Comparative

Country Studies

Group 2.1
Julian Meichsner S2422328
Teun Willink S2224968
Marlon Berkhoff S2350777
Maik Bokhove S2344726

Introduction
Industry

Energy & Utilities

Factbook

History
Geography
Culture
Economy
Government Policies & Regulations

Industry Energy & Utilities

Oil & Gas

Big companies
Petronas
Shell, Dupont & ExxonMobil

Producer vs Import/Export

Factbook
History

Background in business
Globalization

Geography
Natural resources
Transportation
Infrastructure

Culture
Hofstede
Differences & Similarities (languages, ethnic groups, religions)

Factbook - 2
Economy

Labor
Import/Export
Supply/Demand

Government Policies & Regulations

Political structure
Regulations related to business

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Questions?

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Comparative Country Studies

Group 2.2

Mara Garca Pombo (s2593912)

Rachel Dodds (s2231557)
Kyra Mulder (s2335670)
Armand Joli (S2662795)
Kathi Bieschke (s2332027)

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Table of content

Germany vs. Austria

Automobile industry
Countries attractiveness
Porters Diamond
Porters five forces
Competitors

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Country set: Germany vs. Austria

Automobile industry
Germany

Austria

Population

80,585,700 (2013)

8,414,638 (2011)

GDP per capita

$40,757 (2014 estimate) $42,408 (2012)

Market size

40% of German
economy
35.6% of EU

10% of Austrian
economy

Rank

Third largest producer

worldwide, biggest
exporter

Mainly suppliers within

Europe

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Countries attractiveness

Ghemawat 4 types of distances

Country risk
Market opportunities
Industry opportunities

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Porters five forces

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Porters diamond

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Competitors

Which companies?
Market shares
Revenues
Strategy
Vulnerabilities
Growth rates

Group 2.3:
Lippe Kleinhuis
Rieke Hullmann
Gert Postma
Tom Stammes

s2323583
s2594803
s2323591
s2348233

Country attractiveness framework

Porters Diamond model
Hofstedes cultural dimensions

Country risk analysis

Political risks
Economic risks
Competitive risks
Operational risks

Market opportunities
Market size
Market growth
Quality demand

Industry opportunities

Industry competitive structure

Resource endowments
Investment incentives granted by government

Individualism-collectivism
Uncertainty avoidance
Power distance
Masculinity-femininity

Comparative Country
Studies
Tutorial 1

Group 02.4
Rauf Gusejnov

S2662833

Robin Hidskes

S2388758

Ana Momp Lorenzo

S2595796

Romy Niels

S2311003

Overview

Absolute advantage/Comparative advantage

Occupational Ghettos: The Worldwide Segregation of Women and Men Maria Charles and David B. Grusky Stanford
The Big Mac Index
Financial environment and financial systems

Absolute advantage / Comparative Advantage

In economics, the principle of:
absolute advantage refers to the ability of a party (or country) to produce
more of a good or service than competitors, using the same amount of
resources.
comparative advantage refers to the ability of a party (or country) to produce
a particular good or service at a lower marginal and opportunity cost over
another
Even if one country is more efficient in the production of all goods (absolute
advantage in all goods) than the other, both countries will still gain by
trading with each other, as long as they have different relative efficiencies

Occupational Ghettos: The Worldwide Segregation

of Women and Men
Article written by Maria Charles and David B. Grusky.
Compare countries by means of sex segregation
There is a distinction between horizontal segregation and vertical segregation
Horizontal segregation:
Vertical segregation:

The extent to which men tend to dominate the best jobs.

Women tend to be over presented in the non-manual work sector.

The mix of vertical and horizontal mechanisms varies across countries

The Big Mac Index

Published by The Economist
Compares countries by measuring the Purchasing Power Parity (PPP)
PPP is based on the price of the Big Mac in each country and the income

Financial environment and financial systems

Roles and main functions of the central bank
Monetary policies
Impact of ECB on domestic financial system
Role of government in the domestic financial system and on the EU platform
Bank-based or market-based?
Currency stability & inflation rate
Recent incidents in the financial system (e.g. bank-failure )
Impact of financial crisis on the domestic financial system and economic situation

Creating a Factbook
Group 2.5

Ylona Mak s2349507

Kayla Tan s2662825
Jordi van Holten s2366975
Aron Scheppink s2354306

What is a Factbook?
Comparing countries (on a specific industry)
The Factbooks put together by the teams of students will be

looking more in depth at institutional conditions that are

particularly relevant to a specific industry.
The kind of information firms are looking when assessing

the attractiveness of a business and/or industry, et cetera.

To inform decision makers in business and politics about

present and future conditions and trends in a specific

country.

Institutional conditions
Tax policy
Protectionism
Support from government (investments, loans etc.)

Frameworks/Concepts
DESTEP analysis
Porters five forces model ???????
A combination of both ??????
Lewis cultural types model ?????

DESTEP-analyse
Demographic

Population size
Age/gender structure
Geographic distribution

Skills/education
Density
Income distribution

Economic

Purchasing power
Disposable income
cyclicality

GNP
Unemployment
Inflation

Socio-Cultural

Values and norms

Behaviour
Level of education

Religion
Communiction
Lifestyle

Technological

Know how
innovation

Success rate

Ecological

Climate
Safety
Energy

Sustainability
Garbage
Natural resources

Political

Legislation
Licenses

Funds
Political climate

Porters five forces model

Threat of new entrants

Bargaining
power of
buyers

Intensity
of rivalry

Threat of
substitues

Bargaining
power of
suppliers

Combination of both

Cultural Types: Lewis Model

The end
Questions?
Thank you for listening

Factbook
USA vs Canada

TEAM 2.6
MAGRIET KORVEMAKER
KOEN GROENENDIJK
JELMER TER AVEST
MARIANA BICALHO
5-2-2014

S2396572
S2184397
S2186926
S2664267

Table of Contents

Country Set
Chosen Industry
Porters Diamond
Hofstedes Dimension
Tools
Questions and Comments

Country Set

USA vs Canada
Common Language
Currency (USD vs CAD)
Size
Inhabitants
GDP per Capita

http://puckcentral.blogspot.nl/2010/02/usa
-vs-canada-gold-medal-game-need.html

Chosen Industry
Oil Industry Ranking

RANK

COUNTRY

(BBL/DAY)

DATE OF
INFORMATION

Saudi Arabia

11,730,000 2012 est.

United States

11,110,000 2012 est.

Russia

10,400,000 2012 est.

China

4,416,000 2012 est.

Canada

3,856,000 2012 est.

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-worldfactbook/rankorder/2241rank.html

Chosen Industry
Oil Industry USA

Chosen Industry
Oil Industry Canada
Oil Industry 5% of GDP
Rank

Country

Reserves
(Billion
Barrels)

OPEC Mem
ber

Saudi
Arabia*

262.4

Yes

Canada

174.7

No

Iran

137.6

Yes

Iraq

115.0

Yes

http://www.nrcan.gc.ca/energy/publications/markets/6505

Porters Diamond

http://www.businessmate.org/Article.php?ArtikelId=49

Hofstedes Dimension

http://geert-hofstede.com/canada.html

Tools

Education
Human Development Reports
Regulations and Taxes
The World Bank
Economy (GDP and PPP)
The World Bank / Human Development Reports
Infrastructure
Government Website

Questions and Comments

http://en.hdyo.org/you/questions