12, ?	Kingoina	9, 11, 13, ?

Week of

January 25

Asgn 05: IQ Exercise #3

Asgn 05 (IQ #3) Links

Assigned D2L discussion forum questions for IQ #3...

Name	IQ #3 Questions	Name	IQ #3 Questions	Name	IQ #3 Questions	Name	IQ #3 Questions
Bestick	1,5,9,13,17	Humbarger	3, 7,11,15,19	Mongin	1,5,9,13,17	Woods	3, 7,11,15,19
Bury	2,6,10,14,18	Hurajt	4,8,10,12,16	Nunn	2,6,10,14,18	Yousef	4,8,10,12,16
Coffland	3,7,11,15,19	Ismail	1,5,9,13,17	Peterson	3,7,11,15,19
Conlin	3,4,8,12,16	Kingoina	2,6,10,14,18	Reitan	3,4,8,12,16,
Hanchar	1,5,9,13,17	Korynta	3,7,11,15,19	Sprinkle	1,5,9,13,17
Hoxter	2,6,10,14,18	Larson	4,8,12,16,19	Wegner	2,6,10,14,18

Asgn 06: Second Blog

Asgn 06 Article Links for Blog:

Don't forget, the deadline for the International Trade Newsletter is this week - 9:00 AM Wednesday, Jan 27.

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Week of

January 18

Asgn 03: IQ Exercise #2

Asgn 03 (IQ #2) Links

Assigned D2L discussion forum questions for IQ #2...

Name	IQ #2 Questions	Name	IQ #2 Questions	Name	IQ #2 Questions	Name	IQ #2 Questions
Bestick	1,5,9,13,17	Hoxter	3, 7,11,15,19	Larson	1,5,9,13,17	Reitan	3, 7,11,15,19
Bury	2,6,10,14,18	Humbarger	4,8,12,16,20	Medcalf	2,6,10,14,18	Sprinkle	4,8,12,16,20
Cassman	3,7,11,15,19	Hurajt	1,5,9,13,17	Milbrandt	3,7,11,15,19	Turbitt	1,5,9,13,17
Coffland	4,8,12,16,20	Ismail	2,6,10,14,18	Mongin	4,8,12,16,20	Wegner	2,6,10,14,18
Conlin	1,5,9,13,17	Kingoina	3,7,11,15,19	Nunn	1,5,9,13,17	Woods	3,7,11,15,19
Hanchar	2,6,10,14,18	Korynta	4,8,12,16,20	Peterson	2,6,10,14,18	Yousef	4,8,12,16,20

Asgn 04 - Blog

Don't forget, the deadline for the International Trade Newsletter is 9:00 AM Wednesday, Jan 27.

Week of

January 11

Asgn 01: Research Exercise (REX) 01-Trade Newsletter Project

Trade Newsletter Examples

Botswana (1st two pages)
UAE Dubai
Thailand

Asgn 02: International Questions (IQ) Exercise 01

In-depth Directions for IQ Exercises: Discussion Groups and IQ Exercises

WOW! Trade Newsletter Project: Internet links to sites containing useful country information.

Asgn 02 - IQ 01 Links

Live from Qatar
Al Jazeera Retools for the U.S. Market
Why I Love Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera.net - Americas
I Want Al Jazeera English
Al Jazeera.com (Online Magazine)
MTV's Arab Prizefight

Assigned D2L discussion forum questions for IQ #1...

Name	IQ #1 Questions	Name	IQ #1 Questions	Name	IQ #1 Questions	Name	IQ #1 Questions
Bestick	2, 4, 8, 13, 17	Hable	4, 8, 10, 13, 19	Mellum	2, 8, 12, 16, 18	Reitan	1, 5, 7, 10,16
Bourbeau	3, 5, 9, 14, 18	Hanchar	1, 5, 9, 11, 14	Milbrandt	3, 9, 13, 17, 19	Riley	2, 6, 8, 11,17
Bury	4, 6, 10, 15, 19	Hare	2, 6, 10, 12, 15	Mongin	1, 4, 10, 14, 18	Spaulding Foster	3, 7, 9, 12, 18
Cassman	1, 5, 7, 11, 16	Hoxter	3, 7, 11, 13, 16	Niles	2, 5, 11, 15, 19	Teal	4, 8, 10, 13, 19
Coffland	1, 3, 7, 12, 16	Humbarger	4, 8, 12, 14, 17	Nunn	1, 3, 6, 12, 16	Wegner	1, 5, 9, 11, 14
Conlin	2, 6, 8, 12, 17	Hurajt	5, 9, 13, 15, 18	Page	2, 4, 7, 13, 17	Woods	2, 6, 10, 12, 15
Dubar	3, 7, 9, 13, 18	Larson	6, 10, 14, 16, 19	Peterson	3, 8, 11, 14, 18	Yousef	3, 7, 11, 13, 16
		Medcalf	1, 7, 11, 15, 17	Regnier	4, 6, 9, 15, 19

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Time - Global Business	Business Week - Global Business Asia	Business Week - Global Business Europe
CNN-World	Forbes - Global Business Asia	Forbes - Global Business Europe
Financial Times - Global	US News & World Report - World

Important Dates - Spring Semester 2010
First Accelerated 8-Week Schedule (This Class)
January 11	This class begins
January 16-18	College closed - holiday
February 13-15	College closed - holiday
February 24 (Wed)	Last day to withdraw from this course
February 26 (Friday)	No classes
March 6	Final class day for this course
Second Accelerated 8-Week Schedule
March 14 - 20	No Classes - Spring Break!