Global Environment of Business Coca Cola Drink Research Paper
Brief Description: The T-Shirt project is a short research essay covering a product of your choosing. Theproject will be scored using a 100-point scale. 20% of your class grade will come from this project. This isa big part of your grade from a very short essay. Make sure you put the necessary time and effort into it!Requirements:1. Read The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy. This book is the basis for the entire project.2. Choose a topic. You will pick one product to be the focus of your research. The vast majority ofproducts will work, but you can ask me if you are unsure about your choice.a. Note: You cannot use a t-shirt, a pencil, an iPhone, toaster, or any textiles (any type ofclothing, including shoes).3. Write a short research essay (900-1,100 words) addressing the Topics to Cover listed below.The essay should be written using MLA format and include proper in-text citations and a workscited page.4. Turn in your research paper by Thursday, April 29th at 11:59 pm central time. Please submityour paper as a Word or PDF document. Topics to Cover: Your essay should address the 5 bolded topics below. Each of these topics is covered inour course material and in The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy. Accordingly, you should usethese materials as a guide for discussing each of these topics.1. Explain the globalized production process of the product you chose.a. Consider the material covered in Ch. 2 Globalization and The Business Environment.You should also draw on your reading of The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy.2. Explain the important institutional factors that contribute to the globalized nature of theproduct you chose. Recall that institutional factors include cultural, economic, political, andlegal institutions and conditions. Some of these may affect your product more than others.a. Consider the material covered in Ch. 3 Culture and Society; Ch. 4 The GlobalEconomic Environment; Ch. 5 The Political Environment: State and Business Actors;Ch. 6 The Legal Environment. You should also draw on your reading of The Travels of aT-Shirt in the Global Economy.3. Explain how international trade policy affects the production and/or selling of the product.a. Consider the material covered in Ch. 7 International Trade and Globalization and Ch. 8 Global Finance. You should also draw on your reading of The Travels of a T-Shirt in theGlobal Economy.4. Explain how innovation and technological progress (or a lack thereof) has impacted theproduction and/or consumption of the product.a. Consider the material covered in Ch. 9 Technology and Innovation. You should alsodraw on your reading of The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy.5. Explain the ethical issues stemming from the production and/or selling of this product.a. Consider the material covered in Ch. 11 Ethics and Social Responsibility. You shouldalso draw on your reading of The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy.