Corporate history and structure

  Work on your political economy profile which is about 4-6 pages in length and should include information on two of the following four aspects: (1) corporate history and structure, (2) political profile, (3) economic profile, and (4) cultural profile. - What company is your profile about? - Why do you choose this company? - What does this company do? - In which region/ country is this company based? - What will you include in your profile? § Choose two of the following four aspects to examine and explicate: - (1) Corporate history and structure: • When and where was the company established? How has the company developed? Who are the owners of the company and how has the company’s ownership and control evolved? • What subsidiaries and/or joint ventures does the company have? - (2) Political profile: • Who are the board of directors and important managerial personnel? • How are these people connected to political and/or corporate entities? What can you find about their ties to governments and/or other companies? - (3) Economic profile: • What are the company’s complete lines of products? • What are its expansion strategies? Who are the major labor force and what can you find about the working conditions? - (4) Cultural profile: • Who are the company’s main audiences and/ or consumers? What is its marketing strategy? • What is the company’s ideology and value, if any? What kind of the cultural impacts does the company have? § Summary and Conclusion